An Educator’s Guide to Steam: Promoting Students Using Real-World Problems in the Digital Age

This updated and expanded edition is essential reading for K-8 teachers who want to keep pace with fast-moving technological advancements and honor their students’ interests and cultures.

The authors provide updated problem-solving scenarios to assist with STEAM curriculum design; additional information on AI-powered tools, with guidance for effective implementation; attention to current topics in science such as climate change, cybersecurity, and the ethical implications of AI; and lesson plans and activities to enhance the guide’s practical application in today’s classrooms.

Readers will find easy-to-understand examples of what STEAM education looks like in a variety of classrooms, and will hear from teachers, instructional coaches, principals, and administrators about what it takes to ensure that STEAM is a schoolwide success. Each chapter of this popular text incorporates elements of connected learning--a type of learning that draws on students’ interests that teachers can capitalize on when using STEAM to address real-world problems.

Book Features:

• A practical teaching guide that uses classroom scenarios relevant to today’s students.
• A conceptual model with specific strategies, such as problem-based learning, student choice, technology integration, and teacher facilitation.
• Updated with an increased focus on emerging technologies, culturally relevant strategies, and lessons from classrooms.
• Materials to support authentic assessment such as rubrics, STEAM units, and formative assessment examples.

Cassie F. Quigley is a professor of science education at the University of Pittsburgh. Danielle Herro is a professor of learning sciences at Clemson University.