STEM2 - Mrs. Hardy

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Preparing students to enter STEM careers in the future is not enough. The integration of Religion and the Arts into STEM content areas merges 21st century teaching and learning with the timeless truths of faith and beauty in all of the subject areas. 

STEM2 has been working with STEM1 and the Habits of the Mind. Each week I’ve been giving students a different Habit of Mind to master. Currently we have worked on; Persistence, Managing Impulsivity and Listening and Understanding Empathy. 

For Persistence, student’s learned about Walt Disney, who was rejected 302 times for funding for his theme park, however, he never gave up. Students had to write about a time that they never gave up and kept trying.

Managing Impulsivity, students were given a marshmallow and for 15 minutes, they could not talk or eat the marshmallow. At the end of the 15 minutes, students had to write different strategies they used to keep from talking and eating the marshmallow. 

Lastly students learned how to listen and understand empathy. Students were instructed to  read a scenario and were asked to write a response of them showing empathy.

We will continue to work through all 16 Habits of the Mind.

Mrs. Hardy