{"id":11235,"date":"2019-08-08T10:50:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T08:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/?p=11235"},"modified":"2020-08-24T17:48:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T15:48:21","slug":"how-do-you-teach-students-to-love-stem-ask-them-to-explain-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/how-do-you-teach-students-to-love-stem-ask-them-to-explain-it\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Teach Students to Love STEM? Ask Them to Explain It!"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Read Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 5<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes <\/span><\/span>\n<p>In recent years, STEM has been gaining traction, not only in the classroom, but EVERYWHERE that curious, young minds dwell. Ironically though, such a popular term comes rife with misunderstanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/elmo-fainting-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11251\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you ask any teacher or instructor what STEM means, you\u2019ll often hear answers that reflect &#8220;the importance of science in EDU,&#8221; rather than the nature of STEM itself. Students, on the other hand, offer the literal meaning of the term (an acronym expanded), \u201cS is for science, T is for technology, E is for engineering, and M is for math.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neither response was good enough for Trina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2238\" height=\"1438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_0859.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11237\"\/><figcaption><br>Dr. Coleman standing next to the VA mayor and representatives from the VA City Council <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Say Hello to Trina Coleman!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Trina is a doctor of theoretical nuclear physics, founder of <strong>Coleman Comprehensive Solutions<\/strong> (a partnership that maximizes educational resources), host of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ug\/podcast\/beyond-classroom-dr-trina-coleman-featuring-alfred\/id960461627?i=1000434369585\">Beyond the Classroom<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ug\/podcast\/beyond-classroom-dr-trina-coleman-featuring-alfred\/id960461627?i=1000434369585\"> (an HBCUI radio broadcast<\/a>) \u2014 and implementor of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.academicblueblood.com\/\">Academic Blue Blood STEM Camp<\/a><\/strong>. But beyond all these accomplishments, Trina stands out for her vigorous mission of teaching tech-driven, STEM topics \u2014 anywhere she can, especially in her home town of Hampton, Virginia.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/science-gif-by-look-human.gif\" alt=\"A funny gif that makes a joke about a misconception of science, Science is like magic, but real\" class=\"wp-image-11249\" width=\"197\" height=\"197\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to understanding STEM, Trina noticed that kids and adults alike, refer to STEM as a general idea \u2014 when it\u2019s so much more! On the surface it&#8217;s a <strong>representative term encompassing 4 important fields<\/strong>, but in reality, each one of these unique fields deserves a closer look.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tackling the Meaning of STEM<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Trina set out to prove that once children understand the concept behind STEM, they could more easily move onto understanding individual STEM topics. But, there was still one missing piece to the puzzle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being involved in STEM education for the last two decades, Trina&#8217;s no stranger to the many challenges and stumbling blocks that turn kids away from STEM. She also knows the secrets that keep students engaged, or as she puts it, <strong>&#8220;learning even though they don&#8217;t realize they&#8217;re learning.\u201d<\/strong><br>One of those game-changing secrets is VIDEO COMMUNICATION. As an ambassador of Powtoon and expert at creating animated clips (check out this Powtoon of Trina representing STEM and the NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Landing) Trina came up with an epic idea&#8230;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NASA&#039;s 50th Anniversary Celebration!\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BftsWGWYHiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Dr. Trina Coleman narrates the story of NASA and their Journey to the moon!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trina&#8217;s Plan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Trina set up a 5-day, after-school camp, for inner-city students that would teach STEM and STEM skills through the use of computers, animation, and the power of video. The hope was that this pilot would turn into an annual program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the question lingered: How do you set up a tech camp without any funding, and within one week? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>From Plan to Reality: STEM Camp at the Y.H. 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So, after a short session on learning the in&#8217;s and out&#8217;s of Powtoon, the students dove right in! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were so excited, choosing the words, images, footage, clips, timing, and even the background music! <strong>Every time the students chose an element for the STEM videos,  they had to think about how and why that choice was a good fit for explaining STEM<\/strong> (even if chosen subconsciously).  The process of building  a video demanded a level of  knowledge beyond the repetition of facts -\u2014 it demanded <em>true<\/em> understanding.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe person who says he knows what he thinks, but cannot express it, usually does not know what he thinks.\u201d<\/p><cite>\u2014 Mortimer Adler<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Time to Dive Deeper&#8230;.MATH (Aaaah)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, Trina decided to teach individual STEM subjects, and naturally, she chose the most feared, most dreaded, most nightmare-inducing school subject of all\u2026.MATH! Dr. Coleman was determined to teach the students about pi&#8230; and <strong>after having made Powtoons about STEM, the students were more confident <\/strong>to tackle tough topics (such as the circumference of a circle).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Trina-students-computers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11270\"\/><figcaption>Dr. Coleman assists STEM Camp students as they create their own videos!<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assessing Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Watching awesome student-made Powtoons is a wonderful way to assess success. <strong>But Trina is a true scientist, and as we all know, to prove a hypothesis true there must be hard data<\/strong>. Dr. Coleman handed out pre and post assessment surveys to the students, to determine if a change had occurred, with such questions as:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boy-taking-assessments.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11268\" width=\"308\" height=\"231\"\/><figcaption>STEM Camp Student filling out questionnaire<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What does STEM mean?<\/li><li>Do you think math is fun?<\/li><li>How comfortable are you with building things?<\/li><li>Was the math activity with circles fun?&nbsp;<\/li><li>Do you understand the parts of a circle and how to calculate pi?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And the answers were overwhelmingly happy and positive! These students-turned-mini-producers were <strong>excited about math<\/strong> (9\/10 were math-happy), and had a deep understanding of STEM. All in all, you could accurately say that the outcome was <em>statistically significant<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/stem-camp-guys.jpg\" alt=\"Two men standing next to a poser promoting STEM camp\" class=\"wp-image-11269\" width=\"322\" height=\"429\"\/><figcaption>Promoting STEM Camp and recruiting newbies<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There you have it, if you want students to not only attain knowledge but to actually <em>understand<\/em> it, then ask them to explain it! 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