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At a Glance:
| Grades: | 6, 7 |
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| Subject: | STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) |
| Topic: | STEM Components and Careers |
| Lesson Length: | 30 - 40 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Students will explore a future career that interests them.
What should students know before this activity?
Students should be familiar with the areas and aspects of STEM.
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How can teachers introduce this lesson?
- What is your favorite component of STEM and why?
What will students do?
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Read and discuss the sample comic.
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Explain that the comic does not feature a STEM career, but rather explains how STEM relates to the chosen career.
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Students will create five-panel comic discussing and explaining the following:
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The career.
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Why the career is of interest.
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How STEM is related to the career.
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Have students share their comics illustrating a career and how it is connected to STEM.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
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Provide examples of STEM careers from which to choose.
- Provide sentence stems, e.g., "I want to be a ____. I want to be a ____ because ____. STEM relates to the career because ____.)"
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