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Green STEMS Activities for STEM and Sustainability (Resource Exchange)

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Conference

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Portland, Oregon

Publication Date

June 23, 2024

Start Date

June 23, 2024

End Date

July 12, 2024

Conference Session

Instructional Showcase

Tagged Division

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Tagged Topic

Professional Interest Council (PIC)

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Ryan Brown Illinois State University

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Ryan Brown is an Associate Dean in the College of Education at Illinois State University

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Allison Antink-Meyer Illinois State University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0001-8969-1263

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Allison Antink-Meyer is a pre-college science and engineering educator at Illinois State University.

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Soo Won Shim Illinois State University

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Soo Won received her MS in Biological Science and Ph.D. in Science Education from Purdue University. She is currently an assistant professor at Illinois State University. Her research focuses on culturally responsive and empathic design pedagogies.

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Richard Bex Illinois State University

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Anthony Lorsbach

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Abstract

The Green STEMS Project is an engineering design for sustainability outreach program for children and families. The Green STEMS programs engage children and their adults with early science and engineering concepts to build empathy around issues of sustainability. These programs are designed for informal settings, typically at community events, rather than use within classrooms. These programs include concepts such as light, structures, structural color, biomimicry, coding, and engineering design thinking. The information shared at the resource exchange will focus on the following three programs: Textures in Nature in which early learners explore the variety of textures that can be found around them. Colors in Nature where late elementary learners explore how colors can influence engineering design for sustainability. How Things Move where late elementary and middle level learners learn to use robotics to explore movement.

Brown, R., & Antink-Meyer, A., & Shim, S. W., & Bex, R., & Lorsbach, A. (2024, June), Green STEMS Activities for STEM and Sustainability (Resource Exchange) Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. https://peer.asee.org/47515

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