CLEAN Teleconference Call February 24, 2015
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Developing a Project-Based STE(A)M Program Around Environmental/Climate Science
Abstract: A successful STE(A)M program should integrate all components of the STEM paradigm plus, increasingly, an arts component. It should provide access points for a wide range of student interests and capabilities. It should involve a process which works across disciplines. It should promote schools as centers for education and student research. It may produce student outcomes which are not easily measurable by traditional subject-specific testing.
Pyranometry is one example of a project-based approach to STEM education, focusing on a central theme of climate science. Students can build their own instruments, which will produce scientifically valid and interesting data to support student research for many years. The nature of the measurement encourages the development of a long-term institutional commitment to supporting student research.
David Brooks Bio:
David Brooks holds BS and MS degrees in physics and a PhD in atmospheric physics from Imperial College, University of London. He is a former researcher at NASA's Langley Research Center and Research Professor at Drexel University. He is a former PI for atmospheric science in the GLOBE Program. He founded the Institute for Earth Science Research and Education (IESRE) in 2004. He was PD for IESRE's NASA-funded Climate Science Research for Educators and Students project, completed in 2014, and is currently PD for one of 23 national environmental education grants awarded in 2014 by the Toyota USA Foundation.
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