Episode 33: 3 Quick Tips to Embrace the STEELS Standards

You are listening to episode 33 of the ready, set, science podcast. Today is all about quick tips for getting started with the STEELS standards. Whether you like them or not these standards will be the new standards for science, technology, engineering and STEM teachers starting in July 2025. So what can you put into practice RIGHT now to start embracing these standards. This episode will outline 3 quick and easy things to do today. So are you ready? Get set. Let’s teach science.

Check out all of the links, resources and articles about the 3 tips that I gave you today.

Tip 1: Start with Phenomena - Listen to my episode about Phenomena here

• The Wonder of Science

• https://www.ngssphenomena.com/

• https://www.nextgenscience.org/resources/phenomena

• https://iexplorescience.com/best-sites-for-ngss-phenomena/

Tip 2: Have the students ask GOOD questions - Listen to my episode about helping students think critically here

• https://www.edutopia.org/article/helping-students-ask-questions-define-problems/

• https://www.biointeractive.org/professional-learning/educator-voices/getting-students-asking-scientific-questions-using

• https://teachingsciencein3d.com/asking-questions-science/ 

Tip 3: Give students chances to discover - Listen to my episode about “cookie cutter” labs here

• https://www.edutopia.org/article/using-chatgpt-support-student-led-inquiry/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAopuvBhBCEiwAm8jaMRBrRiRF-fsYpcQCsFWe_zR-4bTLSsAhvS1zNenuKPaGxawNPBE2xhoCeFsQAvD_BwE

• https://concord.org/blog/doing-without-cookie-cutter-labs/

• https://twowritingteachers.org/2018/04/04/50595/

• https://mdibl.org/course-spotlight-the-colby-inbre-course-taking-the-cookie-cutter-out-of-stem-education/ 

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