STEM By Design | STEM by Design

December 16, 2024

The New Edition of STEM by Design Emphasizes Real-World Problems

Exciting news! The second edition of STEM by Design was published December 16, 2024 and is now available for order! Look for the complete 2nd Edition update of this website no later than January 2, 2025. The revised and expanded edition homes in specifically on details to help you design quality integrated STEM projects to help your students become the creative thinkers, innovators, and collaborators our communities need in our rapidly changing world.

Anne's Blog / Back to School

August 22, 2022

5 Things New STEM Teachers Can Do Right Now

Recent teacher ed graduate? Newly emergency certified? An experienced teacher who’s learned you’ll be teaching STEM this year? Here are five “do this first” tips from STEM curriculum designer, industry consultant and former state teacher of the year Anne Jolly.

Anne's Blog / Summer STEM Fun!

May 24, 2017

8 Tips for Planning Summer STEM Fun

Summer is almost here and it’s time for kids to officially forget everything they learned during the school year. Right? Well, maybe not right, writes STEM expert Anne Jolly, if schools, communities, and families keep the learning going. She has eight ideas!

Anne's Blog / Improving STEM Lessons

August 22, 2016

Here’s a Tool to Help “Debug” Your STEM Lessons

Several possible lesson design flaws may be sabotaging your students’ learning. Read my article “How to Debug a STEM Lesson Plan” at MiddleWeb. Then use this tool to see if your lesson passes the bug check. Be sure to give evidence to support your answers.

Design Tools / SBD Design Tools

July 5, 2016

28 STEM By Design Teaching Tools

Anne Jolly’s book STEM by Design includes 28 design tools. These resources will help STEM teachers and program leaders create curriculum, write lessons, build student teams, and engage colleagues and communities. You’ll find free downloads at this page!

Book Excerpts / Realistic STEM Challenges

July 5, 2016

STEM Problems Students Can Really Address

Problem-solving is fundamental to STEM. But coming up with real-world engineering challenges for students to solve can be tricky. Anne Jolly shares some ideas and resources STEM educators can use to help students select realistic problems they can address.

Analyzing STEM Lessons / Book Excerpts

July 4, 2016

How to Analyze a Lesson for STEM Potential

You’ve located a possible STEM lesson, but how can you be sure it’s of good quality? First and foremost the lessons need to be shaped by STEM principles and criteria. Check out Anne Jolly’s specifications and see how she analyzes potential teaching material.

Student Teaming Tips

July 3, 2016

Student Teaming Tips for Your STEM Classroom

Written by STEM teaching expert Anne Jolly as a free supplement to her book STEM By Design (2016), the Student Teaming Tips Handbook is a starter set of ideas teachers may find useful for priming kids to work creatively and productively in STEM teams. Download the PDF!

Anne's Blog

July 3, 2016

Begin STEM Planning with a 5-Point Checkup

Getting ready to involve students in real STEM learning experiences this fall? Then you’ll soon begin to examine, revise, and beef up your STEM education knowledge and skills. Anne Jolly brings together ideas and information to answer five key questions.

Welcome

June 30, 2016

Welcome to STEM by Design

I’m truly glad you’re here! I’m passionate about STEM and about education, but I’ve found that passion alone isn’t enough. Teaching STEM takes knowledge, energy, and persistence. This site and my new book can help all students be successful STEM learners!

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