Engineering

StoryMaker

StoryMaker is a powerful learning platform developed by PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs to build the next generation of media creators through media-making projects. These lesson plans and activities provide a strong foundation of storytelling and journalism skills to help students gain confidence, find their voice, and discover their place in the world.

Author/Presenter

Leah Clapman

Year
2023
Short Description

StoryMaker is a powerful learning platform developed by PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs to build the next generation of media creators through media-making projects. These lesson plans and activities provide a strong foundation of storytelling and journalism skills to help students gain confidence, find their voice, and discover their place in the world.

Institute for Native-serving Educators (INE) Curriculum Units

This collection provides K-12 math and science curriculum units and practice guides authored by INE educators, as well as culturally responsive resources for educators and counselors.

Author/Presenter

Angelina Castagno

Lead Organization(s)
Year
2022
Short Description

This collection provides K-12 math and science curriculum units and practice guides authored by INE educators, as well as culturally responsive resources for educators and counselors.

Ed+gineering Lesson Plans

This site provides three synchronous and six asynchronous culturally responsive lessons for integrating engineering in elementary classes.

Author/Presenter

Jennifer Kidd

Lead Organization(s)
Year
2022
Short Description

This site provides three synchronous and six asynchronous culturally responsive lessons for integrating engineering in elementary classes.

“That is Still STEM”: Appropriating the Engineering Design Process to Challenge Dominant Narratives of Engineering and STEM

Author/Presenter

Jessica Watkins

Year
2023
Short Description

Teachers can play critical roles in challenging or reinscribing dominant narratives about what counts as STEM, who is seen within STEM disciplines, and how these disciplines should be taught. However, teachers have often experienced STEM in limited ways in their own education and are thereby provided with few resources for re-imagining these disciplines.