team+15+Brainstorming

//You are brainstorming ideas to connect students to one another to teach a STEM topic or subject. This brainstorming page is meant as a starting point. DELETE the italics as these are the instructions.//

=**Idea Generation** = //Goal: At least 50 ideas before you move on between all of the categories below. Try for at least 5 ideas in each area below.//

**Laugh**
//Think of silly, funny, hilarious ways to connect students and teach STEM subjects.//
 * cartoon using ---xtrano
 * ironic images
 * rhyming song about oil
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**Make Moments**
//Think of ways you can use powerful, moving, emotional stories and/or media to teach and how you can connect students to build on that moment.//
 * discuss news story about the actions some people have taken as a result of loss of livelihood
 * media clips that have shown the oil covered animals
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**Connect with People**
//Think of people and ways you can connect students to experts, community leaders, authors, business people for learning.//
 * jobs in LA - change in lifestyle
 * Food shift - where does the seafood come from
 * NOAA or coast guard
 * lifeguards and clean up workers

**Take Action and Find Meaning**
//Think of ways students can connect to each other AND take ACTION in their local communities and online relating to STEM areas//.
 * meet with local fishermen and interview the impact this has had on their lives.
 * post ideas whether we should continue to drill in the Gulf
 * based on the results in the Gulf post discussions about whether we should continue with fossil fuels or choose alternative fuels
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//Think of artifacts and projects that students from DIFFERENT classrooms can co-create relating to STEM.//
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//What do you WISH students would be able to do online together relating to STEM.//
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