Team+2+Brainstorming

toc //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

 * video introductions
 * create a team song, cheer and motto
 * social networking-edmodo,
 * skits
 * Song-verses divided up among three schools and videotaped and combined
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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.//
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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.//
 * students colloborate to create song lyrics and music
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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//.
 * STudents will select environmental issue/problem focusing on water to create solution
 * Adopt A Stream
 * Water Monitoring Certification
 * Water Counts
 * WorldWide Water Monitoring day
 * Frog Watch

Co-Create
//Think of artifacts and projects that students from DIFFERENT classrooms can co-create relating to STEM.//
 * student created song with lyrics and music selection-video taped
 * video introductions
 * create maps of the schools/communites
 * student project with main theme of water

Be an Idealist

 * Create real solutions for real problems in each school community
 * Understand watersheds
 * Students have understanding of connectedness of community-versus focusing on differences (cultural, regional, etc.). We are more alike than different!
 * Students will develop theme across curriculum-