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Education Philosophy: My STEM Tinker Tubs

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Education Philosophy
My education philosophy says that I want to help my students to become responsible citizens in their community. My social studies unit on needs and wants helps outlines this basic concept. Students learn what is necessary to live and function in their society. Students learned that “wants” could only be met after all your “needs” have been provided. They will need the learn the value of money and how to spend responsibly. My STEM Tinker Tubs integrates with my philosophy of hands on learning. These tubs allowed students to explore engineering principles using everyday products. I believe for children to truly learn they must explore things with all five senses. The Tinker Tubs do this by giving students challenges to …show more content…

The National Health Content Standards says students should be able to demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks. In my PE method class it was taught that it is important that lessons tie in with national and district standards to ensure students get an overall education in physical education and health. This lesson also uses the USDA recommended MyPlate model for nutrition. This was easy method to my first graders could understand. The MyPlate model allow them to see how much of each food group they should be consuming in a day. The lesson was exciting for my first-graders and they enjoy picking healthy foods for their plate. Evidence …show more content…

I wanted to find a way to integrate my PE and health lessons so my students could see the connection between healthy eating and physical activity. I learned in my PE method class that you can modify PE lessons to make them developmentally appropriate for your group of children. I had to do this with my couch potato lesson. I had designated one kid as the tagger, and the other as the chef, but the odds made it difficult for the person who was it to catch students. The second round I had two kids who were “it” and two kids who were the “chef”. This made the game move more steadily and it was more fun for the kids. Evidence 1

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The “All About Me” lesson would allow my students to express their interests and find common links with other students. The plan was to compile these sheets into a book and allow the students to guess who the person that was being described. This would have been something I would have done at the beginning of the school year, but I thought it was nice way to help students learn about each other.
My art lesson used a local artist as an inspiration and backdrop to this lesson. This art lesson I was integrating math and art together. My students were learning about 2D and 3D shapes and so I thought an art lesson about how geometry is used in art would help students understand these math concepts. I used Mark Adam Webster a local landscape painter, artwork, to show how artists used

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