{"id":12455,"date":"2018-09-17T14:54:08","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T18:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-utk-volumes.pantheonsite.io\/?p=12455"},"modified":"2018-09-17T14:54:08","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T18:54:08","slug":"stem-for-educators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/stem-for-educators\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Will Host STEM Event for K-12 Educators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UT Libraries, the East Tennessee STEM Hub, and the Center for Enhancing Education in Mathematics and Sciences are hosting a free half-day event for K-12 educators. <\/p>\n<p>East Tennessee K-12 teachers will learn ways to help students excel in science and mathematics at Big Orange STEM Saturday for Educators September 29 at the John C. Hodges Library. Teachers from participating school districts will receive professional development credit.<\/p>\n<p>Melanie Allen, health sciences librarian at the UT Libraries, will offer a keynote presentation on how makerspaces in educational settings support STEAM research initiatives. (STEAM = STEM + ART.) <\/p>\n<p>Allen also will demonstrate a cutting-edge teaching tool that is part of the UT Libraries\u2019 makerspace: a touch-screen 3D Anatomage Table. The table is equipped with digital cadavers that allow students to visualize thousands of anatomical structures and to perform virtual dissections as they would on a real cadaver.<\/p>\n<p>Breakout sessions at Big Orange STEM Saturday for Educators will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c3D Printing: Reconceptualizing the Scientific Method.\u201d A 3D printing project can have unforeseen benefits for traditionally underrepresented students in STEM, according to Yolanda Kirkpatrick, who teaches STEM education in UT\u2019s Department of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPrejudiced Polygons.\u201d In Polygon Town, both Triangles and Squares prefer to have neighbors who are similar to themselves. Using fractions and a basic mathematical model, participants will try to make all the citizens of Polygon Town happy. This simple math game illustrates a social phenomenon: how small individual biases against diversity lead to greater segregation in the general population. Anne Ho, a lecturer in mathematics at UT, will lead the game.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAll Hands on Math\u2014Building STEM Inquiry through K-12 Mathematics Modeling Activities.\u201d Karen Cheng, a former high school math teacher and current PhD candidate in math education at UT, will introduce entertaining, hands-on exercises to teach mathematical concepts.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cStudent Thinking in Science and Engineering Using Phenomena K-5.\u201d Andrea Berry, a science and STEM supervisor with the Knox County Schools, will discuss the new science standards and using hands-on, inquiry-based instruction with K-5 students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Representatives from the various STEM curricula at UT and local STEM-related organizations will be on hand to answer questions.<\/p>\n<p>Big Orange STEM Saturday for Educators is funded, in part, by a grant from the UT Office of Research and Engagement.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/outreach\/soil\/b-o-s-s\/bosseducators\/\">event website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>CONTACTS:<\/p>\n<p>Thura Mack, UT Libraries (865-974-6381, <a href=\"mailto:tmack@utk.edu\">tmack@utk.edu<\/a>).<br \/>\nLynn Hodge, Center for Enhancing Education in Mathematics and Sciences (865-974-8778, <a href=\"mailto:lhodge4@utk.edu\">lhodge4@utk.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UT Libraries, the East Tennessee STEM Hub, and the Center for Enhancing Education in Mathematics and Sciences are hosting a free half-day event for K-12 educators. 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