Building on SAE’s award-winning A World In Motion (AWIM) hands-on STEM education curriculum, the new AWIM Preschool Explorations program harnesses children’s natural curiosity to explore, play, and experience the world around them. Each module aligns with established preschool standards and helps build a foundation of problem solving, critical thinking, and language skills.
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Students learn about thought processes involved in converting problems into subproblems and logical steps. Teams investigate the characteristics and write examples of flawed instructions as well as effective programs, using technical terminology to explain their revisions.
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Our PreK-8 STEM education solution—A World In Motion (AWIM)—is a teacher-administered, industry volunteer-assisted program that brings science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education to life in the classroom for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Benchmarked to national standards, the AWIM program incorporates integrated STEM learning experiences through hands-on activities that reinforce classroom STEM learning.
Parents and caregivers can access hands-on PreK-8 STEM experiences and activities based on SAE’s award-winning A World In Motion STEM curriculum. Our goal is to ensure all learners continue to thrive at home every day by providing fun and engaging STEM activities. Check back as we continue to add new SAE STEM@Home™ resources.
SAE is excited to announce the Chowdhury Student Innovation Contest, an exciting opportunity for elementary and middle school students (grades 4-8) to choose a real-world issue that interests them and develop an innovative solution through IT or Engineering Design concepts. The issue may be local or global, and the STEM solution may be conceptual or applied. Students will envision and share their idea in a fun, creative way to engage their peers and increase awareness of the issue.
Students can participate independently or with a small team and work with a mentor online or in-person. Participation is free and more than $20,000 in prizes will be awarded!
Register by submitting abstracts by March 1, 2020.
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Corporate and organization support through the SAE Foundation helps us fulfill our mission to provide hands-on STEM experiences for all students.
For more than 20 years, SAE has partnered with Education Development Center Inc. (EDC) to develop student challenges for the AWIM program. EDC designs, implements, and evaluates programs to improve education, economic opportunity, and health throughout the U.S. and around the world. For almost 60 years, the nonprofit’s services—including STEM curriculum design—have helped educators and leaders promote the school, college, and career success of learners.
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