Socratic STEAM SeMINARS

What to do with extra time in a day so you don't waste learning opportunities? Here is a flex structure I created for a class class that will meet 3 days a week for 4 weeks, but this can be adapted as a daily class, or other.  Thanks to Mr Ciambrone and the 7th grade teachers for the daily theme title inspiration.

I'm going to begin with some class-building discussions the first Tues and Weds and move into external content the first Thursday. 

 Socratic STEAM

Talk about it Tuesday - Students talk about the previous Thusrday's wonder in a circle facing one another and following socratic seminar rules for discussion.


Write about it Wednesday - Students write plans of action, invention blueprints,  private journal entries, advocacy letters,  or social media posts about their final musings on what they saw and discussed. They will research if needed and  have a share out. 


Think about it Thursday- Students view together a video on and then read about a compelling topic in science or social science, Tech, Engineering, Arts or Mathematics (like TEDed, Nature video, video about how to make optical illusions with math, etc) then think about it or do more research for the rest of class or on their own if desired. 

​Resource Links:

http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/lesson-ideas/first-days-of-school-how-i-create-climate
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/lesson-ideas/discussion-catalyst
https://www.paideia.org/socratic-seminar-rules/
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/lesson-ideas/host-an-academic-conversation

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Nothing formal. I have a "no labels" rule and a serious talk about the reductive power of labels on Day 1. Would ♥️ more

— Kristin S Doucette (@KSD502) August 14, 2017