From there, they make goals on how they will improve during the next lesson.”Īs Ms Wislang concludes her explanation of the learning goals, a buzz of conversation fills the room – the students tip the materials from the bucket on their desk and begin discussing how they can use these to build a sturdy bridge. Each student is able to self-assess and check in on themselves to see how they are as a teammate. “It has been wonderful to see the students working within different groups each lesson and observing them individually as collaborators. “A key part of the learning involves developing the students’ team-work skills,” explains Ms Wislang, the International School of Lausanne’s new teacher of STEAM. Their fate rests on the students’ ability to innovate and collaborate… On the tables, a sheet of blue paper represents a river a bucket is filled with the materials the students can use to create a structure over the river flanking the riverbanks are sets of toy cars, each awaiting to find if the learners’ engineering skills will see them safely across the river, or deposit them into the “water”. On the board, the “problem” of the lesson is posed: “How will we get across to the other side? What could help us get there?”Įnthused by the challenge of the lesson, a group of Year 5 budding engineers investigate the materials that they will use to create a bridge across a river, while their teacher, Ms Wislang, explains the lesson “problem”. “What is today’s challenge?” their friend chimes in, as the students stream to their seats, eager to inspect the carefully prepared materials on their desks. “We have a new challenge?” someone exclaims, seeing the lesson plan projected on a white board. It is an unseasonably cold and rainy September morning as the Year 5 class clusters through the open door of ISL primary’s Innovation Lab, but as the room fills up with excited children, the mood is bright and cheerful. Read on to discover how the students are being inspired by their experiences…
Part of raising the profile of science and technology in our learning community, having the children visit the Innovation Lab every week allows them to investigate elements from their IB PYP Units of Inquiry in an environment tailored for the teaching and learning of STEAM subjects.
Primary students at the International School of Lausanne are revelling in the opportunities for challenge, creativity, and teamwork provided by our new STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics – classes and Innovation Lab.
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