Spy Club STEM/STEAM Curriculum

Executive Summary

Objective
To actively engage K-12 students with STEAM concepts via a unique hands-on, integrated and inquiry-based spy club curriculum.

Goals
To help students prepare for future careers by introducing them to and engaging them in practical ways in which STEAM is incorporated in daily tasks while simultaneously sharpening their 21st century skill-sets.

Solution
By offering a club-based curriculum that offers inquiry-based teaching methods, there is little resemblance to the compartmentalized structure of the school-day which will appeal to students and increase the odds of participation as well as knowledge retention. Daily meetings will take place where participants will complete one training exercise followed by a mission to complete. The overarching narrative will drive the plot and support print motivation while the individual missions will incorporate STEAM literacy.

Project Outline
The summer club curriculum will run for 8 weeks with a total of 40 meetings.
The school-year club curriculum will run for 36 weeks with a total of 180 meetings. Throughout the entirety of the program students are expected to develop the following skills:

• Speaking & Narrative Skills
• Vocabulary
• Reading & Phonological Awareness
• Writing
• Playing
• Flexibility & Adaptability
• Initiative & Self-Direction
• Teamwork & collaboration
• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Creativity & Innovation
• Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math (STEAM)
• Print Motivation

Summer Curriculum Overview

Week 1

Training: Laser Maze
Each day this week the FLPEA meetings will open with a laser maze training exercise for the agents. The difficulty level of the maze
on day one will be EASY and progressively work it’s way up to HARD by five.

Supplies Needed:

• red yarn
• 10 chairs

Set-Up:
Set out the chairs in two rows, back to back, with a three foot gap in between the rows. Start at one end of the chairs, and tie the end
of the yarn to one of the legs. Weave the yarn back and forth between the chairs, leaving gaps large enough for children to crawl
through. As this activity gets more difficult, you will leave smaller and smaller spaces. Once you’ve reached the end of the chairs then cut the yarn and tie it off on another leg.

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