About This Project
Goldwater Preparatory School, Port Elizabeth
STEAM training for Intermediate Phase teachers – 4 weekly workshops
1. Drawing for Learning: 13th March
Using drawing as a learning tool is proven to aid memory (Madden, 2019). Gain drawing confidence and skills while learning about the underlying thinking abilities that are developed during the drawing process (Hetland et al. 2013).
2. Light-boxes: 13th March
Problem solving and communication development for teachers and students. Cross-curricular module design facilitated through the construction of a light-box (Perimeter and Area, measurement, story telling and life cycles).
3. Exploring colour: 20th March
Learning how to ‘see’ without preconception. Promotion of observational and language skills through looking and describing tonal variation in water-colour paint. Primary/secondary colour mixing, adjectives, liquid density science experiment (water and wax).
4. Play-dough and plants: 27th March
Learning through the senses. In this workshop we follow a recipe and make play-dough that is scented with lavender, rose geranium, lemon, vanilla and cocoa. Vocabulary development through descriptions of smells. Properties and uses of plants, photosynthesis, 3D shapes and map work skills (see photo).