2017 Promoting PSTEAhM Learning During the Summer

[williamjackson]

2017 Promoting PSTEAhM Learning During the Summer
by William Jackson
Volunteer with Tristan's Accelerated Academy, Inc.
PSTEAhM Camp Jacksonville, Florida

The summer is a perfect time to encourage applying learning
to everyday situations and building learning as fun. Applying
learning to real life experience to build relevancy and
connections. Applying math to help building a budget, reading
to build an appreciation for literacy and diving into STEAM.
Teaching children how to budget money early will allow for
them to process the value of money and build a respect
for work. Parents should use the summer to incorporate
STEAM into their children's life and teaching children how
influential even in a small way how STEAM is important.

Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics - STEAM
Teaching children and teens early will help learn to survive
when there is no one around to give advice, it will already
be in them in thinking creatively and being innovative with
their resources. Instead of telling children that money
does not grow on trees the summer should have been used to
show them.

Provide a budget and some funds so it can be seen in a
realistic format. Children and teens need to be allowed
to shop, compare items and compare the cost helps to
understand the monetary responsibilities in feeding a
family; also helping children learn the sacrifices parents
make for even small things as prices fluctuate.

Children and teens perspectives are different when parents,
family and even summer camps teach how to manage money that
is not infinite, there is a limit. If your not strict about
the kitchen children and teens can prepare food and learn
about the science of cooking, apply the technology of
microwaves, stoves and cooking at certain temperatures
to make sure foods are safe to eat and digest (nutrition).

Kids can learn the "candied" cooked foods may not be healthy
for those that have diabetes and those with high blood pressure
are affected by salts and heavy seasonings. The science of
shopping, preparation, cooking and serving can be fun and
open discussions as to why parents or guardians only purchase
certain foods or why parents or guardians shop at certain
stores. Understanding and comprehension come when a child
applies what they are learning to real world situations.
Just think what your child may be applying when they are
learning to connect the pieces of STEAM that are filled with
events that allow for increased blood pressure or an increase
in blood sugar content.

There are diverse games that children are playing at summer
STEAM camps like Tristan's, the dream of Arlene Lloyd an
educator in Jacksonville, Florida.

Tristan's Accelerated Academy is incorporating STEAM has
found a connection to learning, growing and fun this summer.
Involvement of skills related to STEM, STEAM, and STREAM are
not limited to just science and those areas that kids
expect academically.

Education allows for the accumulation of information, facts,
access to data, students still need to learn how to apply
these to real life experiences especially money. Parents
must understand that value of "exposure," the purpose of
application and implementation is valuable.
The first teacher is the parent, but if the parent is also
lacking in information that makes a dangerous president,
because ignorant parents, create ignorant children and
this creates a generational problem of ignorance.
During the summer children should be visiting museums,
library events, cultural activities, field trips.

Summer camps fill a void in learning gaps and exposure.
In this world of technology, Drones, Social Media, Virtual Reality,
scientific break through, medical discoveries, etc, children
must be prepared especially children of color. There
does not have to be any learning gaps when parents involve
summer camps with structure, capable educators and a vision
for improving the lives of children. 2017 is still a new beginning
to bring about a better future.

[Adam White]

STEAM, STEM and now PSTEAhM? How many more acronyms are there? Why not just focus on giving children a well-rounded, acronym-free education?

Wait...I've got a new acronym:

STENYPS

Start Teaching Everything Necessary for Young People to Succeed.

[acme54321]

PStream is the future

[remc86007]

I didn't know "arts" snuck its way into STEM. Good for it. I thought the whole point was to exclude it...

[williamjackson]

It does get confusing and complicated, but the world has an acronym for so many things.
Look at our military services that you need the BBoA or the Big Book of Acronyms...

The foundation is to get students ready for 21st century and beyond careers.

Wm Jackson
Past STEM and STEAM Educator

[Adam White]

PStream is the future

[Adam White]

Honest question:

What does PSTEAhM stand for? I didn't see the acronym explained in your piece. Sorry if I missed it or am just a bit thick.

[Jim]

Honest question:

What does PSTEAhM stand for? I didn't see the acronym explained in your piece. Sorry if I missed it or am just a bit thick.

I had to look it up too and I'm in the STEM field.

Google gives me: pSTEAhm (the philosphy of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics using a historical context).
That's....interesting.

[Adam White]

Honest question:

What does PSTEAhM stand for? I didn't see the acronym explained in your piece. Sorry if I missed it or am just a bit thick.

I had to look it up too and I'm in the STEM field.

Google gives me: pSTEAhm (the philosphy of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics using a historical context).
That's....interesting.

Thanks. I tried Googling it and most of the results I got pointed to the school mentioned in this blog post.

[Jim]

Honest question:

What does PSTEAhM stand for? I didn't see the acronym explained in your piece. Sorry if I missed it or am just a bit thick.

I had to look it up too and I'm in the STEM field.

Google gives me: pSTEAhm (the philosphy of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics using a historical context).
That's....interesting.

Thanks. I tried Googling it and most of the results I got pointed to the school mentioned in this blog post.

I got it off the Facebook page for an event that school is hosting. 

[Adam White]

Honest question:

What does PSTEAhM stand for? I didn't see the acronym explained in your piece. Sorry if I missed it or am just a bit thick.

I had to look it up too and I'm in the STEM field.

Google gives me: pSTEAhm (the philosphy of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics using a historical context).
That's....interesting.

Thanks. I tried Googling it and most of the results I got pointed to the school mentioned in this blog post.

I got it off the Facebook page for an event that school is hosting.

Sounds like they've cornered the pSTEAhm market.