Teenagers’ STEM-based Innovative Courses Design

Abstract

Recently, interdisciplinary education has been the trend of the education curriculum reform. In this paper, we report on the thought of teenagers’ STEM-based innovative courses, which aim at developing students' scientific literacy and creative creativity through hands-on practice. Researching on project-based teaching methods, we have designed innovative design courses for the grade three to six based on the primary curriculum standards for science and information technology of China in 2012. With Arduino and 3D printing, a set of complete STEM-based innovative courses around smart homes has been produced. Its evaluation and assessment methods have also come up, which are the feedback of students’ ability. The paper shows the main thought and some typical examples integrally. Keywords—STEM, innovative course, primary, evaluation, curriculum standards