Led by The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) and partnering with Granite State College and the NH Dept. of Education, a project called “School Librarians Advancing STEM Learning” (SLASL) is in its third year of creating curriculum that supports standards-aligned STEM resources, learning, and literacy standards.Memorial High School science teacher Caitlin Gately and library media specialist Linda Hedrick are participating in the project with other New Hampshire school librarians and STEM teacher fellows. The focus of the project is to support STEM resources and learning by developing curriculum on standards-aligned STEM inquiry and literacy standards.
Caitlin and Linda collaborated to create a unit of lessons titled "Recombinant DNA in Genetically Modified Organisms" using open educational resources that focused on text-based inquiry in STEM, science literacy skills, and library research. They also created an interactive electronic notebook that each student received containing the unit. The students worked in small groups to complete the lessons and then prepared presentations on their chosen topics.The unit will soon be published in ISKME’s digital library of high quality, open and freely available lessons created by educators. Supporting many curriculum areas, teachers are encouraged to go to the OER Commons website to find and use lessons that may be adapted for use.
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