Promoting STEAM Innovation and Invention in the Classroom | Cultivating Learning

Join Nyssa Buning of the National Museum of American History’s Spark!Lab and Carol O’Donnell of the Smithsonian Science Education Center to explore strategies for cultivating an inventive mindset in your students. We’ll discuss the history of STEAM innovation in America and try an open-ended invention challenge that uses object-based learning techniques to encourage creative problem solving and support curiosity and perseverance, skills essential to inventors throughout history. You’ll leave with a set of facilitation tools to support students as they develop their own inventive identity and become future problem-solvers. You’ll also receive access to a newly released e-book from the Smithsonian Science Education Center, STEAM Innovation: Celebrating Our Nation's 250 Years. 

Program Details:
This is a Zoom webinar with automatic captioning. You’ll be able to participate using the chat and Q&A, and your camera and mic will be disabled. We’ll record and post the webinar on the Smithsonian Learning Lab’s Events page approximately 72 hours after the session ends.

For general questions, or if we can provide additional accessibility services to support your participation, please email us at learninglab@si.edu. Please make your accessibility request as far in advance as possible—preferably at least one week before the program date.

Thumbnail Image: Thumbnail for an upcoming webinar that reads “Cultivating Learning: Promoting STEAM Innovation and Invention in the Classroom,” overlaid on a photograph of Spark!Lab Inventor Tim Pula facilitating inventions for a stadium. Lemelson Center, 2024.