STEM on the moveDer Flieger gehört zu den einfachsten akrobatischen Figuren und kann mit etwas Platz, einfachen Matten und einem dritten Kind als Hilfestellung auch in der Schule ausprobiert werden.
Wenn die Oberperson (der Flyer) langsam seine Arme nach vorne oder hinten bewegt spürt die untere Person (die Base) diese Veränderung und muss mit etwas mehr Zehendruck (Arme vorne) oder weniger Zehendruck (Arme hinten) den Flyer oben ausbalancieren.
The idea is to compare different sports types by reducing their complex physics to a few concrete variables. Namely, how far can you toss/hit a ball, depending on its own size and the length of any sort of bat? (e.g. golf club, baseball bat, racquet, … – or none, in case of throwing it yourself, like basketball, volleyball, …)
To reduce the complexity of this setup, it’s best to compare just very few sports with distinct characteristics to each other.
For example:
1) Throwing Basketball – 2) Throwing Tennisball
3) Hitting Baseball – 4) Hitting Golfball
To ease the comparison, this setup focuses solely on the total throwing distance, compares which of the sports does fair the best, and analyzes factors why this is.
Some Variables you might want to include:
Here are some key questions, where you could either put one of them as the main focus of the whole sequence or instead use these to motivate a deeper dive along the way:
Alternative – Focus mostly on Aero Dynamics
Instead of comparing the aspects above qualitatively, you may also want to go more in-depth into Aero Dynamics. Most of the variables stay the same, but we’d suggest focusing mostly on one sport activity (e.g. Throwing basketball *or* golf *or* …) and analyzing the results that way.
Afterward, you may also like to extend the lesson sequence by comparing the sport with the other options (like baseball and so on) and look out for differences.
Professional triathlete and engineer Dominik Sowieja gives insights in his carrer as an athlete but also working as an engineer. In this interview he answers questions from students and is an inspiration to anyone to push one’s limits to the personal boundaries and always try to improve. How technology and his curiosity for MINT subjects helped shape his career is documented in this interview.
This is the link to the video: https://www.cosinuss.com/en/videos/stem/interview-with-dominik-sowieja/
Former professional cyclist Gerrit Glomser answering questions about his career from students. He is an inspiration on how understanding MINT topics and technology help imporove personal performance. He is now the founder of the company GAIRRIT and helps athletes to perfom better using technology and biophysiological knowledge.
Link to the video: https://www.cosinuss.com/en/videos/stem/interview-with-gerrit-glomser/
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Biology and technology meets movement: A concept for movement-based STEM promotion in children and adolescents.
The didactic concept is aimed at students in the 7th grade and above with sufficient swimming skills. Through the experience-oriented learning approach, the motivation for STEM topics is to be awakened and developed – at the same time also for doing sports.
Learning goals:
Sequence of events: Movement-based STEM learning
After a short joint warm-up on the topic of bionics with practical examples of bionic innovations, the student teams started with the task of building a robotic fish using the Bionics Kit. In the process, components such as servo motors, plastic parts and cable ties were used, and at the end the students were able to control the robotic fish using their own end device. In the process, they learn more background knowledge and virtual assembly instructions with the help of 3D animations and an interactive learning poster. Afterwards, the fastest robotic fish is tested in the pool. After the technology input, the experiments in the water continue. The students go through a total of five stations. At the end, there is a team challenge in which each group builds a raft from utensils such as pool noodles, with which a team member is to be transported from pool edge to pool edge.
Assembling Bionic Fish with the construction kit and the interactive learning poster.
Curriculum references:
Reference:
Robotics and swimming event for students:inside on the occasion of Girls‘ & Boys‘ Day 2022 at the Olympic swimming pool in Munich with 20 SuS (5 teams).
General conditions:
Reaktionsspiel, das mit allen Schulinhalten gespielt werden kann, die in zwei Gruppen unterteilt werden können. Das Originalspiel wird oft auch als „Schwarz und Weiß“ bezeichnet.
Schüler stellen sich immer paarweise ca. 1 Meter entfernt gegenüber an zwei Linien auf. Die eine Linie steht für Team Weiß, die andere für Team Schwarz. Wenn der Lehrer schwarz ruft, müssen die auf der schwarzen Linie ihren Partner von der weißen Linie fangen. Beide dürfen aber nur gerade nach hinten (von weiß aus) laufen und es muss in den ersten Metern gefangen werden (am besten eine Stopplinie vereinbaren oder zeichnen), bevor man eine Wand erreicht. Wenn weiß gerufen wird muss die weiße Seite reagieren und versuchen die schwarzen Partner zu fangen.
Dies kann nun auch mit verschiedenen MINT-Inhalten gespielt werden, wo sich die Antwort in zwei vorher festgelegte Gruppen unterteilen lässt, z.B.:
This is a short overview (goals, exercises) about combining the topic of posture with the practice of cycling.
Goal:
Exercises:
Link to image: Posture-Overview
Link to other lesson sketches: Cycling Topic Collection
This is a short overview (goals, exercises) about combining the topic of the inclined plane with the practice of cycling.
Goal(s):
Exercises:
Link to image: Inclined-Plane-Overview
Link to other lesson sketches: Cycling Topic Collection
This is a short overview (goals, exercises) about combining the topic of the Golden Rule of Mechanics with the practice of cycling.
Goal:
Exercises:
Link to image: Cycling-Golden-Rule-Overview
Link to other lesson sketches: Cycling Topic Collection
Here you can find an overview of several short lesson ideas concerning the combination of STEM topics (physics, biology) and the sport of cycling in a school context.
PDF Document: Cycling Overview PDF
PowerPoint: Cycling Overview PPT
Links to the individual pages:
Cardiovascular System & performance
