I hope to connect many different topics to whatever it is I’m teaching. During my practicum I will be incorporating the science behind what is happening during my demonstrations, and will be pointing out the historical, scientific, mathematic, and social context of whatever the activity is. Over the course of my teaching career, I hope to collaborate with teachers of different subjects to create a cross-curricular bridge. I hope to do this by meeting with teachers and planning out our years together so that we can find links in our year where we can have crossover of content. Ideally, I would be collaborating and teaching a double-block class with another teacher that incorporates a science and physical education or a portion of home economics.

During my practicum I hope to incorporate this by including the science, math, and history behind activities I’m teaching. That is, I hope to incorporate some STEM material into my lessons in as many ways as possible. If it is at all possible, I plan to talk to the science and math teachers to learn about some of the curricula that they are covering during the time I am teaching. Armed with this knowledge, I hope to begin to incorporate STEM slowly into warm ups, drills/explanations, and during the student practices.
To put this idea into motion will require some planning and working with other departments, but can also be done at a lower level immediately. In warm ups or demonstrations, the science or math of what is happening can be discussed. In a foods room, students need to understand the science of what is happening when certain ingredients are mixed so they don’t create a product that is inedible.