Ko te wā i ka whakamahi ngā tamariki iti ki te aromatawai i ngā momo mātauranga pūtaiao me te hangarau. Nā te mea, nui rawa atu i a rātou e hiahia ana kia ako i te whakaaro i te purei me te kawe iho nei i te huarahi whai take mō te ako! I tēnā wā, kei tātau mōhiotanga ko ngā momo kōwhitiwhiti tino āhuatia hei STEM kōwhitiwhiti. Ko ēnei kōwhitiwhiti hei whakapakari i ngā tamariki i ngā hīkoi matua o te pūtaiao, te hangarau, te hangaru me te mati. Ka whakawhitinga i te ako hei mea nui, pai, me te whakahirahira!
He nui te hēnga i te mea he whare whakanui i te pūtaiao me te hangarau i te wā tuatahitia. He whakatūpū i te hiranga pūmanawa o ngā tamariki kia mahi tūranga, kia pātai, me te mōhio ki te whakahaere i te ao. Ko ngā taumata STEM he pai tōna whakapono mo ngā tamariki iti noaiho, nā te mea ka taea e rātou te whakatūpū i ngā pūtake mō ngā momo ako e whai ake nei i roto i te kura me ngā mahi whenua.
Ki te tae ki te mea he aha ngā momo toi pūtaiao matataraire e āhei ana ngā tamariki kia tohua, kore rawa ngā whiringa. Ko te rākau nei kei roto he mea pēnei i ngā rākau haere i te mātauranga pūnaha, he rākau hanganga whare (mōrī, LEGO), he roboti kiritaki, he paepae hiko ihi rorohiko, atā, ko te nuinga o ngā whiringa. Ki te maha ngā whiringa, ka āhei ngā tamariki ki te kite i ngā toi e hiahia ana rātau, ā, ka tika ki ngā ara ako tuatahi a rātau. Kei te pai kia mōhio he mea kua ora rawa ngā toi pūtaiao hei whakamahia hei whai wā. He mea iti noa iho hoki ngā pūnaha iti, ngā rākau kāuta, me ngā rākau e whai ana i ngā pūmanawa whakaunuhia, ka taea pea te whai wā hei whai mātauranga.
He tino waihanga hoki ngā kēmu STEM ki te whiwhi i te nuinga o ngā tamariki i te āheinga ki te hanga me te whakatika i ngā rongoā. Ko tēnei he huarahi pai mō ngā tamariki kia tuwhera hei mua i te āporo! E aki ana ēnei kēmu i ngā tamariki kia whakaaro mōhio, kia hanga whiwhinga, me te houhou. Ka puta te mōhio ki ngā tamariki i te whakamana i a rātou kia timata ki te whakamahere, ki te whakamātau, ā, pērā iho, ki te whakapae hoki i te whakapae i roto i ō rātou whakaaro, ka mōhio rātou kaore i a rātou kia mate i te whakapae. He mea nui noa, ko tēnei he wāhanga whakaako, ā, he wāhanga whakaae hoki i ngā whakarongoā.
Tētahi atu tūranga he whiwhi i ngā wāhine tamariki i te mātauranga me te hunga rorohiko ki ngā kōmu tūemi STEM. Kaore ngā kōmu tūemi STEM hei noa i ngā wāhine tamariki ranei, he mea nui hoki ko ngā take mō ngā kōmu tūemi STEM e whakapakari ana i te mātauranga me ngā pūkenga. Nā te rangahau i tohe ai he iti noa iho ngā tamariki wāhine e noho tonu ana i roto i ngā marae mātauranga STEM i muri i te mātauranga me te mahi. Nō reira, he mea nui rawa kia whakamana i ngā wāhine tamariki kia whai wāhi ake rātau i runga i ngā kōmu tūemi STEM i te tinana o te tamariki. Ko te mutunga o ēnei āhuatanga ka taea te whakatū pūmanawa i raro i ā rātau ngā hiahia mo enei marae, ā, ka whakawhanake i te mana me ngā pūkenga e hiahiatia ana e rātau kia whiwhi i te kua.
Kāore ngā pūtake whakarite ki ngā pai o te whakauru i ngā kēmu STEM ki roto i te wā tākaro o tō tamaiti. He wāhi nui, he whakamahia me te mātauranga te kēmu STEM hei whakaako i ngā tamariki mo te ao e whai ake nei i a rātou. Kia puta i a rātou ngā pātai, kia tūhura, ā, kia kite i ō rātou utuānā i a rātou anō. Ki te kī, ka hangaia te whakapā mai ki te STEM i runga i te mea ka tākaro ngā tamariki i ngā kēmu STEM, ā, ka whakamanahia ngā tamariki kia mahi i ngā pūmanawa matatika, he whakaaro mārama, he pūmau, me ngā pūmanawa whakaaro taumata. Ka taea e ēnei pūmanawa te whakarite i a rātou mo te kuaoho i te mātauranga hoki i te mahi e whai ake nei.
Ki te PPT, ka whakaaro tātou he ara pai rawa te whakauru i ngā kēmu STEM hei whakatū haerenga i te pūnaha rangahau me te pūnaha matatika ahakoa te nui o te waihangatanga! Ka hanga ngā kēmu STEM i te hihiko kia tūhura, kia kitea, me te ako. Ahakoa he karetao kawe kōrero rānei, he kete whakamātau pūnaha rānei, he mea kei waenganui, he mea mō ngā waahanga katoa, whakawhanake i ngā raumati whakaaro, i te whakaaro whai hunga, me te whaiwhai take tūponotanga.