Activity One: What is Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)?

ACTIVITY ONE: WHAT IS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATHICS (STEM)?

What does WAGGGS want to know?

We want to see how much understanding girls have of STEM topics right now.

What you need

• 4 large pieces of paper (e.g. Flip chart)
• Pens

What to do

1. Write a different title at the top of each piece of paper:
   • Mathematics
   • Science
   • Engineering
   • Technology
2. Place the papers around your meeting space with a few pens.
3. Split the group into four small groups.
4. Ask each group to run to one of the papers. Ask them each to read out what is written on theirs. Explain you would like them to work as a team to write what they think this word means/what it is
   • Hint: To help them, you could ask "What kinds of things would you study in Mathematics, Science etc?, "What things come to your mind when you hear these words?" (These can be actions, activities, items, materials, people and places but not feelings)
5. Give girls 5 minutes at the first station. After 5 minutes, ask them to move to the next one to add their thoughts, and so on until each group has visited each station. You could give less time at the next station as they are adding to work from other groups. If you are short on time, groups could visit just two stations each.

Online option:

Either of the following methods:

1. Discussions in break-out room or plenary, depending on group size.
   • Leader/facilitator facilitates participants to discuss what they know or think of for each of the topic. You may record their answers on screen or off screen, or invite another leader/facilitator to record the responses.
2. Use applications like Kahoot, Slido, AhaSlides, Mentimeter or other interactive online engagement applications.
   • Use word cloud option to get participants to key in the key words for each topic.
3. Use applications like Google Sheet, Google Document or other online collaborative applications. Remember to share the editable link with the participants.
   • Create a table with each topic as the header (in the columns of the table) and leave space in the rows of the table for participants to type in what they know or think of each topic. 

RECORDING THE RESPONSES:

Please record the words the groups wrote under each heading in a format like the table below.