Developing the STS electric and electric power unit for design based STEM activities

Abstract

Recently, there is increasingly providing STEM learning activities in school setting. This paper aimed to clarify the developing STS electric and electric power unit for design based STEM activities. STEM education learning activities need to be developed through design based learning activities. The STS electric and electric power unit, therefore, was developed regarding on STS approach and structuring students’ ideas of designing for problem solving by providing the steps of engineering process design. The paper, then, clarify the details of STS electric and electric power unit. The unit will bring the social issues to the classroom in order to engage students’ identify the problem for solving. Then, the unit will suggest the engineering process design to students in order to scaffold students to design for developing the prototypes for solutions. This paper may have implication for providing design based STEM activities.