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The MIT-Nord Anglia STEAM Programme prepares students for the 21st century through hands-on, interdisciplinary learning in science, technology, engineering, art, and maths. It emphasizes creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration, encouraging students to tackle real-world challenges with a global perspective. The program includes in-school challenges, an annual STEAM week at MIT, and professional development for teachers to ensure the latest knowledge is imparted to students.

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MIT Brochure

The MIT-Nord Anglia STEAM Programme prepares students for the 21st century through hands-on, interdisciplinary learning in science, technology, engineering, art, and maths. It emphasizes creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration, encouraging students to tackle real-world challenges with a global perspective. The program includes in-school challenges, an annual STEAM week at MIT, and professional development for teachers to ensure the latest knowledge is imparted to students.

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THE MIT-NORD ANGLIA

STEAM PROGRAMME
HELPING YOUR CHILD
INVENT THE FUTURE
Succeeding in the 21st century means learning how to think, not what
to think. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-Nord Anglia
STEAM programme is designed to prepare students for our rapidly
evolving world. Through hands-on, interdisciplinary learning of STEAM
subjects (science, technology, engineering, art and maths), we equip
our students with the skills, attitudes and behaviours to thrive.

SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY
ENGINEERING
ART
MATHS

“Sharing this with students will embolden them to take risks, make
mistakes and get messy. It will ensure that they become creative
problem solvers as they head into an uncertain future.”

Tom Collins, Head of STEAM, British International School of


Chicago, Lincoln Park

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STEAM brings together science,
technology, engineering, art and
maths based on the belief that
innovation is often found where
subjects intersect. By learning these
subjects together, students consider
a wider range of perspectives when
solving a particular problem. Also whereas
traditional learning concentrates on
fact-based knowledge around individual
subjects, our STEAM programme blends
knowledge with the skills, attitudes and
behaviours needed to thrive in our dynamic

WHY world – flexibility, critical thinking, creativity


and communication.

STEAM? A strong body of evidence also suggests


that STEAM has a beneficial impact on
learning in other subjects precisely
because it helps develop transferrable
skills. STEAM learning fuels
innovation and creativity, and
improves collaboration.

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INSPIRING
INTERDISCIPLINARY
THINKING
WITH MIT
Our STEAM programme is guided by MIT’s core philosophy
of ‘Mind and Hand,’ a hands-on approach to learning
across subjects aimed at developing both knowledge and
vital transferrable skills through experimentation, trial and
error, and creativity. As a world leader in innovation, MIT’s
current research and education includes nanotechnology,
sustainable energy, space exploration, cancer research,
entrepreneurship and artificial intelligence.

This interdisciplinary approach to STEAM exemplifies how


we can prepare students to thrive in the real world. It works
on the premise that the world is complex and messy, and
problems cannot be solved through knowledge of a single
subject alone. Challenges are multifaceted and the thinking
needed to find a solution must be equally dynamic.

“There was a good variety of activities and new experiences


which helped our students to develop social skills,
teamwork skills and skills within the STEAM curriculum.”

Melissa Neal, Science Specialist, British International


School of Chicago, South Loop

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PROGRAMME
OVERVIEW
The MIT-Nord Anglia STEAM Programme enables students to
experience a university-inspired approach to learning STEAM
subjects. Students will learn from MIT researchers, scientists and
experts at the forefront of these fields, as well as taking a hands-
on approach to problem solving.

1. In-School and online STEAM Challenges


2. NAE STEAM week @ MIT
3. Professional development for teachers

1. IN-SCHOOL AND ONLINE


STEAM CHALLENGES
Each year, MIT experts set three real-world, open-ended
challenges and other smaller activities for students. The
challenges require your child to work in teams to solve issues
using ideas which cross disciplines. Designed to test students’
problem solving capabilities, refine transferrable skills, develop
interdisciplinary approaches, and encourage thinking outside
of the box, these challenges are interconnected and span the
academic year.

The challenges vary from year-to-year, focusing on themes such


as space, nanotechnology, building future cities and genetic
engineering. Students will need to find solutions to these
challenges with a sense of global mindedness and community
awareness in the spirit of MIT’s mission.

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“Every part of STEAM was experienced and it was
both educational and fun.”

Sophia, Year 6 Student, British International School of


Chicago, South Loop
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2. NAE STEAM WEEK @ MIT
Every Autumn, selected high school students will have the opportunity to explore MIT and immerse
themselves in its culture of hands-on problem solving. Your child will interact with leading MIT professors
and researchers in activities that expose them to the leading edge of scientific exploration. A series of
engaging workshops such as coding, robotics, bioengineering and nanotechnology will guide your
child’s imagination and help them solidify complex ideas. Campus tours of Harvard University
and MIT will also inspire students with a taste of college life in the United States. The weeklong
event will be sure to motivate future scientists, engineers and mathematicians in the world of
scientific inquiry.

3. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
FOR TEACHERS
Our STEAM teachers are passionate about the subjects they teach. They will guide
your child’s learning experience through science, technology, engineering, art and
maths, encouraging students to holistically combine concepts and skills from each. In
addition to spearheading STEAM learning in schools, these teachers receive ongoing
professional development from leading MIT experts to ensure that your child
benefits from the most current knowledge of the latest developments in these fields.
This unique training opportunity includes a range of workshops, from learning about
nuclear energy with plasma physics researchers, to an examination of aeronautics
and astronautics. Throughout the year, MIT researchers will advise STEAM teachers
to keep them up to date with latest developments and help them to implement the
STEAM challenges.

“The trip was amazing. I got to meet so many new people and became closer with the
other girls that went on the trip. It was so much fun, seeing MIT, Harvard, Boston and
getting to know each other. It was also a once in a lifetime experience, I am so happy that I
was able to go.”

Jemma, Year 7 Student, Northbridge International School of Cambodia


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IGNITE CURIOSITY
We urge our students to question how and why
things work the way they do. By searching for
connections and relationships in the world, your
child can start to face the unknown with confidence.

DEVELOPING Applying knowledge, skills and imagination helps


them look beyond the ordinary to develop creative

SKILLS TODAY,
ways of expressing, thinking through and solving
problems.

SO THAT
YOUR CHILD
CAN SUCCEED ENCOURAGE INGENUITY
TOMORROW AND INNOVATION
Students are encouraged to approach problems
65% of students starting school today, in 20 from a range of perspectives, identities and roles,
years will work in a job that doesn’t yet exist. incorporating skills and theories from different
We are dedicated to equipping our students subjects. This helps them think of traditional
with the skills required for them to flourish in subject boundaries not as barriers to solving a
the classroom today and the workplace of the problem, but as opportunities to find new solutions.
future.

Working closely with MIT, we have developed


our STEAM curriculum to focus and nurture
the key skills that they will require for success.
We call these our learner ambitions and we
use these to monitor how well we are doing at SOLVE COMPLEX CHALLENGES
developing our students.
A key focus is developing practical, hands-on
and exploratory approaches. Our students learn
and work together to tackle real world problems,
creating solutions that make a meaningful impact.

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“At MIT, we focus on inventing the future. We push past
the edges of human understanding. We make new
ways of seeing, and we see new ways of making.”

L. Rafael Reif, MIT President


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ABOUT MIT
The mission of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) is to advance knowledge and educate students in
science, technology and other areas of scholarship that will
best serve the world in the 21st century. Founded in 1861,
MIT is a community of hands-on problem solvers with a
passion for fundamental science and eager to make the
world a better place. That spirit continues to guide how the
university educates students on campus and around the
world.

MIT’s interdisciplinary exploration has fuelled many


scientific breakthroughs and technological advances
including major contributions to the Human Genome
Project, the creation of GPS, and the pioneer of 3D printing.

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