Instructional Resources

Information and resources for six instructional days

CReST Features

1) transdisciplinary educational innovations that highlight the use of technology to increase student learning; 

2) partnerships with highly visible organizations and institutions providing professional
development workshops for participating teachers and career exposure to students; and 

3) strategic global context aimed at tailoring the student experience through a framework focusing on culturally responsive pedagogy, transdisciplinary learning, real-world problem solving, and communities of practice.

CReST Theoretical Framework. This framework is based on Leung’s Interactive STEM pedagogy (Leung, 2020) model by leveraging artifacts of cultural heritage as boundary objects that threads together STEM disciplines.

Lesson Plan Format

CReST support curriculum for the Italian Renaissance. A six-day instructional support curriculum designed with three threads: 1) STEM content, 2)  modular experiential learning, 3) Historical context focused on great thinkers.
Instructional Resources. School division learning management systems are utilized to implement the CReST daily curriculum and assessments. Schools are provided with all the required materials to facilitate experiential learning through kits.  

Instructional materials for CReST support curriculum: A. Plug-and-play learning modules and teacher support materials using the Schoology platform, B. Experiential learning kits designed to complement the curriculum assuming no additional infrastructure.

View Day 1: Example Curriculum

Day 3 and 4 Preparing and Painting Fresco. Fresco is a painting technique in which a dispersion of aqueous pigments are applied to a thin layer of fresh, lime plaster. The pigments used to paint the interior of the dome in the city of Firenze are also used to paint the student fresco. The pigments are sold at Zecchi’s, just a few blocks away from the Dome in Firenze.