Internship Proposal

Amber Curry
M.Ed. student in Learning Design & Technologies
EDET 650 – J50
ancurry@email.sc.edu
(803)-404-9713

Proposal to Perform Instructional Design Services to

STEMS Magnet School
Internship Site: Contacts:
North Springs Elementary Kristina Dial
1300 Clemson Rd. Columbia, SC 29229 STEMS Magnet Lead Teacher
(803)-736-3183 (803)-736-3183 ext. 80007
kdial@richland2.org

Site Description
North Springs Elementary School is a Title I elementary school in Columbia, SC. It is within Richland School
District Two, known for its partnership with the community to develop global citizens of tomorrow. North
Springs guarantees our children a quality education empowering them to reach their maximum potential while
acquiring the skills to become life-long learners. This public school ranges from pre-kindergarten through 5 th
grade with approximately 670 students. North Springs has about 120 faculty and staff members.

North Springs also houses a national award-winning STEMS magnet program within the school. The STEMS
program includes two homeroom classes for each grade level. The mission of STEMS, in partnership with
families, the community, and the school is to prepare students for active citizenship and for careers of the future,
particularly STEM careers. The STEMS program has recently adopted an aquaponics system that mimics a
natural environment by growing plants and fish.

Potential Projects
Project 1

A potential project would be creating a website that houses online learning modules that could teach students at
the school about aquaponics. This learning module would include a website that would be categorized based on
the grade level of the students. Each grade level would learn about a different part of the system through learning
modules and their role in keeping the system successfully running. The website will also include projects based
on the grade level. This website will also include a chart where the students can enter data, they have received
from the aquaponics systems.

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This will include:

 Web Development
 Instructional Development
 Evaluation activities
 Designing activities

Project 2

A potential project would be creating a website that houses different lessons based on STEMS projects for grades
1st – 5th. This online tool would include projects, online modules, and printable documents for teachers to easily
access or provide to students.

This will include:

 Web Development
 Instructional Development
 Designing activities

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