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Design Challenge Units and Research on Learning

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Design Challenge Units and Research on Learning

Chapters 1–3 provide background information and introduce the particular engineering design process (EDP) used in the Cincinnati Engineering Enhanced Math and Science (CEEMS) program, as well as how the design challenge unit framework connects with...

Defining and Using Our Design Challenge Units

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Defining and Using Our Design Challenge Units

Chapters 1–3 provide background information and introduce the particular engineering design process (EDP) used in the Cincinnati Engineering Enhanced Math and Science (CEEMS) program, as well as how the design challenge unit framework connects with...

Setting the Stage: Create Hooks to Secure Student Buy-In

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Setting the Stage: Create Hooks to Secure Student Buy-In

Chapters 4–7 contain sections written by individual secondary math and science teachers (grades 6-12) who focus on different aspects of implementing design challenge units. In this chapter, the teachers’ stories capture the excitement of engaging...

Focusing on the Engineering Design Process

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Focusing on the Engineering Design Process

Chapters 4–7 contain sections written by individual secondary math and science teachers (grades 6-12) who focus on different aspects of implementing design challenge units. In this chapter, the three teachers detail the teaching strategies they use...

Integrating Assessment Into Design Challenge Units

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Integrating Assessment Into Design Challenge Units

Chapters 4–7 contain sections written by individual secondary math and science teachers (grades 6-12) who focus on different aspects of implementing design challenge units. In this chapter, the three teachers identify the appropriate content that w...

Developing 21st-Century Skills With Design Challenge Units

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Developing 21st-Century Skills With Design Challenge Units

Chapters 4–7 contain sections written by individual secondary math and science teachers (grades 6-12) who focus on different aspects of implementing design challenge units. In this chapter, the teachers recognize the needs of students and develop i...

Getting Started With Design Challenge Units

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Getting Started With Design Challenge Units

This chapter demonstrates how to modify another teacher’s design challenge for your own classroom and how to reflect on and improve your own units after implementation. It also shares resources for finding design challenge unit ideas, finding techn...

NSTA Press Book

Creating Engineering Design Challenges: Success Stories From Teachers

If you’ve ever wished for advice you can trust on how to make science and math more relevant to your middle or high school students, Creating Engineering Design Challenges is the book for you. At its core are 13 units grounded in challenge-based le...

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NSTA Press Book

Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity, Teacher Edition

How do our bodies manage to heal wounds, build the stamina to run marathons, and give us the energy—even while we’re sleeping—to keep us alive and functioning? Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity prompts high school students to explore fa...

By AAAS/Project 2061

High School General Science Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Inquiry Lesson Plans NGSS Performance Expectations Phenomena Three-Dimensional Learning Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation

NSTA Press Book

Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity, Student Edition

How do our bodies manage to heal wounds, build the stamina to run marathons, and give us the energy—even while we’re sleeping—to keep us alive and functioning? Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity prompts high school students to explore fa...

By AAAS/Project 2061

High School General Science Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Inquiry Lesson Plans NGSS Performance Expectations Phenomena Three-Dimensional Learning Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation

Connected Science Learning October-December 2019

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Connected Science Learning October-December 2019

Volume 1, Issue 12 STEM Mindset ...

Informal Education STEM

NSTA Press Book

Discovery Engineering in Biology: Case Studies for Grades 6–12

Show your students how amazing it can be to just “see what will happen” when they blend biology, engineering, and serendipity. Focusing on innovations sparked by accidental or unexpected observations, the case studies in this resource are a livel...

By Rebecca Hite, Gina Childers, Megan Ennes, M. Gail Jones

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