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Show Me the Waves Challenge

Book Chapter

Show Me the Waves Challenge

In this lesson, students synthesize their learning from the previous lessons to address the module challenge. They demonstrate their learning about light and sound waves by creating a musical performance that incorporates light. Students also use the...

Journal Article

Connecting Learning to Life

Teen science café programs are a free, fun way for high school teens to explore advances in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Through lively conversations and hands-on activities with STEM professionals, teen science café ...

By Michelle Hall, and Michael Mayhew

Informal Education STEM

Journal Article

Where Should Learners Struggle?

"I’ve had one cohort of kids…They were with me last year and then they came back and did a more advanced maker club this year, and so the way that they approached these challenges is so different. They have this mindset where they need to pla...

By Alice Anderson, Megan Goeke, Amber M. Simpson, and Adam V. Maltese

Informal Education

Journal Article

Defining and Measuring STEM Identity and Interest in STEM Learning

A growing number of educators are focused on increasing students’ interest in and developing their identity in relation to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) as an intended outcome of their out-of-school activities and programs. ...

By Jamie Bell, Kevin Crowley, Martin Storksdieck, John Besley, Matthew A. Cannady, Amy Grack Nelson, Tina Phillips, Kelly Riedinger, and Melissa Ballard

Informal Education Research STEM

Shifting to the NGSS: Professional Book Study for Elementary School Teachers

Virtual Conference

Shifting to the NGSS: Professional Book Study for Elementary School Teachers

Are you an elementary school teacher working to enhance your knowledge and understanding of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)? Register to participate in the Shifting to the NGSS: Professional Book Study, taking place in April/May, 2020!...

Influence of Waves, Grade 1: STEM Road Map for Elementary School (e-book)

eBook

Influence of Waves, Grade 1: STEM Road Map for Elementary School (e-book)

What if you could challenge your first graders to create instruments they can play in their own “Show Me the Waves” musical show? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can!...

Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity, Student Edition (e-book)

eBook

Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity, Student Edition (e-book)

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...

Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity, Teacher Edition (e-book)

eBook

Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity, Teacher Edition (e-book)

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...

Making Sense of Science and Religion: Strategies for the Classroom and Beyond (e-book)

eBook

Making Sense of Science and Religion: Strategies for the Classroom and Beyond (e-book)

“I have been hoping for a volume like this for a long time. Making Sense of Science and Religion marshals the best scholarship on science and religion toward the deeply practical aim of helping science teachers understand what is at stake for both ...

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