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Metallurgical Engineer Wendi Cooksey

An interview with metallurgical engineer Wendi Cooksey...

By Luba Vangelova

High School Careers Engineering General Science

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Moving Around as a Teacher

What other profession gives summers off, with the bonus of teaching in different locations? In this article I’ll tell how taking leaves of absence to teach at other locations was one of the opportunities that I enjoyed, which hopefully is available...

By Paul Hewitt

High School New Science Teachers Physics Teacher Preparation

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Generating opportunities: Strategies to elevate Science and Engineering Practices using ChatGPT

Within this Idea Bank, we offer practical strategies to integrate ChatGPT across three science and engineering practices (i.e., asking questions and defining problems, planning and carrying out investigations, and analyzing and interpreting data) dur...

By Andrew Kipp, Nathan Hawk, Gustavo Perez

High School Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teaching Strategies Technology

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 Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?

By Ann Haley MacKenzie

High School STEM Teaching Strategies Technology

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People Designing for People: A One-Week Human-Centered Design Engineering Summer Camp for Pre-College Students

This paper describes the design and implementation of a week-long engineering summer camp that engages pre-college learners in human-centered design principles. Students worked in teams of 3-5 to create and present a viable prototype for a specified ...

By Taylor Tucker, Saadeddine Shehab

High School Engineering STEM Teaching Strategies Technology

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The Science of Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction

Over the past few years, computer science education has expanded globally, including aspects of artificial intelligence (AI), especially in graduate and undergraduate education settings. However, less has been accomplished regarding how to introduce ...

By Sandy Watson

High School STEM Technology

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Just Because It Sounds Plausible, Doesn’t Mean It’s True

Plausible scientific arguments abound. Those who wish to deceive often weave a tangled web of plausible scientific arguments to support their case. What can the science teacher do to prevent their students being duped? Given that many of the claims a...

By Jonathan Osborne

High School Literacy Sensemaking Teaching Strategies

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Promoting Scientific Literacy through the Writing of Abstracts

Students are provided with plenty of opportunities to acquire new knowledge based on the various scientific disciplines they explore in their schooling. However, it can sometimes be difficult to integrate activities that build scientific literacy ami...

By Alexander Eden

High School Learning Progression Literacy Pedagogy

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Using Scenarios to Assess Student Learning

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) define science literacy as having the knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and processes and the ability to question natural world phenomena (National Research Council, 2012). When students w...

By Maha Kareem, Amy Lannin, William Romine, Nancy Singer, Marsha Tyson, Katie Kline, Michelle Kendrick, Sam Otten, Sarah Apple

High School Assessment Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

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Knowing the ABCs of Teaching in an Age of AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm, consequently bringing a hurricane to the seas of education. The purpose of this article is to encapsulate commonly used classroom strategies into practices that can effectively build content...

By Tanya MacMartin

High School Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Technology

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Establishing AI Literacy before Adopting AI

As applications of AI have proliferated, the call has grown for educating students about what AI is, how it works, and how it can affect us. In response, [an American University], in collaboration with an external implementation partner, developed 12...

By Fiona Hollands, Cynthia Breazeal

Literacy Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Technology

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The Power of Suggest…ed Practice:Using Optional Practice Instead of Assigned Homework in the High School Science Classroom

How do we as teachers balance the need of students to practice class content with their intense schedules, extracurriculars, and need for a healthy and balanced life? An alternative to traditional, mandatory homework is offered herein, in the form of...

By Lindsey Paricio-Moreau

Curriculum Pedagogy STEM Technology

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Using Lessons from History to Guide the Implementation of AI in Science Education

It is critical to understand past science education reform to know what could be explored in the future (Cheng et al., 2010). The purpose of this position paper is to describe a historical timeline of science education. Using historical documents a...

By Aria Hadley-Hulet, Marc Ellis, Austin Moore, Emily Lehnardt, Max Longhurst

NGSS STEM Technology

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Metallurgical Engineer Wendi Cooksey

An interview with metallurgical engineer Wendi Cooksey...

By Luba Vangelova

High School Careers Earth & Space Science Technology