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Book Chapter
Designing Innovative STEM Units
This chapter discusses an innovative strategy for the design, development, and implementation of STEM units. The strategy for state and local leaders is described, along with the critical connection between the development of instructional materials ...
Book Chapter
Developing Innovative STEM Units
This chapter moves from discussing ideas about designing STEM units to focusing on their development. It begins with a discussion of an integrated approach to STEM instruction, which is one of the innovations of the units proposed. Next, it shares a ...
Book Chapter
Perspectives on Professional Learning for STEM Units
This chapter presents criteria for potential contemporary STEM units and the complementary professional learning. The discussion provides a foundation and context for a professional learning institute where teachers actually design and develop units ...
Book Chapter
Professional Development of STEM Units
This chapter addresses the connection of professional learning to the development and implementation of STEM units. The plan centers on teachers developing, field testing, and implementing the units, all with professional guidance and support. The pr...
Book Chapter
Innovations and Opportunities for STEM Education
STEM represents an innovative approach to school programs. Although there is a history of innovation in American education, STEM is unique in that it incorporates concepts, practices, contexts, and competencies for the 21st century. Chapters 17 and 1...
eBook
STEM Education Now More Than Ever (e-book)
New in 2018!In response to “these unconventional and uncertain years,” veteran educator Rodger W. Bybee has written a book that’s as thought-provoking as it is constructive. Now more than ever, he writes, America needs reminders of both the the...
Journal Article
Engaging Youth in Citizen Science
Happy Citizen Science Day: April 14, 2018 Please join us in celebrating Citizen Science Day, which falls this year on Saturday, April 14th. This issue of Connected Science Learning is dedicated to highlighting effective citizen science programs ...
By Dennis Schatz
Journal Article
Numbers in Nature, Math on the Mountain
Data are the workhorses of the scientific endeavor and their use is rapidly evolving (Haendel, Vasilevsky, and Wirz 2012). Ask almost any scientist about their work, and the conversation will involve the data they collect and analyze. The use of da...
By Michael Giamellaro and Kari O'Connell
Journal Article
In North Carolina, 39% of eighth-grade students report that they “never or hardly ever” design a science experiment, and another 29% of eighth grade students report doing hands-on science activities only once or twice a month (NCES 2011). The nor...
By Suzanne Branon, Sherry Booth Freeman, Lauren Bryant, LaTricia Townsend, and Malinda Faber
Book Chapter
Designing Meaningful STEM Lessons (book sample)
Sure, there are lots of cool STEM activities you can use in class. But do they really help your students learn science? This book shows you how to take lessons you’re already familiar with and, through small changes, do what the title says: Design ...
Journal
Connected Science Learning April-June 2018
Volume 1, Issue 6 STEM Learning Through Citizen Science Experiences ...
Book Chapter
STEM Education Now More Than Ever (Book Sample)
In response to “these unconventional and uncertain years,” veteran educator Rodger W. Bybee has written a book that’s as thought-provoking as it is constructive. Now more than ever, he writes, America needs reminders of both the themes that mad...