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  • Student-Designed Experiments: A Pedagogical Design for Introductory Science Labs

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    Despite numerous calls for science education to be driven by authentic investigation, many laboratory experiences continue to consist of disconnected weekly units during which students carry out instructions that lead…

  • Virtual Bridge Design

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    The West Point Bridge Design (WPBD) building project engages students in project-based learning by giving them a real-life problem to solve. By using technology, students are able to become involved in solving problems…

  • Engineering Design Challenge

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    Building a voltaic cell in the high school chemistry classroom.

  • Buoying Design Skills

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    Creative, inquiry-based lessons with buoys addressed STEM and science standards while promoting teamwork.

  • Problem Solving by Design

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    In a unique school—university partnership, methods students collaborated with fifth graders to use the engineering design process to build their problem-solving skills. By placing the problem in the context of a client…

  • Inquiry by Design Briefs

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    Design briefs are plausible situations in which students are asked to solve problems given limited materials, a specific time frame, and a number of rules and limitations. It is the author’s contention that the design…

  • Elementary Design Challenges

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    How many of our students come to the classroom with little background knowledge about the world around them and how things work? To help students develop conceptual understanding and explore the design process, the…

  • Engineering Design Challenge

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    Minnesota 4-H seeks to improve the quantity and quality of out-of-school STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) experiences for middle school–age youth. In 2013 the Minnesota STEM team, a statewide team of 4…

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