Shedding Light on Engineering Design

Journal Article | December 2012

Scientific inquiry leads to an engineering challenge and both are illuminated. The authors share their instructional approach and demonstrate how teachers can take small steps toward effectively incorporating…

Universal Design in Science Learning

Journal Article | February 2006

Universal design provides a framework for science educators to ensure that teaching and learning opportunities are not only standards-based, but inherently flexible, accessible, and usable to accommodate learner…

Designing Project-Enhanced Environments

Journal Article | November 2005

The concept of waves is fundamental due to its occurrence throughout the natural world (water, sound, and electromagnetic waves). Because the concept occurs in so many places, high school students come to the classroom…

Exploring Experimental Design: Using hands-on activities to learn about experimental design

Journal Article | December 1998

This article presents the basic concepts of experimental design through a series of hands-on activities. This allowed students to focus on one or two fundamental concepts during each activity, reducing the likelihood…