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Designing Effective Science Instruction: What Works in Science Classrooms
NSTA Press Book |
Science teachers, like all teachers, start each school year with high hopes and expectations for students to succeed. They plan their lessons, scramble to get the necessary equipment, and work hard to engage their…
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Creating Engineering Design Challenges: Success Stories From Teachers
NSTA Press Book |
If you’ve ever wished for advice you can trust on how to make science and math more relevant to your middle or high school students, Creating Engineering Design Challenges is the book for you. At its core are 13 units…
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Design Talks: Whole-Class Conversations during Engineering Design Units
Journal Article |
Teacher-facilitated whole-class conversations can help elementary students apply the full power of the NGSS science and engineering practices to an engineering design process. In this article we describe and provide…
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Packaging Design, Grade 6: STEM Road Map for Middle School
NSTA Press Book |
Packaging Design outlines a journey that will steer your students toward authentic problem solving while grounding them in integrated STEM disciplines. As are the other volumes in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series,…
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Universal Design for Learning Science: Reframing Elementary Instruction in Physical Science
NSTA Press Book |
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. Here’s good news: With this practical book, you can learn from experienced elementary school educators about how to make physical…
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Conservation Meets Design Thinking
Journal Article |
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Designing Scientific Tests and Investigations
Book Chapter |
Designing tests to evaluate scientific models and explanations is one of the hardest—and at the same time one of the most creative—aspects of science. This chapter is devoted to the process of designing tests and…
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Book Chapter |
In this activity, students use mathematical models to create solutions for a successful bungee cord for different conditions. This selection highlights the physics concept of energy formation, as well as the core…
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Designing a Sound-Reducing Wall
Book Chapter |
In this chapter, students explore engineering with a fun challenge. To help students better understand sound in a fun and engaging way, an engineering design–based science learning activity was conducted that is…
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Focusing on the Engineering Design Process
Book Chapter |
Chapters 4–7 contain sections written by individual secondary math and science teachers (grades 6-12) who focus on different aspects of implementing design challenge units. In this chapter, the three teachers detail the…
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Roller Coaster Design Challenge
Book Chapter |
In this lesson, students work in teams to use the engineering design process (EDP). They apply their learning from previous lessons to design, build, and test various marble track roller coasters. We recommend reading…
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Designing Innovative STEM Units
Book Chapter |
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…
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