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Engineering Encounters: Think It, Design It, Build It, Test It, Refine It
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A unit on water quality ends with a water filtration engineering design activity.
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This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue discusses making observations and inferences.
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The author, an educational program specialist at the University of California, Davis, developed a constructivist chemistry laboratory where students had the opportunity to develop their own experimental procedures. This…
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Packaging Design, Grade 6: STEM Road Map for Middle School (e-book)
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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 series, this book is designed to…
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Learn to design homes that are both energy efficient and affordable.
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In recent years, commissions and reports have called for laboratory courses that engage undergraduates in authentic research experiences. The authors present an iterative approach for developing course-based…
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Designing Peer Review for Pedagogical Success: What Can We Learn From Professional Science?
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This article compares peer review in professional versus education settings, summarizing key aspects of scientific peer review and reflecting on how these relate to the process as experienced by students. Consideration…
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Two-Year Community: Design and Components of a Two-Year College Interdisciplinary Field-Study Course
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The authors present an 11-day interdisciplinary field-study course designed for nonscience majors at a two-year college. Using a theoretical learning framework that emphasizes cognitive and metacognitive gains, the…