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What Is a Problem You Want to Design Solutions For?
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Employing Well-Designed Assessments and Accountability Systems for Science
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The criteria described in this article for designing inquiry activities is the result of an 8-year study completed by the author. This criteria should help educators construct effective inquiry-based lessons to…
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Supporting Classroom Implementation of Investigations and Design for All Students
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Previous blogs on this series have focused on describing the Science and Engineering for Grades 6-12: Investigation and Design at the Center report’s conclusions and recommendations on the importance and role of…
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Investigation and Design: Aligning Secondary Science to What is Best
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Take a look at this short video from my high school chemistry class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNHmVEJLAvI&feature=youtu.be Now ask yourself, were you surprised by my choice to use ice to reboil the water?…
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StEMT: A New Process for Designing Meaningful STEM Lessons
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A simple, practical, and methodological process for elementary and middle school teachers to implement meaningful STEM activities in the classroom that are not labor intensive, can be used with existing lessons,…
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Science 2.0: Help Students Become Innovative Designers
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Our past three columns described how teachers can implement the first three Empowered Learner Standards established by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). This month, we focus on…
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Science and Children Wins a Silver Award for Design Excellence
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NSTA offers congratulations and gratitude to the authors, designers, reviewers, and editors of Science and Children, NSTA’s elementary level science education journal. Science and Children recently received the Silver…
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Science by Design: Construct a Boat, Catapult, Glove, and Greenhouse
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When I came across this NSTA Press® title, I was reminded of comedian Stephen Wright’s one liner: “A lot of people ask me, if I were shipwrecked, and could only have one book, what would it be? I always say ‘How to…
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Are These Materials Designed for NGSS? EdReports Expansion to High School Reviews
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Preparing Future Teachers to Put Investigation and Design at the Center of Their Classrooms
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The recently released report Science and Engineering in Grades 6–12: Investigation and Design at the Center makes a strong statement right in the title: engaging students in scientific investigations and engineering…
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What Role Does the Teacher Play in Guiding Investigation and Design?
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As a member of the committee charged with revising America’s Lab Report, I’ve often been asked the question, why are we updating recommendations now? The reason is simple: we know a lot more now about how students…
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