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Science and Humanities Classes Collaborate for Engineering Integration
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As my school’s new K–4 science teacher, I wanted to expand the limited time I had for dedicated science instruction by connecting science and engineering to established student activities in the homeroom classes.…
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Engaging Young Learners in Science and Engineering Practices
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Preschool–Grade 2 Science/Engineering Hands-On Activity Safety Protocols
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How do we prepare 21st-century kids for challenges and jobs that we currently cannot even describe? The Best STEM Books can help by celebrating convergent and divergent thinking, analysis and creativity, persistence,…
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STEM-ify Me: It’s Elementary! Designing Butterfly Wings
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Moving water involves using the practices of science and engineering
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Sometimes the discovery of materials on a play area inspires children’s exploration and use of the NGSS science and engineering practices. In this example a long length of bark from a tree branch became a trough…
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Ed News: STEM Education Revs Its Engines
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This week in education news, using cars to teach science and math principles was the original STEM; rural school districts across Mississippi and around the country call on retired teachers to return to the classroom;…
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Engineering in Early Childhood: Learning from conference sessions
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One of the conference sessions on engineering I attended at NAEYC quoted children in the title: “Don’t Call Us Kinders, We’re Engineers!” To introduce an engineering design process to children in kindergarten up…
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Engineering Next Generation Science Leaders in Omaha, Nebraska
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“Here we go” was a tweet from a delegate attending the 2015 National Congress on Science Education (NCSE), held last week in Omaha, Nebraska, by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA); excitement was evident…
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Recommend a resource for early childhood science and engineering education
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Guidance for effective science and engineering teaching can be found in the NSTA position statement on Early Childhood Science Education. Materials for science and engineering science explorations, such as teacher…
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