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  • Harnessing the Business Community and Other Entities to Support the Vision of the NGSS

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    This chapter is by Chih-Che Tai, Ryan Nivens, Laura Robertson, Karin Keith, Anant Godbole, and Jack Rhoton. They discuss strategies the East Tennessee State University Center of Excellence in Mathematics and Science…

  • Engineering Design Challenges

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    Chapters 1–3 provide background information and introduce the particular engineering design process (EDP) used in the Cincinnati Engineering Enhanced Math and Science (CEEMS) program, as well as how the design challenge…

  • Design Challenge Units and Research on Learning

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    Chapters 1–3 provide background information and introduce the particular engineering design process (EDP) used in the Cincinnati Engineering Enhanced Math and Science (CEEMS) program, as well as how the design challenge…

  • Defining and Using Our Design Challenge Units

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    Chapters 1–3 provide background information and introduce the particular engineering design process (EDP) used in the Cincinnati Engineering Enhanced Math and Science (CEEMS) program, as well as how the design challenge…

  • Setting the Stage: Create Hooks to Secure Student Buy-In

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    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 teachers’ stories capture…

  • Focusing on the Engineering Design Process

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    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…

  • Integrating Assessment Into Design Challenge Units

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    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 identify…

  • Developing 21st-Century Skills With Design Challenge Units

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    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 teachers recognize the…

  • Getting Started With Design Challenge Units

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    This chapter demonstrates how to modify another teacher’s design challenge for your own classroom and how to reflect on and improve your own units after implementation. It also shares resources for finding design…

  • Quit Bugging Me

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    This chapter presents a case study on Controlling Mosquitoes to Stem Malaria Infection using the discovery engineering process. In the lesson, students learn how scientists discovered the way in which malaria spreads.…

  • Game of Knowns

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    This chapter presents a case study on John Snow’s Research Into the Cause and Spread of Cholera using the discovery engineering process. In the lesson, students explore the 1854 cholera outbreak in London and analyze…

  • Thalidomide

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    This chapter presents a case study on thalidomide Hidden Tragedy and Second Chances using the discovery engineering process. In the lesson, students explore the history of thalidomide, a drug with side effects that…

  • Vindicating Venom

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    This chapter presents a case study on Using Biological Mechanisms to Treat Diseases and Disorders using the discovery engineering process. In this lesson, students read a case study about scientists who discovered a way…

  • Forbidden Fruit

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    This chapter presents a case study on The Discovery of Dangerous Drug Interactions using the discovery engineering process. In this lesson, students read a case study on the discovery of the adverse effect of…

  • Listen to Your Heart

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    This chapter presents a case study on The Accidental Discovery of the Pacemaker using the discovery engineering process. In this lesson, students explore the development of the pacemaker and discover that some heart…

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