All Engineering resources
Blog Post
As our first-grade class was returning to our classroom after recess, a learner directed our attention to our school’s newest retaining wall. He ask...
By Cindy Workosky
Journal Article
The Head Start on Engineering project engages parents and children in a multicomponent family engineering program that includes professional develop...
By Scott Pattison, Gina Svarovsky, Ivel Gontan, Pam Greenough Corrie, Marcie Benne, Shannon Weiss, Verónika Nuñez, and Smirla Ramos-Montañez
Journal Article
Engineering Encounters: Teaching Educators About Engineering
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month's issue describes preservice elementary teachers learning engin...
NSTA Press Book
Transportation in the Future, Grade 3: STEM Road Map for Elementary School
What if you could challenge your third graders to design the train of the future? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! ...
Journal Article
Science 101: Q: How Do Self-Driving Cars Work?
This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses the science behind self-driving cars....
Journal Article
Engineering Encounters: The Internet of Things for Kids
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. In the “Talking Window Garden” project, students create “smart” pl...
Blog Post
Using the Crosscutting Concepts to Scaffold Student Thinking
At the recent NSTA National Conference in Los Angeles, three-dimensional learning was, of course, a major topic of discussion. When those discussions ...
By Cindy Workosky
Journal Article
Engineering Encounters: Reverse Engineering
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month's issue shares information on how students’ everyday experien...
Journal Article
Engineering Encounters: Building Technological Literacy With Philosophy and Nature of Technology
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. In this issue the authors discuss a design project they have used with upp...