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Engineering Encounters: From STEM to STEAM
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. Incorporating the arts in a roller coaster engineering project....
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From Fish Tank to Fuel Tank: Engineering Photobioreactors in the Classroom
Grow algae in the classroom to explore bioenergy and related concepts....
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Engineering Encounters: Optimizing Your K–5 Engineering Design Challenge
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month's issue discusses the optimizations that will serve to inform readers of seven recommendations for optimizing an engineering lesson....
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Design an Energy-Efficient House: Applying Multidisciplinary Knowledge to Solve a Design Challenge
Can you keep a house warm while avoiding high energy bills?...
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Science 101: How Does Speech-Recognition Software Work?
This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue explains the origins of speech-recognition software....
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Engineering Encounters: Building a Spaghetti Structure
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. In this month's issue an upper elementary STEM challenge brings an engineer into the classroom while emphasizing cooperation, communication, and creativity....
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Engineering Encounters: Designing Healthy Ice Pops
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month's issue shares information about a STEM enrichment project for second graders that incorporates nutrition and design principles....
NSTA Press Book
Creative Writing in Science: Activities That Inspire
Do you ever feel like your science classes could use a shot of imagination? Boost the creativity quotient by assigning a travel blog about the digestive system, a packing list for the planets, or an interview with an atom. You’ll inspire students t...
By Katie Coppens