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Construction Materials, Grade 11: STEM Road Map for High School

What if you could challenge your 11th graders to gain an understanding of the feats of engineering required to build high-rise buildings—and maybe e...

High School Middle School Engineering Physical Science STEM Technology Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Preservice Science Education

NSTA Press Book

Amusement Park of the Future, Grade 6: STEM Road Map for Middle School

What if you could challenge your sixth graders to design an amusement park for children of tomorrow to safely enjoy? With this volume in the STEM Road...

Middle School Engineering Physical Science STEM Technology Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Preservice Science Education

Engineering Encounters: Chemical Reaction Vehicles

Journal Article

Engineering Encounters: Chemical Reaction Vehicles

This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. In this issue a STEM project takes off in fifth-grade classrooms....

Elementary Engineering Physical Science STEM Citizen Science

Digging Deeper: Peeling Back the Practices: What Did High School Students Think?

Blog Post

Digging Deeper: Peeling Back the Practices: What Did High School Students Think?

One of the big shifts in the NGSS is the integration of Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs) with Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs) and Science and Engineering P...

By Cindy Workosky

High School Chemistry Engineering Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices

Engineering: From Trial-and-Error to NGSS-Aligned

Blog Post

Engineering: From Trial-and-Error to NGSS-Aligned

Four years ago, when the other seventh-grade science teacher and I started redesigning our curriculum for the NGSS, we knew we would have to include e...

By Cindy Workosky

Middle School Elementary Engineering Physical Science

Wonder, Walls, and Waves: A Student-Led, Inquiry-Based Approach to Engineering Design in Elementary Classrooms   

Blog Post

Wonder, Walls, and Waves: A Student-Led, Inquiry-Based Approach to Engineering Design in Elementary Classrooms   

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

Elementary Engineering Physical Science

Journal Article

Head Start on Engineering

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

Informal Education Engineering STEM

Engineering Encounters: Teaching Educators About Engineering

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...

Postsecondary Engineering STEM Interdisciplinary Preservice Science Education

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! ...

Elementary Engineering Physical Science STEM Technology Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Preservice Science Education

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