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Car Crashes, Grade 12: STEM Road Map for High School (Book Sample)
What if you could challenge your 12th graders to understand car crashes in the context of physical forces, manufacturing challenges, government safety standards, and individual rights? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can!...
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In this lesson, students explore the state of infrastructure in the United States. Using bridges as a lens, they are presented with the challenge of developing a decision model for the local department of transportation. In the process of developing ...
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In this lesson, students take a closer look at beam bridges—one of the earliest forms of bridge construction—and the most common design. As they explore the basics of beam bridges, they experiment, collect data, and write functions that model the...
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In this lesson, students explore arch bridges—one of the earliest bridge designs—and because of its beauty and strength, a design that has stood the test of time. Through experimentation, students investigate strength, span length, and overall st...
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Suspension and Cable-Stayed Bridges
In this lesson, students explore the last two bridge designs— the suspension bridge and the cable-stayed bridge. While these bridges both use cables to support the road deck, they do so in different ways. Through research and experimentation, stude...
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Bridges can have a major impact on the people and communities. In this lesson, students explore some of the economic impacts bridges have had in our society. In mathematics, students will be presented with four plans that describe the initial and fut...
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Putting It All Together–Decision Models
In this lesson, students will use the knowledge they have gained through their research, investigations, and classroom discussions to compare and contrast strength, span length, structure, and function of the four bridge designs explored in this modu...
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This lesson introduces the module and the Product Design Challenge. It engages students with packaging by asking them to respond to a display of products and consider the appeal of the packaging to buyers. It also provides students with the opportuni...
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In this lesson, students continue to prepare for their Product Design Challenge by building background knowledge required to complete the project. This includes exploring three dimensional shapes, calculating surface area and volume, and learning abo...
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Marketing Your Product in a Global Economy
In this lesson, students learn about the marketing profession and world economy. They continue to explore how marketing influences consumers. Students work in groups to design and present a marketing plan for the team’s product, which includes logo...
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Why Is Assessing a Powerful Teaching Tool?
Authentic assessments shine a light on learning for both students and teachers! Assessments allow students and teachers to reflect on and celebrate successes along the learning journey while engaging in questioning, investigating, and assessing as a ...
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How Do I Design Authentic Assessments to Meet the Needs of ALL Learners?
Students need opportunities to show what they know in a variety of ways and at multiple points along the way. Knowing what to look for and how to interpret what you see may guide you to plan new experiences. Questioning, investigating, and assessing ...
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How Does Metacognition Support Instructional Decision Making?
Metacognition engages students and teachers in reflection of the learning process—in essence, thinking about thinking. Metacognitive questions give teachers a better understanding of how students are processing content, the types of connections the...
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Improving Bridge Design, Grade 8: STEM Road Map for Middle School (Book Sample)
What if you could challenge your eighth graders to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure by designing bridges that last longer? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Improving Bridge Design outlines a journey that wi...
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The Power of Assessing: Guiding Powerful Practices (Book sample chapter)
The Power of Assessing will show you how to use authentic assessments as a dynamic teaching tool. But this book doesn’t just describe ways to evaluate your students’ learning. Through colorful photographs and over 30 minutes of video footage you ...