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Lesson Plan 2: Our Container Garden–Design Time
This lesson introduces students to the engineering design process (EDP), the process they will use to design and create their container garden. In thi...
Book Chapter
Lesson Plan 3: Our Container Garden–Planting Time
In this lesson, students continue to use the engineering design process (EDP) to create the class container garden. Students move into the Try phase a...
Interactive E-book Kids
No matter where you live, you see plants and animals everywhere. But why are they all different? The What Makes Them Special? e-book provides the oppo...
Interactive E-book Kids
It is the year 2095, and Great Uncle Dar has just taken up the post of chief engineer on the solar system’s first inflatable space apartment buildin...
eBook
Swing Set Makeover, Grade 3: STEM Road Map for Elementary School (e-book)
What if you could challenge your third graders to design a swing set that’s safe but still lots of fun? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curric...
Book Chapter
Lesson Plan 1: Forces Push Back
This lesson introduces students to the module and the culminating challenge of the module, the Swing Set Makeover Design Challenge. A video, discussio...
Book Chapter
Lesson Plan 2: Slippery Slide Design
In this lesson, students investigate Newton’s laws of motion and apply their learning to make a more efficient ramp on which a car will travel. This...
Book Chapter
Lesson Plan 3: Swinging Pendulums
In this lesson, students continue to explore the forces acting on swing set equipment and the motion that results. Science activities focus on balance...
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Lesson Plan 4: Swing Set Makeover Design Challenge
This lesson serves as the capstone of the module and challenges students to complete their swing set makeovers. The science and mathematics activities...
Journal Article
Inspiring STEM Interest Using Foldscope
The Gaining Options to College Collaborative (GO College) is a successful college mentoring program within the Erie, Pennsylvania, school district. ...
By Anne Schmitz, Nicholas Conklin, Quyen Aoh, and Barbara Priestap
Journal Article
The Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (GLSI) is a statewide network in Michigan that promotes rigorous place-based education experiences for K–12 s...
By Sarah Waters, Brandon Schroeder, and Tracy D'Augustino
Journal Article
Cocreating Transformative Change
Leveraging community to create a mobile, cultural makerspace that travels to schools, powwows, and community events throughout a Native American reser...
By Holly Truitt, Ruth Swaney, William Swaney, Nick Wethington, and Nathalie Wolfram
Book Chapter
This lesson asks students to devise a solution to the challenge of a decrease in pollinator availability for crop production. The first goal is to int...
Book Chapter
This lesson asks students to engage in a series of activities to understand the relationship among photosynthesis, respiration, carbon dioxide (CO2), ...