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Saving Yew

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Saving Yew

This lesson asks students to develop strategies for matching genetic characteristics with environmental conditions to optimize the growth of the Pacif...

Designer DNA

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Designer DNA

This lesson asks students to develop a synthetic genetic code to minimize the change in amino acid sequence in a protein due to mutations, within give...

Cycling Against Cancer

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Cycling Against Cancer

This lesson asks students to consider the aspects of cell cycle regulation and feedback as they propose a mechanism to stop cancerous cell division wi...

Ecosystem Board Game

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Ecosystem Board Game

This lesson asks students to explore the positive and negative factors affecting ecosystems and their impact on either an endangered species or an inv...

Engineering Case Studies

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Engineering Case Studies

This chapter contains five engineering case studies. Each one presents an engaging story of how engineering was used to find a solution to a real-worl...

Swing Set Makeover, Grade 3: STEM Road Map for Elementary School (Book sample chapter)

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Swing Set Makeover, Grade 3: STEM Road Map for Elementary School (Book sample chapter)

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...

Technological Advances in Automobiles

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Technological Advances in Automobiles

In this lesson, students are introduced to and experiment with mousetrap cars and the science and industry of crash testing cars with a focus on safet...

Reconstructing Collisions

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Reconstructing Collisions

In this lesson, students use the law of conservation of momentum and energy to investigate the forces and motions involved in three scenarios—a car ...

Crash Forensics

Book Chapter

Crash Forensics

In this lesson, students investigate the history of safety features in cars and apply this understanding to a question that has existed since the orig...

NSTA Press Book

Car Crashes, Grade 12: STEM Road Map for High School

What if you could challenge your 12th graders to understand car crashes in the context of physical forces, manufacturing challenges, government safety...

High School Engineering Mathematics STEM Technology Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans NGSS Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Literacy New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

Car Crashes, Grade 12: STEM Road Map for High School  (e-book)

eBook

Car Crashes, Grade 12: STEM Road Map for High School (e-book)

What if you could challenge your 12th graders to understand car crashes in the context of physical forces, manufacturing challenges, government safety...

NSTA Press Book

Reading Nature: Engaging Biology Students With Evidence From the Living World

By making room for this book in your curriculum, you’ll have a fresh way to motivate your students to look at the living world and ask not only “W...

By Matthew Kloser, Sophia Grathwol

High School Middle School Biology Life Science Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Literacy

NSTA Press Book

Engineering in the Life Sciences, 9–12

When the authors of this book took part in Project INFUSE, the National Science Foundation–funded teacher development program, they noticed somethin...

By Rodney L. Custer, Jenny L. Daugherty, Julia M. Ross, Katheryn B. Kennedy, Cory Culbertson

High School Biology Engineering Life Science Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation

Reading Nature:  Engaging Biology Students With Evidence From the Living World (e-book)

eBook

Reading Nature: Engaging Biology Students With Evidence From the Living World (e-book)

By making room for this book in your curriculum, you’ll have a fresh way to motivate your students to look at the living world and ask not only “W...

Engineering in the Life Sciences, 9–12 (e-book)

eBook

Engineering in the Life Sciences, 9–12 (e-book)

When the authors of this book took part in Project INFUSE, the National Science Foundation–funded teacher development program, they noticed somethin...

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