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In this problem, direction, distance, and speed are addressed by having students develop ways to use time and distance to describe instantaneous and a...
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This problem addresses direction, distance, and speed by having students develop ways to use speed, time, and distance to describe a motion. Students ...
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This problem addresses direction, distance, speed, and acceleration by having students develop ways to use speed, time, direction, and acceleration to...
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In this problem, students explore how forces change the direction of motion of a spaceship moving between asteroids. They simulate the scenarios by us...
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In this problem, students compare the end velocities of cartoon characters that jumped up from, jumped down from, or fell from a cliff and landed in a...
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This problem focuses on force, acceleration, direction, and mass, and is set in the context of a rescue team. Students figure out how to balance three...
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In this problem, students work in teams to design a new type of roller coaster ride. Students act as engineers to design a model roller coaster with �...
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Rube Goldberg machines are comical machines with many parts. This problem focuses on engineering energy transformations to make a functioning Rube Gol...
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During a long trip in the car, a student wonders whether the expensive travel mug used for iced tea keeps drinks hot or cold better than the foam cup ...
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In this problem, students investigate how to construct a simple circuit from a battery, flashlight bulb, and items that might be found in someone’s ...
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In this problem, students wire the lighting in a miniature house to meet preset specifications. These specifications can be altered to make the proble...
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In this problem, students are asked to build a battery-operated, personal fan from household materials. This entails building a small electric motor. ...
Journal Article
Enter the Nation’s First Student Chief Science Officers
Students vote for one of their peers to become a STEM advocate in their school. These Chief Science Officers select and promote STEM programming, co...
By Jeremy Babendure, Nagib Balfakih, Susan Farretta, and Becky Hughes
Journal Article
The Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education hosts resources for designers, evaluators, and researchers of informal STEM learning experi...
By Jamie Bell and Ashley Gary
Journal Article
Delving Below the Surface With the Montana Groundwater Academy
The Montana Groundwater Academy is a high school program that integrates classroom and field-based experiences to teach the fundamentals of groundwa...
By Beth Covitt, Agatha Podrasky, Deb Fassnacht, Rebecca Paquette, and William Woessner