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  • First-Grade Engineers

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    Can students build a house that is cost effective and strong enough to survive strong winds, heavy rains, and earthquakes? First graders in Ms. Peter’s classroom worked like engineers to answer this question. They…

  • Engineering Nanoparticles for the Body

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    Design a nanoparticle that can travel through a blood vessel.

  • Engineering Seltzer Rockets

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    Test and refine student-constructed rockets to explore the practices of science and engineering outlined in the NGSS.

  • Engineering Design Challenge

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    Building a voltaic cell in the high school chemistry classroom.

  • Make Room for Engineering

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    Strategies to overcome anxieties about adding engineering to your curriculum.

  • Community-Based Engineering

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    A design task helps students identify and find solutions to a school-yard problem.

  • Gearing Up for Engineering

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    Explore gears and forces through a hands-on investigation using simple machines.

  • Family Style Engineering

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    Teaming up with the larger school community and inviting families to learn alongside students has benefits for all. Students and their families learn to apply the engineering design process in a variety of contexts…

  • Engineering Design Challenge

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    Minnesota 4-H seeks to improve the quantity and quality of out-of-school STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) experiences for middle school–age youth. In 2013 the Minnesota STEM team, a statewide team of 4…

  • Head Start on Engineering

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    The Head Start on Engineering project engages parents and children in a multicomponent family engineering program that includes professional development for teachers, workshops for parents, take-home family activity…

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