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Integrating Technology: Innovative Youth: An Engineering and Literacy Integrated Approach
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This column shares how teachers use technology for assessment, student learning, or classroom management. This article describes activities that help students develop literacy and engineering skills while fostering an…
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Integration, Authenticity, and Relevancy in College Science Through Engineering Design
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An engineering design problem-solving framework was used to create a general chemistry lab activity focused on an important environmental issue—dead zones. Dead zones impact over 400 locations around the world and are a…
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Call the Plumber! Engaging Students With Authentic Engineering Design Practices
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Explore the plumbing of a house to build an optimal physical model of the system.
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From Fish Tank to Fuel Tank: Engineering Photobioreactors in the Classroom
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Grow algae in the classroom to explore bioenergy and related concepts.
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Engineering Encounters: Building Technological Literacy With Philosophy and Nature of Technology
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This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. In this issue the authors discuss a design project they have used with upper elementary students (grades 4–6). They note ways to engage…
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Everyday Engineering: Increase Your <i>v</i> to lower your <i>D</i>
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This column provides an inside look at the marvels of engineering in everyday life. This issue uses a 5E learning cycle to discuss life jackets—how they were designed and the physics of how they work.
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The Big Break: A Module on Biomedical Engineering Principles and Medical Devices
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Investigate bone healing, fractures, and diseases with an activity involving simulated bone and bone implants.
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Designing Earthquake-Resistant Structures: Integrating Science and Engineering Practices
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Research how earthquakes affect structures and then design your own buildings that will withstand a tectonic event.
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Everyday Engineering: Time’s up, turkey—Pop-up thermometers
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Meat thermometers can be awkward to use in terms of placement and avoidance of bones. Because of these problems, each year 30 million Thanksgiving turkeys have a built-in thermometer that pops up when the turkey is…
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Career of the Month: An Interview With Chemical Engineer Anna Lis Laursen
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This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes the work of a chemical engineer.
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Integrating a Single Tablet PC in Chemistry, Engineering, and Physics Courses
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A tablet PC is a versatile computer that combines the computing power of a notebook with the pen functionality of a PDA (Cox and Rogers 2005b). The authors adopted tablet PC technology in order to improve the process…
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