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Journal Article |
Intended as a contest to promote teamwork and encourage innovative thinking with a focus on nutrition, the Lunch Box Derby challenges fourth- and fifth-grades students to design, build, and race cars made from fresh…
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Journal Article |
In this article, the authors describe their approach to flipping the General Chemistry sequence at two different colleges within the City University of New York, a large, urban public university system. Our results…
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Web Seminar |
Explore how classroom routines embedded in the OpenSciEd units use student questions to drive the direction of students’ investigations and knowledge building.
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Blog Post |
Recently, my colleagues and I had an exchange with some teachers in one of our professional development programs. One teacher said, “I think I do a lot of modeling in my class. I have my kids draw pictures of the…
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Models, and maps, and spatial understanding
Blog Post |
Teaching spatial awareness is part of most early childhood standards, such as the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework (Understands directionality, order, and position of objects, such as up, down,…
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Building STEAM With Model Railroads
Blog Post |
Are you a science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) teacher seeking a new way to interest students in these subjects? While model railroading is not a new hobby, STEAM teachers can accomplish learning…
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Engaging Students in Developing and Using Models
Professional Learning Unit |
This Professional Learning Unit will provide educators strategies for supporting K-12 students in beginning to develop the knowledge and skills needed to engage with this practice. Educators will also recognize the…
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What force is pushing the model rocket up?
Lesson Plan |
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Journal Article |
At Clemson University, a study was conducted to establish relevance and significance of a new model to describe individual differences in learning patterns among students. Results showed significant differences between…