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Technology Executive Annie Chang
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Taking Science Home With Technology
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Simulating a Wave to Understand Science and Technology
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Innovative Technology Enhances Outdoor Learning Experiences With Playground Physics
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Core Idea PS4: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Like all enthusiastic teachers, you want your students to see the connections between important science concepts so they can grasp how the world works now—and maybe even make it work better in the future. But how…
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Exploring the Role of Technology-Based Simulations in Science Assessment: The Calipers Project
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In this chapter, the authors describe a project funded by the National Science Foundation, “Calipers: Using Stimulation to Assess Complex Science Learning.” This project is a two-year demonstration project that aims to…
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The wing of a bat, the bone in your leg, the stem of a plant—all have elegant, elaborate structures. Scientists would like to understand how and why these structures developed and engineers are also concerned with…
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Technology and Cooperative Learning: The IIT Model for Teaching Authentic Chemistry Curriculum
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Computer technology emerged as a viable tool for classroom instruction. This chapter reflects upon a case study of a high school chemistry classroom where the computer was used in a unique way to deliver and direct…
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Goal 3 of the National Science Education Standards (NSES) calls for students to “engage intelligently in public discourse and debate about matters of scientific and technological concern” (NRC 1996, p. 13). The unit…
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Scientists as Partners in K–12 Science: Engineering, Science, and Technology Careers
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While scientific specialization has been responsible for many remarkable and rapid advances within scientific disciplines, this strength becomes a weakness when it comes time for members of various disciplines to…
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New Physics Teaching and Assessment: Laboratory- and Technology-Enhanced Active Learning
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For more than half a decade, two universities—North Carolina State University (NCSU) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology—have been engaged in reforming their introductory physics courses. This chapter describes…
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Core Idea ETS2: Links Among Engineering, Technology, Science, and Society
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This component of the disciplinary core idea (DCI) brings together two movements in science education—environmental education and science, technology and society. Learning about the Influence of engineering, technology…
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Nanoscale science and technology play central roles in our understanding of how Earth works and in the environmental science field of study. As a freshwater source, groundwater is second in abundance only to water found…
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A Low-Cost, User-Friendly Technology for Making Samples and Artifacts Accessible to Online Audiences
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An Integrated STEM and Computing Curriculum for the Human-Technology Frontier
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