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Elementary Science—Best Practices for All Students
Envision a room filled with noise, excited whispers, and students shouting across tables. Piles of tinfoil, plastic cups, scissors, string, and tape are scattered around the room. Paper, pencils, and notebooks filled with sketches are strewn across g...
By Cindy Workosky
NSTA Press Book
Rainwater Analysis, Grade 5: STEM Road Map for Elementary School
What if you could challenge your fifth graders to design rainwater recycling systems to provide water for a fictional community garden? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can!...
Journal Article
By Kira Lowery, Shelly Rodriguez, and Patrick R. Benfield
Journal Article
Engineering Encounters: Balancing Engineering and Science Instruction
This column describes creating a classroom culture for engineering. This issue describes how to teach third graders about balanced and unbalanced forces....
Journal Article
Methods and Strategies: Scaffolding for Failure
This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This issue helps students navigate Engineering Design Failure. ...
Journal Article
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-H staff charged with provid...
By Mark Haugen, Margo Bowerman, R. Michael Compton, Anne Stevenson, and Patrick Jirik
NSTA Press Book
Swing Set Makeover, Grade 3: STEM Road Map for Elementary School
What if you could challenge your third graders to design a swing set that’s safe but still lots of fun? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can!Swing Set Makeover outlines a journey that will steer your students toward auth...