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Integrating engineering and science in your classroom, edited by Eric Brunsell

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Integrating engineering and science in your classroom, edited by Eric Brunsell
Language
eng
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Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Integrating engineering and science in your classroom
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
edited by Eric Brunsell
Table Of Contents
Part One. Engineering design -- 1. The engineering design process / Eric Brunsell -- 2. Science and engineering: two models of laboratory investigation / Jennifer Harkema, James Jadrich, and Crystal Bruxvoort -- 3. Using a cycle to find solutions: students solve local issues with a four-step cycle / Glenn Fay Jr. -- 4. Building models to better understand the importance of cost versus safety in engineering / William Sumrall and Michael Mott -- 5. Miniature sleds, go, go, go!: engineering project teaches kindergartners design technology / Gina A. Sarow -- 6. Science and engineering / Donna R. Sterling -- 7. Elementary design challenges: students examine NASA engineers / Jonathan W. Gerlach -- Part Two. Content area activities -- [Section 2.1] Life and environmental science -- 8. Repairing femoral fractures: a model lesson in biomaterial science / Jarred Sakakeeny -- 9. Get a grip: a middle school engineering challenge / Suzanne A. Olds, Deborah A. Harrell, and Michael E. Valente -- 10. A partnership for problem-based learning: challenging students to consider open-ended problems involving gene therapy / Amanda Lockhart and Joseph Le Doux -- 11. Plastics in our environment: a jigsaw learning activity / Elaine Hampton, Mary Ann Wallace, Kristan Keele, and Wen-Yee Lee -- 12. Designed by nature: exploring linear and circular life cycles / Sandra Rutherford, Bonnie Wylo, Peggy Liggit, and Susan Santore -- 13. The sport-utility vehicle: debating fuel-economy standards in thermodynamics / Shannon Mayer -- [Section 2.2] Earth science -- 14. Design challenges are "ELL-ementary": English language learners express understanding through language and actions / Nancy Yocom de Romero, Pat Slater, and Carolyn DeCristofano -- 15. Save the penguins: teaching the science of heat transfer through engineering design / Christine Schnittka, Randy Bell, and Larry Richards -- 16. Shake, rattle, and hopefully not fall: students explore earthquakes and engineering design / Adam Maltese -- [Section 2.3] Physical science -- 17. Gravity racers / Dawn Renee Wilcox, Shannon Roberts, and David Wilcox -- 18. The egg racer / Jeremy Brown and John Corbin -- 19. Engineering for all: strategies for helping students succeed in the design process / Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Sarah Lovelidge, and Erin Bowling -- 20. Fuel-cell drivers wanted / Todd Clark and Rick Jones -- 21. The science of Star Wars: integrating technology and benchmarks for science literacy / Stephanie Thompson -- 22. Catapulting into technological design / Kristen Hammes -- 23. Potato problem solving: a 5E activity addresses misconceptions about thermal insulation / Sarah J. Carrier and Annie Thomas -- 24. Nanoscale in perspective / Elvis H. Cherry, Weijie Lu, and R.P.H. Chang -- 25. What's so big about being small? / MaryKay Orgill and Kent J. Crippen -- Part Three. After-school programs -- 26. Fueling interest in science: an after-school program model that works / Kathleen Koenig and Margaret Hanson -- 27. The invention factory: student inventions aid individuals with disabilities / Thomas W. Speitel, Neil G. Scott, and Sandy D. Gabrielli -- 28. Engineering-a-future for tomorrow's young women / Susan Gore -- 29. A model of the INEEL Science and Engineering Expo for middle schools / Elda Zounar -- 30. Engineering in the classroom / Kathleen Matthew and Stacy Wilson
Target audience
adult
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