Sun, Oct 09, 2011 1:15 AM in Engineer Activities for STEM and NonStem Students
I looked at the NASA Design Challenge... Sounds Fun!! In regards to EDP, (Engineering Design Process) I always have my STEM kids use this any time we have a project. For example, when we do our unit on Simple Machines, I use this throughout the unit. Texas requires us to ONLY teach inclined planes and pulleys... If all I did was teach these simple machines, my kids would think there were onl...
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Sat, Apr 09, 2011 8:01 PM in Project Based Learnng
My 6th graders recently finished a PBL called "Peak". (Mt. Everest Story). It was very successful and the students really had a lot of fun doing it. It does require "teaming". Our 6th grade team meets every day. 2 math teachers, the SS teacher, English teacher, the tech apps teacher and myself. (Science) The students read the book "Peak" in English class. Then they talked about mountaineeri...
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