In the “Motion and Design of Accessible Playgrounds” unit, 3rd grade students will explore core ideas of balanced and unbalanced forces, changes in motion, and interactions between magnets. They will have an opportunity to extend and refine these ideas as they address engineering and technology standards during an accessible playground design challenge. This teacher guide begins with a navigation guide that overviews each day of the unit, focus questions, NGSS and Massachusetts (MA) standards, and science and engineering practices (SEPs), followed by the detailed lesson plans and required

This textbook is used as part of the CISTEME365 educational initiative ( Overview videos). Supplemental learning materials for the textbook. Chapter 1 - Safety: Playlist Chapter 2 - What is ECE?: Playlist, About Grad School Chapter 3 - Review of Waves: Playlist-soon Chapter 4 - Experiment Design: Playlist Chapter 5 - Intro to Circuits: Playlist 1, Playlist 2, Playlist 3 Chapter 6 - Oscilloscope: Playlist, Oscilloscope simulator Chapter 7 - Soldering: Playlist Chapter 8 - Radio Phone: Playlist, FMcheck-(module to check nodes)soon Chapter 9 - LabVIEW: No Playlist, Trial Version of LabVIEW

In these Challenges, you will need to think like an entrepreneur as you create real solutions to messy STEM problems. You will need to use your knowledge and expertise in creative ways to invent new products that meet customers’ needs. You will need to be able to recognize when you need to learn something new about STEM, your customers, or the situation, and be willing to work to learn it. But entrepreneurship is not just about building great solutions. At the end of each Challenge, you will need to convince a panel of judges that your solution is worth funding in a process called “making a

About the Collaborative Project Our goal is to develop, implement, and refine a program for integrating engineering design practices with an emphasis on emerging technologies and utilization of recyclable materials into home environments of families. There are currently two components of this project – engineering kits that can be completed in any environment, particularly in home environments, and the identification and development of distinct, personal engineering projects. Examples of the Personal Projects “My project was meant to help people in third world countries or people who can’t

Expand Latinx Learners’ Authentic Experiences in Computer Programming The curriculum was designed for and renovated through the participation and feedback of middle school students. It integrates basics of Computer Programming and Mathematics concepts and activities needed to represent digital video and color images. It draws on the almost natural motivation of users, middle school students, with digital image and video. The curriculum contains two Levels. Level-1 introduces the concepts of image and video representations. Level-2 takes these basic concepts to a next step by introducing object

Engaging K-12 Students in Integrated STEM via 3D Digitization, Printing and Paleontology The goal of this Strategies project is to expand and extend our understanding of integrated STEM learning by designing and testing a model for K-12 STEM engagement using a highly relevant but unexplored educational pathway to K-12 STEM – paleontology. Paleontology, or the scientific study of fossils, is a broad, interdisciplinary field that spans biology and geology, and harnesses the resources provided by advanced technologies and modern statistics. Our team of K-12 teachers, museum professionals, 3D