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Curricular Materials

Built to Learn! Shelter Curriculum

BUILT TO LEARN! Redesigning Shelter: An Integrated Design Thinking/STEM Curriculum is a four-week program, in which students explore shelter-based design thinking challenges and STEM activities related to shelter.

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Ignite! Energy Curriculum

IGNITE! Redesigning Energy: An Integrated Design Thinking/STEM Curriculum is a four-week program, in which students explore energy-based design thinking challenges and STEM activities related to energy production and conservation.

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d.loft Curriculum Units

The d.loft STEM curriculum units provide an integrated approach to building STEM knowledge and skills while engaging students in both identifying and solving real-world problems using a design thinking approach.

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DIVE In!

The inspiration for d.loft STEM (also known as ITEST project Design Loft STEM Learning Program) is the "Design for the Other 90% Movement,” which consists of engineers, designers, scientists, technologists, architects, and mathematicians engaged in designing low-cost

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Publications

Stretch, Dream, and Do - A 21st Century Design Thinking & STEM Journey

This paper describes the journey of d.Loft STEM Learning, a project of The National Science Foundation ITEST program, which supports building knowledge about approaches, models, and interventions involving K-12 education to increase the nation’s capacity and innovation in STEM (science,

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Design Time: learning that is transformative

Design Time: Learning That Is Transformative is a short documentary film that follows a group of students from Salt Lake City's West Side as they learn about design thinking.

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Shoot For The Moon! The Mentors and the Middle Schoolers Explore the Intersection of Design Thinking and STEM

This paper describes the journey of a group of university students as they worked with underserved middle school students as mentors in a STEM-based afterschool program.

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ITEST Engineering Model: Building a Better Future for STEM Learning

The report includes examples drawn from projects in the national ITEST program which seeks to ensure the breadth and depth of the U.S. STEM workforce.

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Blog

Fostering and Maintaining Students' Interest in Engineering





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News

ITEST on the Road: Presentations at Conferences during Spring and Summer 2015

ITEST project presentations at conferences around the country during Spring and Summer 2015 are included in these handouts for your reference.

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ITEST Symposia at AERA

The AERA Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of scholars in the field of education research.

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STEM program builds ties between Stanford and East Palo Alto middle school

An innovative course and afterschool mentor program bring lessons from education, design and engineering to a local school. The program complements the  charter school’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) offerings in a low-pressure, afterschool environment.

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ITEST Conference Symposia for 2015

STELAR collaborated with ITEST projects on a number of conference symposium proposals during 2014 for the 2015 conference year. We are thrilled that these three proposals have been selected so far.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. DRL-1312022, 1614697 and 1949200. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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