ITEST Resources

Welcome to the ITEST Resource Library

The curricula, instruments, and publications included in this library were submitted by ITEST projects and are relevant to the work of the NSF ITEST Program. Use the filters to the right to find relevant materials. A PDF and/or URL to the original resource are included within the resource description whenever possible. In some cases, full text publications are located behind publishers’ paywalls and a fee or membership to the third party site may be required for access.

Please note: permission for the use of instruments must be requested through the publisher or author listed in each entry, and cannot be granted by STELAR.

Integrating Computer Science for All with Music - iCS4ALL Music

Curricular Materials

Integrating Computer Science for All with Music in Three Rural Eastern North Carolina School Districts Curricular Activity System Instructional Elements Musical Literacy Essential Standard 8.ML.2 Interpret the sound and symbol systems of music Clarifying Objective 8.ML.2.1 Interpret standard musical notation for whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted note and rest durations in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 3/8, and alla breve meter signatures. Essential Standard 8.ML.3 Create music using a variety of sound and notational sources Clarifying Objective 8.ML.3.2 Construct short pieces within

SageModeler

Curricular Materials

Simple Systems Modeling Free, web-based, and open-source software to engage students in systems thinking through designing, building, and revising models. An easy to use drag-and-drop tool for basic diagramming of the structure of a system or creation of static equilibrium or time-based dynamic models.

Project AIM: Helping Teachers Promote Mathematics Discourse for All Learners

Curricular Materials

Project AIM, a partnership between the NC State College of Education and Horizon Research, Inc., is a year-long professional development program that helps elementary school teachers learn to promote mathematics discourse for all learners using techniques adapted from literacy instruction to mathematics. Through three main modes of engagement delivered through a hybrid model, teachers who participate in Project AIM: Advance their own mathematical understandings of the content and pedagogy needed to improve the quality of mathematics discourse in their classrooms Learn how to adapt literacy

Exploring Waves Through Sound

Curricular Materials

Each of the lessons linked below can be explored independently or within a larger unit of sound/waves. The order below is a recommended learning sequence in exploring the basics of soundwaves. This lesson sequence uses the anchoring phenomenon of a deaf person claiming he can feel music. Throughout each lesson, students will have to use evidence from their activities to explain this phenomenon.

Math and Science Learning Modules Using a Flight Simulator

Curricular Materials

FLY HIGH YOUR MATH AND SCIENCE SKILLS The project, Fly High Your Math and Science Skills, aims to introduce math and science teachers to an exciting and innovative teaching approach that will have a significant impact on the performance of their students. The project team consisting of faculty from mathematics, aerospace engineering, mathematics education and an instructional designer (consultant), has developed learning modules for 7th and 8th grade students using a flight simulation environment. The project team conducted one-week summer professional development for teachers at Tuskegee

DNA Transcription and Translation

Curricular Materials

Learning DNA Using Augmented Reality Lesson 1: Introduction to DNA Transcription and Translation Using AR Lesson 2: CRISPR - Transcription & Translation What is DNA? What is the purpose of DNA? What is the structure of DNA? Where is DNA located?

Student Experience Exit Ticket (SEET)

Instruments

Student Exit Ticket Through this survey we are trying to understand how you feel about 3D printing and 3D modeling

The Situational Motivation Scale (SIMS)

Instruments

On the Assessment of Situational Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: The Situational Motivation Scale (SIMS) The purpose of the present research was to develop and validate a situational (or state) measure of motivation, the Situational Motivation Scale (SIMS). The SIMS is designed to assess the constructs of intrinsic motivation, identified regulation, external regulation, and amotivation (E. L. Deci & R. M. Ryan, 1985, 1991) in field and laboratory settings. Five studies were conducted to develop and vali- date the SIMS. Overall, results show that the SIMS is composed of 4 internally

GIS and Spatial Thinking Skills Assessment

Instruments

You are working with the Chicago Early Learning Program on an initiative to bring free Pre- Kindergarten programs to every child in Chicago by 2021. The Early Learning Program currently has funding to add one more free Pre-K program in Chicago and you are in charge of determining the best location. To help you decide where to put the new program, you have data and a map that provide information about the current locations of free Pre-K programs in Chicago. Look at the data and map that follow then write your responses on the next page. Be as specific as possible and make sure to use evidence

DAILy AI Concept Inventory - questions related to artificial intelligence

Instruments

In this survey you will be asked to answer a series of questions related to artificial intelligence (AI). The purpose of these questions is to capture your pre-existing ideas about AI and AI concept knowledge before you start the Everyday AI program. So it’s totally OK if you are unsure of a lot of your answers - Just make your best guesses! We will not grade your answers. This survey data will be used to help us figure out what you have learned through this program (between the start and end of the program) so that we can make the program better! For for information, please contact Irene Lee

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