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What better way to engage fifth-grade students in science and engineering practices than to use paper airplanes to encourage them to question, explore, create, and test designs! This multi-day unit [...]

What's more engaging than paper airplanes? The title of our investigation alone gets my students excited! This engineering design challenge (two 90-minute lessons) introduces fifth graders to the process of [...]

Your 2,000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post- and formative) as well as [...]

We are seeking submissions that present classroom-tested, novel, and engaging lessons for preK-5 students. They should include all of the components necessary for an engineering investigation to be completed and [...]

Your 2,000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post- and formative) as well as [...]

Your 2,000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post- and formative) as well as [...]

Your 2,000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post- and formative) as well as [...]

Your 2,000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post- and formative) as well as [...]

Each team in our class has twenty minutes to make a paper plane that can fly the farthest. One sheet of paper per plane. No other stuff. Five pieces of [...]

Your 2,000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post- and formative) as well as [...]

Your 2,000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post- and formative) as well as [...]

Your 2,000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post- and formative) as well as [...]

Your 2,000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post- and formative) as well as [...]

Your 2,000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post- and formative) as well as [...]

We are seeking submissions that present classroom-tested, novel, and engaging lessons for preK-5 students. They should include all of the components necessary for an engineering investigation to be completed and [...]

Habits of inquiry should be nurtured as early as possible. Elementary students must be challenged to ask good questions and develop inquiring attitudes that prepare them for middle and high [...]

1. Make a chain of paper clips to swing like a pendulum. This scientist is finding the frequency of a 5-clip chain How many CYCLES in aminute? LENGTH: the number [...]

We are seeking submissions that present classroom-tested, novel, and engaging lessons for preK-5 students. They should include all of the components necessary for an engineering investigation to be completed and [...]

Your 2,000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post- and formative) as well as [...]

We are seeking submissions that present classroom-tested, novel, and engaging lessons for preK-5 students. They should include all of the components necessary for an engineering investigation to be completed and [...]

Your 2000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post- and formative) as well as [...]

Chimpanzees of all ages and all sexes can learn, as well as a young child, the simple circular relationship between the three different hand signals used in the well-known game [...]

Many students find it easier to express their ideas about science through talking rather than writing. However, writing in science promotes new learning, helps students consolidate and review their scientific [...]

From water marks to colored threads, governments are constantly adding new features to paper money to stay one step ahead of counterfeiters. Now, a longhorn beetle has inspired yet another [...]

The crowd erupted into a roar as the paper airplane's journey came to an end. '773 cm!' A student shouted as her group recorded the data. As other students jotted [...]

We are seeking submissions that present classroom-tested, novel, and engaging lessons for preK--5 students. They should include all of the components necessary for an engineering investigation to be completed and [...]

We are seeking submissions that present classroom-tested, novel, and engaging lessons for preK-5 students. They should include all of the components necessary for an engineering investigation to be completed and [...]

We are seeking submissions that present classroom-tested, novel, and engaging lessons for preK-5 students. They should include all of the components necessary for an engineering investigation to be completed and [...]

We are seeking column submissions that present classroom-tested, novel, and engaging lessons for preK-5 students. They should include all of the components necessary for an engineering investigation to be completed [...]

Learning progressions is an important initiative identified in the Next Generation Science Standards. Providing coherence in K-12 science instruction is vital to the success of any science program. As the [...]

We are seeking submissions that present classroom-tested, novel, and engaging lessons for preK-5 students. They should include all of the components necessary for an engineering investigation to be completed and [...]

We are seeking submissions that present classroom-tested, novel, and engaging lessons for preK--5 students. They should include all of the components necessary for an engineering investigation to be completed and [...]

We are seeking submissions that present classroom-tested, novel, and engaging lessons for preK-5 students. They should include all of the components necessary for an engineering investigation to be completed and [...]

1. Bend 2 paper clips like this: 2. Build a combination pulley system, with 4 strands of thread to lift a battery from floor to table. 3. To raise the [...]

... adapted from Rocks & Minerals #23 by TOPS Learning Systems 1. Mix a level tablespoon of Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) with 2 tablespoons water on a plate. 2. Fold [...]

1. Make tape 'ears' on the ends of a clothespin. Wiggle large pinholes in the middle of each. 2. Clamp upright to the raised pull-tab on a soda can. 3. [...]

How many of our students come to the classroom with little background knowledge about the world around them and how things work? If students' hands-on experiences only scratch the surface [...]

We are seeking submissions that present classroom-tested, novel, and engaging lessons for preK-5 students. They should include all of the components necessary for an engineering investigation to be completed and [...]

Your 2000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post- and formative) as well as [...]

Your 2000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post- and formative) as well as [...]

Your 2000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post- and formative) as well as [...]

We are seeking column submissions that present classroom-tested, novel, and engaging lessons for preK-5 students. They should include all of the components necessary for an engineering investigation to be completed [...]

We are seeking column submissions that present classroom-tested, novel, and engaging lessons for preK-5 students. They should include all of the components necessary for an engineering investigation to be completed [...]

Your 2000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post- and formative) as well as [...]

Your 2000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post- and formative) as well as [...]

Your 2000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post-and formative) as well as enough [...]

We are seeking column submissions that present classroom-tested, novel, and engaging lessons for preK-5 students. They should include all of the components necessary for an engineering investigation to be completed [...]

Learning progressions is an important initiative identified in the Next Generation Science Standards. Providing coherence in K-12 science instruction is vital to the success of any science program. As the [...]

Learning progressions is an important initiative identified in the Next Generation Science Standards. Providing coherence in K-12 science instruction is vital to the success of any science program. As the [...]