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The article offers information regarding importance of friction in developing science and engineering practices for science students. Topics discussed include need for facilitating a discussion with students to help further develop their understanding of friction; need for asking students to develop and advertise a new version of an existing product; and need for making students understand basic statistical techniques of data and error analysis.

Engineering activities often emphasize the practices of engineers but can sometimes feel disconnected from content. This engineering design activity ties together multiple Next Generation Science Standards and explicitly addresses the nature of engineering. We help students connect to authentic engineering through an activity wherein students design a capsule to transport samples from the surface of Mars back to Earth for NASA. Through this process, students define criteria for a successful design by contemplating the role of rovers and then design capsules by drawing on their knowledge of forces, motion, and thermal energy transfer. Finally, students test their designs and evaluate whether they met the criteria they set. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the efficiency of building models to better understand the importance of cost versus safety in engineering. It provides a set of lessons for students to let them learn the considerations when planning to construct buildings, such as the building costs and safety concerns. The lessons are equipped with activities which encourages students to design a tower, select building materials and determine building cost. It indicates that the activity could last for five days or more.

The article discusses the Next Generation Science Standards which emphasize the equal importance of both engineering design and scientific inquiry incorporating engineering throughout grades K-12. It states that the new standards help students gain an understanding of engineering to include the diverse types of careers that involve engineering.

The article focuses on a series of student activities divided into two complementary types of literacy sessions using knowledge and skills from science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM). It is noted that the ideas of multiple prototypes and learning through failure are introduced by teachers.

The article presents the space suit engineering activity, focused on developing space suit by students.

The article discusses the questions about the need for distinction between the two of the science and engineering practices that were when the National Research Council's "A Framework for K-12 Science Education" was published. Topics discussed include use of the framework "Claim, Evidence and Reasoning," use of words associated with arguments and explanations by professional development providers and a diagrammatic presentation related to the planets movement.

The article focuses on implementing the science and engineering practice of Developing and Using Models. It mentions that modeling activities need to reflect a progression of skill development designed to deepen student understanding of models as an important science and engineering practice. It also mentions the need for understanding science and engineering practice (SEP).

The article presents a 5E-learning-cycle lesson plan for primary education which teaches concepts about science, technology, engineering, and math disciplines in making engineered wood products with desirable characteristics.

The article presents activities for a water rocket-design challenge, in the context of a multiphase engineering-design challenge, developed to frame physical-science concepts for seventh- and eighth-grade classrooms. The four phases discussed include rocket design drawing to assess student knowledge and establish engineering design performance parameters, investigation of projectile attributes affecting aerodynamics, and creation of design prototype to learn role of data in engineering design.

The article discusses the use of design-based troubleshooting activities in science classrooms in order to connect engineering design and scientific inquiry. The author highlights the use of troubleshooting while building model parachutes and trebuchets in an eighth-grade engineering and physics course, including discussions of the "Wind Tunnel Pro" and "Design in the Classroom" web-based teaching tools.

The article presents a lesson plan for eighth-grade students which teaches concepts about the water cycle through incorporating engineering practices and ideas.

The article presents an inquiry-based lesson plan for middle school students on wind-powered cars, focusing on the integration of engineering practices into the lesson.

The article discusses the planning and implementation of a lesson based on the engineering of solar-powered model cars in a middle school science classroom. The authors discuss the lesson's integration of mathematics, science, and engineering design in order to teach students about solar energy and solar cells. Sample activity worksheets provided to the students are presented.