More Everyday Engineering: Putting the E in Stem Teaching and Learning - Softcover

Moyer, Richard H.; Everett, Susan A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1681402785 ISBN 13: 9781681402789

Publisher: NSTA Press, 2016

Synopsis

What makes a windup toy get up and go? How does an earbud operate? And why does the line you’re waiting in always seem the slowest? Get middle-schoolers engaged in the fascinating science behind familiar items with More Everyday Engineering. Like Everyday Engineering, this compilation brings together activities based on the “Everyday Engineering” columns from NSTA’s award-winning journal Science Scope. Thirteen hands-on investigations focus on three aspects of engineering: designing and building, reverse engineering to learn how something works, and constructing and testing models. Like the original collection, this book is easy to use. Each investigation is a complete lesson that includes in-depth teacher background information, expected sample data, a materials list, and a student activity sheet for recording results. The activities use simple, inexpensive materials you can find in your science classroom or at a dollar store. Whether you’re a teacher, parent, or enrichment-program leader, go beyond the usual bridge-building and egg-drop activities. Spark curiosity with appealing activities that will help middle schoolers understand that engineering truly is a part of their everyday lives.

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About the Author

RICHARD H. MOYER is emeritus professor of science education and natural sciences at the University of Michigan–Dearborn, where he developed and taught courses in the science education program. He is a coauthor of McGraw-Hill’s Inspire Science and Science: A Closer Look. He and Dr. Everett are co-authors of a college science methods book as well as the original Everyday Engineering. Dr. Moyer has conducted hundreds of teacher workshops both nationally and internationally.

Edition details

• Publisher: NSTA Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1681402785
• ISBN 13: 9781681402789
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 118