Integrating the Engineering Design Process (EDP) into a Sustainability Project part of Activities
Judith Morrison, Washington State University-Vancouver
Prior to this activity, Preservice Teachers (PST) spend one class (3 hours) learning about the Engineering Design Process (EDP) and part of one class (2 hours) being introduced to the concept of Sustainability. The ...

Homemade Battery Engineering Design Challenge part of Activities
Isaac Rapelje
This engineering design challenge allows students to design and test their own homemade battery then students get to optimize/improve their design. Except for a multimeter, all other equipment can be found at home or purchased at a grocery or hardware store.

Designing an O-Wing Glider part of Activities
Mark Oursland, Central Washington University
How can I build an O-Wing glider that will fly the farthest? Teams of secondary mathematics preservice teaching candidates used the engineering design process and mathematical modeling to improve on the basic ...

Engineering Design Process - LED Card Design and Build part of Activities
Arthur Morken, Central Washington University
The LED Card lesson is an innovative, inquiry STEM lesson where pre-service teachers get to plan, and implement research based instruction to upper elementary students. The LED Card lesson is the Engineering Design ...

Engineering Passive Speakers part of Activities
Gus Nollmeyer, Eastern Washington University; Kathy Baldwin, Eastern Washington University
Preservice teachers participate in an engineering investigation designed for upper elementary students. They explore physical science principles of sound, and then apply what they learn by designing a passive ...

Elementary Preservice Teachers Engaging In & Developing a Project-Based Integrated STEM Unit part of Activities
Tamara Holmlund, Washington State University-Vancouver
Elementary preservice teachers (PSTs) engage in, then develop and present a culturally responsive, project-based STEM unit that meaningfully integrates science, engineering, and mathematics standards and meets PBL ...

The Mexican lemonade ("lim-onade") engineering design challenge – a 5E lesson part of Activities
Ana Rivero, Seattle University
This is a two-session lesson (4 hours each) about the engineering design process and the nature of engineering. The elementary preservice teachers (PST) will experience an engineering design challenge, reflect ...

What is Sustainability? Using Real-World Scenarios for Multidimensional Thinking and Personal Reflection (High School-College Undergraduates) part of Activities
Kathryn Sweeney, Washington State University-Vancouver
An introductory (100-level) environmental science lab was developed with an emphasis on reflection and application of sustainability concepts. Undergraduate students are often familiar with the term sustainability ...

Unit 3: Soil Investigation and Classification part of Soils, Systems, and Society
Jennifer Dechaine, Central Washington University; Kathryn Baldwin, Eastern Washington University; Rodger Hauge, American Geophysical Union; Gary Varrella, Washington State University-Spokane
In this unit, students work in small groups to collect and record data about soils using various soil testing and classification methods at a series of stations. The methods they use are relevant to the societal ...

Unit 3: How Streams Change part of Interactions between Water, Earth’s Surface, and Human Activity
Kyle Gray, University of Northern Iowa
Students use Google Earth to observe two river systems and characterize changes in gradient from the headwaters to the mouth, and relate changes in those gradients to different rock types. At one location, they ...