Integrating the Engineering Design Process (EDP) into a Sustainability Project part of Creating Next Generation STEM Teacher Preparation Programs: NextGen-WA:Key Resources:Activities
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 Creating Next Generation STEM Teacher Preparation Programs: NextGen-WA:Key Resources:Activities
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.

Central Washington University part of Creating Next Generation STEM Teacher Preparation Programs: NextGen-WA:Project Components:Implementing NextGen Across the State
× The mission of Central Washington University is to prepare students for enlightened, responsible, and productive lives; to produce research, scholarship, and creative expression in the public interest; and ...

About the NextGen-WA STEM Teacher Preparation Project part of Creating Next Generation STEM Teacher Preparation Programs: NextGen-WA:About this Project
Meet the Project Management Team » The Next Generation of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Teacher Preparation in Washington State (NextGen-WA) is an ambitious, multi-institutional ...

The NextGen-WA STEM Teacher Preparation Project is a statewide collaboration to improve the preparation of teachers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math across Washington state, with funding from 2016 to 2021. part of Creating Next Generation STEM Teacher Preparation Programs: NextGen-WA
We are committed to systemic change to teacher preparation programs across Washington State, and are working to ensure that every K-12 student has an inspirational STEM learning experience; our vision is a larger, ...

Designing an O-Wing Glider part of Creating Next Generation STEM Teacher Preparation Programs: NextGen-WA:Key Resources:Activities
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 Creating Next Generation STEM Teacher Preparation Programs: NextGen-WA:Key Resources:Activities
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 ...

Pedagogical Content Knowledge Working Group part of Creating Next Generation STEM Teacher Preparation Programs: NextGen-WA:Project Components:Working Groups
Vision Statement Graduates of Washington's Teacher Preparation Programs draw on and continue to develop a robust pedagogical content knowledge concerning STEM topics, so that all of their students learn ...

NextGen team accepted to 2019 AERA Annual Meeting for Roundtable Session part of Creating Next Generation STEM Teacher Preparation Programs: NextGen-WA:About this Project:NextGen Workshops & Professional Development Events and Conference Presentations:NextGen-WA News
"A Statewide Collaboration for Integrating Education for Sustainability into Teacher Preparation"

Elementary Preservice Teachers Engaging In & Developing a Project-Based Integrated STEM Unit part of Creating Next Generation STEM Teacher Preparation Programs: NextGen-WA:Key Resources:Activities
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 ...