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.

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 ...

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 ...

The Mexican lemonade ("lim-onade") engineering design challenge – a 5E lesson part of Creating Next Generation STEM Teacher Preparation Programs: NextGen-WA:Key Resources:Activities
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 ...

Engineering Passive Speakers part of Creating Next Generation STEM Teacher Preparation Programs: NextGen-WA:Key Resources:Activities
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 ...

What is Sustainability? Using Real-World Scenarios for Multidimensional Thinking and Personal Reflection (High School-College Undergraduates) part of Creating Next Generation STEM Teacher Preparation Programs: NextGen-WA:Key Resources:Activities
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 ...