Book chapter
EMBEDDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE INSTRUCTION IN ENGINEERING DESIGN PROBLEM SOLVING
Engineering in Pre-College Settings, pp.143-162
Purdue University Press
15 Aug 2014
Abstract
In this chapter, we consider the strategies and findings of our four-year exploration of embedding elementary school science instruction within engineering design challenges. In a collaboration of science education researchers, assessment specialists, and over 30 third- and fourth-grade teachers, we have developed and investigated four science curriculum units that pose overarching engineering design problems as contexts for exploring science concepts. These units make use of interlocking LEGO construction elements for prototyping solutions, and they invite students and teachers to explore design prototypes as objects of scientific inquiry.
Our aim in this chapter is to use multiple forms of evidence to
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- Title
- EMBEDDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE INSTRUCTION IN ENGINEERING DESIGN PROBLEM SOLVING
- Creators
- Kristen WendellAmber KendallMerredith PortsmoreChristopher G. WrightLinda JarvinChris Rogers
- Contributors
- ŞENAY Purzer (Editor)JOHANNES Strobel (Editor)MONICA E. Cardella (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Engineering in Pre-College Settings, pp.143-162
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum
- Identifiers
- 991021893700104721