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Promising Practices for Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine: Opening Doors

This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and The National Institutes of Health (#10004234), the National Science Foundation (#10003816), and L’Oreal USA. Any ...
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Science and Engineering in Preschool Through Elementary Grades: The Brilliance of Children and the Strengths of Educators

Children’s development of ideas and practices is supported by long-term, sustained experiences, rich materials and settings, and engagement with peers and knowledgeable others. Children can share, use ...
EdSurge

Phenomena-Based Learning and 3D Science: Inspiring Curiosity and Making Sense of the World

3D science instruction helps students develop skills applicable in all fields, such as critical thinking, collaboration and communication. On a bright, sunny day, a group of first-graders eagerly ...
C&EN

Standards Alignment

The NGSS focuses on three main areas or dimensions that students need to understand and be able to do. They are Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI), Science and Engineering Practices (SEP), and Crosscutting ...
Nature

Engineering Practice and Education

Engineering practice and education encompass the methods and strategies through which engineers conceive, design, construct and maintain complex systems, alongside the pedagogies that prepare ...
Education Week

Bringing STEM Into Focus

What do we intend when using the acronym STEM? It literally stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, but what does it mean? Arguably, attempts to provide a meaningful response to ...