Engineering Encounters: Elephant Trunks and Dolphin Tails

Autor/in	Hefty, Lukas
Titel	Engineering Encounters: Elephant Trunks and Dolphin Tails
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 52 (2014) 4, S.56-61 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Students; Kindergarten; Grade 1; Grade 2; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Engineering Education; State Standards; Academic Standards; Integrated Curriculum; Thinking Skills; Design; Science Education; Animals; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Ingenieurausbildung; Denkfähigkeit; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Animal; Tier; Tiere
Abstract	This article describes how one class at Douglas Jamerson Elementary School in St. Petersburg, Florida, a center for engineering and mathematics, incorporated an Engineering Design Process into its curriculum. At Jamerson Elementary, all students in kindergarten through fifth grade engage in teacher-created, integrated engineering units of study, purposefully aligned to the "Next Generation Science Standards" for engineering design and the "Common Core State Standards" for English language arts and mathematics. The school's vision, "Engineering innovative thinkers for global success," comes to life as students develop the habits of mind--curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, perseverance, and communication--that successful innovators possess. The centerpiece of the curriculum is the Jamerson Engineering Design Process through which students collaborate to identify real-world problems, "plan" multiple solutions and select the most efficient one, "design" models and prototypes to "check" against rigorous design constraints, and "share" their findings. The article describes a series of lessons that spanned across a two-week period, 45 minutes per day, that were the conclusion to an integrated unit of study entitled "Nature of Science and Engineering." Taught at the beginning of the school year, the unit focuses on the comparison of scientific and engineering practices in preparation for a year of similar, real-world design investigations. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10