Break It to Make It Archives - STEMAZing Systems Thinking

Make It to Break It: Engineering Every Day PPT

PowerPoint presentation from the workshop.

Everyday Engineering: Toying Around with Wind Ups (NSTA Science Scope Article)

This column provides an inside look at the marvels of engineering in everyday life. In this issue the authors use wind-up toys to introduce students to how gears interact.

Everyday Engineering: It’s Stuck on You (NSTA Science Scope Article)

This column provides an inside look at the marvels of engineering in everyday life. This month’s issue takes a closer look at adhesive bandages.

Engineering Encounters: Reverse Engineering (NSTA Science & Children Article)

This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue shares information on how students’ everyday experiences can support science learning through engineering design. In this article, the authors outline a reverse-engineering model of instruction and describe one example of how it looked in our fifth-grade classroom to highlight how the…

Everyday Engineering: It’s (zipped) in the bag (NSTA Science Scope Article)

This column provides an inside look at the marvels of engineering in everyday life. In this issue, the origins of the sealable plastic bag are explored.

Principles and Big Ideas of Science Education

One of the foundation documents on which the new Arizona Science Standards are based.

Engineering in Reverse – lesson from TeachEngineering

In this hands-on activity, students take apart a toy to reverse engineer it. Most appropriate for grades 5th-8th grade.

How Does Reverse Engineering Work? article

Learn how this jet was reversed engineered and what we mean by reverse engineering.

Science ELA and Math Practices Venn Diagram

Use this document to show the overlap between the practices used in science/engineering, English language arts, and math.

Thinking Collaborative Strategies

Strategies, like Expert Jigsaw and First Turn, Last Turn, are a fantastic ways to engage learners. This links to all the Thinking Collaborative Strategies which will give you lots of options for mixing up the way you engage learners in your learning spaces.