Hydropower Efficiency, Grade 4

ISBN-13: 9781032618142 / Twarda / 2024 / 280 str.

Opis

This interdisciplinary, four-lesson module uses project- and problem-based learning to help students create a highly efficient dam that has a minimal impact on the environment.

Spis treści

Part I: The STEM Road Map: Background, Theory, and Practice  1. Overview of the STEM Road Map Curriculum  2. Strategies Used in the STEM Road Map Curriculum  Part II: Hydropower Efficiency: STEM Road Map Module  3. Hydropower Efficiency Module Overview  4. Hydropower Efficiency Lesson Plans Lesson Plan 1: Wind Wheels Lesson Plan 2: Water Wheels Lesson Plan 3: Under Pressure: Water Pressure and Dams Lesson Plan 4: The Big Changes for Millside Corners Design Challenge  5. Transforming Learning with Hydropower Efficiency and the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series

O autorze

Carla C. Johnson is a Professor of Science Education and Office of Research and Innovation Faculty Research Fellow at North Carolina State University, North Carolina, USA.

Janet B. Walton is a Senior Research Scholar at North Carolina State’s College of Education in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Erin E. Peters-Burton is the Donna R. and David E. Sterling Endowed Professor in Science Education at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, USA.