Design in the Classroom:
Classroom Compass - Volume 2 Number 3
Author: Eisenhower SCIMAST
Price: Online only
• Published: 1996 • Format: print
Classroom Compass is a collection of ideas, activities, and resources, for teachers interested in improving instruction in science and mathematics. This issue features Design in the Classroom, a look at technology as the concrete application of science and mathematics.
Stages of the design process can be introduced in early grades - in fact Design Technology is a national curriculum in the United Kingdom, starting at the earliest grade level. This issue of Classroom Compass presents an elementary level activity, The Three Little Pigs, and a project for older students, Power Boat Design. These are accompanied by excerpts from the National Science Education Standards and a list of Resources and Opportunities.