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Design in the Classroom: Classroom Compass - Volume 2 Number 3

Author: Eisenhower SCIMAST

Price: Online only
• Published: 1996   

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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.

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