Too many times people feel powerless to make changes in this world. This is because they have forgotten the three most important words in our government, We the People.
This lesson supports students’ understanding of functions, algebraic manipulation with variables and constants, and collaboration through computer programming.
In this ETP, students use Excel to develop simple equations that will enable them to estimate their carbon footprint.
Students will communicate and collaborate on “How to Do/Create Something.” They will learn how to effectively communicate, plan, organize, evaluate, synthesize, and publish their project through writing and digitally.
The goal of this ETP is to help students develop a greater ability to form arguments from evidence found in texts by evaluating a variety of evidence claims about alternative sources of water.
Re-inventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt), in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford, studies stormwater collection. In the water unit in Environmental Science, we study water resources and water pollution.
In my research at UC-Berkeley's Water Center, I am conducting on-line research on water saving appliances and fixtures.
The goal of this ETP is to introduce and practice the engineering design process in a fun and high interest manner: by designing a board game which will help reinforce previously taught content.
NGSS uses constructivist theory and educational research to propose a teaching paradigm to promote ways of thinking, science practices, as well as science content through an inquiry process.