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.
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.
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.
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.
My school uses blended learning and the SunBay unit implemented and exemplified by this ETP is a blended learning unit. This SunBay software simulation unit will be the basis for my class’ entire unit on Rates, Ratios and Proportions. It will replace the unit used cover this topic last year.
The goal of this ETP is to allow students to use the concepts of systems engineering. In simple words, the systems engineer makes sure all parts are plugged in by understanding how everything works inside and outside of a system.
Millennials need to see and experience the connection between education and how it will benefit them in their adult lives directly. Merely stating that education is important or that it will help them get good paying, challenging jobs instead of menial, low paid work does not resonate with them.