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Designing Electric Cars: A University-Based Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration with Elementary Schools
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Cynthia Lima; Nikolaos Gatsis – Connected Science Learning, 2024
This article describes the creation of a university-based cross-disciplinary collaboration with elementary schools to address the challenges faced by teacher preparation programs in providing preservice teachers opportunities to design integrated STEM learning environments. The partnership focused on the design of an electric car unit and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
Dancing with STEAM: Creative Movement Generates Electricity for Young Learners
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Simpson Steele, Jamie; Fulton, Lori; Fanning, Lisa – Journal of Dance Education, 2016
The integration of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) serves to develop creative thinking and twenty-first-century skills in the classroom (Maeda 2012). Learning through STEAM promotes novelty, innovation, ingenuity, and task-specific purposefulness to solve real-world problems--all aspects that define creativity. Lisa…
Descriptors: Dance Education, STEM Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Creative Thinking
The Universal House: Energy, Shelter & The California Indian. Activity Guide, 4th/5th Grade.
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California Energy Extension Service, Sacramento. – 1992
This activity guide links energy awareness with resource management and traditional California Indian cultures for the 3rd-6th grade span. The materials combine cooperative, hands-on activities with background information and learning extensions. The interdisciplinary lessons are built upon themes, concepts, and learning processes outlined in…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Cooperative Learning, Energy Conservation, Energy Education
Energy Conservation Activities for Elementary Grades (Or: How to Help Slim Down the Energy Monster). Iowa Developed Energy Activities Sampler, Intermediate 3-5.
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1986
The revised Iowa Developed Energy Activity Sampler (IDEAS) was compiled using the original IDEAS program and the Energy Conservation Activity Packets (ECAPS). This booklet provides activities for teachers in the intermediate elementary grades (3-5) and is designed to enable students to develop a comprehensive understanding of energy concepts. Each…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Electricity, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Energy Conservation Activities for Elementary Grades (Or: How To Help Slim Down the Energy Monster). Iowa Developed Energy Activities Sampler, Intermediate 3-5. Revised.
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Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. – 1987
The revised Iowa Developed Energy Activity Sampler (IDEAS) was compiled using the original IDEAS program and the Energy Conservation Activity Packets (ECAPS). This booklet provides activities for teachers in the intermediate elementary grades (3-5) and is designed to enable students to develop a comprehensive understanding of energy concepts. Each…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Electricity, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Energy Awareness Resource Unit for Intermediate Grades.
Myers, Richard S.; Myers, Harriet B. – 1980
This instructional package suggests objectives, activities, and evaluation methods for use in an elementary school minicourse on energy. Objectives are to help students become aware of the present energy situation and to make more intelligent energy-related decisions in the future. Activities involve language arts, science, math, social studies,…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Energy
Energy and Conservation Education: Activities for the Classroom, Grades 4-6. Implementation Handbook.
Energy and Man's Environment, Inc., Portland, OR. – 1978
The instructional materials and classroom activities described in the document are intended to aid teachers in grades four through six develop and implement educational programs dealing with energy-related issues. The document is presented in four sections. Section I explains the organization of the document and summarizes how teachers should…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Concept Teaching, Conservation Education, Curriculum Guides