NC Essential Science Standards - NGSS Science and Engineering Practices
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas - NGSS Cross Cutting Concepts - STEM Rubric
ENGINEERING HABITS OF MIND
Professional Development
Collaboration (Teamwork)
Optimism
Communication
Creativity
- Explainer: Object Conservation
- Explainer: Looking For Lincoln
- Explainer: Art Under a New Wavelength
- The Peanut Solution
- Polling Positions
- Acorns Count
- Vaccine Hunters
- Marvelous Music Machine
Attention to Ethical Considerations
- Explainer: Fish Tagging
- Grave School Lessons
- Small Creatures/Large Lessons
- The Great Migration
- Leaping Lemurs
- Where In The World Is Ms. Palma?
- Just A Spoonful of Soybeans
- New Fields For Food
- Precision Medicine
- A New Perspective
- Reinventing the Toilet
System Thinking
DESIGN PROCESS
Ask. Define the Problem, Criteria, Constraints, and Research.
Imagine. Develop Ideas.
- Explainer: Raincatchers
- Micro Organs
- Mystery Dino
- Eyes In The Skies
- Medical Metals
- Futuristic Fibers
Plan. Choose an approach.
Create, Model, Prototype, Test, and Communicate.
Improve, Redesign
SYSTEMS THINKING
A system is composed of parts that must be related
- New Hope For Hemlocks
- The Air We Breathe
- The Bone Lab
- What A Pain!
- Wondering About The Weather
- It Just Takes A Byte
- Just Moving Along
A system has boundaries
A system can be nested inside another system
A system can overlap with another system
A system can change with time
A system receives inputs and sends outputs
A system is designed to transform inputs into outputs
PROBLEM SOLVING
Optimization
- Explainer: Riding the Wind
- The Liver Takes It All
- Brewing The Perfect Cup
- Real Dirt About Clay
- Here Comes the Sea
- Seeking Sea Power
Tradeoffs
Interdisciplinary Solutions
- Rapid Water Testing
- Secrets of Tidal Creeks
- Dinosaur GPS
- The Bee-utiful Bee
- Reef Life
- Textile Trials
- Ocean Energy
- Stop and Listen
- Predict the Rip
