Carla C Johnson, Janet B Walton, Erin Peters-Burton

Broschiertes Buch

Improving Bridge Design, Grade 8

Stem Road Map for Middle School

Beschreibung

"This module focuses on addressing the real problems of today's society through the lens of the past. In science, students will examine observable changes in rocks and fossils to interpret the past. The challenge for this module is led by mathematics and is focused on infrastructure decay, specifically the state of bridges in the United States. With recent bridge collapses (e.g., Minnesota bridge), much debate has ensued regarding the maintenance of bridges and, when building, examining designs that will prove to be more sustainable over time. Student teams will develop a decision model grounded in engineering, for the local department of transportation on how to select bridge design aligned with appropriate span length, application, use information, and other important data. In social studies, students will learn about how infrastructure such as roads and bridges has helped move their geographic region forward. In English/language arts, students will work to develop a written proposal that articulates key components of their decision model."--

Autor

Dr. Johnson is a Professor of Science Education, Executive Director of the Artificial Intelligence Academy, and Faculty Research Fellow at NCSU. She has been awarded and managed over 75 million in external funding for research and programming across her career – all focused on making STEM for all students a reality. Dr. Johnson has served as an expert advisor to the Office of Science and Technology Policy and has led research and evaluation projects for NASA and the Department of Defense. Dr. Johnson has led several large-scale STEM initiatives, such as the STEM Road Map Curriculum Project and the Handbook of Research on STEM Education (2020), in which the second edition is in progress. Dr. Johnson currently serves as the elected Chair of the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) and the Special Interest Group (SIG) for Science Teaching and Learning. She is on the editorial board of the journal Trends in Higher Education and served as the Editor of the School Science and Mathematics research journal for a decade 2011-21. Dr. Johnson has worked with thousands of teachers across the U.S. through professional development and training programs. She has also worked with over 50 schools leading their STEM School strategic planning process. Dr. Johnson has received many national awards for her research. Across her career she has published over 50 peer reviewed research articles, 33 books, and 9 book chapters, as well as dozens of evaluation reports for associated federal and state-level STEM evaluation projects. She has developed an industry partner network for the AI Academy comprised of over 100 organizations which are engaged in growing access for historically excluded and underserved individuals to high school instruction, adult workforce development, and college/career paths in artificial intelligence/IT.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nsta - National Science Teaching Association
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 272mm x 211mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 880g
• ISBN-13: 9781681404141
• ISBN-10: 1681404141
• Artikelnr.: 55452868