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Vincent, Valeria; Powell, Frieda; Miller, Emily Adah; Kelly, Susan Codere – Science and Children, 2022
In this essay from a teacher in Argentina, Valeria Vincent describes how she employed Multiple Literacies in Project-based Learning (MLPBL) (Krajcik, Palincsar, and Miller 2015). ML-PBL, an open education free resource, has three design principles that support teacher and student learning and satisfaction. ML-PBL builds on teacher ingenuity and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multiple Literacies, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Cummins, Sunday; Newman, Patricia – Science and Children, 2022
In a series of 12 project-based learning lessons, a group of seven fifth-grade students who live 200 miles from the coast explored their personal connections to the ocean. After completing a unit on the role of water in Earth's surface processes, the students investigated ocean acidification and how this pervasive ocean problem impacts their local…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Oceanography, Sustainability
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Feille, Kelly; Wildes, Annie; Pyle, Janet; Marshall, Jessica – Science and Children, 2021
At a time when changes in standards and curriculum compound the pressures of fifth-grade state testing, the authors wanted to find an engaging way to involve students in authentic science and engineering. Rather than put their efforts into a traditional science fair that would inevitably lead to inequitable input by parents and students alike,…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Science Education
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Goldberg, Rhoda; Effinger, Jeremy – Science and Children, 2021
With a belief in the need for a reform in education that prepares students for life, work, and citizenship in a globalized economy, leaders were determined to connect students across the district, state, country, and globe in global collaborative STEM projects. These projects were aligned to the standards but also afforded students the opportunity…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Student Projects, 21st Century Skills, Global Approach