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LiCalsi, Christina; Reese, Kelly; Garcia-Piriz, Dionisio – American Institutes for Research, 2019
Three central Virginia school districts and engineering education researchers at the University of Virginia were awarded an Investing in Innovation development grant to design, implement, test, and nationally disseminate a project-based engineering curriculum for middle school students. Referred to as invention kits, the curriculum is developed to…
Descriptors: Physical Sciences, Science Education, Engineering Education, Middle Schools
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Al-Edwan, Zaid Suleiman – International Education Studies, 2016
The present study aimed at exploring the concepts of the security education in the textbooks of the national and civic education of the higher primary stage in Jordan. It adopted the descriptive analytical method. The study sample consisted of the textbooks of the national and civic education for the basic eighth, ninth and tenth grades. To…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Civics, Grade 8
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Small, Ruth V. – School Library Research, 2014
Innovation is the essence of the American spirit. In the twenty-first century, it will be the innovative thinkers who will make the greatest contributions to our society, find cures for diseases, create technologies that enrich our lives, and find innovative solutions to the world's problems. Schools must provide more opportunities for students to…
Descriptors: Creativity, Innovation, Student Needs, Information Needs
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Murray, Jenny; Bartelmay, Kathy – Science and Children, 2005
Can second-grade students construct an understanding of sophisticated science processes and explore physics concepts while creating their own inventions? Yes! Students accomplished this and much more through a month-long project in which they used Legos and Robolab, the Lego computer programing software, to create their own inventions. One…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Workshops, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods