Welcome ABCUSD Teachers!

What is your name? What school are you from?

What is your favorite science memory?

ABCUSD
California Mathematics and Science Partnership (CaMSP)
STEM Professional Learning Initiative

Primary Goal
Prepare teachers in ABCUSD to deliver high
quality instruction aligned to the Next
Generation Science Standards (NGSS), with
full integration of the engineering standards at
all levels.

K-12 Alliance/WestEd 2014

K-12 Alliance/WestEd 2014

K-12 Alliance/WestEd 2014

Next Generation Science Standards

Science and
engineering
What we
do

K-12 Alliance/WestEd 2014

Core ideas
in the
discipline
What we
know

Concepts across
disciplines
How grade levels

What comes to mind when you

hear the word
ENGINEERING?

What is the problem?

Use the pipe cleaner to
transfer a pencil from one desk
to another.
You may bend the pipe cleaner
as needed but may not touch
the pencil with your hands

https://www.nabt.org/websites/institution/File/pdfs/american_biology_teacher/2012/
ABT_Online_Oct_2012.pdf

Design Process
Describe what you did during the
design process.

K-12 Alliance/WestEd 2014

How would you decide

which design is
best?

Engineering Design
Process
Ask
Criteria
Constraints
Scientific Information
Imagine
Brainstorming
No Evaluation
Plan
Get specific with one idea
Create
And test
Improve
K-12 Alliance/WestEd 2014

Another Way to Understand the Engineering

Design Process
NGSS Engineering at JPL: Introduction

By the end of 12th grade, all students will:

-Have some appreciation of the beauty and wonder of science;

-Possess sufficient knowledge of science and engineering to engage in

public discussions on related issues;
be careful consumers of scientific and technological information
related to their everyday lives;
be able to continue to learn about science outside school;
have the skills to enter careers of their choice, including (but not
limited to) careers in science, engineering, and technology
-adapted from A Framework for K-12 Science Education (2012)

K-12 Alliance/WestEd
2014

Text based questions for

Rosie Revere
by Andrea Beaty

1. Why did Rosie go into the trash?

1. What did Rosie do with the machines that she made?

1. What are some inventions Rosie made when she was young?

1. What invention did she make for her Uncle Fred the Zookeeper?

1. How did Uncle Fred react to Rosies invention?

1. What did Aunt Rose build when she was younger?

What did Aunt Rose still want to do in her life?

1. What did Rosie want to build for her Aunt Rose?

1. What was the name of Rosies new invention?

1. What happened when Rosie tested her new invention?

1. What was Aunt Roses reaction to Rosies flight test?

How did Aunt Rose;s laughing make Rosie feel?

1. What did Aunt Rose say to Rosie about her invention?

Why should Rosie keep trying to make the cheese-copter?

1. Why should Rosie keep trying to make the cheese-copter?

1. What gift did Rosie receive from her aunt?

1. What changed Rosies attitude about being an engineer?

Pretend you are Rosie Revere, Engineer. Here is your task:

20 spaghetti noodles
marshmallow

1 meter tape

1 meter string

The Rules
Using only the items in this bag, build the TALLEST structure you can!
Some rules:
You have 18 minutes, then its hands off!
You can break the spaghetti, tape, string however you want.
You dont have to use all the materials
Your goal is to construct the tallest free-standing structure
measured from table to marshmallow. So the marshmallow goes
on top!
No eating the marshmallow!
After 18 minutes well measure each teams tower height.

Some questions to think about:

How did your team do?

What decisions did you make to build your
tower?

Which steps of the engineering design

process did your team do?

What would you do differently if you had

another chance?
If you could have one more item in your bag,
what would you choose?

Now, using the same

materials, build an
animal with a
marshmallow head

Planning time
Use the rest of the time today to work
with your cohort to
Pick a time for your next meeting
Pick a day to teach your lesson
Begin planning your lesson
Think about grade levels, time
constraints, and materials
needed.