Science and engineering practices are what we teach students to do to make sense of natural events and phenomena. They are a combination of skills and knowledge that scientists and engineers use to investigate the world and design and build systems to solve its problems. In this post I’ll share two free classroom kits I’ve put together with science and engineering practices posters and standards … [Read More...]
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