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Teacher Tool: Middle School Engineering Design
“By the time students reach middle school they should have had numerous experiences in engineering design. The goal for middle school students is to define problems more precisely, to conduct a more thorough process of choosing the best solution, and to optimize the final design. “ https://www.nextgenscience.org/sites/default/files/MS%20ETS%20topics%20combined%206.12.13.pdf
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Teacher Tool: High School Engineering Design
At the high school level students are expected to engage with major global issues at the interface of science, technology, society and the environment, and to bring to bear the kinds of analytical and strategic thinking that prior training and increased maturity make possible. As in prior levels, these capabilities can be thought of in three stages—defining the problem,…