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How Slow Is Your Parachute? Reflections on a STEM Activity from an Irish Classroom
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Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairéad; O'Dwyer, Anne; Carroll, Claire; Corry, Edward; Hamilton, Miriam – Science and Children, 2021
The integrated STEM activity described in this article incorporated two investigations that sought to develop children's understanding of fair-testing: (1) the first parachutes: how does the angle of a parachute frame affect the speed of descent?; and (2) modern parachutes: how does the size of the parachute canopy affect the speed of descent?…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction
Methods and Strategies: Greenteam--A Community Collaboration Celebrates Environmental Science
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Walters, Debi Molina; Oliver, Jill – Science and Children, 2013
When teachers, parents, and community members work together, children benefit (Henderson and Mapp 2002). This is especially true when the collaboration is coordinated and focused as it was for the Greenteam, a science ecology club and an event created by a network of educators, elementary students, and science professionals. The club and a…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Science Education, School Community Programs, School Community Relationship