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The students in my class will engage in the Nevada Academic Content Standards for Science (NVACSS) and the Next Generation Science Standards. When students work in partners and groups on a hands-on activity, they are engaging in the following science and engineering practices: asking questions and defining problems, developing and using models, planning and carrying out investigations, analyzing and interpreting data, using math and computational thinking, constructing explanations and designing solutions, engaging in argument from evidence and obtaining, evaluating and communicating information. Specifically, these products will allow my students to make discoveries in the physical science domain of forces as well as engineering design. Students are in dire need for more opportunities to get away from the chromebooks, away from the worksheets and to put their creativity and problem solving skills to the task. Students also need opportunities to engage in the design and engineering process with other students. They need to learn how it is ok to fail up- that it will not always go their way and that it can be improved. They will start to realize that it is better to create something together; they no longer need to work alone. I can visualize a group of students joining forces to construct the best pathway for a marble to run with the marble run. I can see a students suggesting a new idea that the whole group can evaluate and cheer on. I can see the entire group celebrating the success of the team's collaboration. I can picture students maneuvering the chairs and books in the room to get the right highs and lows of the race car track. I can almost hear a student providing encouragement to another when a minor adjustment is needed.

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The students in my class will engage in the Nevada Academic Content Standards for Science (NVACSS) and the Next Generation Science Standards. When students work in partners and groups on a hands-on activity, they are engaging in the following science and engineering practices: asking questions and defining problems, developing and using models, planning and carrying out investigations, analyzing and interpreting data, using math and computational thinking, constructing explanations and designing solutions, engaging in argument from evidence and obtaining, evaluating and communicating information. Specifically, these products will allow my students to make discoveries in the physical science domain of forces as well as engineering design. Students are in dire need for more opportunities to get away from the chromebooks, away from the worksheets and to put their creativity and problem solving skills to the task. Students also need opportunities to engage in the design and engineering process with other students. They need to learn how it is ok to fail up- that it will not always go their way and that it can be improved. They will start to realize that it is better to create something together; they no longer need to work alone. I can visualize a group of students joining forces to construct the best pathway for a marble to run with the marble run. I can see a students suggesting a new idea that the whole group can evaluate and cheer on. I can see the entire group celebrating the success of the team's collaboration. I can picture students maneuvering the chairs and books in the room to get the right highs and lows of the race car track. I can almost hear a student providing encouragement to another when a minor adjustment is needed.

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