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International Journal of STEM Education

Table 3 Content and skills enacted in Hexbug lessons

From: Supporting integrated STEM in the elementary classroom: a professional development approach centered on an engineering design challenge

 

Mathematics concepts

Science concepts

Engineering concepts

Triad

Measurement

Geometry

Problem solving

Estimation

Budget

Mean

Prop. of materials

Observation

Experimentation

Circuits

Solar System

Change a variable

Design process

Criteria/constraints

Testing materials

Context

Planning

Designing/Building

Evaluation

Redesign

Sharing designs

Teamwork

1

             

*

 

*

*

*

 

*

*

 

2

            

*

*

     

*

 

*

3

            

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

 

*

*

4

*

   

*

 

*

       

*

*

*

*

*

  

*

5

          

*

 

*

*

 

*

   

*

*

 

6

*

           

*

  

*

     

*

7

                     

*

8

*

   

*

 

*

     

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

 

*

9

                 

*

*

 

*

*

10

                 

*

   

*

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