Science-By-Design Series

Created by TERC and published by NSTA

This four-volume series offers a method for high school students to successfully develop and carry out product design. The units introduce the design process and sharpen student abilities to investigate, build, test, and evaluate similar products. The series is keyed to science and technology education standards.

Construct-A-Greenhouse

Students apply concepts in thermodynamics, light absorption, and plant biology as they evaluate cost constraints, construction alternatives, and environmental changes. Construct-A-Glove A hands-on opportunity for students to explore principles of physics and technology to construct and test an insulated glove.

Construct-A-Catapult

Students integrate history, physics, mathematics, and technology to investigate elasticity, projectile launching, and frequency distribution while designing and building a working catapult system. Construct-A-Boat Students experience the practical application of mass, speed, and acceleration while applying the math and science necessary to build a scale model of a boat.

Each book, $19.95; set of four, $63.95

National Science Teachers Association, 1840 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington VA 22201-3000; (800) 722-NSTA; www.nsta.org.



Alliance Access
Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring 2000

In this issue:

Facing Equity: Facing Ourselves

The Online Science-athon

Network Science, A Decade Later

Promoting Schoolwide Reform

Faculty Study Groups

Heterogeneous Versus Homogenous Classes

NISEN Convenes Fourth Annual Conference

Access to Resources

Science-By-Design Series

NCTM Standards 2000