Electricity & Magnetism

During your work in the STEM Center, you used certain key “practices” similar to how scientists and engineers think and act. Identify which Science & Engineering Practices you feel that you were engaged in during the STEM Center problem-solving proces

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Sci-Book STEPS to STEM – Student Science Notebook

Aaron D. Isabelle and Gilbert A. Zinn

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introductionix Chapter 1: Electricity & Magnetism

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Step 1: Series Circuits Step 2: Parallel Circuits Step 3: Electricity and Heat STEM Center 1.1 Science & Engineering Practices Step 4: Static Electricity Step 5: Electromagnetic Poles Step 6: How Steady is Your Hand? STEM Center 1.2 Science & Engineering Practices Step 7: Charged Balloons Step 8: Making Magnets Step 9: Magnetism and Electricity STEM Center 1.3 Science & Engineering Practices

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Chapter 2: Air & Flight

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Step 1: Air Pressure Step 2: Out Goes the Candle Step 3: Pop! STEM Center 2.1 Science & Engineering Practices Step 4: Which Way? Step 5: Particles in the Air Step 6: Propeller Flights STEM Center 2.2 Science & Engineering Practices Step 7: Oxygen and Burning Step 8: Control of Flight Step 9: Air in Your Lungs STEM Center 2.3 Science & Engineering Practices

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Chapter 3: Water & Weather

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Step 1: Water to the Rescue Step 2: Ice Cubes Step 3: Measuring Rainfall STEM Center 3.1 Science & Engineering Practices Step 4: A Bathysphere Step 5: Crystal Shapes Step 6: Candy Wrapper Hygrometer STEM Center 3.2 Science & Engineering Practices

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Step 7: Hard and Soft Water Step 8: Water and Weight Step 9: Water Finds Its Level STEM Center 3.3 Science & Engineering Practices Chapter 4: Plants & Animals Step 1: Pollen Grains Step 2: Mealworms Step 3: Leaf Vein Patterns STEM Center 4.1 Science & Engineering Practices Step 4: Root Hairs Step 5: Growing Molds Step 6: Hatching Brine Shrimp STEM Center 4.2 Science & Engineering Practices Step 7: Salt and Cells Step 8: Moth or Butterfly? Step 9: Collecting and Preserving Flowers STEM Center 4.3 Science & Engineering Practices Chapter 5: Earth & Space Step 1: The Good Earth Step 2: Surface Changes Step 3: The Earth’s Shape STEM Center 5.1 Science & Engineering Practices Step 4: Sunlight and Heat Step 5: Limestone and Shale Step 6: Satellites in Orbit STEM Center 5.2 Science & Engineering Practices Step 7: Star Sighting Step 8: Mine