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- Title
A Winning Competition.
- Authors
Geddes, Kim; Franchini, Elease
- Abstract
The article discusses the author's experience with ExploraVision, a student competition offered by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and Toshiba. Details of the competition, which simulates the engineering design process and requires students to design a theoretical product and create a website and paper explaining their design, are provided. The author's thoughts on how the competition fits into curricula and the usefulness of student-directed projects are also presented.
- Subjects
SCIENCE students; ENGINEERING design competitions; ACADEMIC achievement competitions; PROJECT method in teaching; NATIONAL Science Teachers Association; TOSHIBA KK; CONTESTS
- Publication
Science Teacher, 2012, Vol 79, Issue 2, p40
- ISSN
0036-8555
- Publication type
Article