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    Your interest in the value of aligning and integrating mathematics, science and technological studies through design as a means to increase student achievement has brought you to this blog. Oakland Schools, in partnership with local school districts from across Oakland County, Michigan, have developed the Mathematics, Science and Technology through Design Middle School Initiative. Professional development activities for middle school teachers of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics/STEM subjects are organized to provide opportunities to work collaboratively to develop integrated units of study and related learning activities that are challenging and exciting for adolescents. Some of the units are posted on this blog. Use the blog for information sharing, inspiration, and a means to bring new practice to your classroom and lab. In order to streamline the name of this initiative, it has been labeled Project M/S/T through DESIGN

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Embedding files in a blog post

Posted on May 6th, 2008 by mstdesign

This is the way that you can embed a file in theblog
Go to “write a post” and scroll down to the upload window. Browse for your file and follow instructions and it will appar as a link like this.
Energy Jammers Rubric

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A few resources from Jeff Bush

Posted on January 29th, 2008 by mstdesign

STEM Education Coalition: http://www.stemedcoalition.org/

Tech Tally: Approaches to Assessing Technological Literacy www.nap.edu

Technically Speaking: Why all Americans need to know more about technology www.nap.edu

Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology www.iteaconnect.org

National Educational Technology Standards for Students: www.iste.org

Learning Institute for Technology Education/LITE: www.litesource.org 

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Making a Catapult

Posted on January 29th, 2008 by mstdesign

Just one of many approaches-add details about your favorite.

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