Dr. Brian Mandell, Division Director of Curriculum and Communications, Smithsonian Science Education Center, discusses a two-part design challenge that goes beyond engineering a solution by asking students to apply their engineering design solution to solve a large-scale problem that is relevant in today’s world. Click on the video to learn more.
Double the Learning: Science of Reading Strategies in Elementary Science
July 29, 2025
A whole set of standards is devoted to informational text—and science reading is informational text reading—so it’s a great way to merge the two together.
