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The objective of this Fact Finding Mission is to explore and gain familiarity with the contents of the websites found in the STEM WebLinks collection.

The goal of this Fact finding Mission is for “Fact Finders” to arrive at the realization that there are numerous resources that can assist TN teachers in implementing the Embedded Standards for Technology and Engineering.

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Hey Tennessee Science Teachers! By now you’ve probably heard that the new State Science Curriculum Framework includes embedded standards for Technology and Engineering.

We’re sure that this addition to the Framework has raised lots of questions…What’s technology? What’s engineering? What’s embedded? Where can I find resources to help me do my job better?

The objective of this Fact Finding Mission is to explore the many high quality websites that have been organized into the STEM WebLinks collection. “Fact Finders” will discover that there are great resources that can assist TN teachers in implementing the Embedded Standards for Technology and Engineering.

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1. What organization publishes the Standards for Technological Literacy? When were they published?

2. Who is the current “Inventor of the Week?”3. Where can you find information about women

inventors?4. How could you integrate the World Wide

Telescope into your curriculum?5. Check out the CIESE website. What are some of

the advantages of using “real-time” data?

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6. What organization publishes a high school engineering career guide titled, Engineering! Go for It!?

7. Where can you find an amazing array of multimedia resources to introduce Engineering and Technology concepts to your students?

8. What website shows kids designing solutions to problems?

9. Where can you find information about many of the most important inventors that ever lived?

10. What’s your favorite website in the STEM WebLinks collection. Why?

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Here is where you can find the websites that you’ll want to explore:

Next Generation Tools for STEM Education Resource: Teacher Resources/STEM WebLinks.

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How can I use the tools and materials found in the STEM Education resource to successfully embed the GLEs and CLEs for Technology and Engineering into the science content that I teach?

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