The go-to guide for engineering curricula, grades 6-8 : choosing and using the best instructional materials for your students / edited by Cary I. Sneider.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1. Design squad: Inspiring a new generation of engineers -- Chapter 2. Models in technology and science -- Chapter 3. Everyday engineering: Putting the E in STEM teaching and learning -- Chapter 4. SLIDER: Science learning integrating design, engineering, and robotics -- Chapter 5. Teaching engineering made easy -- Chapter 6. Fender bender physics -- Chapter 7. Technology in practice: Applications and innovations -- Chapter 8. Engineering in IQWST -- Chapter 9. Project-based inquiry science -- Chapter 10. Engineering design in SEPUP's middle school issue-oriented science program -- Chapter 11. Techbridge: Engaging girls in STEM in out-of-school time -- Chapter 12. WaterBotics: Underwater robots built with LEGO materials -- Chapter 13. Engineering now -- Chapter 14. Engineering by design: an integrative STEM approach to middle school