Everyday Engineering: Putting the E in STEM Teaching and Learning, by Richard H. Moyer and Susan A. Everett, NSTA Press, Virginia, 2012. ix + 118 pp., $15.95 paperback, ISBN 978-1-936959-79-2.

If you are looking for ideas to make connections between the physics principles taught in class and the application of those principles in common, everyday objects, you should find something of value in Everyday Engineering: Putting the E in STEM Teaching and Learning. Moyer and Everett provide 14 activities using common items that demonstrate science and engineering concepts. The activities are also designed to inspire users to think about the historical development and engineering design processes used to create and modify these everyday items.

Moyer and Everett begin by introducing the interconnectedness between science and engineering and justify the inclusion of engineering in science education based on Project 2061, The National Science Education Standards (1996), and A Framework...

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