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Tips & Comments: Models and Designs

The link below leads to descriptions of methods and sites that KSN staff and teachers recommend related to Models and Design Technology.

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Models and Design Kit Use
See Larry Warmingham's classroom.
In this photoessay, see how Larry used this kit in his own classroom, and find out how his students responded as well!

Measuring Time Troubleshooting Tips
If you're using STC's Measuring Time kit, scroll of to the second page of this link to locate lots of tips and suggestions for working most effectively with the clock escapement included in this kit.

Solar Energy Teacher Tips
Educators at the Palo Alto Unified School District in California offer these practical tips to other educators based on their hands-on experiences with FOSS's Solar Energy kit.

The Franklin Institute gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the National Science Foundation and Unisys Corporation.

The Franklin Institute is the Demonstration Site for the Eisenhower Mid-Atlantic Consortium, providing science and math resources for teachers.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 9819641.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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