The Arizona Science Lab (ASL): Fieldtrip based STEM outreach with a full engineering design, build and test cycle

Global Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 225-232

  Innes, Tom ^a   Johnson, Amy M ^b   Bishop, Kristen L ^b   Harvey, Justin ^b   Reisslein, Martin ^b  

^a Laboratory Sciences of Arizona   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Build and test cycle; Design; Middle school students; Solar cars; STEM workshops; Student attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870618366     PISSN: 13283154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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