What are QUESTBOARDS?
FEATURES TOPICS MODELS | Self-contained, hands-on, standards-based teachingmodules for electronics, magnetism & optics. The QUESTBOARDS projectoperates like a local lending library which provides several components.They are available for use in your classroom this week. | |
Features and benefits of QUESTBOARD teaching modules: - Self-contained: no other materials are needed, boards were designed to be complete upon delivery
- Fully visible: boards are made of clear plastic that will easily fit on a table top and all parts can be easily seen (no mysterious "magic" electronics going on)
- Standards-based: lessons designed and tested by teachers for teachers and are tied to specific grade-level science content standards
- Brought to you: delivery and pick-up by UCSB undergraduate engineering students
- Come with support: in addition to the teacher's guide, udergraduatesare available for content support before the lesson (for the teacher) and/orduring the lesson (for the students) AND you can arrange for a teacher workshoportutorial at your school, for a refresher about the science behind any orall of the QUESTBOARDS - led by a science teacher familiar with standardsand lesson planning!
Topics and standards that QUESTBOARDS address, by grade level:
Click on the QUESTBOARD number in order to see a photo, description, and lesson plan. | Second Grade | Third Grade | Fourth Grade | Sixth Grade | Seventh Grade | High School |
| magnetism, QB#6 | light & optics, QB#8 | electromagnets, QB#7 | solar energy, QB#15 | light & optics, QB#8 | electromagnets, QB#7 |
| solar energy, QB#15 | electric circuits, QB#1 | | | electric circuits, QB#1 |
| | magnetism, QB#6 | | | magnetism, QB#6 |
| | | | | light & optics, QB#8 |
| | | | | solar energy, QB#15 |
Click Here to see the inventory of all the QuestBoards.
If you are a teacher in the Santa Barbara area and would like to borrow the QUESTboards for your classroom, please contact Chris Morris at 
This Project is Supported by Funds from the NSF NIRT grant, University of California Santa Barbara
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