Middle School Engineering Curriculum Developed Using Dark Tide

My book, Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919, is over 20 years old (hard to believe!), and those of you who are kind enough to follow me here and elsewhere know that I really enjoy when my books are used by students and school systems. I’m really proud to announce that TEEMS (Transforming Engineering Education for Middle Schoolers), a non- profit National Science Foundation-funded collaboration between Smith College and Springfield Tech Community College, has developed a curriculum on the molasses flood, and used Dark Tide as one of its key sources. TEEMS is an engineering curriculum for 6th-grade science classrooms that uses the power of story to engage students. My thanks to Isabel Huff, Curriculum Designer and Training Specialist, and to the entire team at TEEMS!