Bringing STEM to the elementary classroom
By: edited by Linda Froschauer
Publisher: NSTA Press, National Science Teachers Association
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Arlington, Virginia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781681400303; 9781681400310
Subjects: Science; Study and teaching (Elementary); Technology; Engineering; Mathematics; Curriculum planning
Other titles: Science and children.
Description: This compendium is a collection of STEM-related articles from the journal Science and Children. It provides a variety of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics content and classroom activities for PreK-5 science teachers. --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1: Grades prek-5; title: How to develop an engineering design task; title: Minding design missteps; title: Teaching through trade books; title: More teaching through trade books; title: Part 2: Grades prek-2; title: Gimme an E!; title: The EDP-5E; title: Can a student really do what engineers do?; title: Catch me if you can!; title: Inviting engineering into the science lab; title: Integrating design; title: Elephant trunks and dolphin tails; title: Engineering adaptations; title: Sailing into the digital era; title: Inventing mystery machines; title: Am I really teaching engineering to elementary students?; title: The STEM of inquiry; title: Printing the playground; title: A house for Chase the dog; title: Measuring success; title: Part 3: Grades 3-5; title: Think it, design it, build it, test it, refine it; title: Community-based engineering; title: Engineer it, learn it; title: Designing a sound-reducing wall; title: Blade structure and wind turbine function; title: You and your students as green engineers; title: Smashing milk cartons; title: Creating a prosthetic hand; title: Gliding into understanding; title: A system of systems; title: Blasting off with engineering; title: SCAMPERing into engineering; title: Wacky weather; title: Straw rockets are out of this world; title: Nature as inspiration; title: The tightrope challenge; title: Modeling water filtration.