Making and Tinkering With STEM

Solving Design Challenges With Young Children

Cate Heroman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2017
National Association for the Education of Young Children (Verlag)
978-1-938113-28-4 (ISBN)

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Teaching and learning STEM subjects is more accessible than ever before! Children will be inspired, delighted, and challenged as they use everyday materials and STEM concepts to design and build solutions to problems faced by characters in their favorite books.

Can you build a sturdy house that is safe from the big, bad wolf?

Imagine your dream car. What special features does it have? What can you use to create it?

Teaching and learning STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is more accessible than ever before! Children will be inspired, delighted, and challenged as they use everyday materials and STEM concepts to design and build solutions to problems faced by characters in their favorite books. This practical, hands-on resource includes:

25 engineering design challenges appropriate for children ages 3–8
Suggestions for creating a makerspace environment where children can tinker with materials, use tools to make creations, and improve on their ideas
A list of 100 picture books that encourage STEM-rich exploration and learning
Questions and ideas for expanding children’s understanding of STEM concepts
A planning template so you can create your own design challenges

Use engaging children’s books together with the guidance and ideas in this book to extend children’s problem-solving skills and creative thinking.

Cate Heroman is an author, early childhood consultant, and volunteer education chair at Knock Knock Children's Museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A nationally recognized educator, she taught in East Baton Rouge Parish Schools, served as an early childhood administrator at the Louisiana Department of Education, and was vice president of Teaching Strategies, LLC. Her publications include The Creative Curriculum for Preschool and Teaching Strategies GOLD.

What You Need to Know About Tinkering, Making, and Engineering
Design Challenges: Where Story Characters’
Problems Meet the Real World
Is It Tinkering, Making, or Engineering?
Developing Skills for Design Challenges
Tinkering and Making Experiences
Engineering Experiences
The Learning Environment
Gathering Materials
Organizing and Displaying Materials
Safety
Introducing Design Challenges
Using High-Tech Materials and Equipment
Involving Families
Observing and Assessing Children’s Learning
Design Challenges
Baby Bear’s Chair
Beautiful Buildings
Box It!
Bug City
Build a Bridge
Crazy Catapults
Float Your Boat
Gizmos Galore
Help! It’s Stuck!
A House for the Three Little Pigs
If the Shoe Fits
Juice It!
Move Like an Animal
Paper Airplanes
Pet Carrier
Repurpose It!
Roller Coaster
Squirrel-Proof Birdfeeder
Strike Up the Band
A Sturdy Nest
Tower Power
Trouble With Bubbles
What a Car!
Wind Wonders
Yarn Magic
Appendix
Design Challenge Planning Template
Books and Materials for Design Challenges
Book List
About the Author
Acknowledgments

Erscheinungsdatum	01.04.2017
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Washington DC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	254 x 203 mm
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik
ISBN-10	1-938113-28-4 / 1938113284
ISBN-13	978-1-938113-28-4 / 9781938113284
Zustand	Neuware