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Academic Choice Award winner
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design challenges
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Product details
- ISBN 9781938113284
- Dimensions: 254 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 16 Mar 2017
- Publisher: National Association for the Education of Young Children
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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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:
Use engaging children’s books together with the guidance and ideas in this book to extend children’s problem-solving skills and creative thinking.
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.
