Year round project-based activities for STEM : grades 1-2 / author, Stephanie Lester ; illustrator, Kelly McMahon
- Author:
- Lester, Stephanie
- Published:
- Westminster, CA : Teacher Created Resources, [2013]
- Physical Description:
- 112 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Additional Creators:
- McMahon, Kelly
Teacher Created Resources, Inc
- Contents:
- Teacher Overview: Introduction -- Standards, benchmarks, and learning objectives -- Why project-based learning? -- 21st century vocabulary -- Websites to assist PBL -- Why teach STEM curricula? -- Set up STEM discovery centers -- STEM discovery center tools -- Parent letter: What is STEM?. Project-based units for STEM: Bats, bats, bats -- Buoyancy and boat design -- Exploring color -- Discovery pumpkins -- Healthy hearts -- Spiders -- Static electricity -- Three-dimensional designs.
- Summary:
- Wondering how to incorporate science, technology, engineering, and math plus collaboration, critical thinking, problem-solving and digital literacy into the curriculum? You can do it with project-based learning. This book presents 8 units that require students to think creatively, take risks, and put what they are learning into practice. Meanwhile, the teacher can continually assess what is being learned and make necessary adjustments.
- Subject(s):
- Science—Study and teaching (Elementary)—United States
- Technology—Study and teaching (Elementary)—United States
- Engineering—Study and teaching (Elementary)—United States
- Mathematics—Study and teaching (Elementary)—United States
- Engineering—Study and teaching (Elementary)
- Mathematics—Study and teaching (Elementary)
- Science—Study and teaching (Elementary)
- Technology—Study and teaching (Elementary)
- United States
- ISBN:
- 1420630253
9781420630251 - Note:
- "Includes standards, benchmarks, & objectives"--Cover.
"TCR 3025"--Cover.
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