Making and Tinkering With STEM: Solving Design Challenges With Young Children - Tapa blanda

Heroman, Cate

 
9781938113284: Making and Tinkering With STEM: Solving Design Challenges With Young Children
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ISBN 10: 1938113284 ISBN 13: 9781938113284
Editorial: National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2017

Sinopsis

Tinker, make, engineer—solving problems from picture 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.

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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.

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With a strong emphasis on STEM, these challenges enable children to apply skills in math and science in a way that is meaningful and engaging. They provide opportunities for using and strengthening important executive function skills, such as planning, focusing attention, organizing information, persisting, thinking flexibly, and solving problems. Taken together, these skills are important in school and in life. Implementing these challenges helps prepare children to solve the problems of the future.

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Editorial
National Association for the Education of Young Children
Año de publicación
2017
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1938113284
ISBN 13 
9781938113284
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
139
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