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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809896303321

Autore

Morgan Emily R (Emily Rachel), <1973->

Titolo

Picture-perfect STEM lessons, K-2 : using children's books to inspire STEM learning / / by Emily Morgan and Karen Ansberry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Arlington, Virginia : , : National Science Teachers Association, , [2017]

�2017

ISBN

1-68140-329-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 332 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

372.35/044

Soggetti

Science - Study and teaching (Primary)

Picture books for children - Educational aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Why use picture books to teach STEM? -- 2. Reading aloud -- 3. BSCS 5E instructional model -- 4. Connecting to the standards -- 5. Science and engineering practices -- 6. The handiest things -- 7. Build it! -- 8. Robots everywhere -- 9. Feel the heat -- 10. Move it! -- 11. Let's drum! -- 12. Get the message -- 13. Science mysteries -- 14. Crayons -- 15. Design a habitat -- 16. Plant a tree -- 17. Pillbots -- 18. Flights of the pollinators -- 19. A birthday is no ordinary day -- 20. Our blue planet.

Sommario/riassunto

This book's lessons for grades K-2 convey how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics intersect in the real world, using picture books to teach STEM concepts and reading comprehension. Leads students to ask questions, define problems, obtain, evaluate, and communicate information, and formulate arguments. Provides additional student resources, assessments, and connections to science standards and Common Core State Standards for English and mathematics.