Get your child thinking like an engineer! With 11 units of story-based problem solving, your future engineer will be busy building bridges, designing a car ramp or making an instrument. The stories are easy to read and include space in the margins for students to take notes. Planning pages introduce your student to the plan-design-build-test-improve processes of engineering.
Story Engineering: Problem-Solving Short Stories Using STEM Grades 1-2
SKU
023007
ISBN
9781420682731
Grade 1-2
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Charlotte Mason
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$14.99 Product Overview
- Includes lesson plans for parents or teachers
- Walks students through the problem-solving process
- Has a variety of design challenges that use STEM concepts
Description
Publisher's Description of Story Engineering: Problem-Solving Short Stories Using STEM Grades 1-2
Integrate engineering and literacy into your curriculum with this innovative approach to learning. Students will read fictional passages and solve problems using STEM and the engineering design process. Students can create devices and solutions using everyday materials. Each unit focuses on one problem and one challenge, but other problems are presented as options for future challenges. The activity pages invite individual and group work with room for brainstorming, problem-solving, building, testing, and reflecting. The book includes 11 units, which each include a teacher overview and lesson plan, one original fiction passage with room in margins for annotations, and STEM activity sheets based on a single STEM problem/challenge. 112 pages.
Category Description for Story Engineering: Problem-Solving Short Stories Using STEM
Combining fun stories with STEM activities, this unique supplement is perfect for the student who enjoys hands-on, problem-solving activities. Each lesson includes a lesson plan and a simple story that introduces your student to characters with an engineering-related problem. After reading the story, students begin the problem-solving process: writing down what they know, listing needed materials, brainstorming possibilities, and making a plan using everyday supplies. After students build their project, they are asked to reflect on the process, share what they learned, and how to improve. At the end of each book are blank pages for other challenges, budget sheets, and additional book lists for further study. These fun projects will keep their hands busy and their brains working! Great resource to train future engineers! ~Tara
Details
| Product Format: | Paperback Book |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 1-2 |
| Brand: | Teacher Created Resources |
| ISBN: | 9781420682731 |
| EAN/UPC: | 882319015759 |
| Length in Inches: | 11 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.5 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.25 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 0.65 |
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