Sunday, February 28, 2016

Merging STEAM/STEM with Reading - Novel Engineering


This. Will. Change. Your. Life.

Merging STEAM/STEM with Reading...

by Engineering Solutions for Books!

So, you're students are already superstars at identifying the main problem of a story...but have they have had the chance to actually DESIGN & CREATE different solutions for those problems!? You need to do this with your kiddos.

      

This can be done with picture books like these....

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or novels  (even during literature circles!) like these...



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With this easy-to-use guide, your students will be identifying problemsbrainstorming solutions, working collaborativelyMAKING, giving feedback, and improving their designs using the 5 EASY STEPS OF ENGINEERING DESIGN:


  1. Ask
  2. Imagine
  3. Plan
  4. Create
  5. Improve


Check out some of the creations that students came up!
An under-ground storage area!

A hover board!
A way to prevent forest fires!




The nitty gritty of it...


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