Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Teacher Resources - STEM

 Integrating Engineering & Science in Your Classroom - Edited by Eric Brunsell"To help you blend authentic and meaningful engineering activities into your teaching, this volume's 30 chapters have been compiled from Science and Children, Science Scope, and The Science Teacher, NSTA's journals for elementary through high school. The activities apply to life and environmental science, Earth science, and physical science and work well in traditional classroomas as well as in after-school programs." --from NSTA catalog

 Math Work Stations: Indpendent Learning You can Count On, K-2 - Debbie Diller

A guide to math stations in kindergarten through second grade, providing math vocabulary resources; literature links; suggestion on materials to include; ideas for modeling, differentiating, and assessment; reflection questions; and other resources.
 
 The Everyday Science Sourcebook: Ideas for Teaching in Elementary and Middle School
- Lawrence F. Lowery
Fully updated with content selected to build on the AAAS and National Science Education Standards, this new edition is full of hundreds of entries that can spark your thinking the next time you need to fill in a gap in your curriculum, add a fresh element to your textbook lessons, or extend and enrich hands-on activities. Six broad content categories provide the framework for the main body of this book: Inorganic matter; Organic matter; Energy; Inference models; Technology; and Instructional apparatus, materials, and systems. --from back cover

Everyday Engineering: Putting the E in STEM Teaching and Learning
- Richard H. Moyer and Susan A. Everett
A compilation of articles previously published in Science Scope. Includes fourteen activities that explore engineering's role in the office, kitchen, bathroom, electricity, and outdoor recreation.

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