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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
I have been looking for resources for my classroom and I found a couple of books. Has anyone used or seen these before? One was Engineer Through the Year and the other was Children’s Engineering:
A Handbook for Elementary Educators.
I haven't used either of those, but I looked at this as a resource and it looks great! Best of all, it's free! Let me know what you think when you look it over.
Kathy, Thanks,I like to strick while the anvils hot. After looking up both I just purchased Engineer through the Year, and think it will be a great resource. The book description fits the areas that keep being repeated as important, from the conferences and workshops I attended this past school year.Children's Engineering, published in 2009, is less timely,in my opinion.The Book Description for Engineer through the Year, from Amazon follows; "Publication Date: June 27, 2012 Can students as young as kindergarten through second grade really be engineers? You bet! Present your class with the exciting challenges in this book, all built to fold right into your current curriculum and tie to your themes and your calendar. Introduce students to Sandi's simple five-step engineering design process. Then, as you guide them with simple questions, watch your budding engineers delight in designing their own unique drums and sailboats, kites and umbrellas, and so much more. Use these hands-on, open-ended projects to: * Take advantage of children's natural curiosity * Incorporate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) concepts into your existing curriculum * Develop creativity, collaboration, and problem solving important 21st Century Skills * Establish real-world connections for classroom learning * Differentiate according to your students needs With Engineer Through the Year, students build engineering skills all year long. And they learn to think like engineers for the rest of their lives."
I am looking forward to receiving the book which should arrive next week.
I haven't used either of those, but I looked at this as a resource and it looks great! Best of all, it's free! Let me know what you think when you look it over.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/career_technical/technology/elementary/childrens_engineering.pdf
Kathy,
ReplyDeleteThanks,I like to strick while the anvils hot. After looking up both
I just purchased Engineer through the Year, and think it will be a great resource. The book description
fits the areas that keep being repeated as important, from the conferences and workshops I attended this past school year.Children's Engineering, published in 2009, is less timely,in my opinion.The Book Description for Engineer through the Year, from Amazon follows;
"Publication Date: June 27, 2012
Can students as young as kindergarten through second grade really be engineers? You bet! Present your class with the exciting challenges in this book, all built to fold right into your current curriculum and tie to your themes and your calendar. Introduce students to Sandi's simple five-step engineering design process. Then, as you guide them with simple questions, watch your budding engineers delight in designing their own unique drums and sailboats, kites and umbrellas, and so much more. Use these hands-on, open-ended projects to: * Take advantage of children's natural curiosity * Incorporate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) concepts into your existing curriculum * Develop creativity, collaboration, and problem solving important 21st Century Skills * Establish real-world connections for classroom learning * Differentiate according to your students needs With Engineer Through the Year, students build engineering skills all year long. And they learn to think like engineers for the rest of their lives."
I am looking forward to receiving the book which should arrive next week.