Teaching Through Trade Books: Flying Machines

by: Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry, and Susan Craig

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue uses two fiction trade books to inspire students to design and test various flying machines.

Grade Levels

Early Childhood Elementary

Topics

5E Acceleration Analyzing data Asking questions CCC2: Cause and Effect: Mechanism and Explanation CCC6: Structure and Function Classifying Collecting data Communicating Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Disciplinary Core Ideas in Engineering, Technology, and the Application of Science Electrical forces Electromagnetic forces Electrostatic forces ENCdl ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting an Engineering Problem ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution ETS1: Engineering Design ETS2.A: Interdependence of Science, Engineering, and Technology ETS2.B: Influence of Engineering, Technology, and Science on Society and the Natural World ETS2: Links Among Engineering, Technology, Science, and Society Experimenting Forces and motion Friction Gravity Hypothesizing Inertia Instructional Materials Interpreting data Kindergarten Magnetism Mass Measuring Modeling Momentum Newton’s laws of motion Observing Physical Science Predicting Science and Engineering Practices Science and Technology Science as Inquiry Science Focus Science process skills Scientific habits of mind SEP1: Asking Questions and Defining Problems SEP2: Developing and Using Models SEP3: Planning and Carrying Out Investigations SEP4: Analyzing and Interpreting Data SEP5: Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking SEP6: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions SEP7: Engaging in Argument from Evidence SEP8: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information Simple machines Speed Three Dimensions of the Framework and/or NGSS Using mathematics Using scientific equipment Using technology Vectors Velocity Weight Work

Details

Type Journal ArticlePub Date 10/1/2013Stock # sc13_051_02_24Volume 051Issue 02

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