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Editor Dennis Schatz welcomes readers to the fourth issue, which addresses the theme STEM for Early Learners. Welcome to the fourth issue, addressing the theme STEM for Early Learners. Karen Worth, expert in science, technology, engine...
By Dennis Schatz
Journal Article
The Head Start on Engineering project engages parents and children in a multicomponent family engineering program that includes professional development for teachers, workshops for parents, take-home family activity kits, home visits, classroom ext...
By Scott Pattison, Gina Svarovsky, Ivel Gontan, Pam Greenough Corrie, Marcie Benne, Shannon Weiss, Verónika Nuñez, and Smirla Ramos-Montañez
Journal Article
A Screencasting Strategy to Support STEM Learning in the Early Grades
Learn how a research–practice partnership used screencasting to promote early elementary students’ mathematics learning and communication. ...
By Josephine Louie, Pamela Buffington, and Jennifer Stiles
Journal
Connected Science Learning October-December 2017
Volume 1, Issue 4 STEM Education for Early Learners ...
Book Chapter
Scientists and Engineers Are DREAMERS (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are dreamers. They read about amateur scientist Luke Howard in the book The Man Who Named the Clouds. After reading, they observe clouds as water-cycle components and learn how clouds help ...
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Scientists and Engineers Are THINKERS (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are thinkers. They read about inventor Philo Farnsworth in the book The Boy Who Invented TV. After reading, they create a new invention or a replica of an invention from recyclables or ever...
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Scientists and Engineers Are INSPIRED (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are inspired. They read about inventor Thomas Edison in the book Young Thomas Edison. After reading, they ask Thomas Edison’s three questions at four learning stations that are focused on...
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Scientists and Engineers Are DILIGENT (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are diligent. They read about inventor George Washington Carver in the book A Picture Book of George Washington Carver. After reading, they will become familiar with six plant parts as they...
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Scientists and Engineers Are IMAGINATIVE (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are imaginative. They read about scientist Annie Jump Cannon in the book Annie Jump Cannon, Astronomer. After reading, they learn about how Annie Jump Cannon observed variations in the brig...
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Scientists and Engineers Are VISIONARY (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are visionary. They read about engineer George Washington Ferris Jr. in the book Mr. Ferris and His Wheel. After reading, they create a three-dimensional model of a Ferris wheel and learn h...
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Scientists and Engineers Are PATIENT (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are patient. They read about scientist Gregor Mendel in the book Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas. After reading, they create a model of inherited traits in a snow-people family to un...
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Scientists and Engineers Are OBSERVANT (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are observant. They read about primatologist Jane Goodall in the book Jane Goodall’s Life With the Chimps. After reading, they observe crickets and discover how crickets move and communic...
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Scientists and Engineers Are PUZZLERS (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are puzzlers. They read about Charles Darwin in the book Darwin: With Glimpses Into His Private Journals and Letters. After reading, they become familiar with how plant and animal adaptatio...
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Scientists and Engineers Are INTUITIVE (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are intuitive. They read about paleontologist Barnum Brown in the book Barnum’s Bones: How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World. After reading, students assume th...
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Scientists and Engineers Are DEDICATED (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are dedicated. They read about photographer Wilson Bentley in the book Snowflake Bentley. Students learn how Wilson Bentley introduced the world to the hexagonal beauty of snowflakes and ga...
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Scientists and Engineers Are CURIOUS (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are curious. They read about naturalist John James Audubon in the book The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon. After reading, they construct a puppet of a sandhill crane and ...
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Scientists and Engineers Are INNOVATIVE (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are innovative. They read about inventor Ada Byron Lovelace in the book Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine. After reading, they use scientific methods to design, build, and test ai...
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Scientists and Engineers Are COURAGEOUS (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are courageous. They read about scientist Galileo Galilei in the book Starry Messenger. After reading, they explore lines and curves that are produced by the motion of their bodies. This se...
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Scientists and Engineers Are CONFIDENT (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are confident. They read about explorer Jacques Cousteau in the book Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau. After reading, they use a Vernier Go!Motion probe to chart a simulated ocean floor...
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Scientists and Engineers Are CLEVER (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are clever. They read about inventor Elijah McCoy in the book The Real MCoy: The Life of an African-American Inventor. After reading, they observe friction and apply oil to their model race...
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Scientists and Engineers Are PERSISTENT (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are persistent. They read about engineer John Roebling in the book The Brooklyn Bridge: The Story of the World’s Most Famous Bridge and the Remarkable Family That Built It. After reading,...
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Scientists and Engineers Are INVENTIVE (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are inventive. They read about inventor William Kamkwamba in the book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. After reading, they construct a windmill model and learn how wind is a source of energy...
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Scientists and Engineers Are RISK TAKERS (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are risk takers. They read about scientist Nikola Tesla in the book Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World. After reading, students observe and explore the differences between...
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Scientists and Engineers Are FEARLESS (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are fearless. They read about Sylvia Earle in the book Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle. After reading, students observe photographs of two sawfish nostrums (bills...
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Scientists and Engineers Are CREATIVE (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are creative. They read about Waterhouse Hawkins in the book The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins. After reading, students create a three-dimensional model of a dinosaur from a two-dimension...
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Scientists and Engineers Are PERSUASIVE (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are persuasive. They read about environmentalist Rachel Carson in the book Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World. After reading, students engage in the scientific process of con...
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Scientists and Engineers Are PASSIONATE (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are passionate. They read about scientist Wangari Maathai in the book Seeds of Change: Wangari’s Gift to the World. After reading, students compare Arbor Day and Earth Day as celebrations...
Book Chapter
Scientists and Engineers Are INQUISITIVE (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are inquisitive. They read about scientist Carl Sagan in the book Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos. After reading, students investigate the difference between mass and...
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Scientists and Engineers USE MODIFICATION (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers use modification. They read Papa’s Mechanical Fish, a historical fiction book based on the inventive work of Lodner Phillips. After reading, students design a boat using specified materia...
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Scientists and Engineers USE IDEA DEVELOPMENT (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers use idea development. They read the book What Do You Do With an Idea? After reading, students learn about brainstorming and the design process. This selection highlights how scientists and ...
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Scientists and Engineers USE DESIGN PROCESS (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers use design process. They read the book Rosie Revere, Engineer. After reading, students create a concept map of the design process after learning about the challenges that book character Ros...
NSTA Press Book
Toward High School Biology: Understanding Growth in Living Things, Teacher Edition
Would you like to challenge your middle school students to explain a range of phenomena—from how nylon thread can form from two clear, colorless liquids to how a snake that eats only eggs can make body structures such as skin and scales that don’...
By AAAS/Project 2061
NSTA Press Book
Toward High School Biology: Understanding Growth in Living Things, Student Edition
Through 19 carefully sequenced lessons and activities, this unit gets middle schoolers ready for next-level learning. Students explore what happens at the molecular level so they can understand how living things grow and repair their body structures....
By AAAS/Project 2061
eBook
Toward High School Biology: Understanding Growth in Living Things, Teacher Edition (e-book)
Would you like to challenge your middle school students to explain a range of phenomena—from how nylon thread can form from two clear, colorless liquids to how a snake that eats only eggs can make body structures such as skin and scales that don’...
eBook
Toward High School Biology: Understanding Growth in Living Things, Student Edition (e-book)
Through 19 carefully sequenced lessons and activities, this unit gets middle schoolers ready for next-level learning. Students explore what happens at the molecular level so they can understand how living things grow and repair their body structures....