STEM to story : enthralling and effective lesson plans for grades 5-8 / edited by Jennifer Traig.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Traig, Jennifer, editor.

826 National (Organization)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Science.

Creative writing (Elementary education).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (736 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, [California] : Jossey-Bass, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bring STEM to life for students with zombies, rockets, celebrities, and more STEM to Story: Enthralling and Effective Lesson Plans for Grades 5-8 inspires learning through fun, engaging, and meaningful lesson plans that fuse hands-on discovery in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) with creative writing. The workshop activities within the book are the innovative result of a partnership between 826 National's proven creative writing model and Time Warner Cable's Connect a Million Minds, an initiative dedicated to connecting young people to the wonders of STEM through hands-on lear

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; PREFACE; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; Science and Writing; What Is STEM?; Science Teaching; An Important Note on Safety; And Finally, a Roundup of Our Best Tips; SCIENCE-O-PEDIA: A GLOSSARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; THE AUTHORS; 826's History; THE CONTRIBUTORS; CHAPTER 1: THE SCIENCE OF SAVING DAYLIGHT; CHAPTER 2: TECHNICALLY SPEAKING; Session 1: Engineering Airplanes; Session 2: Make It Better; CHAPTER 3: IT'S (PARTIALLY) ROCKET SCIENCE AND (MOSTLY) ICE CREAM; Session 1: Ice Cream; Session 2: Staying Cool; CHAPTER 4: PLANET OOBLECK; Session 1: Oobleck; Session 2: Is It Alive?

CHAPTER 5: HOW TO WRITE SCIENCE FICTIONSession 1: Exploring Technology; Session 2: Imagine a World ...; Session 3: Create the Character(s); Session 4: Bring Your World and Your Characters Together; CHAPTER 6: MAKING WAVES; CHAPTER 7: THERE MAY BE BONES; Session 1: Excavation; Session 2: Hypotheses; Session 3: A Closer Look; CHAPTER 8: TINFOIL SHIPBUILDING; CHAPTER 9: WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE, NOR ANY DROP TO DRINK; Session 1: Contamination; Session 2: Filtration; Session 3: Final Challenge; CHAPTER 10: THE SCIENCE OF SUPERPOWERS; Session 1: I Am From ... (Origin Poems and DNA)

Session 2: Up, Up, and Away! (Secret Power Poems and Flight)Session 3: Quick, to Safety! (Secret Lair Building and Haikus); Session 4: Saving the Day (Prose Poems and the Great Egg Drop); CHAPTER 11: INFINITE RECESS; Session 1: Fractal Poetry; Session 2: Leaving Space and Time; CHAPTER 12: REWRITING THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE; Session 1: The Day the Zombies Came; Session 2: Humanity Breaks Through (We Hope); Session 3: Zombies Evolve; Session 4: The Day the Zombies Died (!?!); APPENDIX; Handy Lesson Links; Self-Assessment Checklists; Common Core Curriculum Standards for English Language Arts

Next Generation Science StandardsINDEX; End User License Agreement

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119001027

1119001021

9781119001034

111900103X

OCLC:

900194582