Provoking curiosity : student-led STEAM learning for pre-k to third grade / Angela Eckhoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eckhoff, Angela, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (114 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lewisville, North Carolina : Gryphon House, 2020.

Summary:

"Sure, you know that children learn best through hands-on explorations. How does that work in a real classroom? With jam-packed days and mounting expectations, you're pressed for time and pushed to follow standards-based curricula. It's no wonder you struggle to incorporate STEAM activities each day. Provoking Curiosity brings new and easy-to-execute STEAM learning experiences that encourage children to think, explore, and wonder. Each exploration builds on core ideas in the STEAM disciplines, develops higher-level thinking skills, and uses readily available materials in early childhood classrooms. Includes suggestions how to apply lessons' content to various grade levels"-- Publisher description

"Use STEAM provocations throughout your busy day to jump-start your morning, decompress and reenergize midday, occupy children who complete assigned classroom work early, incentivize children to complete a goal, transition between the busier times of day and planned classroom work times, end the day empowering children to build their collaboration and communication skills before heading home"--Back cover

Contents:

Planning for STEAM provocations: independent inquiry and design in the classroom

Science provocations : Physical change collage ; Build a bug, build an insect ; build an arthropod ; Rock classification ; Light sources and shadows ; Magnet play ; Bodies in movement ; Structures of leaves and plants

Technology provocations : Exploring the world ; A virtual zoo trip: gathering data ; Robots! Make them move! ; Digital documentation ; Electronics kit exploration

Engineering provocations : Kinetic sculpture ; Design a car ; Paper structures ; Classroom redesign ; Competing robots

Art provocations : Exploring color ; Thinking through drawing ; Painting on earth materials ; Planetary exploration ; A story in four pictures ; Seeds, fruits, and vegetables

Mathematics provocations : Dice games ; Create 3-D shape characters ; Perfect symmetry in nature ; Patterning with nontraditional materials ; Matching 3-D shapes ; Helping hands

Classroom STEAM makerspaces for open-ended and ongoing provocations

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780876598481

0876598483