Overview
- This book is a teacher-friendly
- resource which utilizes STEM biographies to help children realize the human
- side of these disciplines
- This book is a supplemental reference text which offers concrete ways that teachers can incorporate STEM activities in the elementary classroom
- The primary objective of this book is to help elementary teachers inspire and engage their students in the STEM subjects
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The purpose of this book is to serve as a supplemental reference text for 21st century elementary classrooms. The primary objective is to help teachers inspire and engage their students in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) subjects. The push for incorporating STEM education in elementary school has become increasingly important, yet most educators and publishers have offered problem-based activities, without considering one of the most important pedagogical entry points to lesson planning – the hook or the opening.
und-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Inspiring STEM Minds aims at providing teachers an effective, easy to use text that they can use to discuss specific mathematicians, engineers, inventors, and scientists (although the individuals chosen for each section of the book are in no way an exhaustive or selective group that may characterize each discipline). This reference text is organized into four key sections, depicting the four disciplines that make up STEM education. Each section briefly gives historical background, as well as provides a problem or short activity designed to use everyday materials so that teachers can implement the activity in their classrooms. The classroom activities are directly related to each biography and have, we believe, great potential to engage students in the classroom. Each activity is also correlated to the National Standards, andwe also supplement the activities with suggestions for interdisciplinary connections. We hope this book serves as a valuable resource for classroom teachers.
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Inspiring STEM Minds
Book Subtitle: Biographies and Activities for Elementary Classrooms
Authors: Aaron D. Isabelle, Nataly Z. Valle
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-352-0
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-352-0Published: 28 December 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 126
Topics: Education, general