Cate Heroman

Making and Tinkering with Stem: Solving Design Challenges with Young Children

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Teaching and learning STEM subjects is more accessible than ever before! Children will be inspired, delighted, and challenged as they use everyday materials and STEM concepts to design and build solutions to problems faced by characters in their favorite books.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: National Association for the Education of Young Children
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 251mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781938113284
• ISBN-10: 1938113284
• Artikelnr.: 49341369

Autorenporträt

Cate Heroman's passion is to help children be successful learners and socially competent individuals. A nationally recognized educator and author-her numerous publications include The Creative Curriculum for Preschool and Teaching Strategies GOLD-Cate's professional experiences center on early childhood education. She has been an early childhood classroom teacher, state administrator, trainer, facilitator, keynote speaker, author, consultant, and developer of curriculum and assessment materials. She has a deep understanding not only of what children learn but also how they learn. Cate is giving back to her community through her volunteer efforts with Knock Knock Children's Museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, serving children birth to age eight. She has been instrumental in establishing a makerspace in the museum and has spent countless hours studying and researching what making, tinkering, and design engineering look like with young learners. While much of the information available on these topics is for older students and adults, practical guidance for early childhood educators is limited. This book began as a tool for museum educators. During the field testing and piloting of the activities, however, Cate discovered a clear demand for this type of resource for educators in preschool through third grade classrooms. Cate received a master's degree from Louisiana State University, taught in East Baton Rouge Parish Schools, served as an early childhood administrator at the Louisiana Department of Education, and was vice president of Teaching Strategies, LLC. She is education chair and vice chair of Knock Knock Children's Museum in Baton Rouge. She is married with two children and four grandchildren.Cate Heroman's passion is to help children be successful learners and socially competent individuals. A nationally recognized educator and author-her numerous publications include The Creative Curriculum for Preschool and Teaching Strategies GOLD-Cate's professional experiences center on early childhood education. She has been an early childhood classroom teacher, state administrator, trainer, facilitator, keynote speaker, author, consultant, and developer of curriculum and assessment materials. She has a deep understanding not only of what children learn but also how they learn. Cate is giving back to her community through her volunteer efforts with Knock Knock Children's Museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, serving children birth to age eight. She has been instrumental in establishing a makerspace in the museum and has spent countless hours studying and researching what making, tinkering, and design engineering look like with young learners. While much of the information available on these topics is for older students and adults, practical guidance for early childhood educators is limited. This book began as a tool for museum educators. During the field testing and piloting of the activities, however, Cate discovered a clear demand for this type of resource for educators in preschool through third grade classrooms. Cate received a master's degree from Louisiana State University, taught in East Baton Rouge Parish Schools, served as an early childhood administrator at the Louisiana Department of Education, and was vice president of Teaching Strategies, LLC. She is education chair and vice chair of Knock Knock Children's Museum in Baton Rouge. She is married with two children and four grandchildren.

Inhaltsangabe

What You Need to Know About Tinkering, Making, and Engineering Design
Challenges: Where Story Characters' Problems Meet the Real World Is It
Tinkering, Making, or Engineering? Developing Skills for Design Challenges
Tinkering and Making Experiences Engineering Experiences The Learning
Environment Gathering Materials Organizing and Displaying Materials Safety
Introducing Design Challenges Using High-Tech Materials and Equipment
Involving Families Observing and Assessing Children's Learning Design
Challenges Baby Bear's Chair Beautiful Buildings Box It! Bug City Build a
Bridge Crazy Catapults Float Your Boat Gizmos Galore Help! It's Stuck! A
House for the Three Little Pigs If the Shoe Fits Juice It! Move Like an
Animal Paper Airplanes Pet Carrier Repurpose It! Roller Coaster
Squirrel-Proof Birdfeeder Strike Up the Band A Sturdy Nest Tower Power
Trouble With Bubbles What a Car! Wind Wonders Yarn Magic Appendix Design
Challenge Planning Template Books and Materials for Design Challenges Book
List About the Author Acknowledgments