Informal STEM Learning at Home and in Community Spaces

Informal STEM Learning at Home and in Community Spaces
Author: Bradley Morris
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2024-03-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 2832546641

Children in Western countries spend only about 20% of their waking time in school (Meltzoff et al., 2009). Leveraging the 80% of time that they spend outside of school can provide children with opportunities to engage in meaningful, authentic STEM learning experiences with family members, other caregivers, and children. STEM learning and readiness go beyond acquiring content knowledge to include interest, engagement, and motivation for STEM learning as well as the formation of a STEM identity. To date, there has been a dearth of research focusing on children’s informal STEM experiences when compared to formal, school-based STEM learning experiences. This Research Topic focuses attention on the authentic, everyday experiences of children and how these experiences provide opportunities for STEM learning, engagement, and identity. In addition, these papers will explore how these everyday experiences can be leveraged and augmented to promote STEM learning and engagement through culturally-relevant design and implementation.

Wheels and Axles in My Makerspace

Wheels and Axles in My Makerspace
Author: Tim Miller
Publisher: Simple Machines in My Makerspa
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2017-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780778733751

Children will enjoy this fascinating book which uses the principles of Makerspace to introduce them to the wheel and axle. Simple text describes the structure and uses of wheels and axles, and clear, step-by-step instructions show children how to make their own. Readers are then provided with stategies to start their own creative projects using the wheel and axle they made. Along the way, tips and helpful hints guide children on how to brainstorm and solve problems working as a team.

Hands-On Science and Technology for Ontario, Grade 2

Hands-On Science and Technology for Ontario, Grade 2
Author: Jennifer E. Lawson
Publisher: Portage & Main Press
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2020-08-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1553799372

Experienced educators share their best, classroom-tested ideas in this teacher-friendly, activity-based resource. The grade 2 book is divided into four units: Growth and Changes in Animals Movement Properties of Liquids and Solids Air and Water in the Environment STAND-OUT COMPONENTS custom-written for the Ontario curriculum uses an inquiry-based scientific and technological approach builds understanding of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives TIME-SAVING, COST-EFFECTIVE FEATURES includes resources for both teachers and students a four-part instructional process: activate, action, consolidate and debrief, enhance an emphasis on technology, sustainability, and personalized learning a fully developed assessment plan for assessment for, as, and of learning a focus on real-life technological problem solving learning centres that focus on multiple intelligences and universal design for learning (UDL) land-based learning activities and Makerspace centres access to digital image banks and digital reproducibles (Find download instructions in the Appendix of the book.)

Levers in My Makerspace

Levers in My Makerspace
Author: Tim Miller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre:
ISBN:

Uses the principles of makerspaces to introduce the lever. Simple text describes the structure and uses of levers, and clear, step-by-step instructions show children how to make their own for creative projects.

Simple Machines!

Simple Machines!
Author: Anita Yasuda
Publisher: Explore Your World
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781619308145

"Simple Machines! introduces kids to the concept of mechanical advantage and harnesses kid-power by inviting them to build machines of their own design. This book also opens eyes and minds to the diversity of machines in their lives, and sparks the imagination with challenge, humor, and achievable projects"--Publisher.

Playing a Game

Playing a Game
Author: Mari Schuh
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2015-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1467782971

These kids are playing a game, trying to move a person with a simple machine. Which will work better—an inclined plane or a lever? Readers will see them compare the simple machines to decide. This book supports engineering design standards for primary grades in the Next Generation Science Standards.

Meaningful Making

Meaningful Making
Author: Paulo Blikstein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2016-05-12
Genre: Activity programs in education
ISBN: 9780989151191

The FabLearn Fellows share inspirational ideas from their learning spaces, assessment strategies and recommended projects across a broad range of age levels. Illustrated with color photos of real student work, the Fellows take you on a tour of the future of learning, where children make sense of the world by making things that matter.

Poem-mobiles

Poem-mobiles
Author: J. Patrick Lewis
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2014-01-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0375987649

This paperback picture book features fresh, quirky poems by two picture-book poetry veterans which explore practically every kid's favorite topic: CARS! The U.S. Children's Poet Laureate and an award-winning children's poet join their prolific forces in this picture book of poems about cars. But they're not just any cars: there's the "Sloppy-Floppy-Nonstop-Jalopy" ("So unique there is no copy"); the Bathtub Limosine ("With hot water heating / And porcelain seating"); and the "High Heel Car." Each of the thirteen quirky, inventive poems will speak directly to the imaginations of children, as will Holmes's high-concept, detail-filled illustrations.

Arduino for Beginners

Arduino for Beginners
Author: John Baichtal
Publisher: Que Publishing
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2013-11-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0133416739

ARDUINO for BEGINNERS ESSENTIAL SKILLS EVERY MAKER NEEDS Loaded with full-color step-by-step illustrations! Absolutely no experience needed! Learn Arduino from the ground up, hands-on, in full color! Discover Arduino, join the DIY movement, and build an amazing spectrum of projects... limited only by your imagination! No “geekitude” needed: This full-color guide assumes you know nothing about Arduino or programming with the Arduino IDE. John Baichtal is an expert on getting newcomers up to speed with DIY hardware. First, he guides you gently up the learning curve, teaching you all you need to know about Arduino boards, basic electronics, safety, tools, soldering, and a whole lot more. Then, you walk step-by-step through projects that reveal Arduino’s incredible potential for sensing and controlling the environment–projects that inspire you to create, invent, and build the future! · Use breadboards to quickly create circuits without soldering · Create a laser/infrared trip beam to protect your home from intruders · Use Bluetooth wireless connections and XBee to build doorbells and more · Write useful, reliable Arduino programs from scratch · Use Arduino’s ultrasonic, temperature, flex, and light sensors · Build projects that react to a changing environment · Create your own plant-watering robot · Control DC motors, servos, and stepper motors · Create projects that keep track of time · Safely control high-voltage circuits · Harvest useful parts from junk electronics · Build pro-quality enclosures that fit comfortably in your home

Crazy Contraptions

Crazy Contraptions
Author: Laura Perdew
Publisher: Nomad Press (VT)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Creative activities and seat work
ISBN: 9781619308268

Presents machines designed by Goldberg, which were based on complicated chain reactions and used to accomplish simple tasks.