Real Engineering Experiments
Real Engineering Experiments

Author: Anthony Tegtmeyer

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2021-05-11

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 164739581X

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STEAM-powered experiments in engineering for kids ages 8 to 12 Learn about the amazing world of engineering for kids and how it works together with science, technology, art, and math. Whether you're experimenting with structures, materials, mechanics, or electrons, this book offers step-by-step instructions and full-color pictures that help you answer questions like "what can we use magnetism for?" and "how do catapults work?" This guide to engineering for kids features: Engineering explained—Dive deep into what it means to be an engineer as you learn about the different types of engineers and how they approach challenges. Amazing experiments—Build a robot, make your own battery, clean polluted water, create a wind-powered car, and more using basic items you might already have at home. Beginner guidance—Find explanations for why each experiment works, as well as suggestions for taking them even further. Explore the amazing world of engineering for kids with these fun experiments that will get kids excited about learning.

Exciting Engineering Activities
Exciting Engineering Activities

Author: Angie Smibert

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2019-05-01

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 1496657020

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Educational, easy-to-do activities will teach young readers more about engineering. Using simple, easy to find materials, these activities will help readers better understand electrical engineering, structural engineering, environmental engineering, and more!

Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids
Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids

Author: Christina Schul

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2019-05-28

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 1641523700

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Spark creativity and curiosity with fun engineering activities for kids ages 5 to 10 Watch your child's eyes light up as they get excited about engineering, learn how things work, and have tons of fun. Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids is packed with more than 50 fascinating STEAM exercises, complete with step-by-step instructions, colorful pictures, and simple explanations of why the experiments work. This engaging book about engineering for kids includes: Activities kids can do themselves—Make engineering for kids easy and fun with projects like toothpick towers and paper cup phones that use common, inexpensive household materials so they can play and learn anytime. The power of STEAM—Lessons are based in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math to show kids how these things are everywhere, and help them become better problem solvers and logical thinkers. The basics of engineering—Kids will learn all about engineering with a brief guide to the different types of engineers, an explanation of what they do, and what kids need to know to become one. Unlock the world of engineering for kids with exercises that help them learn, grow, and get creative.

STEM by Design
STEM by Design

Author: Anne Jolly

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-06-10

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1317395786

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How do you create effective STEM classrooms that energize students, help them grow into creative thinkers and collaborators, and prepare them for their futures? This practical book from expert Anne Jolly has all the answers and tools you need to get started or enhance your current program. Based on the author’s popular MiddleWeb blog of the same name, STEM by Design reveals the secrets to successful lessons in which students use science, math, and technology to solve real-world engineering design problems. You’ll learn how to: Select and adapt quality existing STEM lessons that present authentic problems, allow for creative approaches, and engage students in meaningful teamwork; Create your own student-centered STEM lessons based on the Engineering Design Process; Assess students’ understanding of basic STEM concepts, their problem-solving abilities, and their level of engagement with the material; Teach STEM in after-school programs to further build on concepts covered in class; Empower girls to aspire to careers in STEM and break down the barriers of gender bias; Tap into STEM's project-based learning style to attract and engage all students. Throughout this user-friendly book, you’ll find design tools such as checklists, activities, and assessments to aid you in developing or adapting STEM lessons. These tools, as well as additional teacher resources, are also available as free downloads from the book’s website, http://www.stem-by-design.com.

Adventures in Engineering for Kids
Adventures in Engineering for Kids

Author: Brett Schilke

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Published: 2020-05-05

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1631598392

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Design Genius, Jr.: Adventures in Engineering for Kids explores the future through problem solving, design thinking, and engineering in a science-fact world that most parents and kids don’t yet know exists. This book invites kids to take charge of the world they wish to create by designing inventions and solutions to challenges faced in an imaginary City X, the first human settlement on another planet. This adventure takes readers on an epic journey: humans are leaving Earth, arriving at a new planet, and creating the first settlement there, City X. It’s a journey of historic proportions, to a fledgling city on a distant planet, where humanity has a chance to start fresh and design a future that works for everyone. In settling another planet, humans discover a host of challenges, much like those faced on Earth: Challenges related to issues of energy, environment, transportation, security, food, safety, and health. Empowered by design thinking and advanced technology, their problems are to be solved by a vast team of young designers on Earth (your children!). With this book, you and yours will be able to develop the tools to explore, understand, imagine, create, and share your own irresistible futures through accessible real-world activities and awesome ideations. Without limits, what can kids create?

Boxitects
Boxitects

Author: Kim Smith

Publisher: Clarion Books

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 45

ISBN-13: 1328477207

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"Meg goes to Maker School to hone her talent for building with boxes, but when Simone, another boxitect, arrives they become so competitive they nearly fail in the annual Maker Match." --

The Book of Massively Epic Engineering Disasters
The Book of Massively Epic Engineering Disasters

Author: Sean Connolly

Publisher: Hachette+ORM

Published: 2017-10-04

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1523501952

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It’s hands-on science with a capital “E”—for engineering. Beginning with the toppling of the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, to the destructive, laserlike sunbeams bouncing off London’s infamous “Fryscraper” in 2013, here is an illustrated tour of the greatest engineering disasters in history, from the bestselling author of The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science. Each engineering disaster includes a simple, exciting experiment or two using everyday household items to explain the underlying science and put learning into action. Understand the Titanic’s demise by sinking an ice-cube-tray ocean liner in the bathtub. Stomp on a tube of toothpaste to demonstrate what happens to non-Newtonian fluids under pressure—and how a ruptured tank sent a tsunami of molasses through the streets of Boston in 1919. From why the Leaning Tower of Pisa leans to the fatal design flaw in the Sherman tank, here’s a book of science at its most riveting.

Janice VanCleave's Engineering for Every Kid
Janice VanCleave's Engineering for Every Kid

Author: Janice VanCleave

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-01-06

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1118045769

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Now you can discover the answers to these and many other fascinating questions about engineering for yourself with this fun-filled resource. Janice VanCleave's Engineering for Every Kid presents entertaining, challenging experiments and activities to help you understand the different types of engineering there are—including structural, solar, electrical, and chemical—and how each is applied to real world everyday situations. Each of the activities is broken down into its purpose, a list of easy-to-find materials, step-by-step instructions, expected results, and a simple scientific explanation. Plus, the book’s 25 projects can easily be used in the classroom, as the basis of a science fair project, or at home just for fun!

100 Easy STEAM Activities
100 Easy STEAM Activities

Author: Andrea Scalzo Yi

Publisher: Page Street Kids

Published: 2019-12-10

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 162414893X

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Exciting Activities for Young Artists, Scientists and Engineers Spark your curiosity with these fun games and creative projects to learn early concepts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math. These incredible activities from Andrea Scalzo Yi, creator of Raising Dragons, make learning such a blast, you’ll forget you’re doing it! Feeling bored on a rainy day? Now you can pick a project, gather your supplies and let the magic happen. Try far-out science experiments like making Shaving Cream Rain Clouds or Lava Lamps. Make math-time snack-time with delicious Cream-Filled Cookie Fractions. Unlock boundless creativity with art projects like Marbled Paper or Monster Bugs. With seasonal activities like the Pool Noodle Obstacle Course and Erupting Pumpkins, there are games to love year-round. Have fun learning early ideas in chemistry, physics, computing, color-mixing and so much more, all while problem-solving and working together with friends. With projects that use common household items and require little adult supervision, 100 Easy STEAM Activities is the ultimate resource for an amazing, creative day of learning.

My Engineering Draw & Write Journal For Kids
My Engineering Draw & Write Journal For Kids

Author: Holly B. Martin

Publisher:

Published: 2019-10-04

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9781697664478

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Fun engineering activity book contains lots of drawing and writing ideas to help kids think and draw like an engineer - NO MATH REQUIRED! Includes drawing prompts and instructions for using dot grid, quad graph, and isometric graph paper to teach different types of engineering drawing. Recommended for grades 3 through 8. Learn how engineers use technical drawings to design and build machines, structures, and other objects. Discover the different fields of engineering. Directed drawing pages help kids discern basic shapes and how they fit together to create objects. Isometric drawing pages teach a simple way to show objects in 3D. Great to use as gifts or prizes for your after-school STEM or STEAM club members! To Teachers and Parents: These activities meet and reinforce the NGSS science standards. For more exciting Kids STEM activity books, visit www.STEM-Inspirations.com.