Making and Tinkering With STEM : Solving Design Challenges With Young Children.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- 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.

Explore STEM concepts through making and tinkering!.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.