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• Title:Making and tinkering with STEM : solving design challenges with young children / Cate Heroman.
  
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• Variant Title:Making & tinkering with STEM
  
• Author/Creator:Heroman, Cate, author.
  
• Published/Created:Washington, DC : National Association for the Education of Young Children, [2017]
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: LB1139.35.A37 H47 2017
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Early childhood education.
  Science--Study and teaching (Early childhood)--Activity programs.
  Technology--Study and teaching (Early childhood)--Activity programs.
  Engineering--Study and teaching (Early childhood)--Activity programs.
  Mathematics--Study and teaching (Early childhood)--Activity programs.
  
• Description:139 pages : color illustrations : 21 x 26 cm
  
• Summary:"Teaching and learning STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) 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"--Page iv of cover.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
  
• ISBN:9781938113284 paperback
  1938113284 paperback
  
• 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 ; 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 and 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.