The Primary Stem Ideas Book: Engaging Classroom Activities Combining Mathematics, Science and D&t

ISBN-13: 9781138340534 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 170 str.

Elizabeth Dr Flinn; Anne Mulligan

Opis

This text is designed to promote the integrated teaching of STEM in the primary classroom by providing teachers with lesson and project ideas, allowing children’s knowledge and skills to develop with confidence through integrated activities which only require easily accessible resources found in the classroom.

Spis treści

1. Introduction to STEM
2. How to use this book

Organisation

Curriculum links

Photocopiable resources

STEM or STEAM

Curriculum map

3. It’s about time

Sundials

Water clocks

Candle clocks

Gravity clocks

Alarm clocks

Tracking the sun

4. Pattern

Are you Vitruvian Man?

Fibonacci and the golden rectangle

Symmetry in nature

Number patterns

3-D Shape bubbles

Cargoes

5. A to B

Egg race

Defying gravity

Post a crisp

Animal antics

Is fastest best?

Cable cars and lifts

6. Plant Magic

Pea mazes

Living walls

Meet a tree

Grow a meal

Plants for building

Sunflower race

7. Help!

Heliographs

Buoyancy aids

Wind chill

Whistles

Compasses

Beachcombing

8. Chocolate

How strong is chocolate?

Percentages

Chocolate wrappers

Flat pack building

Making chocolate

Market research

9. Up, up and away

Paper planes

Jet engines

Rockets

Catapults

Parabolas

Payloads

10. STEM beyond the curriculum

Who forged the cheque?

Chain reaction

Building with triangles

Sorting machines

Packing puzzles

Makey Makey