Tinkering With Tales - Using Children''s Literature to Engage in Stem

Tinkering with Tales connects engaging STEM lessons with classic fairy tales. Each chapter refers to an easily accessible story and provides a structured 5E STEM lesson. Activities provide students with rich, hands-on experiences while utilizing affordable consumables and recyclable household items.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf
Chapter 2. Three Billy Goats Gruff
Chapter 3. Rapunzel
Chapter 4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Chapter 5. Chicken Little
Chapter 6. Jack and the Beanstalk
Chapter 7. Sleeping Beauty
Chapter 8. Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Chapter 9. Cinderella
Chapter 10. The Gingerbread Man
Chapter 11. The Princess and the Pea
Chapter 12. The Pied Piper
References
About the Authors

About the author

Angela Stanford,Julie Quast, andLisa Oden were drawn together to provide user-friendly lessons for teachers. Together, with over 80 years of teaching experience, they developed a collection of student-centered lessons where students solve problems through peer collaboration utilizing an inquiry-based approach.

Summary

Tinkering with Tales connects engaging STEM lessons with classic fairy tales. Each chapter refers to an easily accessible story and provides a structured 5E STEM lesson. Activities provide students with rich, hands-on experiences while utilizing affordable consumables and recyclable household items.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Oden, Julie Quast, Angela Stanford, Angela Quast Stanford, Stanford Angela
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781475858051
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-5805-1
• No. of pages: 134
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Teaching of a specific subject, Curriculum planning & development, Educational: Sciences, General Science, Educational: Languages other than English, Educational: Language, literature & literacy, Educational: Language, literature and literacy, Curriculum planning and development, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Science & Technology, Teaching of reading, writing and numeracy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts, EDUCATION / Standards (inc Common Core)