Feats and Flops - A Creative Engineering Unit for Advanced and Gifted Students

Make problem solving fun with this award winning, research-based curriculum unit!

List of contents

1. Focusing on Feats and Flops 2. Blue Sky Thinking 3. A Strategy for Sparking Solutions 4. Creating Curiosity 5. Mistake to Masterpiece 6. Mindset Mix-up 7. Innovations-R-Us 8. Recording Research 9. Settling on a Solution 10. The Customer is Always Right 11. The Power of Persuasion 12. 3.S.4.K 13. Focus Group Feedback 14. Thinking Like an Engineer 15. My Maker's Map 16. Brainstorming Bonanza 17. Blueprint to Innovation 18. Delving into the Details 19. Preparing a Prototype 20. A Doorbell Surprise 21. Continuing to Create 22. Preparing a Presentation 23. It's Show Time 24. The Inventor's Oath 25. Patent Pending 26. A Preamble to my Patent 27. Editing an Elevator Speech 28. Jumping in the Tank 29. A Survivor's Story 30. A Legacy in Letters

About the author

Jason S. McIntosh, Ph.D., is an experienced educator and passionate advocate for gifted education. He has served as a gifted coordinator and Director of Advanced Learning Experiences for several school districts in Arizona. To find out more about his latest curriculum projects, please visit his website at www.notmoreofthesame.com.

Summary

Make problem solving fun with this award winning, research-based curriculum unit!

Product details

• Authors: Jason S. McIntosh
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032895840
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3289584-0
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / Special Education / Gifted, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques, Teaching of gifted students, Teaching of gifted or talented students, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies