Boost Your STEAM Program with English Language Arts PK-8

📖 The Scoop

Boost your STEAM program with a wide variety of nonfiction titles for students in grades PK-8. The book is a valuable resource for extending and supporting a STEAM program by providing appropriate resource materials for students to use as references for their learning and problem solving in a PK-8 STEAM program.There is a description of the history of the STEM program where this all started and the evolution of STEM to STEAM. There is a review of professional articles on STEAM, engineering for kids, and the maker movement including 3-D printers. There are some reviews of schools with successful STEM programs and descriptions of websites and software that support a STEAM program.The book is organized by - one chapter for each of the content areas in the STEAM program. Each chapter includes a definition of the content area, featured authors and book annotations, and activities. Inventors and inventions in each area are also highlighted.The nonfiction bibliographies in each content chapter are arranged by picture books, informational books and series books. An annotated professional journal article appears at the end of each chapter. Each bibliography is extensive and designed to help you to develop and extend your STEAM curriculum with background knowledge.The last section includes STEM resources, STEAM references and websites. There is a complete author and title index for ease in finding specific titles.

Genre: Education / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts (fancy, right?)