Novel Engineering, K-8 : An Integrated Approach to Engineering and Literacy

Elissa Milto

ISBN 10: 168140642X / ISBN 13: 9781681406428

Editore: Nsta - National Science Teaching Association Mai 2020, 2020

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Neuware - 'Picture your students designing a hearing aid for the main character in El Deafo-and then disguising it as a fashion accessory. Or imagine them helping the shipwrecked Swiss Family Robinson build a structure to keep them cool under the hot sun. Novel Engineering shows how your students can use anything from a picture book to a novel to a historical text as the basis for an engineering design challenge. This innovative resource will have your students pulling information from literature to identify a problem. Then, using details from the story, they'll apply the engineering design process to develop functional solutions for their 'clients'-the book's characters. Novel Engineering provides you with plenty of practical guidance for integrating engineering and English language arts (ELA), including a thorough introduction to the concept and detailed implementation advice. But the book comes to life through five in-depth case studies featuring the use of novels, a biography, and a nonfiction historical text. In addition to demonstrating Novel Engineering projects in the classroom, the case studies let you practice thinking about what your own students' work could look like and how you would respond. You'll see that this approach doesn't require books outside your existing ELA or social studies curriculum or a specific building-materials kit. You'll also see that Novel Engineering can help you engage students in a powerful new way. As the authors write, 'We have been encouraged by the excitement that students and teachers have shown for their work during Novel Engineering units. . Students have taken ownership of their learning and are able to navigate the steps of the engineering design process, creating functional solutions to problems they have identified in texts.''.

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• Titolo: Novel Engineering, K-8 : An Integrated Approach to Engineering and Literacy
• Editore: Nsta - National Science Teaching Association Mai 2020
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 168140642X
• ISBN 13: 9781681406428
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 272 L x 208 A x 18 P (millimetri) 272 millimetri di larghezza per 208 millimetri di altezza per 18 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 750 grammi

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With the Novel Engineering approach, “ students become excited about what they are reading, writing, designing, and building! This excitement in turn helps them make strides in engineering and literacy, as well as in their abilities to work together, think creatively and analytically, and communicate their ideas.”
— from Chapter 1 of Novel Engineering
This book will both introduce your students to an exciting integrated curriculum and support you as you use it in your own elementary or middle school classroom.
Novel Engineering shows how your students can work through engineering design challenges inspired by a broad range of literature— novels and short stories, biographies and histories, or even picture books. By way of introduction, the book offers clear conceptual background and practical advice on how the approach works: Your students pull information from literature to identify a problem. Then, using details from the story or text, they go through an engineering design process to develop functional solutions for their “ clients” — the book’ s characters.
To support your efforts and bring the concept to life, the book gives you five in-depth case studies featuring the use of novels, a biography, and a nonfiction historical text. In addition to demonstrating what a Novel Engineering project looks like in an actual classroom, the case studies give you practice in thinking about what your students’ work might look like and how you would respond. One case describes a class in which students help the shipwrecked Swiss Family Robinson build a shelter to keep them cool under the hot sun. Another tells of students who design a hearing aid for the main character in El Deafo— and then style it as a fashion accessory.
You’ ll see that the books used in the case studies are just suggestions. You don’ t have to adopt texts outside your existing English language arts or social studies curriculum. You also don’ t have to buy a specific building-materials kit. You just have to embrace the idea that literacy and engineering can support each other in your classroom— and then watch the excitement build.