ABSTRACT

Hands-On STEAM Explorations for Young Learners: Problem-Based Investigations for Preschool to Second Grade uses popular children's nursery rhymes to explore STEAM concepts through minds-on, hands-on investigations. Children ages 4-8 and their teachers will love this twist on familiar old nursery rhymes. Children will enjoy problem solving and tinkering as they discover and explore. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep insists that she hides more colors in the drawn lines of her black wool. Test to find out if it is possible for black to be more than one color. How might you make Old King Cole's fiddle using cardboard boxes and rubber bands? Teachers will appreciate the easy-to-follow layout, connections to advanced learning, and easy-to-access materials in each investigation. Innovation, wonder, and fun are at the heart of each of these explorations.

Grades Pre-K-2

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

Encouraging Big Ideas From Little Learners

chapter |5 pages

Teacher's Lesson Guide

chapter Exploration 1|16 pages

Hickory, Dickory, Dock: Friction

chapter Exploration 2|10 pages

Did You Ever See a Lassie?: Relative Location

chapter Exploration 3|12 pages

Hey Diddle Diddle: Gravity and Actions/Reactions

chapter Exploration 4|11 pages

Rock-a-Bye, Baby: Potential and Kinetic Energy

chapter Exploration 5|11 pages

Miss Mary Mack: Simple Machines

chapter Exploration 6|14 pages

London Bridge: Engineering

chapter Exploration 7|9 pages

Old King Cole: Sound and Vibration

chapter Exploration 8|13 pages

Five Little Speckled Frogs: Buoyancy

chapter Exploration 9|14 pages

Star Light, Star Bright: Density

chapter Exploration 10|12 pages

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep: Color and Chromatography