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Winning TitlesSTEM books offer endless opportunitiesfor engaged learning. They invitestudents to see the world differentlyand to think in new ways about whatthey observe.We have chosen titles that provoke readers toexamine the “thinking stance” of characters—not simply to look at actions and results.Best STEM Books winners explore problemsand possible solutions in the scientific worldAda Lace Sees RedEmily Calandrelli withTamson WestonIllustrated by Renée KurillaSimon & Schuster/Simon &Schuster Books for YoungReadersStarts with a personal problemfor a young girl who isstruggling with her art project.It turns out she is color-blind,and ultimately uses STEM skillsto succeed.and, where applicable, in the lives of theprotagonists. Instead of focusing on specificcontent, the Best STEM Books emphasize realworld issues that cross disciplinary boundaries.Teachers can use these books to ork.Parents,caregiverscaninvolve even the youngest children in theprocess of STEM thinking.The Book of ChocolateHP NewquistPenguin Young Readers/VikingBooks for Young ReadersFrom bitter liquid origins inisolated places to a ubiquitouspresence throughout the worldtoday, chocolate has a richhistory of product and processinnovation.How do we prepare 21st-century kids forchallenges and jobs that we at present cannoteven describe? The Best STEM Books help bycelebrating convergent and divergent thinking,analysis and creativity, persistence, and thesheer joy of figuring things out.Cao Chong Weighs anElephantSongju Ma DaemickeIllustrated by ChristinaWaldArbordale PublishingSeeing wise elders fail to finda solution, six-year-old CaoChong creatively considersseveral designs and devises aprocess that employs conceptsof buoyancy and displacementto weigh an elephant.
Best STEM BooksCaroline’s CometsEmily Arnold McCullyHoliday HouseThis book has both STEMproblem-solving and thesocietal barriers for a womanin astronomy as she worked tomake discoveries on her own.The Doctor with an Eyefor EyesJulia Finley MoscaIllustrated by ChristinaWaldThe Innovation PressFind the DotsAndy MansfieldCandlewick Press/CandlewickStudioThe youngest readers areinvited into observation,thinking, patterning, anditerative problem-solving.Finding WondersJeannine AtkinsSimon & Schuster/AtheneumBooks for Young ReadersEmphasis is on the struggle of aminority in science.In free-verse poetry,three women answerquestions, investigate, andthink differently aboutmetamorphosis, fossils, andcomets.Elon Musk and the Questfor a Fantastic FutureYoung Readers’ EditionAshlee VanceHarperCollinsFrom Here to ThereHP NewquistPenguin Young Readers/VikingBooks for Young ReadersThe growth of an innovatorincludes excellent examplesof his failures, testing, anditeration.The End of the WildNicole HelgetLittle, Brown Books YoungReadersSTEM skills help two girlseducate a community aboutan environmental hazard andoutsmart their own poverty inthis middle-grade novel.Shows the progression ofinnovation in transportation,utilizing systems thinkingas societal and engineeringproblems intersect.Girl CodeAndrea Gonzalez andSophie HouserHarperCollinsVery relatable, authentic problemsolving that represents STEMthinking. Girl programmers pushthrough barriers in an exemplaryway.
The Girl Who Thought inPictures: The Story ofDr. Temple GrandinJulia Finley MoscaIllustrated by Daniel RieleyThe Innovation PressWritten in rhyme, this life storyof animal scientist Dr. TempleGrandin captures the impact ofher perseverance and creativethinking as she overcomes thechallenges of autism.Hidden Figures, YoungReaders’ EditionMargot Lee ShetterlyHarperCollinsThree African-Americanwomen--in the midst ofsystemic inequities--usetheir knowledge of STEM,their motivation to learn,and their ability to adapt topropel NASA’s space programforward while also ensuringtheir futures with the program.How Could We Harness aHurricane?Vicki CobbQuarto/Seagrass PressIncludes information beyondthe fascinating science ofhurricanes. Readers considerhow we might prevent, deflect,and reduce the impact of thesedestructive natural events.John Deere, That’s Who!Tracy Nelson MaurerMacmillan Children’s PublishingGroup/Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)John Deere engages in figuringout a problem and working onthe solution that had a hugeimpact for the American farmer.Maya LinJeanne Walker HarveyMacmillan Children’s PublishingGroup/Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)A different way of seeing, withthe problem defined and testedin an architectural way.Music of LifeElizabeth RuschIllustrated by MarjoriePricemanSimon & Schuster/AtheneumBooks for Young ReadersThis discussion of the inventionof the piano integrates musicand science to interest childrenin fields not always consideredSTEM.Newton’s RainbowKathryn LaskyIllustrated by Kevin HawkesMacmillan Children’s PublishingGroup/Farrar, Straus and Giroux(BYR)Beautifully-illustrated retelling ofthe investigations of an endlesslycurious child who became a greatscientist. For primary readers.Science Comics: FlyingMachinesAlison WilgusIllustrated by Molly BrooksMacmillan Children’s PublishingGroup/First SecondThe aviation failures andsuccessful innovations of theWright brothers, along with thehistory and mechanics of flight,are presented in graphic-novelformat. “Narrated” by sisterKatharine Wright.
Winning TitlesShark LadyJess KeatingIllustrated by MartaÁlvarez MiguénsSourcebooks/JabberwockyA woman researcher whois brave enough to thinkdifferently, using research todispel myths about sharks.Amazing illustrations.Voyager’s GreatestHits: The Epic Trek toInterstellar SpaceAlexandra SiyCharlesbridgeFrom ancient questions aboutspace to the development of theVoyager probes, the connectionsbetween science discoveries andtechnological design are presentedin this engaging narrative.WarcrossMarie LuPenguin Young Readers/G.P.Putnam’s Sons Books for YoungReadersSTEM challenges within aworld of competitive, onlinegaming and virtual realitytechnology will encouragetoday’s problem-solvers, in thecloud and close to home.
Best STEM BooksFull reviews of these books will beavailable in the February 2018 issuesof NSTA’s K–12 journals and online atwww.nsta.org/publications/stembooks/
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group/Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) John Deere engages in figuring out a problem and working on the solution that had a huge impact for the American farmer. Maya Lin Jeanne Walker Harvey Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group/Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) A different way of seeing, with the problem defined and tested
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and science teachers. Math and science teachers have had about the same annual rates of leaving as other teachers. But the education system does not enjoy a large “cush-ion” of new mathematics and science teachers as it does for English or social studies teachers. For math and
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This is possible through the training of science teachers with knowledge of the nature of science. In this study, documentary films were used to teach preservice science teachers about the nature of science. This study aims to . (Dereli, 2016). Science teachers have a significant influence on their students for learning NOS. A science teacher .
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Consortium for Educational Research and Evaluation–North Carolina 6 By contrast, in mathematics (Figure 2), 15-16% of 5th grade teachers, 22-27% of middle school mathematics teachers, and 21-22% of Algebra I teachers fell into each category, respectively. In science, about 18% of 5th grade science teachers, 29% of 8th grade science teachers .
Volume 3 off ers fi ve life science probes, seven Earth and space science probes, ten physical science probes, and three nature of science probes. This volume is an invaluable resource for classroom teachers, preservice teachers, professional developers, and college science and prese
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