"Your adventures begin as you complete a Roman arch by drawing lines to missing bricks, plan a design for a green skyscrapper using energy-saving features, finish drawings of tied-arch bridges, and more awesome engineering activities."--

STEM Activity: Extreme Engineering will inspire you with super-fun activities and puzzles related to engineering, including fantastic forces, extraordinary machines, high-tech buildings, eco-energy, computer coding and more! Bite-size factoids explain the engineering theories, inventors and discoveries behind them. Program the driverless car so it reaches the garage, design your own skyscraper, complete the engineering word search, match the inventor to the innovation, and put the skateboard moves in the right order to create the perfect Ollie! These are just some of the write-in activities featured in STEM Activity: Extreme Engineering. Also available: STEM Activity: Sensational Science, STEM Activity: Amazing Maths and STEM Activity: Terrific Technology

"Your adventures begin as you connect the stars to reveal constellations, spot the differences in two space station images, follow bees through a maze to pollinate flowers, unscramble the letters to find renewable energy sources, and more incredible science adventures."--

"Do you love gadgets? Are you fascinated by how things work, the history of inventions, and new products? Then technology is for you!"--

An inspiring and colourful range of write-in puzzles and activities designed to engage and entertain enquiring young minds. Accompanied by easy-to-understand text explaining scientific facts and stats, and relating them to the real world.

The widely used STEM education book, updated Teaching and Learning STEM: A Practical Guide covers teaching and learning issues unique to teaching in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines. Secondary and postsecondary instructors in STEM areas need to master specific skills, such as teaching problem-solving, which are not regularly addressed in other teaching and learning books. This book fills the gap, addressing, topics like learning objectives, course design, choosing a text, effective instruction, active learning, teaching with technology, and assessment—all from a STEM perspective. You’ll also gain the knowledge to implement learner-centered instruction, which has been shown to improve learning outcomes across disciplines. For this edition, chapters have been updated to reflect recent cognitive science and empirical educational research findings that inform STEM pedagogy. You’ll also find a new section on actively engaging students in synchronous and asynchronous online courses, and content has been substantially revised to reflect recent developments in instructional technology and online course development and delivery. Plan and deliver lessons that actively engage students—in person or online Assess students’ progress and help ensure retention of all concepts learned Help students develop skills in problem-solving, self-directed learning, critical thinking, teamwork, and communication Meet the learning needs of STEM students with diverse backgrounds and identities The strategies presented in Teaching and Learning STEM don’t require revolutionary time-intensive changes in your teaching, but rather a gradual integration of traditional and new methods. The result will be a marked improvement in your teaching and your students’ learning.

More and more young people are learning about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in a wide variety of afterschool, summer, and informal programs. At the same time, there has been increasing awareness of the value of such programs in sparking, sustaining, and extending interest in and understanding of STEM. To help policy makers, funders and education leaders in both school and out-of-school settings make informed decisions about how to best leverage the educational and learning resources in their community, this report identifies features of productive STEM programs in out-of-school settings. Identifying and Supporting Productive STEM Programs in Out-of-School Settings draws from a wide range of research traditions to illustrate that interest in STEM and deep STEM learning develop across time and settings. The report provides guidance on how to evaluate and sustain programs. This report is a resource for local, state, and federal policy makers seeking to broaden access to multiple, high-quality STEM learning opportunities in their community.