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k-5 Engineering Books Beaty, Andrea. (2013). Rosie Revere Engineer Abrams Books for Young Readers. (A fun story about a girl who dreams in her room and constructs great inventions from odds and needs. She hides her inventions until her great-great- aunt shows her that a first flop is not something to fear but to celebrate.) Fleming, Candace, Papa’s Mechanical Fish. Farrar Straus, and Giroux. (This is a fictional story based on true events of the life of inventor Lodner Phillips.) Harper, Cherise M., Imaginative Inventions. Little & Brown, 2001. (Story about common items like potato chips, Frisbees and more. The story considers how they were made and who, what, when , where and why about these objects.) Miller, Reagan, Engineering in Our Everyday Lives. Carbtree Publishing, 2014. (A simple text with photographs that explain what engineers do and how engineering affects our lives.) Spites, Ashley, The Most Magnificent Thing. Kids Can Press (The story of a young girl who discovers that making the perfect thing can be challenging). |
Afterschool Science &
Engineering Resources Exploravision (National Science Teachers Assn. and Toshiba: engineering competition) Exploratorium (Hands-on science/engineering activities from Exploratorium in California) PBS programs: PBS kids ZOOM SciGirls Design Squad (grades 5-12) NASA Engineering for the Classroom (k-12) TeachEngineering.org Engineering LessonsSociety of Women Engineers
k-12 activities and information about women engineers eGFI American Society for Engineering Education k-12 activities, engineering news, and sign up for their newsletters TeachEngineering k-12 Resources Try Engineering lesson plans for teachers, games for children, careers information, and advice for parents Robots in Nature
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