Zoos are places where STEM comes to life, including the science of caring for animals, the technology used in zoo security, engineering that keeps habitats habitable, and the math used to calculate ticket sales. Readers are encouraged to draw connections between the STEM subjects they learn in school and the way STEM is used in the real world. This curricula-driven text uses high-interest subjects to discuss STEM and also covers the STEM careers that help zoos around the world run successfully. Fact boxes and colorful images provide opportunities for additional learning.

Airports depend on science, technology, engineering, and math to run smoothly—concepts that are fundamental to elementary curricula. Without them, planes couldn’t take off, passengers couldn’t buy tickets, and people couldn’t travel to faraway destinations. This text encourages readers to think about how the STEM subjects they learn in the classroom appear in airports and affect travelers’ lives. The age-appropriate text gives equal treatment to science, technology, engineering, and math, and suggests STEM careers that can be found at airports around the world. Fact boxes and colorful images support learning.

Rollercoasters, tilt-a-whirls, games, and colorful lights abound at the amusement park, where STEM subjects come to life on a daily basis. Readers learn how STEM subjects—science, technology, engineering, and math—make amusement parks fun and safe, and how these classroom concepts are used to run each part of a park’s operations. This curricula-based text teaches readers to see how concepts learned in the classroom are applied in the real world. Readers are also encouraged to seek STEM careers that could one day land them in some of the happiest places in the world. Fact boxes and colorful images support the information-rich text.

Step out of the classroom and into the big leagues with this book, which explores the science, technology, engineering, and math that shapes America’s favorite pastime. Readers will see how STEM influences everything in a baseball game, from a pitcher’s throw to the physics of stadium seating. The in-depth coverage of each STEM subject is reinforced by engaging images, which encourages readers to visualize and identify how classroom concepts are used in the real world. The text also covers STEM careers and how readers can get involved when they grow up. Fact boxes support the age-appropriate text, which was designed to address science, technology, engineering, and math in the elementary curricula.

The science of cooking is responsible for some of the world’s tastiest dishes. The technology, engineering, and math of cooking are, too. In this title, readers will explore the STEM concepts that help restaurants operate. Each STEM subject is covered in depth and is presented in way that encourages readers to draw connections between classroom subjects and real-world experiences. Fact boxes and colorful images support the age-appropriate text, which is written to support state and national curricula.

Are zoos ethical? There is not one right answer to this challenging question. Readers discover the different arguments that can be made in favor of and against zoos. These different points of view are presented with relevant facts to support them, encouraging readers to understand the different sides of the debate surrounding zoos. Clear main text, eye-catching fact boxes, and detailed graphic organizers help readers make their own informed opinion. Full-color photographs are included to enhance a reading experience that sharpens essential critical thinking skills and encourages readers to approach controversial topics with an open mind.

Student-scientist-teacher interactions provide students with several advantages. They provide opportunities to interact with experts and professionals in the field, give students a chance at meeting a role model that may impact students' career choices, and increase awareness of available career options combined with an understanding of how their skills and interests affect their career decisions. Additionally, it enhances attitudes and interest toward STEM professions for students and grants opportunities to connect with scientists as human beings and see them as "real people," replacing stereotypical perceptions of scientists. Moreover, there are many advantages for the teacher or informal educator when these partnerships are established. For these reasons and more, numerous studies are often conducted involving the partnerships of students, scientists, and teachers. Enhancing Learning Opportunities Through Student, Scientist, and Teacher Partnerships organizes a collection of research on student-scientist-teacher partnerships and presents the models, benefits, implementation, and learning outcomes of these interactions. This book presents a variety of different scientist-student-teacher partnerships with research data to support different learning outcomes in settings like schools, after-school programs, museums, science centers, zoos, aquariums, children's museums, space centers, nature centers, and more. This book is ideal for in-service and preservice teachers, administrators, teacher educators, practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and students interested in research on beneficial student-scientist-teacher partnerships/models in formal and informal settings.

Zoos are places where STEM comes to life, including the science of caring for animals, the technology used in zoo security, engineering that keeps habitats habitable, and the math used to calculate ticket sales. Readers are encouraged to draw connections between the STEM subjects they learn in school and the way STEM is used in the real world. This curricula-driven text uses high-interest subjects to discuss STEM and also covers the STEM careers that help zoos around the world run successfully. Fact boxes and colorful images provide opportunities for additional learning.

Stimulate and engage children's thinking as you integrate STEM experiences throughout your early childhood program. More than 85 engaging, developmentally appropriate activities maximize children's learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Each experience combines at least two STEM disciplines and incorporates materials and situations that are interesting and meaningful to children. As researchers and educators increasingly recognize how critical early childhood mathematics and science learning is in laying the foundation for children’s later STEM education, this second edition of Teaching STEM in the Early Years is a much-needed resource for every early childhood classroom. It will encourage you to think differently about STEM education, and you will see how easy it is to accommodate curriculum goals and learning standards in math and science activities. This edition provides updated research and references and adds Ideas for incorporating literacy with STEM activities, including children’s book recommendations STREAM It segments that incorporate reading and art into STEM with art and music extension to activities Suggestions for varying the difficulty of activities for a variety of learners

The foundation for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education begins in the early years. This book provides more than ninety activities and learning center ideas that seamlessly integrate STEM throughout early childhood classrooms. These hands-on STEM experiences enhance cooking, art, and music activities, block play and sensory table exploration, and field trips and outdoor time. Information on assessment and early learning standards is also provided. Sally Moomaw, EdD, has spent much of her career researching and teaching STEM education. She is an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati and the author of several early education books.