Illustrator: Vashti Harrison

Summary: This book displays the scientific method through a fun storyline. The characters learn how to form a hypothesis, perform experiments, and record observations.

Read-Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysnf0gZuVWo

Relation: This book demonstrates to students how to dig deeper with their questions. Even at a pre-k age, students can see this book model deeper question investigation.

Implementation: Before starting an experiment in Kindergarten, read students this book. Your experiment can be partnered with the same questions found in the book.

Standard: K-PS2-2

Illustrator: David Roberts

Summary: Rosie is a girl who loves to explore engineering, but is afraid of making mistakes. She learns throughout the story that mistakes aren't a bad thing and can be used for good!

Read-Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK0jBBRpzSk

Relation: This can be used in a classroom to inspire students to embrace mistakes. It may help students to gain confidence and courage in the classrooms.

Implementation: I would brainstorm after reading this book with my class about what mistakes we may make in the classroom, then talk about how these can be helpful.

Standard: K-PS2-2

Illustrator: Don Tate

Summary: This book explores Lonnie's experiences in engineering and math, and shows his perseverance through rejection.

Read-Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL99Ky6fjas

Relation: This book relates to the idea of perseverance in the classroom.

Implementation: I would read this book and then create a question board about how we might experience rejection in science.

Standard: 1-LS1-1

Illustrator: David Roberts

Summary: This book is about a girl who asks a lot of "why" questions and loves to experiment

Read-Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lElwWC1kBF0

Relation: This book would encourage students to keep asking the question "why".

Implementation: After reading this book, I would have students brainstorm "why" questions we could ask about our classroom.

Standard: K-PS2-2

Illustrator: David Roberts

Summary: This book shows how creativity can be used for good. Iggy's invention end up saving the day when he finds himself stranded.

Read-Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7FXbGn-jKc

Relation: This encourages students to have pride in their creations.

Implementation: After reading this book, I would ask them what their proudest creation is.

Standard: K-PS2-1

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Summary: This book shows the message that mistakes can be beautiful.

Read-Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JsnciXX7CE

Relation: This book would help students to find beauty in their mistakes.

Implementation: I would read this book and then have students crumple up a piece of paper and turn it into art.

Standard: K-PS2-1

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Summary: This is a story about perseverance and trying again when we fail and get frustrated.

Read-Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy3JCNBgb94

Relation: This book would help students learn what perseverance is and how to try again when we make mistakes

Implementation: I would read this book and then have students brainstorm questions they could ask to restart a problem.

Standard: K-PS2-1

Author: Emily Hunt and Michelle Pantoya

Illustrator: Holly D. Steward

Summary: This book follows elephants who explore engineering topics to find out what engineering is.

Read-Aloud: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Engineering_Elephants/MGCupRT3yqAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover

Relation: This book would help students to understand what makes up engineering.

Implementation: I would read this book when introducing engineering and have students do a KWL

Standard: 2-PS1-3

Illustrator: David Litchfield

Summary: This book invites reader's to wonder about the phenomena's we see in the sky.

Read-Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaflkvvqyOU

Relation: This book prompts students to ask questions about the world they are seeing around them and things that might be happening that they can't explain

Implementation: I would read this book and then have students make a list of things in the world that they can't explain

Standard: 1-ESS1-1

Author: Nina Laden

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Summary: This book is about a boy who's creations aren't very supported or believed in. As Roberto continues, he begins creating things that have an impact in his community.

Read-Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSABUTl7hQU

Relation: This book would encourage students to create things that can impact the world around them and can create real-world connections to STEAM.

Implementation: After reading this book, I would have students create a list of problems we see in the world around us so that we can start to brainstorm solutions.

Standard: 1-PS4-4

Resource: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/home/F_Mae_Jemison.html

Description: This page describes the life of Mae Jensen who was the first African American woman to travel to space

Significance: Mae's life shows students that scientists can be creative and that hard work pays off.

Classroom Activity: After reading, students could draw themselves as astronauts or even in a broad way as scientists.

Resource: https://www.nps.gov/gwca/learn/kidsyouth/index.htm

Description: This source shows how George Washington Carver experimented with peanuts and plants to help farmers and protect soil.

Significance: Carver's work teaches students to care about the earth and to get creative in order to protect it.

Classroom Activity: Use during a plant unit, students could even plant their own plant and watch it grow.

Resource: https://www.ducksters.com/biography/marie_curie.php

Description: This article shares more about Marie Curie who discovered new elements and experimented with energy.

Significance: She's an example of what curiosity, determination, and bravery in science.

Classroom Activity: I would let students explore an "element sensory bin"

Resource: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/ada-lovelace

Description: This article shines light on Ada Lovelace's life, and how her curiosity and imagination inspired the first computers.

Significance: Ada shows that creativity and math can work together.

Classroom Activity: I would have students draw their own machine characters, like robots.

Resource: https://rootsandshoots.org

Description: This article helps students learn about Jane's life as well as her impact on chimpanzee's and animals.

Significance: Jane teaches respect for the world and the living beings in it.

Classroom Activity: Students can keep a nature journal like Jane did with her observations.

Description: This resource gives a brief introduction into what zoologists do and how they interact with the animals they work with.

Why Highlight: K-ESS3-1 - Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. This would show the importance that zoologists play on the animals they are learning about.

Classroom Implementation: After watching this short video, students could draw their favorite animals and write a way that they could care for and protect them.

Description: This video teaches students that veterinarians are basically animal doctors that care for many different kinds of pets. It also shows them ways that they provide care.

Why Highlight: K-LS1-1 - Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. This video shows students how veterinarians can provide for and help meet animals needs.

Classroom Implementation: Students could pretend to be veterinarians for productive play with stuffed animals in the classroom.

Description: This resource shows students what a career as an engineer can be. This walks through what engineers may do for work.

Why Highlight: K-2-ETS1-1 - Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool. This video will make students ask questions about solving problems they commonly come in contact with

Classroom Implementation: Have students brainstorm one thing they wish they could change in the world and make posters about their solutions.

Description: This interactive site allows students to investigate different careers that happen involving space.

Why Highlight: 2-ESS1-1 - Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly. Students can explore this site to see that there are careers out there that can help answer questions about Earth events.

Classroom Implementation: Have a spaceship craft where students can pretend to fly around the room, describing what they might be seeing in space.

Description: This biography of a famous mathematician shows how a love for problem-solving and numbers led him to become a great mathematician.

Why Highlight: CCSS Math Practice 1: Make Sense of Problems and Persevere in Solving Them. Students will learn that problem-solving can be fun!

Classroom Implementation: Have students play a number game that they have to solve to show them that math can actually be very fun, like Paul saw it!

Description: This resource gives over 100 small activities to use during after school programs to get students engaging with STEM.

Real-world connection: Most of the activities, such as circuit boards, tie directly to engineering concepts used in real life.

Classroom implementation: You could do a STEM activity from this list, such as elephant toothpaste, once or twice a week in your classroom.

Academic Standard: NGSS: K-2 ETS1-1 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want. While these activities will fit a lot of standards, a lot of them involve designing a solution to a problem.

Description: This resource has about a hundred STEM printouts to display around your classroom.

Real-world Connections: These printouts have a lot of images that students would see pretty frequently, such as the anatomy of an apple.

Classroom Implementation: This resource has different worksheets that you could use in a classroom setting to build lesson plans off of.

Standard Alignment: NGSS: 2-PS1-1 Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties. Students can use these printouts to refer to these observable properties.

Description: This site breaks down seven resources and projects that encourage STEM

Real-world Connection: This site teaches students how to use technology to engage in STEM. This will prepare them to use technology in an educational way.

Classroom Implementation: You could share one of the PBS videos in class.

Standard Alignment: NGSS 2-ETS1-1: Ask questionsk, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved the development of a new or improved object or tool.

Description: This site shows the importance of investigating community helpers.

Community Connection: This shows students how active community members contribute to their lives.

Classroom implementation: You could bring in members in the community that have the professions you highlight in class.

Standard Alignment: NGSS: 1-ETS1-2 Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem.

Description: This site gives different activities to use during a family STEM night.

Community Connections: This provides tools to bring the community together for STEM purposes.

Classroom Implementation: You could even have a family STEM day in your classroom and use these projects.

Standard Alignment: NGSS: 2-ETS1-1 Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.