https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9 Made with a curious mind en-us 2017-11-07 17:09:57 UTC 2017-11-07 22:39:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png kelstrouse https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204470772 - "Stella: Star of the Sea" by Marie- Louise Gay
- This book addresses creative and innovative thinking as it depicts a brother and sister visiting the beach. Throughout the story the little brother asks many questions about the ocean, the beach, and the creatures on the beach. As he is asking these questions his big sister tries to answer his questions the best that she can (comes to creative conclusions based on her inferences about her previous trip to the beach). This book addresses  creativity and critical thinking.]]> 2017-11-07 17:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204470772 kelstrouse https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204470920 - "Think Big" by Liz Garton Scanlon
- This book illustrates the process of creating a pageant show for their parents and peers. As students work together to put on this pageant the students collaborate and successfully pull it off in the end. This book addresses STEAM themes as the children in the book exhibit characteristics of effective problem solvers.]]> 2017-11-07 17:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204470920 kelstrouse https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471056 - "Press Here" by Herve Tullet
- The author of this book guides the students through reading this book by prompting the reader to do certain actions that correspond with the illustrations in the book. This book could be used in order to teach students about cause and effect in STEAM activities. Throughout this book the author draws the reader into the story because creativity and collaboration is the theme.]]> 2017-11-07 17:16:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471056 kelstrouse https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471188 - "If I Built a Car" by Chris Van Dusen
- This book describes how a young boy builds his own car complete with a swimming pool and an ice cream bar. This story is written as a poem and creatively explains the little boy's thought process as he is engineering and designing his very own care. This book applies to STEAM in the fact that it addresses how the little boy utilizes science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics in order to create his car.]]> 2017-11-07 17:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471188 kelstrouse https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471254 - "Poppville" by Anouck Boisrobert and Louis Rigaud
- Poppville is a popular pop-up book that does not use any words. As readers read this book they are required to use their imaginations as they witness a major city being constructed with each turn of a page. A way that this can address STEAM is through the use of this YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd2U4mN10gQ. This video asks questions about the construction of Popville that address the engineering process of making the village within the book.]]> 2017-11-07 17:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471254 kelstrouse https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471405 - "Beautiful Oops!" by Barney Saltzberg
- This book is a board book that appears to be written for students who are in the early grades of early childhood education. This book addresses the processes or creativity and engineering in a way that explains that mistakes are okay to have. This book further explains and implies that the mistakes that readers make can still be used in the engineering of their product.]]> 2017-11-07 17:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471405 kelstrouse https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471567 - "See Inside Your Body" by Katie Daynes and Colin King
- The narrative and the illustrations within this book accurately explain the different organs and systems that are found within the human body. As students read this book, they are invited to lift the flaps that show what is inside the human body. This was a book that I used with preschoolers over the summer and they were extremely interested in its content. This book addresses the science part of STEAM as it addresses the basics of anatomy and physiology in a creative way.]]> 2017-11-07 17:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471567 kelstrouse https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471631 - "The Super Science Book" by Kate Petty
- This book utilizes pop up pictures and lift the flap illustrations in order to explain facts about physical science. Specifically, this book addresses atoms, molecules, and compounds in a developmentally appropriate way. this book also addresses the actions that young scientists can take: asking many questions and recording information about how things change.]]> 2017-11-07 17:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471631 kelstrouse https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471699 - "The Magic School Bus: On the Ocean Floor" by Joanna Cole
- This book is part of many different books that have been written by Joanna Cole. This particular book draws readers into the subject of oceans and their ecosystems as the narrative describes Ms. Frizzle and her classes journey to the bottom of the ocean. This book addresses the science portion of STEAM as it talks about organisms that thrive in an aquatic ecosystem.]]> 2017-11-07 17:17:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471699 kelstrouse https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471770 - "Citizen Scientists: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery from Your Own Backyard" by Loree Griffin Burns
- This book allows students to observe how they can learn about science and become scientists as they explore the outdoor environments that they are already familiar with. This book has four different chapters that address four different animals that students can observe in each season of the year. This book addresses the science portion of STEAM as it talks about scientists and how students can easily explore butterflies, birds, frogs, and ladybugs.]]> 2017-11-07 17:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471770 kelstrouse https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471849 - "Matter Matters!" by Tom Adams
- This book uses a series of pop-up pictures and lift the flap pictures to explain specific chemistry concepts. Some concepts that are mentioned include chemical reactions, atoms, the history of chemistry discovery, states of matter, and much more. This book addresses the science portion of STEAM as it allows students to learn about chemistry concepts that can be seen in their everyday lives (also seen in the illustrations in this book).]]> 2017-11-07 17:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471849 kelstrouse https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471967 - "Hotshots!" by Chris L. Demarest
- This book is about the firemen and fire women that are employed to maintain the forest fires that happen in the western forest of the United States. This book takes the reader through the process that the fire men and women take to put out the fires in the grass lands of the US. This book is filled with vocabulary that can be tied to the importance of fire safety and fire safety education. This book addresses the science portion of STEAM as it speaks to the chemical processes and environmental factors that are needed to make fire.]]> 2017-11-07 17:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204471967 kelstrouse https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204472171 - "The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford" by Suzanne Slade
- This book talks about the tendencies found with Thomas Edison and Henry Ford's careers. The book explains how both of these inventors were very interested in certain topics. It explains how Henry Ford found out that the secret to Thomas Edison's work: resilience and perseverance (addressed creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking).]]> 2017-11-07 17:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204472171 kelstrouse https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204472331 - "Not a Box" by Antoinette Portis
- This book was written to appeal to students who are in the earlier elementary grades. This book addresses the imagination and creativity that students tend to have when they are young. This book could also be connected to the video "Caine's Arcade" and how this imagination/creativity can be utilized within the later grades of elementary school.]]> 2017-11-07 17:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204472331 kelstrouse https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204472429 - "Goodnight iPad: A Parody for the Next Generation" by Ann Droyd
- This book is a play off of the older book"Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown. This book addresses the advances in technology that have occurred within the 21st century. It also addresses how children are being affected by the advances in technology within the 21st century.]]> 2017-11-07 17:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kelstrouse/zg2mzojz7zr9/wish/204472429