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Grade 3-5, K-2
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On-Demand Webinar

Teach STEM Using Children’s Picture Books

Time: 60 mins,
Presenter: Lynne Stover
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Objective

In this webinar teachers will:

  • Explore the concept of the value of using children’s literature to teach in the STEM content areas. [Science, Technology, Economics, and Math]
  • Connect the concepts of money, the allocation of limited resources, and entrepreneurship as they pertain to the featured titles.
  • Consider the cross curricular possibilities of the topic as related to the social sciences and creative problem solving.
  • Review an annotated bibliography listing children’s books that contain economic concepts dealing with STEM topics.

Standards

State Standards

Concepts

Entrepreneurs, Money, Saving, Scarcity

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Description

This interactive session features new picture books that have the potential for some amazing STEM lessons and activities. Students can learn valuable life lessons money, entrepreneurship, scarcity and decision-making from the content in the featured new picture books. Webinar attendees will receive links to classroom-ready lessons and a topical bibliography. Featured titles Include: • I Love Strawberries [saving, selling, and investing] • It Began with Lemonade [counting coins lesson] • Wants vs. Needs vs. Robots [buying shapes and building a robot lesson] • Water Day [allocation of water lesson]

Resources

Subjects:
Economics,Math,Other

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