1st Edition
Introducing Engineering in K-8 Settings Fostering Children's Powerful Design Ideas
1. An Introduction to Engineering in K-8 2. Engineering and Children’s Powerful Designs 3. Children’s Engineering: Knowledge, Skills, and Engagement 4. The Responsive Engineering Classroom 5. Engineering Activities: What Counts as Engineering? 6. Getting Engineering Started in Your Classroom 7. A First Step—A Beginning Classroom Activity 8. Getting Started with Engineering: Sample Introductory Activities 9. Writing and Drawing to Support Engineering Thinking 10. Facilitating Engineering Conversations 11. Inclusive and Connected Engineering Classrooms 12. Choosing Materials and Building 13. Assessment 14. Engineering Design Activity Sequences Appendices 1. Classroom Resources 2. Lesson Plans 3. Supporting Content
Biography
Elissa Milto is the Director of Outreach at Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach, USA.
Chelsea Andrews is a research assistant professor at Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach, USA.
Merredith Portsmore serves as the Director of Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach and as a research associate professor, USA.
Christopher Wright is an associate professor in the School of Education at Drexel University, USA.
