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- Herausgeber: Crown House Publishing
- Kategorie: Bildung
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020
Emily Hunt's 15-Minute STEM Book 2: More quick, creative science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities for 5-11-year-olds offers a stimulating selection of easy-to-resource STEM activities designed to engage and inspire young learners. Like most teachers and parents, you probably recognise STEM as being an important priority area for modern education. You may, however, be wondering: - What does STEM education look like for young learners? - How do I get children excited about STEM education? - How can children learn STEM skills in just 15 minutes? - What equipment do I need to teach STEM activities? Enter 15-minute STEM with the answers! Full of engaging and practical ideas, this innovative resource builds on the success of Emily's 15-Minute STEM (ISBN 978-178583335-9) and reassures teachers and parents that they don't need to be experts to deliver high-quality STEM education. Each of the 40 activities includes step-by-step instructions, takes just 15 minutes to complete and can be resourced from everyday materials found in the classroom or at home. This means that, with minimal preparation, teachers and parents can slot these cross-curricular activities into an otherwise busy day - simultaneously broadening children's learning and piquing their curiosity about the world around them. Accompanying instructions are phrased in a way that encourages the children to lead the learning and exploration, and opportunities for further investigation are provided in order to broaden the learning focus. Hand-drawn illustrations and full colour photographs are also included alongside each activity to give an idea of what the end results might look like. The activities make connections to real-world scenarios and have been linked to conceptually similar STEM-related careers - all of which are individually profiled in a glossary at the back of the book. The practical, problem-solving element of each activity offers a great way for children to develop important soft skills such as creativity, critical thinking and spatial awareness. Suitable for both educators and parents of young children.
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PRAISE FOR15-MINUTE STEM BOOK 2
In a world in which our children will increasingly be expected to possess skills from the STEM world in order to thrive and flourish as adults, this inspirational book is a must-have for any primary school staffroom or indeed for parents with young children. Emily Hunt has collected 40 imaginative, engaging and easy-to-access STEM activities that will open up the minds of our young people.
Bobby Seagull, school maths teacher, author of The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers and co-presenter of the BBC’s Monkman & Seagull’s Genius Guide to Britain
Emily Hunt does it again! 15-Minute STEM Book 2 is a must-have resource for busy teachers wanting to implement meaningful hands-on STEM learning. It offers highly engaging activities that walk you through the challenge, beginning with the set-up and materials and ending with connections to STEM careers as well as the concepts behind each activity. Your students will beg for more!
Carly and Adam Speicher, STEM Curriculum Developers at Carly and Adam LLC
15-Minute STEM Book 2 offers a wide range of inexpensive, hands-on activities to stoke young children’s engagement and develop their transferable soft skills as they explore new ways of thinking and doing.
The book features an amalgamation of well-known and loved activities as well as new ones (e.g. the Ocean Plastic Problem) that let the children lead their learning, while the hook questions will also be very effective in generating excitement and sparking debate. Furthermore, the ‘What are we learning?’ explanations will allay some adults’ potential concerns about not knowing the answer, offering them a valuable scaffold with which to answer the children’s questions on the subject.
Dr Lyn Haynes, Senior Lecturer in Education and Science Tutor (Teach First Programme), Canterbury Christ Church University
Emily has compiled a perfect book for teachers and families looking for simple STEM activities to do with young children. There are 40 ideas that can be done in any home or classroom using everyday resources. Plus, each challenge has career connections and ideas for further exploration. Get this book for every parent and teacher you know!
Chris Woods, teacher, speaker, STEM nerd and author of Daily STEM
This book is crammed with loads of exciting and challenging learning opportunities to really get children hooked into STEM subjects. It offers engaging activities with clear instructions, and the beautiful illustrative photography makes it clear that we can all get stuck in, get mucky and develop our creative and logical thinking.
15-Minute STEM Book 2 is just the resource to get kids excited for learning, and it will prove to be a treasure trove of ideas for the busy teacher.
Martin Illingworth, Senior Lecturer in Education, Sheffield Hallam University and author of Forget School
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Emily Hunt
More quick, creative Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics activities for 5–11-year-olds
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
It has been incredibly heart-warming to see the activities in 15-Minute STEM come to life in the homes and schools of readers across the country. The opportunity to continue the series with a second book was too good to miss!
To the team at Crown House Publishing, thank you again for sharing my enthusiasm for STEM education and for your guidance throughout the process. It has been a pleasure to work with you once more.
To Jane Hewitt, whose wonderful photography brings each activity to life, thank you for all your hard work. Thanks also to Leonie, Tommy, LJ and Alex for their involvement in testing and modelling many of the activities.
This book was written in a time of unique global and personal challenges: in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and while on maternity leave with my newborn son, George. In a year marked by school closures and social distancing, parents and educators have been thrown in at the deep end with home learning. Suddenly, everyday items have been seen in a new light, as meaningful resources to bring learning to life. Learning about big ideas from ordinary objects is the very essence of the 15-minute STEM approach and I hope this book serves as a useful and inspiring resource for many.
INTRODUCTION: MAKING REAL-WORLD STEM CONNECTIONS IN JUST 15 MINUTES
STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) will play a crucial role in shaping our futures. From the digital revolution to the construction industry, from caring for our environment to space exploration, STEM industries continue to grow at a rapid rate and many young people will go into STEM-related jobs. STEM skills will be instrumental to meeting some of the biggest global challenges, as set out in the UN’s sustainable development goals.1
STEM education is a captivating, inspiring way of connecting educational experiences to real-life opportunities. It’s a cross-disciplinary approach with problem solving at its heart. In starting with a real-world problem or question we make the activity relevant to children’s lives, helping them to make connections between what they are learning, why they are learning it and how they could use it in the future.
But then again, if you’ve picked up this book, the chances are you already know all of that. Perhaps you’ve already enjoyed 15-Minute STEM2 and are back for more quick, easy-to-resource STEM activities. If you haven’t, then you may well be looking for answers to one or all of the following questions:
How do I get children excited about STEM education?
What equipment do I need?
How do I introduce the 15-minute STEM activities?
How can children learn STEM skills in just 15 minutes?
Is 15-minute STEM purely about science, technology, engineering and maths?
15-Minute STEM Book 2 is compiled of 40 quick, easy-to-resource activities for primary school teachers and is also ideal for parents to use at home with their children. Each activity can be made suitable for ages 5–11 with a little bit of adaptation. The activities have been tested to ensure that they take just 15 minutes, although some require a little advanced preparation or need to be returned to later in the day – these are clearly indicated. This means that with minimal preparation you can slot them into those spare moments in an otherwise busy day.
The photographs in this book were taken during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to school closures and social distancing restrictions only a small number of children could be used to illustrate the activities. We look forward to featuring more children in the images for subsequent reprints when restrictions allow.
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How do I get children excited about STEM education?
Hook children in with a real-world problem or question
Each activity begins with a hook question, designed to generate excitement and spark debate. These hooks can be found below the title of each activity. They are worded as a question that a child might ask themselves and make real-world links to a diverse range of areas, from natural disasters to robotics. Wording the hook questions in this way helps to contextualise the learning, giving the activity a real-world purpose and helping children to see the practical application of the skills and learning involved. The diversity of the hook questions also gives you the flexibility to select an activity based on – for example – a particular area of interest, a topical issue or a current area of learning.
What equipment do I need?
Keep your resources simple
When we think of STEM education, we often think of expensive equipment such as 3D printers, computers and robotics kits. In reality there are lots of fantastic STEM activities that can be resourced using everyday materials found at home or in the classroom, allowing you to deliver them at short notice. By keeping the resources simple and familiar, we encourage children to think more creatively about how to use them. The ‘You will need’ boxes outline the resources you will need to complete each activity once. You will need a set of resources for each child or group undertaking the activity.
How do I introduce the 15-minute STEM activities?
Let the children lead the learning
Pose your hook question, expose the children to the resources and then step back and let them lead the learning. So often we ‘teach’ children how to do activities, guiding them through each step to help them avoid mistakes. Instead, the 15-minute STEM instructions are written as a script that can be delivered directly to the children, and you’ll notice that these instructions are on the lighter side. I’d encourage you to be hands-off with the children, supporting where needed with guidance and encouragement.
How can children learn STEM skills in just 15 minutes?
Know your key takeaway points
While we want to encourage children to lead the learning, it’s also important to end each activity with a shared understanding of what we have learnt. Therefore each activity is accompanied by a ‘What are we learning?’ box which provides a simple, child-friendly explanation of the activity, reassuring you that you don’t need to be an expert to deliver high-quality STEM education. You may find that an activity introduces a new concept, or it may help to consolidate an area of prior learning by encouraging your child or class to put their knowledge into practice within a real-world context. Stick to the basic structure of the activity with younger children and use the ‘Investigate’ cues to extend the task with older children.7
Is 15-Minute STEM purely about science, technology, engineering and maths?
Each activity develops soft skills
When we step back and let children solve problems themselves, we provide a fantastic opportunity for them to develop soft skills. Critical thinking, problem solving, confidence, creativity, the list goes on … These soft skills are crucial to success in STEM, as well as in other careers. You will see from the icons at the top of each page that many of the activities have the option to be completed in teams. This provides children with an excellent opportunity to develop the skills of teamwork and communication, for example. The activities also give children opportunities to make mistakes in a safe, supportive environment, enabling them to develop the important skill of resilience. Remind them that mistakes are an important part of the learning process, they’re inevitable and, often, they’re an important milestone on the way to something greater.
Oh, and another thing …
15-minute STEM activities link to future careers
Each activity is linked to two STEM careers that engage with conceptually similar tasks, a glossary of which is included at the back of the book. Research shows that the perceptions children have about certain jobs and careers are formed at a young age and that gender stereotyping exists from the age of 7.3 By introducing children to relevant STEM careers we can challenge these early perceptions and stereotypes and widen their career aspirations. Giving children activities that expose them to the world of work from an early age isn’t daft; it’s helping to give them the best start in preparing for their futures. When children are learning something, they should be thinking about why they’re learning it.
Now, let’s get started!
1https://sdgs.un.org/goals.
2 Emily Hunt, 15-Minute STEM: Quick, Creative Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Activities for 5–11-Year-Olds (Carmarthen: Crown House Publishing, 2018).
3 Nick Chambers, Elnaz T. Kashefpakdel, Jordan Rehill and Christian Percy,
