design & engineering resources
NEW RESOURCE shared from Katie
Software Programming and Coding Glossary for Kids
https://www.smartadvocate.com/News/Blog/software-programming-and-coding-glossary-for-kids
Learn all the jargon!
Under the glossary there is a list of:Resources to Learn Programming
All the best to Lyndhurst STEM Club for Girls and Stacey Martin
Caption: Girls rock STEM Scholastic
PBS Design Squad Nation
Design Squad Nation
Classmates can compete to solve fun engineering problems
Fidgit Factory
explore the many projects available
INSTRUCTABLES
Is It Good For Learning?
An active and supportive user community submits comments, asks and answers questions, and gives encouragement. Classroom interaction could be modeled after this supportive online environment: Kids could work together to tackle projects and then offer feedback on each other’s work.
Those inspired to submit projects could form groups, brainstorm ideas, and break projects into steps. Groups could be broken down into multiple roles, such as photographer, instruction writer, inventor, and tester. The site challenges kids to work together, follow directions, and use their imaginations, making it worthwhile in itself.
How Can Teachers Use It?
Teachers can keep kids focused by imposing productive limits:
Ask kids to search under a single keyword or preselect and assign several projects under a single theme, such as Sewing Projects You Can Make in a Day.
You can also pose questions that students can answer with an Instructables project, like “What would you want if you were stranded on a desert island?”
Kids could respond by building a stove out of an Altoids tin, a PVC bow and arrow, or an emergency water supply station.
Some projects require buying supplies, so you should review them before giving kids approval to start making.
To tie projects more explicitly to a curriculum, visit the Teacher Resources page, where many science- and math-themed Instructables live.
SUBJECTS
English Language Arts
Science
SKILLS
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Character & SEL
Tech Skills
http://www.instructables.com/
Is It Good For Learning?
An active and supportive user community submits comments, asks and answers questions, and gives encouragement. Classroom interaction could be modeled after this supportive online environment: Kids could work together to tackle projects and then offer feedback on each other’s work.
Those inspired to submit projects could form groups, brainstorm ideas, and break projects into steps. Groups could be broken down into multiple roles, such as photographer, instruction writer, inventor, and tester. The site challenges kids to work together, follow directions, and use their imaginations, making it worthwhile in itself.
How Can Teachers Use It?
Teachers can keep kids focused by imposing productive limits:
Ask kids to search under a single keyword or preselect and assign several projects under a single theme, such as Sewing Projects You Can Make in a Day.
You can also pose questions that students can answer with an Instructables project, like “What would you want if you were stranded on a desert island?”
Kids could respond by building a stove out of an Altoids tin, a PVC bow and arrow, or an emergency water supply station.
Some projects require buying supplies, so you should review them before giving kids approval to start making.
To tie projects more explicitly to a curriculum, visit the Teacher Resources page, where many science- and math-themed Instructables live.
SUBJECTS
English Language Arts
Science
SKILLS
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Character & SEL
Tech Skills
http://www.instructables.com/