Sailing into Engineering: Apple Boats Offer an Opportunity to Integrate Design into a Popular Kindergarten Lesson

Autor/inn/en	Perkins Coppola, Matthew; Merz, Alice
Titel	Sailing into Engineering: Apple Boats Offer an Opportunity to Integrate Design into a Popular Kindergarten Lesson
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 57 (2020) 9, S.35-39 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	Plants (Botany); Science Instruction; Language Arts; Social Studies; Interdisciplinary Approach; Lesson Plans; Teaching Methods; Science Experiments; Brainstorming; Engineering Education; Science Activities; Kindergarten + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pflanze; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Sprachkultur; Gemeinschaftskunde; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Lesson planning; Unterrichtsplanung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ingenieurausbildung
Abstract	Each fall at harvest time, young students in the authors' part of the Midwest visit apple orchards to learn more about the life cycle of plants. This tradition is one part of a larger unit centered on apples, integrating life science with language arts and social studies. The authors partnered with kindergarten teachers at several schools to design and teach a five day apple-themed engineering design unit. Building on their fascination with things that float and how they apply forces to make them move, they turn apples into sailboats. This lesson utilized inexpensive and common materials, many of which are easily substituted, making it an accessible choice for at-home investigations by students or families. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01