February 2016
Web Resources
Featured Article
Sharing STEAM…on a Budget
STEAM programming is a trap. That’s right, a trap. In order for kids to enjoy science, we need to make it exciting and blow things up, right? We need to write huge grants to buy technology we don’t know how to use! Don’t we need a million Legos to do engineering programs? Where are all the easels? Is anyone good at math?
Additional Resources
- Plan Ahead
Get the full list of themes for 2015-2016 (Volume 13) - Curriculum Connections
Maker Economics Vocabulary Worksheet and Inventors and Makers Discussion Prompts - Sharing STEAM
Reproducible Record Sheet - Library Lessons – FICTION
Visuals and worksheets for Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie, Gone Fishing, and Inside Out & Back Again - Library Lessons – NONFICTION
Visuals, and worksheets for The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind - Keep ‘Em Reading
Inventor Scavenger Hunt Chart and additional resource recommendations
Bibliography
Webliography
Events Calendar
February calendar filled with fun-filled facts and activities