{"product_id":"making-science-reimagining-stem-education-in-middle-school-and-beyond-9780997554304","title":"Making Science: Reimagining STEM Education in Middle School and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaking Science: Reimagining STEM Education in Middle School and Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e is a new look at STEM education for the future. Steeped in research and history, but as modern as a trip to Mars, this book will make you think deeply about the nature of science and science learning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichly illustrated with examples of student work, this book offers project ideas, connections to the new Next Generation Science Standards, assessment strategies, and practical tips for educators.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnthropologist turned science and \"making\" teacher Christa Flores shares her classroom-tested lessons and resources for learning-by-making in the middle grades and beyond. Take a journey through science that explores how to make classrooms more engaging, inclusive, and reflective of real science from the world. Imaginative, lyrical, and astonishing lessons come to life as Christa unfolds her Problem-based Science curriculum for the middle years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor many students, middle school is a time when science class turns boring, as wonder turns to worksheets and dull experiments. \u003cem\u003eMaking Science: Reimagining STEM Education in Middle School and Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e is about combining new technology from the maker movement, real world materials and a designer mindset to create personalized learning experiences that engage students in the wonder of science. Christa explores how to build science literacy that empowers students to become informed and engaged citizens and global problem-solvers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book also includes \"Case Stories\" from a diverse group of elementary, middle, and high school science classrooms, plus informal environments. These stories showcase how to use real science, digital fabrication, making, and design as a way to engage today's youth. \u003cem\u003eMaking Science: Reimagining STEM Education in Middle School and Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates STEM and STEAM for every student, including those traditionally underserved in STEM education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlores, Christa:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Christa Flores has taught lab-based science for ten years in K-8 classrooms. She graduated from the University of California San Diego with a degree in Biological Anthropology, has done graduate level work in primatology research through the New York Consortium of Evolutionary Primatology and obtained a masters in Secondary Science Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Christa is also a Stanford FabLearn Fellow evangelizing making in education with a focus on how to assess student learning while making. She is passionate about research and designing meaningful making experiences for all children in formal and informal learning environments.","brand":"Constructing Modern Knowledge Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492319891730,"sku":"9780997554304","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3b99e124-9cc6-4742-b21c-ac900463e826.jpg?v=1730583628","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/making-science-reimagining-stem-education-in-middle-school-and-beyond-9780997554304","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}