Smart Start: Stem, Kindergarten Workbook

Engage your Grade K child in fun hands-on projects that develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Topics within each STEM challenge target earth, life, and physical science. Each unit covers a specific scientific concept and includes: Science Story: Introduces each science concept Practice Activities: Support children's understanding STEM Story: Fictional story with a problem to solve STEM Challenge: Hands-on activity to solve a problem STEM Journal: Provides a planning outline to help complete the challenge activity Kindergarten STEM skills include: Comparisons Letter formation Fine motor skills Cause and effect Visual discrimination Sequencing Inference Kindergarten activities incorporate these scientific concepts: Physical science Shapes, Sizes, and More Solids and Liquids Does the Magnet Stick? Wheels Do the Work Life science What Plants Need What Animals Need Plant Parts Living Things People Grow and Change Earth science Bodies of Water Seasons Rocks The STEM challenges and activities encourage your child to think creatively and explore different ideas to solve problems. Parents act as facilitators, guiding their children through the problem-solving process. Each unit includes stories and practice pages that help children understand science concepts and provide a foundation for completing each STEM challenge. A STEM journal activity helps guide children through the engineering design process: plan, create, test, and record. Includes answer key. About Evan-Moor Educational PublishersIgniting young minds to help every child learn and succeed Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK - 8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor's award-winning resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children's hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential. This description may be from another edition of this product.