Description
-Offers an interdisciplinary, four-lesson module using project- and problem-based learning to help students use the engineering design process (EDP) to design and create prototypes of compost systems
-Written and developed for elementary school teachers, the book offers lesson plans guiding students to synthesize their learning about biotic and abiotic factors, decomposition, and engineering design into full-scale models
-Anchored in the Next Generation Science Standards, the Common Core State Standards, and the Framework for 21st Century Learning
Table of Contents
Part 1: The STEM Road Map: Background, Theory, and Practice 1. Overview of the STEM Road Map Curriculum 2. Strategies Used in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Part 2: Composting: STEM Road Map Module 3. Composting Module Overview 4. Composting Lesson Plans 5. Transforming Learning with Composting and the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series
