STEAM Resources and Children s Literature Curriculum Materials Department David & Lorraine Cheng Library, William Paterson University

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1 1 STEAM Resources and Children s Literature Curriculum Materials Department David & Lorraine Cheng Library, William Paterson University A selected list of resources available at the Cheng Library that support the exploration of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) topics. They can be extended for use in Makerspaces for grades K-12. Teaching Resources: Bazin, M., & Tamez, M. (2002). Math and science across cultures: Activities and investigations from the Exploratorium. New York, NY: New Press. (Grades 4-12). Call Number: Curr.Mats. QA11.2.B Ervin, B. M. (1998). Making connections: Interdisciplinary art activities. Portland, ME: J. Weston Walch. (Grades 6-8). Call Number: Curr.Mats. N362.5.E Jorgenson, O. (2014). Doing good science in middle school: A practical STEM guide, including 10 new & updated activities. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press. (Grades 6-8). Call Number: Curr.Mats. Q181.J Kohl, M. F., & Gainer, C. (1996). MathArts: Exploring math through art for 3 to 6 year olds. Beltsville, MD: Gryphon House. (Grades PreK-1). Call Number: Curr.Mats. QA19.A78 K Kohl, M. F., & Potter, J. (1998). Global art: Activities, projects, and inventions from around the world. Beltsville, MD: Gryphon House. (Grades 2-8). Call Number: Curr.Mats. N362.K Kohl, M. F., & Potter, J. (1993). Science arts: Discovering science through art experiences. Bellingham, WA: Bright Ring. (Grades 2-8). Call Number: Curr.Mats. Q164.K Maslyk, J. (2016). STEAM makers: Fostering creativity and innovation in the elementary classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. (Grades K-6). Call Number: 2 nd floor LB1592.M Sousa, D. A., & Pilecki, T. (2013). From STEM to STEAM: Using brain-compatible strategies to integrate the arts. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. (Grades K-12). Call Number: 2 nd floor LB1591.S

2 2 Juvenile Literature: Adler, D. A., & Raff, A. (2013). Things that float and things that don t. New York, NY: Holiday House. (Grades PreK-2). Demonstrates the principles of flotation and density through the use of everyday objects. Call Number: j532 Adl Aldrin, B., & Dyson, M. J. (2015). Welcome to Mars: Making a home on the red planet. Washington, DC: National Geographic. (Grades 4-7). Evaluates Mars as a potential planet for human colonization and describes what Mars residents might experience while traveling to and living on the Red Planet. Call Number: j Ald Austic, G. (2014). Game design. Ann Arbor, MI: Cherry Lake Publishing. (Grades 6-8). Discover new processes, integrate visual information with text, and learn technical word meanings as you find out how games are designed and what makes a good game. Call Number: j794.8 Aus Bailey, G., Chiacchiera, M., Todd, M., & Dreidemy, J. (2014). Working homes. New York, NY: Crabtree Publishing Company. (Grades 5-9). From a windmill to a lighthouse, this book portrays homes that work while also introducing simple engineering concepts to the young architect. Call Number: j728 Bai Barton, B., & Tate, D. (2016). Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson s super-soaking stream of inventions. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge. (Grades 2-5). Chronicles the life and achievements of the NASA engineer and inventor, from his childhood to his accidental invention of the Super Soaker water gun. Call Number: j609.2 Bar Barton, C. (2009). The Day-Glo brothers: The true story of Bob and Joe Switzer s bright ideas and brand new colors. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge. (Grades 6-10). The story of Joe and Bob Switzer who experimented with ultraviolet lights and fluorescent paints and invented a new kind of color called Day-Glo. Call Number: j Bar Bryant, J., & Klikov, B. (2016). Six dots: A story of young Louis Braille. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf. (Grades K-3). Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was determined to live like everyone else and wanted to be able to read, so he invented his own alphabet. Call Number: jb Braille Challoner, J., & Andraka, J. (2016). Maker lab: 28 super cool projects: Build, invent, create, discover. New York, NY: DK Publishing. (Grades 2-7). Learn about science in your home kitchen using everyday materials. Call Number: j507.8 Mak

3 3 Chin, J. (2012). Island: A story of the Galápagos. New York, NY: Roaring Brook Press. (Grades 3-6). An island is about to be born. One that in time will become the home of plants and animals that exist nowhere else on Earth. Call Number: j Chi Coy, J., & Morse, J. (2013). Hoop genius: How a desperate teacher and a rowdy gym class invented basketball. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books. (Grades 8-12). Discover the true story of how James Naismith invented basketball. Call Number: j Coy Crews, D. (1986). Ten black dots. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books. (Grades PreK-2). A counting book which shows what can be done with ten black dots. Call Number: PJ Cre Gregory, J. (2014). From butterfly wings to display technology. Ann Arbor, MI: Cherry Lake Publishing. (Grades 5-8). Takes a look at how innovators of today use the bright color detail of nature to create the current sharpness of flat-screen displays. Call Number: j Gre Herrington, L. M. (2014). Caterpillar to butterfly. New York, NY: Children s Press. (Grades PreK-2). Explores the life of butterflies through photography following the growth process of a monarch butterfly. Call Number: j Her Higgins, N. (2014). Fun food inventions. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications. (Grades 3-6). Learn the strange stories behind inventions you eat every day. Call Number: j Hig Hill, L. C., & Taylor, T. (2013). When the beat was born: DJ Kool Herc and the creation of hip hop. New York, NY: Roaring Brook Press. (Grades 2-5). How Kool Herc became a DJ and how the music he invented defined a culture and transformed the world. Call Number: j782.4 Hil Hutchins, P. (1994). The doorbell rang. New York, NY: Mulberry Books. (Grades PreK-3). Explore math skills when each time the doorbell rings, there are more people who have come to share Ma s wonderful cookies. Call Number: [Big Book] PJ Hut Jenkins, S. (2007). Living color. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. (Grades K-5). Animals can be amazingly colorful. Find out why they are found in so many hues, how their brilliant outer coverings help them survive, and how color warns off their predators. Call Number: j Jen

4 4 Kamkwamba, W., Mealer, B., & Zunon, E. (2012). The boy who harnessed the wind. New York, NY: Dial Books for Young Readers. (Grades 2-5). William Kamwamba s village was hit with a drought and the crops began to fail. He figured out how to build a windmill to irrigate the fields from a book in the library. Call Number: j621.4 Kam Macaulay, D., & Ardley, N. (1998). The new way things work. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. (Grades 6-8). The scientific principles and working of hundreds of machines are explained in this book. Call Number: j600 Mac 1998 Noll, T., & Fall, B. (2014). The bicycle fence. Washington, DC: Green Kids Press. (Grades K-5). L. T. wants a brand new bike but his father builds one from recycled bikes. He isn t happy with the bike so he starts collecting used bikes to build a good-as-new bike, but also provides a new fence for his yard. Call Number: PJ Nol Noyce, P. (2015). Magnificent minds: Sixteen pioneering women in science and medicine. Boston, MA: Tumblehome Learning. (Grades 6-12). Introduces the lives, sayings, and dreams of sixteen women over four centuries in the math and science fields. Call Number: j509.2 Noy Ring, S. (1999). Design it! Build it! New York, NY: Newbridge Educational Publishing. (Grades PreK-3). Learn how the different materials, location, size, and purpose factor in to the building process. Call Number: [Big Book] j720 Rin Rooney, A. (2013). Aerospace engineering and the principles of flight. St. Catherines, ON: Crabtree Publishing Company. (Grades 4-6). Explains how flight works. Looks at the history of human attempts at flight, and describes the different roles and responsibilities of aerospace engineers. Call Number: j629.1 Roo Rosland, S., & Fontichiaro, K. (2014). Maker Faire. Ann Arbor, MI: Cherry Lake Publishing. (Grades 4-7). Readers will take a trip inside a Maker Faire to see how makers come together to share ideas and projects. Call Number: j Ros Schwartz, D. M., & Kellogg, S. (1985). How much is a million? New York, NY: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard. (Grades K-3). Text and pictures try to make possible the conceptualization of a million, a billion, and a trillion. Call Number: j Sch

5 5 Scieszka, J. (1995). Math curse. New York, NY: Viking. (Grades 3-8). When a teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything in life as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety that becomes a math curse. Call Number: P J Sci Sonenklar, C., & Kaufman, J. (1999). Robots rising. New York, NY: Henry Holt. (Grades 3-8). Simple text and illustrations describe technological advancements in the field of robotics. Call Number: j Son Stone, T. L. (2008). Sandy s circus: A story about Alexander Calder. New York, NY: Viking. (Grades K-4). Alexander Calder creates a circus sculpture with odds and ends. This book introduces the juxtaposition between visual art, math, and science. Call Number: jb Calder Sweet, M. (2011). Balloons over Broadway: The true story of the puppeteer of Macy s Parade. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children. (Grades K-5). Puppeteer Tony Sarg invented upside down puppets to soar above Broadway. Learn how different materials with the help of helium made his dream possible. Call Number: j791.5 Swe Tang, G. (2003). Math-terpieces: The art of problem-solving. New York, NY: Scholastic Press. (Grades 2-5). A series of rhymes about artists and their works introduces counting and grouping numbers, as well as artistic styles such as cubism, pointillism, and surrealism. Call Number: j510 Tan Turner, T., Mills, A., Gifford, C, & Challoner, J. (2014). 100 inventions that made history: Brilliant breakthroughs that shaped our world. New York, NY: DK Publishing. (Grades 6-12). Describes the development of one hundred world-changing inventions, including rockets, the internet, refrigerators, blue jeans, light bulbs, and antibiotics. Call Number: j609 Tur Wallmark, L., & Chu, A. (2015). Ada Byron Lovelace and the thinking machine. Berkeley, CA: Creston Books. (Grades 3-8). How Ada Byron Lovelace s fascination with mathematics and science lead her to develop a groundbreaking algorithm for Charles Babbage s analytical engine. Call Number: j Wal Weatherford, C. B., & Qualis, S. (2008). Before John was a jazz giant: A song of John Coltrane. New York, NY: Henry Holt. (Grades K-3). This biography of John Coltrane focuses on his childhood and how he interpreted environmental sounds that influenced his artistic compositions. Call Number: jb Coltrane

6 6 Wiesner, D. (2006). Flotsam. New York, NY: Clarion Books. (Grades PreK-2). What happens when a camera becomes a piece of flotsam. Illustrations provide great examples of visual art as text. Call Number: PJ Wie Winchester, S. (2015). When the earth shakes: Earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis. New York, NY: Viking. (Grades 6-10). Journalist Simon Winchester has been shaken by earthquakes, and skied through Greenland to look at the science, technology, and impact of these interconnected natural phenomena. Call Number: j Win Online Resources: Education Closet. Digital learning hub for arts integration and STEAM. Includes resources, professional development, book lists, and lesson plans. KitHub: Environmental Monitoring and STEAM Education Kits Resources available to equip your Maker Program and enhance your STEAM program. Also has free resources and a blog spot that lists children s books. Teach. Learn. Grow. The education blog An education blog for educators with resources in many topics. Use the search box to find different blogs on STEM that includes literature resources. The STEM and Children s Literature: 3 Classroom Resources has links to children s books from nsta.org. The Show Me Librarian. Website developed by the Youth & Family Supervisor, Amy Koester for the Skokie Public Library in Illinois. She has an All Things STEAM tab with resources for STEAM programs from Preschool through school age with how-tos and maker resources. This site is not updated frequently but is used as a repository for her STEAM programs and favorite resources. Prepared by Pat Moore March, 2017