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Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Class
A guide for educators on bringing the maker movement into K–12 classrooms. The book explores how 3D printing, robotics, programming, wearable computing, and ...
A guide for educators on bringing the maker movement into K–12 classrooms. The book explores how 3D printing, robotics, programming, wearable computing, and Arduino can combine with hands-on learning traditions to turn any classroom into a centre of innovation.
Authors Sylvia Libow Martinez and Gary S. Stager, Ph.D. draw on learning-by-doing principles to show how making, tinkering, and engineering connect with how students naturally learn — and how educators can harness these approaches for twenty-first century teaching.
Book Details
- Authors – Sylvia Libow Martinez & Gary S. Stager, Ph.D.
- Publisher – Constructing Modern Knowledge Press
- Format – Paperback, 252 pages
- ISBN-10 – 0-9891-5110-7
- ISBN-13 – 978-0-9891-5110-8
Ideal For
- Teachers integrating maker education into curricula
- School administrators planning makerspace programmes
- STEM educators and curriculum designers
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- pH
- A measure of how acidic or alkaline a liquid is, on a scale where 7 is neutral. For a water monitoring kit, pH tells you about water chemistry and whether the included probe matches the range and accuracy your project needs.
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