Build students' literacy skills while fostering curiosity, creativity, and innovation! Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this STEAM curriculum uses real-world examples to give students insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems. The books feature dynamic images and text features that enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy and include STEAM career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields.
Featuring high-interest topics based on Smithsonian content, each book includes a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides students through every step of the engineering design process and content that highlights every aspect of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics. By becoming STEAM proficient, second grade students are prepared to answer complex questions, investigate global issues, and develop solutions for modern-day problems.This kit supports social and emotional learning (SEL) in the classroom and aligns to state and national college and career readiness standards including NGSS.
Smithsonian STEAM Readers Grade 2 Kit includes:
Each leveled reader features a high-interest topic based on Smithsonian content. The dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy. Each book includes a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides students through every stage of the engineering design process. The real-world examples give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems. The books offer career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields and highlight every aspect of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics.
Hatching a Chick 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 2-3 Item Number: 28984 Spend a day in the life of a bird keeper and learn how they are hatching new plans to help endangered birds with this STEAM reader that features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to teach problem solving. |
Bones on Display 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 2-3 Item Number: 28985 Take a virtual tour of the National Museum of Natural History with this high-interest STEAM reader! Learn about the challenges involved with designing fossil exhibits and how studying fossils helps scientists learn about prehistoric species. |
Creating a Habitat 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 2-3 Item Number: 28986 Take a virtual tour of Smithsonian National Zoo's Small Mammal House with this high-interest STEAM reader! Along the way, learn about the factors that zookeepers must take into consideration when designing enclosures for zoo animals. |
Piecing Art Together 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 2-3 Item Number: 28987 From dryer lint to plastic found in the ocean, learn how artists are using found objects to make beautiful art. This STEAM reader features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to teach problem solving. |
Making Maps 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 2-3 Item Number: 28988 Most people use maps every day. But imagine a time when a map of a place didn't exist. Navigate through history as you learn the art, science, history, and importance of making maps with this innovative STEAM reader for 2nd grade. |
Living in Sunlight Extremes 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 2-3 Item Number: 28989 Learn how the sun never seems to rise or set in places such as Alaska, Norway, Iceland, Sweden, and Canada with this STEAM reader that features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to teach problem solving. |
Hatching a Chick 6-Pack |
Bones on Display 6-Pack |
Creating a Habitat 6-Pack |
Piecing Art Together 6-Pack |
Making Maps 6-Pack |
Living in Sunlight Extremes 6-Pack |
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Item Number: 28984 |
Item Number: 28985 |
Item Number: 28986 |
Item Number: 28987 |
Item Number: 28988 |
Item Number: 28989 |
The Science of Gems 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 2-3 Item Number: 28990 Learn how minerals form in rocks and how minerals become gems with this informative STEAM reader that features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to teach problem solving. |
Creative Machines 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 2-3 Item Number: 28991 Learn how Rube Goldberg machines take simple tasks and make them complex--and fun! This STEAM reader builds literacy skills and features a hands-on STEAM challenge that uses real-world examples to teach problem solving. |
Safe Cycling 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 2-3 Item Number: 28992 Riding bikes can be a lot of fun, but it is even more fun when it is safe. Read about how people have made cycling safe with this STEAM reader that features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to teach problem solving. |
Growing Plants in Space 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 2-3 Item Number: 28993 What if people could grow plants in space? Would people be able to live on other planets? Scientists say yes! All plants need to grow is light, water, soil, air, and science. Learn about farming in outer space with this high-interest STEAM reader. |
Cooking Innovations 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 2-3 Item Number: 28994 Learn about new innovations and technology behind great cooking with this informative 6-Pack that features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Staying Dry 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 2-3 Item Number: 28995 Learn how scientists and engineers have studied plants and animals to come up with ideas on how to keep people dry in rainy weather. This STEAM reader features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to teach problem solving. |
The Science of Gems 6-Pack |
Creative Machines 6-Pack |
Safe Cycling 6-Pack |
Growing Plants in Space 6-Pack |
Cooking Innovations 6-Pack |
Staying Dry 6-Pack |
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Level: $56.99 |
Level: $56.99 |
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Item Number: 28990 |
Item Number: 28991 |
Item Number: 28992 |
Item Number: 28993 |
Item Number: 28994 |
Item Number: 28995 |
Dealing with Wildfires 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 2-3 Item Number: 28996 This informative STEAM reader teaches students about the causes of wildfires, how firefighters put them out, how to prevent wildfires, and the aftereffects of wildfires on both people and the environment. |
Protecting a Sinking City 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 2-3 Item Number: 28997 Learn how engineers are racing to save the city of Venice from sinking and flooding. This high-interest STEAM reader features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to teach problem solving. |
Mimicking Nature 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 2-3 Item Number: 28998 Have you ever wondered where inventors get some of their ideas? This answer may surprise you: sometimes the inspiration comes from plants! Learn how some tiny plants have made a huge difference in the world. |
Smithsonian STEAM Readers: Grade 2 Add-on PackLevel: $123.49 Grade: 2 Item Number: 29136 This Add-on Pack includes one copy of each of the 15 titles in the Smithsonian STEAM Readers Grade 2 Kit. |
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Dealing with Wildfires 6-Pack |
Protecting a Sinking City 6-Pack |
Mimicking Nature 6-Pack |
Smithsonian STEAM Readers: Grade 2 Add-on Pack |
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Level: $56.99 |
Level: $56.99 |
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Level: $123.49 |
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Item Number: 28996 |
Item Number: 28997 |
Item Number: 28998 |
Item Number: 29136 |
Strengthen content-area literacy skills with research- and standards-based reading, writing, and STEAM lessons for every title. The STEAM challenge is included on the back of each lesson. Lessons include:
Integrate STEAM education into literacy instruction with support from the full-color Management Guide.
The culminating activity challenges students to identify a problem and apply what they've learned to solve a real-world problem. Each hands-on, minds-on STEAM challenge guides students through every stage of the engineering design process: researching the issue, brainstorming ideas, designing and testing a solution, evaluating the results, improving the process, and sharing the outcomes.
Help teachers weave technology into their literacy instruction with a variety of digital resources.