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 thathighlights every aspect of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math. By becoming STEAM proficient, students are prepared to answer complex questions, investigate global issues, and develop solutions for modern-day problems. These STEAM resourcessupport social and emotional learning (SEL) in the classroom and align to state and national college and career readiness standards, including NGSS.
Smithsonian STEAM Readers Grade 4 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.
Designing Butterfly Exhibits 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 29014 Learn about the challenges scientists face when creating indoor ecosystems for butterflies! With a hands-on STEAM activity and career connections, this 6-Pack uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Organic Farming 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 29015 Learn about the organic food revolution taking place! With a hands-on STEAM activity and career connections, this 6-Pack of Smithsonian nonfiction readers uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Saving the Arctic 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 29016 Discover how changes in the Arctic ecosystem and melting polar ice affect the entire Earth. With a hands-on STEAM activity and career connections, this 6-Pack uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Powered by Steam 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 29017 Learn about the history of steam power and the inventors and engineers who made it possible! With a hands-on STEAM activity and career connections, this 6-Pack uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
The Culture of Calendars 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 29018 It's "time" to learn how different cultures have kept calendars for thousands of years! With a hands-on STEAM activity and career connections, this 6-Pack uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Conserving an Aircraft 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 29019 Read how Smithsonian conservators saved and restored an experimental WWII aircraft! With a hands-on STEAM activity and career connections, this 6-Pack uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Designing Butterfly Exhibits 6-Pack |
Organic Farming 6-Pack |
Saving the Arctic 6-Pack |
Powered by Steam 6-Pack |
The Culture of Calendars 6-Pack |
Conserving an Aircraft 6-Pack |
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Rebuilding the Body 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 29020 3D-printed prosthetics. Bionic and robotic limbs. Learn how technology has advanced the field of prosthetics. With a hands-on STEAM activity, this 6-Pack uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Making Movies in Technicolor 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 29021 The use of Technicolor revolutionized the movie industry. Learn the technology behind Technicolor with this 6-Pack that features a hands-on STEAM activity and uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Selling More Snacks 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 29022 How do food scientists make chips that taste like cheeseburgers and packaging that keeps snack foods fresh? Learn the science behind food technology and the problems that food scientists solve with this 6-Pack that features a hands-on STEAM activity! |
The Evolution of Space Suits 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 29023 Learn about the science behind space suits and how they have changed over time. With a hands-on STEAM activity and career connections, this 6-Pack uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Designing a Shuttle 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 29024 Learn about the challenges NASA engineers and scientists faced when tasked with creating the first space shuttle! This high-interest 6-Pack uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Electric Vehicles 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 29025 Learn why electric vehicles are enticing drivers to "dump the pump" and how they have evolved over time! With a hands-on STEAM activity, this 6-Pack uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Rebuilding the Body 6-Pack |
Making Movies in Technicolor 6-Pack |
Selling More Snacks 6-Pack |
The Evolution of Space Suits 6-Pack |
Designing a Shuttle 6-Pack |
Electric Vehicles 6-Pack |
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Exploring Volcanic Activity 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 29026 Volcanologists are scientists who study volcanoes. Learn about this fascinating STEAM career and the tools of their trade with this high-interest 6-Pack that uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Tracking a Storm 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 29027 Meteorologists don't just predict the weather. They track hurricanes and tornadoes, and help people plan for disasters--before they strike! Learn about this fascinating STEAM career with this high-interest 6-Pack that features a hands-on STEAM activity. |
The Science of Waves and Surfboards 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 3-5 Item Number: 29028 Dive in and discover the science behind surfing! Surfers use science to select the right surfboard and to understand the motion of waves. This high-interest 6-Pack features a hands-on STEAM activity and uses real-world examples to teach the content. |
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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.
