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 mathematics. 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 5 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.
Saving a Species 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 29029 Learn how Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is working hard to save animal species from extinction. This STEAM 6-Pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan that addresses literacy and engineering objectives. |
Life in a Cube 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 29030 Learn how studying life in one cubic foot can teach us about life on the entire planet! This STEAM 6-Pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan that addresses literacy and engineering objectives. |
Saving Migratory Birds 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 29031 Learn how ornithologists are using modern technology to help migratory birds. This STEAM 6-Pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan that addresses literacy and engineering objectives. |
Digging Up Dinosaurs 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 29032 Learn how scientists and museum curators bring dinosaur fossils from the ground into museum exhibits for all to see! This STEAM 6-Pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan that addresses literacy and engineering objectives. |
Inka Terraces 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 29033 Learn how engineers are turning to ancient Inka history for ideas on how to solve modern day problems! This STEAM 6-Pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan that addresses literacy and engineering objectives. |
Designing National Parks 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 29034 Learn how the National Park Service (NPS) has been guiding and enhancing visitors' experiences for more than 100 years! This STEAM 6-Pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan that addresses literacy and engineering objectives. |
Saving a Species 6-Pack |
Life in a Cube 6-Pack |
Saving Migratory Birds 6-Pack |
Digging Up Dinosaurs 6-Pack |
Inka Terraces 6-Pack |
Designing National Parks 6-Pack |
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Living and Working in Space 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 29035 Discover how astronauts function in a challenging environment that includes weightlessness, cramped quarters, and zero privacy. This STEAM 6-Pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan that addresses literacy and engineering objectives. |
Making Music with Magnets 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 29036 Magnets are the sparks that bring electric guitars to life! Follow the current to learn more about the world of making music with magnets! This 6-Pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan that addresses literacy and engineering objectives. |
Color-Changing Cephalopods 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 29037 Read about the scientists who are closely studying cephalopods to learn how to mimic their amazing "changeability." This STEAM 6-Pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan that addresses literacy and engineering objectives. |
Thomas Edison: Lighting a Revolution 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 29038 Learn about Thomas Edison's inspiring life with this high-interest Smithsonian STEAM reader that touches on all aspects of STEAM. This STEAM 6-Pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan that addresses literacy and engineering objectives. |
The Science of Glass 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 29039 Learn how something as simple as glass has played a huge role in scientific exploration! This STEAM 6-Pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan that addresses literacy and engineering objectives. |
The Art and Science of Skateboarding 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 29040 Learn about the fascinating "science" behind skateboard tricks and the design of skateboards! This STEAM 6-Pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan that addresses literacy and engineering objectives. |
Living and Working in Space 6-Pack |
Making Music with Magnets 6-Pack |
Color-Changing Cephalopods 6-Pack |
Thomas Edison: Lighting a Revolution 6-Pack |
The Science of Glass 6-Pack |
The Art and Science of Skateboarding 6-Pack |
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Guided by Stars 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 29041 Learn how ancient Polynesians navigated the Pacific using only the stars, the sky, and the ocean as their guides! This STEAM 6-Pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan that addresses literacy and engineering objectives. |
Plant Invaders 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 29042 Learn how people are working to stop the growth of invasive plant species and what you can do to help! This STEAM 6-Pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan that addresses literacy and engineering objectives. |
Making an Ocean Ecosystem 6-PackLevel: $56.99 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 29043 Learn how they aquariums are created and how their tiniest members play big roles in these underwater worlds! This 6-Pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan that addresses literacy and engineering objectives. |
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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.
