Inspiring STEM Minds Biographies and Activities for Elementary Classrooms /

• Main Authors: Isabelle, Aaron D. (Author), Valle, Nataly Z. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2016.
• Subjects: Education.; Education, general.

The purpose of this book is to serve as a supplemental reference text for 21st century elementary classrooms. The primary objective is to help teachers inspire and engage their students in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) subjects. The push for incorporating STEM educatio...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• STEM Policy
• The History of STEM in Elementary Classrooms
• Purpose of the Book
• Organization of the Book
• Science
• S.1. Jane Goodall
• S.2. Neil Degrasse Tyson
• S.3. Galileo Galilei
• S.4. Mary Anning
• S.5. Daniel Bernoulli
• S.6. Sir Isaac Newton
• S.7. Alfred Nobel
• S.8. Alfred Wegener
• Mathematics
• M.1. William Playfair
• M.2. Roger Penrose
• M.3. Emmy Noether
• M.4. Leonardo Pisano Bigollo (a.k.a. Fibonacci)
• M.5. John von Neumann
• M.6. Georg Cantor
• M.7. Marin Mersenne
• M.8. Sofia Kovalevskaya
• Technology
• T.1. Ada Lovelace
• T.2. Steve Jobs
• T.3. Alan Turing
• T.4. Marissa Mayer
• Engineering
• E.1. James Dyson
• E.2. Nikola Tesla
• E.3. Alexander Graham Bell
• E.4. Joseph Lister
• Concluding Remarks
• About the Authors.