Skill Sharpeners: STEAM, Grade 6 Workbook

by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Overview

Skill Sharpeners: STEAM is where creativity meets academics! Each unit in this full-color workbook includes activities that prompt children to think creatively, and a fun hands-on STEAM project that encourages children to enjoy the journey of creating and sharing his or her solution to help create a better world.

Recipient of the 2021 Parents' Picks Award for Best Products for Elementary Kids, Skill Sharpeners: STEAM activity books are organized around 9 real-world topics related to the environment, the Earth, people and cultures, and social and emotional learning.

Topics in the grade 6 edition include themes such as:

• Misinformation STEAM task: Plan and record a podcast episode.
• No Transportation STEAM task: Create an instructional manual that tells how to revamp an old bicycle.
• Handwashing STEAM task: Create an original game to help children learn effective handwashing and record people playing the game.
• Bullying STEAM task: Plan and record a training video of a scripted scene to show how SEL can help students resolve conflicts.
• Nowhere to Skate STEAM task: Design and construct a 3-D model of a skate park.

Each unit includes a grade-appropriate story or nonfiction reading article, a STEAM task to solve, and activities that provide an integrated approach to learning:

• Science: important concepts and vocabulary related to the unit's theme
• Technology: models about how technology is applied in the real world
• Engineering: examples of engineering solutions in the world
• Art: creative solutions through art projects
• Math: math operations to figure out solutions

This title also includes a:

• Career spotlight that highlights specific careers related to the topic
• Supply list for each STEAM task
• Bonus STEAM puzzle
• Certificate of completion
• Answer key

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! The Skill Sharpeners: STEAM Teaching Guides include:

• How to Use directions for approaching STEAM education
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions with STEAM rubric and graphic organizers
• Extension activities that include literature suggestions, virtual field trips, and discussion guides to deepen children's connections and understanding

About Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Igniting young minds to help every child learn and succeed! Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK - 8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor's award-winning resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children's hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645140856
Publisher:	Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
Publication date:	01/01/2021
Series:	Skill Sharpeners: STEAM
Edition description:	Teacher's Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	11 - 12 Years

About the Author

Igniting young minds to help every child learn and succeed!

Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK–8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor’s award-winning resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children’s hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential.

Table of Contents

Full STEAM Ahead 4

General Materials List 5

Music Education (Unit 1) 6

Real-World Connection: Some schools offer a music education program, while others do not. Art Connection: Make a song storyboard.

Science and Math Connections: Sound waves; Pitch; Rhythm and beats per measure in music Career Spotlight: Sound engineers

STEAM Task: Create an entertaining and persuasive presentation that includes technology, designed to request money from a school board for a music program.

Misinformation (Unit 2)

Real-World Connection: Misinformation in the media can make it challenging to get facts. Art Connection: Design a podcast web page.

Technology and Math Connections: Analog and digital recordings; Bar graph, Percentages

Career Spotlight: Podcast editors

STEAM Task: Plan and record a podcast episode.

Repurpose Items (Unit 3) 34

Real-World Connection: Repurposing items and making homemade things can help save money. Art Connection: Make artwork out of repurposed items.

Technology and Engineering Connections: Using visual information to identify repurposed items; Thinking critically and creatively about ways to repurpose items

Career Spotlight: Learning about ways that professionals in different fields are resourceful by repurposing items

STEAM Task: Create a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) video that shows how to make or repurpose things using household items.

Making Places Safer (Unit 4) 48

Real-World Connection: As people age, their abilities may change and affect their safety. Art Connection: Make a texture "painting."

Science and Engineering Connections: Medical conditions related to vision loss; Customizing living areas to make them safer

Career Spotlight: Careers that help people with vision loss STEAM Task: Customize a room visually to help make it safer.

No Transportation (Unit 5) 62

Real-World Connection: Some people do not have access to any form of transportation. Art Connection: Make bicycle accessories.

Math and Engineering Connections: Distance and time; Decimals; Simple machines in bikes Career Spotlight: Bicycle mechanics

STEAM Task: Create an instructional manual that tells how to revamp an old bicycle.

Handwashing (Unit 6) 76

Real-World Connection: Many people get sick each year from illnesses that could be prevented by effective handwashing.

Art Connection: Make a handwashing reminder bib.

Math and Science Connections: Bar graph; Percentages; Soap molecules

Career Spotlight: Epidemiologists

STEAM Task: Create an original game to help children learn effective handwashing and record people playing the game.

Bullying (Unit 7) 90

Real-World Connection: Bullying happens in many schools and can be harmful to people in different ways.

Art Connection: Make a book by planning the layout, building the book, and writing and illustrating it.

Technology and Math Connections: Using social media to make someone's day better; Mean, median, and mode; Percentages

Career Spotlight: People who work in the field of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)

STEAM Task: Plan and record a training video of a scripted scene to show how SEL can help students resolve conflicts.

Nowhere to Skate (Unit 8) 104

Real-World Connection: Although skateboarding is a popular sport, many towns do not have a skate park or a recreation area that provides a safe place to skate.

Art Connection: Create an artistic skateboard deck.

Science and Engineering Connections: Skateboarding physics; Skate park designs for different purposes

Career Spotlight: Careers related to the field of skateboarding

STEAM Task: Design and construct a 3-D model of a skate park.

Microfinance (Unit 9) 118

Real-World Connection: Some people do not have enough money to start a business so their families can have a steady source of income.

Art Connection: Weave a basket.

Math and Technology Connections: Bar graph; Currency conversion; Technology's role in microfinance

Career Spotlight: Starting a business

STEAM Task: Create a business model and display for a small family business.

Certificate 133

Bonus STEAM Puzzle 135

Answer Key 141