Could You Live Underwater?: A Design Thinking and Stem Curriculum Unit for Curious Learners (Grades 4-5) (Paperback)

Introduction How to Use This Book Getting Started Module: What Is Design Thinking Mini-Lesson 0.1: What Does Design Thinking Have to Do With Me? Mini-Lesson 0.2: Introduction to Blogging Concluding Activities Handouts Module 1: Empathizing and Setting Up the Problem Mini-Lesson 1.1: Introducing the Problem Mini-Lesson 1.2: What Should I Highlight?: A Guide to Active Reading and Annotating Mini-Lesson 1.3: How Would That Feel?: A Guide to Building Empathy Mini-Lesson 1.4: Writing a Response to a Problem and Creating a Problem Statement Mini-Lesson 1.5: What Should I Say?: A Guide to Effective Feedback Concluding Activities Handouts Module 2: Research and Ideation Mini-Lesson 2.1: Open-Ended Questions for Research Mini-Lesson 2.2: Where Can I Find Accurate Information?: A Guide to Choosing Reliable Resources Mini-Lesson 2.3: How Do I Get Answers on the Web?: A Guide to Effective Online Research Mini-Lesson 2.4: What’s the Most Important Idea?: A Guide to Paraphrasing and Taking Notes Concluding Activities Handouts Module 3: Guided Experimentation Mini-Lesson 3.1: What Will Happen?: A Guide to Forming a Hypothesis Mini-Lesson 3.2: What Happened?: A Guide to Quantitative and Qualitative Observation Mini-Lesson 3.3: Guided Experimentation Concluding Activities Handouts Module 4: Designing and Building Prototypes Mini-Lesson 4.1: Challenges, Needs, Advantages, and Opportunities of Designing Underwater Mini-Lesson 4.2: What Will It Do in Saltwater? Mini-Lesson 4.3: Guidelines for Designing Concluding Activities Handouts Module 5: Testing Prototypes Mini-Lesson 5.1: Evaluation Criteria Mini-Lesson 5.2: A Guide to Constructive Evaluation Concluding Activities Handouts Module 6: Sharing Findings Mini-Lesson 6.1: Writing a Response Mini-Lesson 6.2: Creating a Table of Contents Concluding Activities Handouts Appendix A: Design Thinking Resources Appendix B: Resources for Creating a Classroom Blog Appendix C: Rubrics About the Authors Common Core State Standards Alignment Next Generation Science Standards Alignment