Excite and Engage Students with NSTA’s Integrating Engineering and Science in Your Classroom

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Next time you need an engaging STEM activity, you'll be glad you have Integrating Engineering and Science in Your Classroom to help you blend meaningful and memorable experiences into your lessons. Its 30 chapters feature STEM lessons and design challenges that involve everything from light sabers and egg racers to prosthetic arms and potatoes. These activities for grades K–12 reinforce important science content while illustrating a range of STEM skills.

“By exposing students to authentic engineering activities, you can help students uncover the profession that makes the world work.”

From the very first day you use them, the design challenges in Integrating Engineering and Science in Your Classroom will spur your students to jump right in and stay motivated throughout the entire class. The book, divided into three major parts—Engineering Design, Content Area Activities, and After-School Programs—covers lessons in life and environmental science, Earth science, and physical science.

As Editor Eric Brunsell states, "By exposing students to authentic engineering activities, you can help students uncover the profession that makes the world work."

About the Editor

Eric Brunsell, a former high school physics and physical science teacher, is assistant professor of science education at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Coauthor of the “Science 2.0” column for The Science Teacher, he is a regular blogger for Edutopia and facilitates its STEM group.

You can browse sample pages of this new book for free at the NSTA Science Store website at www.nsta.org/store.

For additional information or to purchase Integrating Engineering and Science in Your Classroom and other books from NSTA Press, visit the NSTA Science Store at www.nsta.org/store. To order by phone, call 800-277-5300 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET weekdays. The 219-page book is priced at $29.95 and discount-priced for NSTA members at $23.96. (Stock # PB332X, ISBN #978-1-936959-41-9)

The Arlington, Va.-based National Science Teachers Association is the largest professional organization in the world promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTA's current membership includes more than 50,000 science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved in science education.

NSTA Pressproduces 20–25 new books each year. Focused on the preK–college market and specifically aimed at teachers of science, NSTA Press titles offer a unique blend of accurate scientific content and sound teaching strategies.