Scientists and Engineers Are INNOVATIVE (Grades 3–5)

by: Donna Farland-Smith and Julie Thomas

In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are innovative. They read about inventor Ada Byron Lovelace in the book Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine. After reading, they use scientific methods to design, build, and test airboats for data collection. This selection highlights the practice of using mathematics and computational thinking, and it includes the Table of Contents, Foreword, Acknowledgments, About the Authors, and Index.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 10/7/2017Pages 46Stock # PB423X1_6a

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