STEM/STEAM Education: Home

Print Books

• Educator's guide to STEAM : engaging students using real-world problems by Cassie F. Quigley (LB1585 .Q54 2019)
• STEAM makers : fostering creativity and innovation in the elementary classroom by Maslyk Jacie ((LB1592 .M36 2016 )
• STEAM Projects: observation, experimentation, & presentation, Grades 5-8, by Linda Armstrong (LB1585 .A76 2019 )
• Teaching children about physical science: Ideas and activities every teacher and parent can use, by Elaine Levenson (LB1585 .L395 1994)
• Enriching early scientific learning by Jane Johnston (Q181 .J58 1999)
• Culturally responsive strategies for reforming STEM higher education : turning the TIDES on inequity, edited by Kelly M. Mack (Q183.3.A1 C858 2019)

Electronic Books (login will be required)

• Boost your STEAM program with great literature and activities by Liz Knowles and Martha Smith. 
• Cases on STEAM education in practice by Judith Bazler, Meta van Sickle
• From STEM to STEAM : brain-compatible strategies and lessons that integrate the arts by David A. Sousa, Tom Pilecki
• Getting started with STEAM : practical strategies for the K-8 classroom by Billy Krakower, Meredith Martin. 
• Hands-on steam science series : hands-on - physical science grades 1-5 by George Graybill (also look for others in the Hands-on series)
• Search for method in STEAM education by Jaime E. Martinez
• Simple STEAM : 50 science, technology, engineering, art, math activities for ages 3 to 6  by Debby Mitchell and Marnie Forestieri ; photography by Abel Gomez. 
• STEAM Education : Theory and Practice edited by Myint Swe Khine and Shaljan Ageepattamannil

Websites

• National Science Foundation Classroom
• NASA resources for teachers
• STEM teaching tools - resources and articles

Library Searching

• ERIC database - try searching for ("STEM education" OR "STEAM education") - UH Login Required
• Web of Science - try searching for "STEM" and "Education" - UH Login Required

Note that while the phrases STEM education and STEAM education had been used earlier, they only gained prominence in the 2000s.  To search for earlier resources, try using specific scientific fields such as Physics or Mathematics.