Novel engineering, K-8: an integrated approach to engineering and literacy

"Picture your students designing a hearing aid for the main character in El Deafo-and then disguising it as a fashion accessory. Or imagine them helping the shipwrecked Swiss Family Robinson build a structure to keep them cool under the hot sun.

Novel Engineering shows how your students can use anything from a picture book to a novel to a historical text as the basis for an engineering design challenge.

This innovative resource will have your students pulling information from literature to identify a problem.

Then, using details from the story, they'll apply the engineering design process to develop functional solutions for their "clients"-the book's characters.

Novel Engineering provides you with plenty of practical guidance for integrating engineering and English language arts (ELA), including a thorough introduction to the concept and detailed implementation advice.

But the book comes to life through five in-depth case studies featur