Making and tinkering with STEM: solving design challenges with young children

What you need to know about tinkering, making, and engineering. Design challenges : where story characters' problems meet the real world ; Is it tinkering, making, or engineering? ; Developing skills for design challenges ; Tinkering and making experiences ; Engineering experiences ; The learning environment ; Introducing design challenges ; Using high-tech materials and equipment ; Involving families ; Observing and assessing children's learning

Design challenges. Baby bear's chair ; Beautiful buildings ; Box it! ; Bug city ; Build a bridge ; Crazy catapults ; Float your boat ; Gizmos galore ; Help! it's stuck! ; A house for The Three Little Pigs ; If the shoe fits ; Juice it! ; Move like and animal ; Paper airplanes ; Pet carrier ; Repurpose it! ; Roller coaster ; Squirrel-proof birdfeeder ; Strike up the band ; A sturdy nest ; Tower power ; Trouble with bubbles ; What a car! ; Wind wonders ; Yarn magic

Appendix. Design challenge planning template ; Books and materials for design challenges

Book list.