As I mentioned last week, I have another great book to share with you today, which would be perfect to occupy the kids in the summer holidays. My STEM Day Technology is one of a series of new fact and activity books published in June through Carlton Books.
My STEM Day Technology is one of a series of four titles aimed at children aged seven years and over. The sixty-four-page paperback book engages children with technology through a series of fun facts and activities.
The book explains how everyday objects work and how they’ve changed over the years. Then children can complete activities and puzzles to put what they’ve learned into practice. From learning about clocks and then making a pendulum to understanding how a toaster works and then making their own circuit.
We’ve done a lot of baking over the years and watching what yeast does to make bread and hot cross buns rise is still a highlight for my son.
Children learn about airwaves and how to make a sound booster as well as learning about satellites and biros. My son’s been fascinated with bar codes recently so My STEM Day Technology has been useful to talk him through the technology before the codes he sees on the products we buy.
He can then make his own bar codes and decode them. That will keep him busy when I’m working in the weeks to come!
I’m all for him helping with household chores and he can learn about how vacuum cleaners work and then have fun with the technology behind it.
Other titles in the series include My STEM Day Engineering (check out last week’s post), My STEM Day Mathematics and My STEM Day Science. You can find out more about these books on the Carlton Books website.
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We’d enjoy learning about how everyday objects work and how they’ve changed over the years.
They seem to enjoy trying to build and balance things so I guess that would be engineering.
Build a circuit looks very interesting and the foundation to so much more
Taking things apart and trying to put them back together again
how everyday objects work
My kids would love to learn how barcodes work and try to make up their own.
How things work, our Grandson loves to know how things work, he has a very inquisitive mind
Learning how clocks work and making pendulums would be great for us
How to build things my son’s always making things maybe this could give him some ideas
Building anything from scratch – the boys love anything like that
How everyday household items work, the vacuum cleaner would appeal because our little Grandson loves finding what things are made of and what they can do.
my son would love to learn how household items work
How everyday objects work.
My son is fascinated by how everyday items work. He is particularly interested in electronics.
What aspect of technology will you children enjoy learning about and why?
computing as he is obsessed with it
I think engineering which he already seems to have a fascination with x
Ho everyday objects work cos they are always keen to know the answer to this question
My sons are very interested in how objects work and what’s inside them
my son is fixated on electrical circuits just now. He’ll love finding about where they are used in everyday life.
My son would enjoy hearing about clocks!
Learning is Life Long, it starts probably with curiosity, trying out new things, being adventurous, not being aware of any risks / dangers (no fear, no anxiety. Maybe even some excitement at experimentation / investigating, etc). It is Parents ( Parental Responsibility), Health and Safety measures :- Information, advice, guidance a, policies, etc. Which can help to Prevent Harm / Imjuries, etc. As we learn from experience, so can learn from others, books, Internet, etc.
Science is interesting, sometimes fascinating. Technology it seems is constantly being updated, so ever changing / new, interesting. Engineering, so practical, useful. Maths, does it start with Arithmetic as it did with previous generations, arithmetic is practical and useful in Business, etc. Other mathematics useful for other aspects of life.
So to have a natural curiosity, a caring, sharing Enviroment and Community which aims to Reduce Risks of Harm. To read and learn before experimenting in practice seems Safest. Also it maybe opens up the possibilities, opportunities, etc for the future. Hands on job, management / supervisory role, researcher, planner, etc, etc. Let us hope that Employment Oppotunities open up for future generations. Whilst public health and wellbeing improves. Employment should be to earn a living, receive a sense of self – esteem / self -worth, provide for family, give to / improve community / country (economic situation, reputation, cohesiveness, etc) Quality of Life is Important for us all. Education can lead to opportunities.
My nephew would love to build the circuit and see the bulb light up!
Probably the barcode scanner- we read something last year about the different digits relating to country of origin etc and he was fascinated
My boys really enjoy working out how things go, anything to do with speed
I think my daughter’s gonna be an inventor! She loves taking things apart to see how they’re made!
Ny son wnjoys anything teccy so i think he would like this
mine likes to take things apart to see how they work
I think it would be the circuits just because they are in so many things.
I think the children would enjoy finding out how things work
computing my stepson loves it x
engineering and building because my son loves to build things
I think my grandson would love to have a go at building circuits.
my son loves finding out how things work, so anything with an engineering bent would be welcomed
The children I look after are really interested in clocks and trying to tell the time, so finding out about how clocks work would be a great hit, in my house.
My son would love to know how mobile phones work although he’s still too young to have a phone – he’s 7
My nephew is obsessed with vehicles so it would have to be engineering
All aspects, they love figuring out how stuff works
At the moment they are amazed with talking on the mobile – a bit confused with the different people though
My nephew would love reading about circuits. We had a go making circuits at the science museum, so I’m sure he would love to know more!
Taking things apart and working out how to put them back together is one of my sons favourite things to do
My boy enjoys building so anything like that
How things around the home work
My little girl is really interested in robots. She loves Asimo.
how zipwires work because they are super curious and adventurous no doubt id catch them trying to make their own any time i turned my bike aha
How everyday items work
Circuit building – I think my son would love it!
How everyday objects work how they were invented and how they’ve changed through time it’s so fascinating to find out these facts
My son loves to build increasingly more difficult solar powered robots.
Super scanners looks good, that will make an interesting chat the next time there is an unexpected item in baggage area
my son would love to learn how the dishwasher works. It fascinates him
How objects work, my little boy loves the inner workings!
I think my daughter would enjoy learning about how clocks work!
how and why things work
At the moment my daughter is interested in building things
How do mobile phones work would be popular as my son is so interested in them.
My son would most enjoy how things work
Yeast would be a fascinating experiment and then we could eat the results
Mine love to learn about science and how things work
Build a circuit because he likes that kind of thing.
At the moment they are amazed with the touching the screen and scrolling on the mobile.
How clocks work
my son is super inquisitive so he would adore this x
My sons’ are into engineering and love finding how things are designed to make things work
My grandsons dad is a chemical engineer so he is fascinated by any experiments
My boys like to take things apart to see how they work, they may need a few lessons on how to put them back together again though.
Build a circuit looks interesting, my daughter is fascinated by electrical circuits
Build a circuit x
They love experimenting.