How to use picture book to teach STEAM is a big issue for English Teachers in New Taipei City due to the New Curriculum. I am the mater of STEAM but I would like to try and share my ideas with others wishing more and more teacher are willing to share their ideas and make the teaching environment better and better.
It's a new semester and the first festival is moon festival. I found a picture book called, "A big moon cake for little star.” which is suitable for STEAM teaching.
PICTURE BOOK - A BIG MOONCAKE FOR LITTLE STAR
STEAM
SCIENCE: THE PHASES OF THE MOON
TECONOLOGY: HOW TO USE DIFFERENT EQUIPMENTS TO MAKE MOON CAKE
ENGINEERING: HOW TO MAKE A MODEL OF THE PHRASE OF MOON
ART: DESIGN YOUR MODEL OF THE PHRASE OF MOON
MATH: How far is ___? km vs mile / Introduce Lunar calendar
HOW TO SET UP YOUR STEAM LESSON PLAN
SCIENCE
VOCABULARIES FOCUS: The name of the planet & the different names of moon
Sentence patterm: the moon is smaller than the earth. / the moon is closer than the sun.
PHRASES OF THE MOON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6MCtB752AE
MATH
the conversion of KM and MILE
the distances among different planets
STEAM LESSON PLAN
WARM UP:
Introduce the solar system with a song which teaches Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. (Remember…Pluto is now labeled as a dwarf planet)
Game: who is the fastest one to read over the eight planet ?
PLANETS SONG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noiwY7kQ5NQ
HOW TO USE PICTURE BOOK TO TEACH SOLAR SYSTEM
https://magic105.pixnet.net/blog/post/44537524
Presentation: picture book "A big mooncake for little star."
Use PPT to go over the story and ask questions to check Ss understanding
QUESTIONS
"What does Little Star do before she goes to bed?"
"What does MAMA say to Little Star?"
"Does Little Star eat the moon cake?"
"Does MAMA know Liitle Star eat the moon cake?"
"What's Little Star's favorite animal?"
"What does Little Star do every night?"
"Why the moon cake is gone?"
"Is MAMA angry with that?"
"What are they going to do?"
A BIG MOONCAKE FOR LITTLE STAR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Y6xspb5fs
BUY AT BOOKSTORE
https://www.books.com.tw/products/F014163629
Discussion
"How many times does Little Star eat the moon cake?"
“Why?” Phrases of the moon
PHRASES OF THE MOON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6MCtB752AE
math : count the distances among the solar system and express it in English
"The moon is smaller than the earth."
"The moon is closer than the sun."
PRODUCTION: MAKE A MODEL OF PHRASE OF THE MOON
INTRODUCE THE DIFFERENT NAMES OF THE MOON
DIY REFERENCES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUJt2fPtbZ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lQsU_YqlWQ
ORAL PRESENTATION
I am going to introduce the phrase of the moon. ...
PRODUCTION: MAKE A Moon Cake
How to make moon cake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo3e0DVy71E
WRAP UP
One sentence sharing.