Learning About Products

This series of trade books explains how familiar items are made, what raw materials are needed, and the processes as well as the manufacture of everyday items such as including baseballs, to... See More

This series of trade books explains how familiar items are made, what raw materials are needed, and the processes as well as the manufacture of everyday items such as including baseballs, toothpaste, and peanut butter. The 5E learning cycle lesson called “From Tree to Pencil” for K-2 children makes this article so valuable. Students are unfamiliar with engineering and manufacturing processes today so this activity gives them a start to understanding how things are made.

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Students probably take a lot of the things they use in daily life for granted. Exploring how things are made gives them an appreciation for engineering. This is a nice quick article with t... See More

Students probably take a lot of the things they use in daily life for granted. Exploring how things are made gives them an appreciation for engineering. This is a nice quick article with two excellent lessons to go along with the trade books recommended. Several websites are also recommended in this article.