Sometimes, when I am searching for great kids’ crafts, I come across a post that draws me in from the pictures. This is definitely one of those blog posts and crafts. The wonder, awe , and focus that these photographs capture during the process of making this craft are incredible. To see ALL the pictures and get the tutorial, visit Views From My Window. Can I come over and craft?
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Learning about Female Inventors and Scientists
Women’s history month is a great time to learn about women’s contributions to the sciences, though it’s great to do this any time of year. Women are historically underrepresented in STEM fields, and learning about female scientists and inventors of the past might just inspire some of today’s girls to learn more in these fields.
Kindergarten Worksheets and Games has a set of printable coloring pages with facts about female inventors and little cartoon people to color along with space for drawing their invention. There are 12 inventors included, such as Maria Beasley Cox, who invented the life raft, and Josephine Cochrane, who invented the automatic dishwasher.
123 Homeschool 4 Me has little printable books about female inventors, many of the same ones as in the coloring pages above, but with more detail than those pages have. Again there are 12 in this collection, which includes Stephanie Kwolek, the inventor of Kevlar.
I love the idea of having older kids do a little research project about a female scientist or inventor. Momgineer has an activity to help kids do just that, though hers isn’t specific to female inventors. This printable has kids make a little booklet with facts about the person they researched (you can make your own if you want since the outline of a person on the page has a beard). There’s also a scientist scavenger hunt in this resource that’s available from Teachers Pay Teachers.
If you’re looking for more female scientists and inventors for kids to learn about, A Mighty Girl is a great resource. Check out their posts about women inventors and female scientists to get you started.
This post from Journal Buddies talks about women in the automotive industry specifically, but it has good prompts you can use for talking about women in STEM more generally, such as who that they learned about inspired them or what challenges you think the women might have faced in male-dominated fields.
hmmmm…I cannot seem to find the directions on your rainbow shakers. I click the link and it brings me to a Gecko painting ( a nice Gecko painting, but not what I am looking for)
thank you,
Kelly
I believe this is the link you were going for. 😉 http://5ericksonsplay.blogspot.com/2011/07/craft-rainbow-shakers.html
Thank you so much for your kind words and the feature on your blog! I really appreciate your comments and I already miss my daycare kids and all of the fun crafts and adventures!
Stacey
PS – I do not think the link is working . . .