What is Novel Engineering?
HTeNC students learn the engineering design process through novel engineering (a literacy-based approach to teaching engineering skills developed by Tufts Center for Engineering Education Outreach).The characters of a story become the clients and students pull from the text to scope problems that need solving and to set constraints as they engage in engineering design. Teachers play a pivotal role in supporting their students’ engagement by providing a supportive, responsive environment that will allow students to build on their ideas as they work on complex problems. Instead of prescribing a particular solution or process for students, teaching engineering involves listening to, understanding, and responding to student thinking. Design is about realizing the ideas of individuals and Novel Engineering gives students the space to explore their ideas through design projects (http://www.novelengineering.org/what-is-novel-engineering/).
K-3 Storybook Engineering Favorites
- Twenty One Elephants and Still Standing: https://www.smore.com/kvyuh-21-elephants
- A Chair for Bear: https://www.smore.com/aj1nc-a-chair-for-bear
- Gingerbread Baby: https://www.smore.com/mqx67-gingerbread-baby
- The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch: https://www.smore.com/0gkhp-the-lighthouse-keeper-s-lunch
- Where the Wild Things Are: https://www.smore.com/2ma4b-where-the-wild-things-are
- Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!: https://www.smore.com/nzkn6-muncha-muncha-muncha
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: https://www.smore.com/tngfv-the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind
- The Trouble with Trolls: https://www.smore.com/jzfbr-the-trouble-with-trolls
- Jimmy Zangwow and the Great Moon Pie Adventure: https://www.smore.com/9j857-a-moon-pie-adventure
- Iggy Peck Architect:
- Make Way for Ducklings:
- The Snowball by Shel Silverstein:
- The Most Magnificient Thing:
- Bear Snores On:
- Millie Waits for the Mail:
- Cloudy wih a Chance of Meatballs:
3-5 Storybook Engineering Resources
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: https://www.smore.com/tngfv-the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind
- Stuck
- Westlandia
- Pipillo and the Roof Dogs
- The Dunderheads
- (5th) All Summer in A Day
Other Challenges
- A House for Mouse ( Lesson idea by Zoe Randall): https://www.smore.com/g4wy8-a-house-for-mouse