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Gutsy Girls Go for Science: Programmers: With Stem Projects for Kids

Karen Bush Gibson

5/5 ( ratings)

Real-world technology projects pair up with inspiring biographies of female computer scientists to make a full-color book that will have kids ages 8 to 11 eager to develop their own apps!

Do you like solving problems? Are you dying to automate even the simplest of processes? Do you always need to know how things? Programming is the process of breaking complex tasks into a set of instructions. This is what programmers do when they write code that will make your computer do what you tell it to! In
Gutsy Girls Go for Science: Programmers with STEM Projects for Kids
, readers ages 8 to 11 meet five female programmers who made revolutionary discoveries and inventions that changed the way people used technology! Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, The ENIAC Women, Dorothy Vaughn, and Margaret Hamilton all broke through barriers of both gender and race to succeed in a field they loved.

- Through hands-on STEM projects such as designing a web page, creating a prototype, and learning about variables, kids gain critical thinking skills just like the ones necessary to succeed in field.

- Essential questions, cool facts about female programmers, and links to online resources all reinforce high-level learning.

- Using a fun narrative style, engaging illustrations combined with photography, fascinating facts, essential questions, and hands-on projects, this book deepens readers' creative thinking skills.

About the Gutsy Girls Go for Science set and Nomad Press

Programmers
is part of a set of four Gutsy Girls Go for Science books that explore career connections for young scientists. The other titles in this series include
Paleontologists
,
Engineers
, and
Astronauts
.

Nomad Press books in the Gutsy Girls Go for Science series integrate content with participation, encouraging readers to engage in student-directed learning. Combining content with inquiry-based projects stimulates learning and makes it active and alive. Nomad's unique approach simultaneously grounds kids in factual knowledge while allowing them the space to be curious, creative, and critical thinkers.

All books are leveled for Guided Reading level and Lexile and align with Common Core State Standards and National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies. All titles are available in paperback, hardcover, and ebook formats.

Language: English

Pages: 112

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Nomad Press (VT)

Release: September 24, 2019

ISBN: 1619307863

ISBN 13: 9781619307865

Gutsy Girls Go for Science: Programmers: With Stem Projects for Kids

Karen Bush Gibson

5/5 ( ratings)

Real-world technology projects pair up with inspiring biographies of female computer scientists to make a full-color book that will have kids ages 8 to 11 eager to develop their own apps!

Do you like solving problems? Are you dying to automate even the simplest of processes? Do you always need to know how things? Programming is the process of breaking complex tasks into a set of instructions. This is what programmers do when they write code that will make your computer do what you tell it to! In
Gutsy Girls Go for Science: Programmers with STEM Projects for Kids
, readers ages 8 to 11 meet five female programmers who made revolutionary discoveries and inventions that changed the way people used technology! Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, The ENIAC Women, Dorothy Vaughn, and Margaret Hamilton all broke through barriers of both gender and race to succeed in a field they loved.

- Through hands-on STEM projects such as designing a web page, creating a prototype, and learning about variables, kids gain critical thinking skills just like the ones necessary to succeed in field.

- Essential questions, cool facts about female programmers, and links to online resources all reinforce high-level learning.

- Using a fun narrative style, engaging illustrations combined with photography, fascinating facts, essential questions, and hands-on projects, this book deepens readers' creative thinking skills.

About the Gutsy Girls Go for Science set and Nomad Press

Programmers
is part of a set of four Gutsy Girls Go for Science books that explore career connections for young scientists. The other titles in this series include
Paleontologists
,
Engineers
, and
Astronauts
.

Nomad Press books in the Gutsy Girls Go for Science series integrate content with participation, encouraging readers to engage in student-directed learning. Combining content with inquiry-based projects stimulates learning and makes it active and alive. Nomad's unique approach simultaneously grounds kids in factual knowledge while allowing them the space to be curious, creative, and critical thinkers.

All books are leveled for Guided Reading level and Lexile and align with Common Core State Standards and National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies. All titles are available in paperback, hardcover, and ebook formats.

Language: English

Pages: 112

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Nomad Press (VT)

Release: September 24, 2019

ISBN: 1619307863

ISBN 13: 9781619307865

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