Shannon Hunt

This book is a higher-level picture book about all the different fields of engineering. It starts by talking about what an engineer is. Engineers are problem solvers. They use their math, science, and technology skills to find creative solution to problems. Then it talks about the engineering design process of define the problem, investigate requirements, develop and compare solutions, create, test and fix, optimize, and share ideas. Then it begins to go into the fields of engineering by giving definitions of each field, real-life stories, and a "team member bio," which discusses someone significant in that field. I would use this in my classroom before each engineering activity we do and read the section that has to do with the activity. For example, I would read the section about civil engineering before we created a suspension bridge out of certain materials.… (meer)