[Music] what if we could inspire curiosity perseverance and Wonder in our students at teacher created materials we believe that the key to engaging young learners is to spark their natural curiosity and encourage hands-on learning this is why we've partnered with the world-renowned Smithsonian Institution to create Smithsonian Steam readers a series that allows students to uncover the potential for innovation in the world around them the most students in every component of steam science technology engineering the arts and mathematics with books that captivate readers giving teachers an exciting new way to cultivate literacy then engage students in the engineering design process through steam challenges in each book books lessons student activities digital resources and teacher support followed the 5e model of instruction with the true focus on engineering the content was created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution to inspire students curiosity about the world each text connects two different components of steam so students can explore analyze and discover as they read this builds content-area literacy and empower students to become independent learners and problem solvers through real-world examples students experience the power of persevering to test and improve solutions then work on engineering design challenges to apply what they've learned they even connect to steam careers with tips from Smithsonian professionals the dynamic content inspires wonder and is provided in a variety of formats to reach every student lessons cover both steam concepts and literacy standards and students will love the digital resources that support hands-on minds-on learning to make implementation easy this reader series fits into your curriculum as part of an integrated instructional approach the lessons readers and activities are perfect to use with instructional blocks for literacy math or science and the management guide helps you integrate steam concepts into literacy instruction providing everything teachers need to build literacy skills while fostering innovation get ready to captivate the next generation of problem solvers critical thinkers and makers to inspire creative solutions to learn more about Smithsonian's steam readers or any of our other research and evidence-based products contact us today [Music]