The HOT: Tinkering online module provides teachers with facilitation strategies to promote children's higher order thinking skills and develop a deeper understanding of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) in the preschool classroom. 

Learning Objectives:

This 1-hour module is self-paced and can be paused and resumed at any time.  Come to an understanding of the difference between making, tinkering and engineering while learning a customizable format to develop your own design challenges to do with preschool children. 

This online module is based on concepts from Making & Tinkering With STEM: Solving Design Challenges With Young Children and Big Questions for Young Minds: Extending Children's Thinking.