STEM: Engaging Hands On Challenges Using Everyday Materials (Grade 5)
Help students with STEM challenges using everyday materials. Spark imagination with grade-level appropriate challenges featuring phenomena and problem-solving. Build understanding of science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas, and crosscutting concepts.
Each challenge includes an active introduction, mini challenge, and main challenge. Criteria are established, but no expected end result. Academic vocabulary, time frames, and formative assessments are provided. Most materials are found in the classroom or recycling bin. 112 pages. Grade 5.
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This STEM resource, titled Help provide students with STEM: Engaging Hands-On Challenges Using Everyday Materials, is designed to offer 8th grade students exciting and age-appropriate challenges to inspire creativity. These challenges encourage students to imagine, plan, create, test, and refine their ideas. Each challenge helps students gain a better understanding of science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas, and crosscutting concepts.
The challenges are structured to guide students through an engaging introduction, followed by a student-driven mini challenge and culminating in the main challenge where students can demonstrate what they have learned. While criteria are established for each challenge, there is no expected end result, allowing for student creativity. Additionally, each challenge includes academic vocabulary, time frames, and formative assessments specific to the task at hand. Most materials needed for these challenges can be found in the classroom or recycling bin. This resource is 112 pages long and is best suited for 5th grade students.
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Subject: Science
Grade: Grade 5
Brand: Teacher Created Resources
Publisher Date: 03/01/2018
Dimensions: 11.00 x 8.50
UPC: 9781420681857
Pages: 112
