Do you want a 30 minute or less lesson that you don't have to plan and takes very little prep? Do you want to get in some STEAM in a very heavy literacy focused classroom? Well, I have the solution for you. STEM Challenges!!! Through STEM Challenges students can work on all kinds of skills that we need students to have. For example the video Team Building STEM Challenges I have created focus on skills to help students to work well with others. All of the Challenges have a video about working as a team for the classroom teacher to show before the STEM Challenge video. Then teachers show the STEM Challenge video to their students so that the classroom teacher does not have to present the challenge. All of the STEM Challenges have an instruction sheet like the one pictured. Each sheet includes three more videos that can extend the lesson. There are also STEM Challenges that don't involve videos. You can also find them in the instruction sheet link. They are listed as PDFs in the STEM Challenge folder.
Beyond team building I have also created STEM Challenges that go along with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Again there is very little prep work for teachers and most of the supplies, if you work with me, are in our STEAM Labs. I am working on more challenges and will align those with NGSS. The first ones I created are not aligned, but are still great for design thinking and touch upon skills that will help students think. Some include math, science, and technology skills in the design or as part of the video. Some also integrate literacy because they accompany a story book, like The Runaway Pumpkin or Marshmallows Galore. To get to the play list for STEM Challenge videos CLICK HERE.
Example STEM Challenge Lessons
Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
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