April Earth Day READ ALOUD STEM Activities and Challenges, Science, Engineering
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Integrate Real-World STEM in your classroom during April with Earth Day Read Aloud STEM Challenges!
Teach students about the importance of taking care of the environment, recycling, and more! Upcycle a Plastic Bag, Engineer a Solar Oven, Create a Tree of Peace, and Explore Water Filtration.
Includes 4 STEM/STEAM Projects to go along with the following Read Aloud Books:
- One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul
- The Water Princess by Susan Verde*
- Wangari's Trees of Peace by Jeanette Winter
- Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea: How a Science Project Helps One Family and the Planet by Liz Suneby.
These April Earth Day STEM Activities are more than craftivities / crafts.
Each STEM Challenge takes students through a process where they develop critical thinking and engineering skills.
Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.
Amazing resource for STEM club, STEM Teachers, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educational environment in their classroom!
Each Activity Includes:
- Teacher Instructions
- Student Instructions
- STEM Journal
- Student Planning and Reflection Pages
- Writing Activity
- NGSS Standards
- Common Core Standards
ALIGNS TO NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2 Engineering Design
Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how
the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a givenÂ
problem.
K-2-ETS1-3 Engineering Design
Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
3-5-ETS1-2 Engineering Design
Generate and compare multiple solutions to a problem based on
how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the
problem.
3-5-ETS1-3 Engineering Design
Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
