International Dot Day STEM Centers for The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds

Celebrate Dot Day! Engage your students in hands-on learning with 6 International Dot Day STEAM centers and STEM activities inspired by The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds!

Perfect resource for elementary classrooms, school-wide STEM nights, and STEM clubs. It combines the magic of The Dot with the excitement of STEM education, fostering critical thinking, art, engineering, problem-solving, and creativity.

Why STEAM centers?

STEM centers expose students to a lot of different ideas, materials, and challenges in a short amount of time. These challenges keep the attention of students and allow them to pick up those valuable STEM skills little by little as they work through each challenge.

STEAM centers also give students the flexibility to work independently or with a partner or small group.

How to use STEAM Centers:

Each center can be used as a whole class STEAM challenge or you may choose the activities you want students to complete and have them rotate through the activities as centers. If you are doing these challenges as centers we recommend students work for 10-15 minutes per center.

Includes:

• Teacher Instructions
• Center Place cards for tables
• STEM Worksheets
• Engineering Design Process Poster
• Examples for each activity
• 6 STEM challenges
• NGSS Standards
• Common Core Standards
• TEKs Standards

Suggested Materials:

• dot markers
• toothpicks
• play dough or clay
• sheet protector or lamination
• pipette or eye dropper
• cups of water
• food coloring
• acrylic paint
• round sponge foam brushes
• rock or paper plate
• crayons, markers, or color sticks
• iPads (optional)
• cardboard circles
• pennies
• hot glue
• printables
• The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds (optional)