Measuring Mass - Halloween STEM Activity
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Description
Hit your science standards while having holiday fun with this student-centered STEM lesson. How can your team design and make a Halloween candy bag that can hold a certain mass of candy with only 3 inches of tape? This fall elementary engineering project contains criteria and constraints, allowing for open-ended design while exploring science standards.
This resource is great for:
- Unit Project
- Higher-Order Thinking
- Differentiation
- 5E – Elaborate
- Alternative Assessment
Research-based strategies used in this product: add a note of how if required
- Embracing Errors
- Creative Thinking Activities
- Story Telling
- Application
- Cooperative Learning
- Simulations
- Role play
- Hands-on, Kinesthetic
Includes:
- Teacher guide
- Projectable (or printable) scenario page
- Student guide page
- Science background Info
- STEM group job assignments
- STEM poster
- Discussion questions
- Reflection rubric
- Includes a non-holiday version
Materials Needed:
Teacher Materials:
- 1 cup each of 3 different types of candy
- Measuring cup
Student Materials:
- String or ribbon
- Paper
- Pipe cleaners
- Paper clips
- Scale that weights in grams
- Hole punch
- Tape
Standards:
- NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1
- NGSS 3-5-ETS1-2
- Florida: SC.3.P.8.2 Measure and compare the mass and volume of solids and liquids
Important Notes:
- This STEM project requires a variety of materials to keep it open ended. Please see the material list above.
- This file is not editable.
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Science Driven STEM
Grades 3-5
