The Runaway Pumpkin READ ALOUD STEM Activity
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Integrate hands-on STEM Learning in your classroom! Can your students stop The Runaway Pumpkin?
Make learning fun with this Halloween STEM Challenge in which students design, build, and test a device to stop a runaway pumpkin! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book The Runaway Pumpkin by Kevin Lewis and SD Schindler.
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.
A writing extension is included for students to write their own runaway pumpkin story including characters, setting, events, and a problem and solution.
Aligns with Common Core and NGSS.
Includes:
- Teacher and Student Instructions
- Student Planning Pages
- Student Reflection Pages
- STEM Journal
- Writing Extension
- CCSS and NGSS Standards
- TpT Digital Version for Google Classroom Remote Learning
Digital Activity:
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Material List:
- Cardboard boxes (ex. shoe boxes or cereal boxes)
- Paper
- Scissors
- Pencils, Markers, or Crayons
- Tape
- The Runaway Pumpkin by Kevin Lewis and SD Schindler(recommended)
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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 given
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.
