Disk Connectors STEM/STEAM Task Cards Brain Flakes Plugging Flowers | Makerspace

The Disk Connectors STEM / STEAM Task Cards pack is a set of activity cards for young learners and makers. While you might be able to use these cards with different construction tools and toys, these cards are specifically created to be used with construction disks like Brain Flakes, Plugging Flowers, etc.

Disk connectors are interlocking plastic disks that may be used as construction toys in the classroom, in makerspaces, in libraries, or at home. There are many brands of disk connectors construction toys out there, such as Brain Flakes (by VIAHART), Plugging Flowers (from Aldi), etc.

This Disk Connectors Task Cards set includes 24 Task Cards in total + 1 blank card, with the following:

• Twenty (20) Task Cards with the following categories five (5) categories:
  • Structures & Places (4 cards, with 4 ideas in each card)
  • Transportation (4 cards, with 4 ideas in each card)
  • Nature & Nurture (4 cards, with 4 ideas in each card)
  • Maths & Literacy (4 cards, with 4 ideas in each card)
  • Tools and Things (4 cards, with 4 ideas in each card)
• Four (4) Open Challenge Task Cards
• One (1) Blank Open Challenge Task Card

PLEASE NOTE: The pictures or images in the task cards provide ONE (1) sample build for each task card. Students should be encouraged to use the photo just as a guide. There are no photos for all ideas in each task card. This is deliberate so that students can use their own imagination and ideas when using the task cards and not just copy the pictures or images. Please do not purchase if you're looking to have task cards that show solutions for the tasks.

This product is available as a PDF download that you can print off and use. You may opt to print individual task cards on A4 sheets or you might want to save paper and ink by printing 2 or 4 cards on each sheet.

You can print as many of these cards as you need for your personal use in your school, home, libraries, or community centres. Please do not distribute or print for others. For more than one teacher, librarian, or home educator, please purchase multiple licenses. 

These task cards are perfect for use in classrooms, clubs, libraries, and/or makerspaces. You can tie it in with studies on materials, measurement, design, geography, architecture, art, and/or literacy.

These cards are currently NON-EDITABLE (apart from the blank one, which you can use to create additional challenges/tasks). UK/AU spelling is used.

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Also See:

• Wooden Planks STEM/STEAM Task Cards
• STEAM/STEM Task Cards: Building Structures
• STEAM/STEM Task Cards: Fun and Games
• Star Wars STEAM / STEM Challenge Task Cards & Writing Sheets

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Want a way to record and assess your STEAM/STEM or Makerspace projects? Check out these STEAM/STEM Writing Task Sheets.