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Lunar New Year 2024 | Chinese New Year 2024

Rated 4.69 out of 5, based on 16 reviews
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Simply STEAM
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Grade Levels
2nd - 4th, Homeschool
Resource Type
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Pages
16 pages
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What educators are saying

This was a engaging activity although a little difficult for my second graders. I would definitely use it for upper grades.
My students really loved these activities. We ended our day of celebrating Chinese New Year by playing and laughing together!
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Description

Your students are going to love these STEM activities and challenges! You'll start by sparking curiosity with a great book. Then, you'll feed their interest with 12 FUN chopstick challenges. Materials are easy and challenges are FUN!

Here's what you'll get:

  • objectives/standards
  • 5E lesson plan
  • extra resources
  • KWHL chart
  • Chinese New Year reading passage with comprehension questions
  • answer key
  • optional booklet
  • teacher background info
  • STEM planning sheet
  • 12 chopstick challenges
  • student scorecards
  • reflection sheet

Materials for each student:

  • 2 craft sticks
  • 1 pencil
  • 2 rubber bands
  • 1 coffee filter (or something to hold pom-pom balls)
  • handful of pom-pom balls (about 20)
  • ruler

Materials for class/group:

  • 1-minute timer

The challenge: Create training chopsticks to complete 12 challenges. Students may only touch the dumplings (pom-poms) with their chopsticks. They'll have one minute to complete each challenge. They may only use one hand on their chopsticks unless otherwise noted. Students will be successful if they can complete the challenge in one minute or less.

Your students are going to love these challenges. They are simple, kid-tested, and fun. They require critical thinking, concentration, and creativity.

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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.

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