STEM Bubble Wand Design Challenge Science Problem-Solving Activity
Teachers Are Terrific - STEM Activities
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Grade Levels
2nd - 5th
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
NGSS3-5-ETS1-3
NGSS3-5-ETS1-1
NGSS3-5-ETS1-2
Formats Included
- Zip
Pages
23 pages
Teachers Are Terrific - STEM Activities
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What educators are saying
I was able to pare this resource down for my second graders. It was such a fun and engaging end of the year activity.
My students at first didn’t like the fact they needed to make this. But they loved it and it was challenging
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Description
Bubbles, Bubbles, Everywhere! STEM students love bubbles! This STEM activity has elements of fun, but also a great design and building challenge. After exploring with bubbles students will design and test their own bubble wands! Watch them engineer the ultimate bubble with their bubble wands!
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What is the challenge?
- This STEM Challenge will have your students exploring with a bubble solution.
- The Exploration or Imagining stage of the process includes trying to create bubbles in specific ways and learning how to manipulate the bubble solution.
- The design challenge takes the fun one step further as students create a way to make the largest or most unusual bubbles they can!
What is your prep?
- A full-page guide is included with tips about the materials you need. The list below has suggestions. You do not need to have all these things!
- Materials you must have include dishwashing liquid, glycerin, and small containers (like aluminum pans).
- Optional materials: plastic lids to containers, straws, various items to use in the design challenge (like pipe cleaners, washers, rubber bands, plastic canvas, screen, binder rings, paper clips, cups), and lots of towels.
- You will need to mix your bubble solution and organize the containers in supply bins or on trays.
- The teacher's guide will help you with this!
The lesson guide provides:
- Materials list
- Preparations list
- Full page of tips about materials
- Bubble solution recipe
- A simple explanation of the science behind bubbles
- Detailed step-by-step Teacher's Guide
- Two versions of lab sheets - one with sample student answers
- 3 pages of photos to guide the use of the package
- An extensions Idea page gives ideas for continuing the activity as a whole class or in your science/math centers.
- Also included is a scoring rubric
- All student forms are editable.
What are teachers saying?
- "This is a great resource! Students really enjoyed learning STEM skills and working with the bubbles, both in school and during the summer."
- "Great! So much fun, my students thought this activity was their celebration for filling their class bucket! Imagine their surprise when they found out they were learning."
- "This was an AWESOME lesson!! Love the student examples!! This seller does a great job with all her lessons!"
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Total Pages
23 pages
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
NGSS3-5-ETS1-3
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.
NGSS3-5-ETS1-1
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
NGSS3-5-ETS1-2
Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
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