Sink or Float Lesson | Cross the River Challenge | STEM Survival Camp
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Description
You are sent off into the wild with limited supplies. You have to stay quite a few days, and sometimes need to travel across water to get to new destinations. How can you create a solution to help you cross the river safely? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore safe water traveling techniques and designs, explore how different materials float and sink, plan and build a prototype, make modifications to your prototype, and share final design.
This is one of 6 units I taught in my K-5 STEM classroom; properly named 'STEM Survival Camp'.
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STEM Stations are a great way to encourage creativity, collaboration and critical thinking. With the tools that I created for you, it should save you time with prep and give you more time to provide an awesome experience for your kids.
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Go through the Engineering Design Process using:
- STEM Challenge Card
- Task Designing Checklist to keep track of work
- Learn More About Safe Water Travel & Crossing the River Inspiration Video Links with Reflection
- Planning Sheet for prototype design
- Rules for gathering materials from outside & stick safety
- Modification checklist to improve design
- Sink & Float mini experiment to test materials
- Student Sheet to attach final design
- End of activity reflection sheet
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Bonus Anchor Charts!
- Engineering Design Process
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The resources NOT included that you will need for this STEM Survival Camp challenge are: any materials collected outside, masking tape, bubble wrap with small bubbles, plastic buckets for groups of students (to represent river), thin cardboard, popsicle sticks, variety of plastic tops from containers and (optional) small people toys to help test designs
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Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS):
Kindergarten: K-2-ETS-1, 2 & 3
1st Grade: K-2-ETS-1, 2 & 3
2nd Grade: K-2-ETS-1, 2 & 3
Common Core State Standards:
Kindergarten: RI.K.10, W.K.6, W.K.8, SL.K.1, SL.K.b, SL.K.2
1st Grade: RI.1.6, RI.1.10, W.1.6, W.1.8, SL.1.1
2nd Grade: RI.2.5, RI.2.10, W.2.6, W.2.8, SL.2.1, SL.2.1b, SL.2.5
Mathematical Practices
MP1-Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
ISTE Standards for Students
Innovative Designer
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How you will receive this product:
Various digital file types to meet your sharing needs
- PDF (non-editable, various sizes)
- Google Slides link
- PowerPoint file
- Seesaw activity
All Seesaw files are pre-loaded into activities. Upon purchase, you'll get the share link to copy & edit and add to your Seesaw Activity library, then assign to students. I saved you A LOT of steps!
How to assign digital versions to students:
- Google Slides pair perfectly with Google Classroom. Once you click the button, it will automatically make a copy for each student
- PowerPoint works well with Microsoft OneDrive users. Share with students within Microsoft Teams
- Seesaw Activities can be assigned to students and automatically make a copy. You can also use the Google Slides version if you students log in with their Google account
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When you purchase a product from my store, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to classrooms in need of technology to enhance their students’ learning experience.
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Want to try out the other STEM Survival Camp Challenges? Click here to check them out!
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