Water Slide – Water Energy STEM Activity
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Description
Hit your science standards while having fun with this student-centered STEM lesson. How can your team design a a water slide that uses water energy to move a person down it with limited supplies? This elementary engineering activity contains criteria and constraints, allowing for open-ended design while exploring Florida science standards.
This resource is great for:
- Unit Project
- Higher-Order Thinking
- Differentiation
- 5E – Elaborate
- Alternative Assessment
Research-based strategies used in this product: add a note of how if required
- Embracing Errors
- Creative Thinking Activities
- Story Telling
- Application
- Cooperative Learning
- Simulations
- Role play
- Hands-on, Kinesthetic
Includes:
- Teacher guide
- Projectable (or printable) scenario page
- Student guide page
- Science background Info
- STEM group job assignments
- STEM poster
- Discussion questions
- Reflection rubric
Materials Needed:
Teacher Materials:
- ruler
Student Materials:
- •scissors
- •tape
- •water bottle with water
- •small toy to represent a person
- •paper towel rolls
- •aluminum foil
- •wax paper
- •straws
- •plastic cups
- •chenille stems
- •plastic bowls
- •popsicle sticks
Standards:
- NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1
- NGSS 3-5-ETS1-2
- Florida: SC.4.P.10.4 Describe how moving water and air are sources of energy and can be used to move things.
Important Notes:
- This STEM project requires a variety of materials to keep it open ended. Please see the material list above.
- This file is not editable.
Other items you may like:
- CSI Science Investigations [click]
- STEM & STEM Activities [click]
- Florida Science Study Guides [click]
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