In the First Grade classroom we undergo a weekly STEAM challenge!
I present students with the challenge, and then guide them through the Design Loop to create, test out, and evaluate their solutions:
Here are some pictures from a STEAM challenge where students had to design and create a 'ferry ship' that would hold two toy cars and stay afloat within a 30cm x 60cm basin:
Standards:
- Common Core Math Standards (Measurement and Data): Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects.
- Standards for Technological Literacy: Develop the abilities to apply the design process
-Standards for Science: Evidence, Models, and Explanations
-Standards for English/Language Arts (Writing): Write and/or draw to communicate idea
Standards:
- Common Core Math Standards (Measurement and Data): Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects.
- Standards for Technological Literacy: Develop the abilities to apply the design process
-Standards for Science: Evidence, Models, and Explanations
-Standards for English/Language Arts (Writing): Write and/or draw to communicate idea