STEM Design Challenge

• Develop a "Design Challenge" that students can work to solve

• Use various materials to solve a problem as a team

  • Examples: Use popsicle sticks, pasta, and play dough to make a structure that will support a small toy car; make a structure that will keep an egg safe from a fall; create a boat that floats on water using recycled materials 

• Have groups share their creations with the class and encourage them to communicate their thought process and ideas. 

• popsicle sticks
• straws
• pipecleaners 
• paper
• cardboard
• any classroom material that can be used to build!

This activity was designed with a pre-determined learning goal in mind; developing spatial sense and scientific inquiry through building structures.