Engineering Design Process (K-5 or Beginners)
New Tools for your Youngest Learners!
Introduce your students to the Engineering Design Process, EDP, with engaging and hands-on lessons! The lessons are based on a storybook and include vocabulary words and discussion questions from the story. Students are introduced the STEM career that was highlighted in the story. Each lesson contains hands-on activities for the student’s to practice EDP and HAVE FUN!!
Included:
Teacher Instructions
Ready to use, colorful, and engaging slides for in-person or virtual learning
Prompts to encourage discussion with students
Short videos for increased understanding
Instructions for hands-on lessons (using simple supplies, where possible)
Templates to create an EDP Notebook to record the EDP steps like a real engineer!
Alignment to NGSS Standards K-2-ETS1-1, K-2-ETS1-2, 3-5-ETS1-1, and 3-5-ETS1-2.
“They enjoyed the books shared as well as the activities that followed. If the students were unable to express/explain their thoughts with writing, they drew in their EDP Notebook for the Plan/Build portion. They kept their explanations short or drew to share how they improved what they built. ”
““STEM is the best ever!” and “I hope my mom signs me up for this again!””
Kindergarten and 1st grade students “play” the Rolling Ball Challenge. the students learn to work together and communicate. THe challenge: Use a single piece of paper to transfer a ping pong ball from one friend to the next. The last friend rolls the ball into the cup.
High School Mentor and student work together for the “10 Apples on Top” STEM challenge. The student tries to stack and balance 10 small objects on a plate on their head. Their partner communicates to them to make adjustments. Students took the challenge further and tried walking with the plate using no hands or even doing a “bob and Weave.”
