Mardi Gras Activities
Simply STEAM
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Grade Levels
2nd - 3rd, Homeschool
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
CCSS2.MD.A.2
CCSS2.MD.A.3
CCSS2.MD.D.9
CCSS3.NF.A.1
CCSSRI.2.1
Formats Included
- PDF
Pages
20 pages
Simply STEAM
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Description
Your students are going to love these Mardi Gras STEM activities! Now, you can integrate Mardi Gras with math, history, and science!. Materials are simple, and the activities are highly engaging!
This includes Mardi Gras lessons to make planning simple.
Here's what you'll get:
- objectives/standards
- 5E lesson plan
- extra resources
- KWHL chart
- Mardi Gras reading passage with comprehension questions
- answer key
- optional booklet
- teacher background info
- STEM planning sheet
- 2 Mardi Gras STEAM activities
- reflection sheet
Materials needed:
- pony beads (preferably yellow, purple, and green)
- black cord or string
- scissors
- tape
- paper plate
- cardboard box
- construction paper
- straws
- small paper cups
- rubber bands
- lifesavers
- craft sticks
- feathers
- pom pom balls
- pipe cleaner
- doubloons (or marshmallows for the throw)
The challenges include:
- Design and engineer a throw to launch doubloons to a designated target.
- Design a necklace with a coded message (tap code).
Your students are going to love these challenges. They are simple, kid-tested, and engaging. They require critical thinking, concentration, and creativity.
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Total Pages
20 pages
Answer Key
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSS2.MD.A.2
Measure the length of an object twice, using length units of different lengths for the two measurements; describe how the two measurements relate to the size of the unit chosen.
CCSS2.MD.A.3
Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.
CCSS2.MD.D.9
Generate measurement data by measuring lengths of several objects to the nearest whole unit, or by making repeated measurements of the same object. Show the measurements by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in whole-number units.
CCSS3.NF.A.1
Understand a fraction 1/𝘣 as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into 𝘣 equal parts; understand a fraction 𝘢/𝑏 as the quantity formed by 𝘢 parts of size 1/𝘣.
CCSSRI.2.1
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
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