Spring Flower STEM
Classroom Base Camp
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Grade Levels
K - 6th, Homeschool
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Formats Included
- PDF
Pages
18 pages
Classroom Base Camp
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What educators are saying
The students had an amazing time creating flowers; they buzzed like bees as they brought their designs to life.
My students have loved this activity. We set up a store and used our money to buy supplies. This was engaging and fun.
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Description
Spring Flower STEM - Oh no! The town is hosting a flower show, but they do not have flower blooms to display! Your students need to engineer some paper flowers to display at the flower show. This Spring STEM will get your students using their critical thinking skills to solve this flower creating challenge! Students must stick to a budget and use the available supplies. This STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards and encourages critical thinking, budgeting, and engineering skills.
Suggested Plan of Implementation:
Prior Week: Send home the parent letter requesting supplies. Gather needed materials.
Day One – Introduce and discuss the “Let’s Talk About It – slide. Introduce the Problem and the STEM Challenge.
Day Two – Introduce and discuss the budget options. Use the planning page to illustrate or write out the building idea.
Day Three – “Purchase” supplies for the build. Work on budget. Begin the building process.
Day Four – Work on and complete the structure.
Day Five – Test the structure. Complete the Self-Evaluation Page
This is certainly not the only way to use these materials. They are designed to be flexible and be used to best suit each classroom and teacher based on the ability of the learner, time constraints and teacher preference.
Please check out the preview to get a glimpse of everything that is included.
You will get:
"The Problem" slide to discuss the problem with the students.
"The Challenge" slide to discuss with students
"Let's Talk About It: Flowers" slide to discuss and build background knowledge of air dropping supplies.
NGSS standards
Plan for Implementation
Supply List
Parent Letter requesting supplies
Student Building Plan (2 versions)
STEM Challenge Journal Page (or stand alone printable)
Budget Page
Budget Spending Page (2 versions for differentiation)
Self-Evaluation
You may also benefit from these:
STEM Mega Bundle - A Growing Bundle for the Year
or
Thanks for shopping with Classroom Base Camp for your Spring STEM! I would love for you to leave feedback after your purchase so that you can earn credits toward future purchases!
Spring STEM, Flowers, Flower STEAM, STEAM, March STEM, Plant STEM
Suggested Plan of Implementation:
Prior Week: Send home the parent letter requesting supplies. Gather needed materials.
Day One – Introduce and discuss the “Let’s Talk About It – slide. Introduce the Problem and the STEM Challenge.
Day Two – Introduce and discuss the budget options. Use the planning page to illustrate or write out the building idea.
Day Three – “Purchase” supplies for the build. Work on budget. Begin the building process.
Day Four – Work on and complete the structure.
Day Five – Test the structure. Complete the Self-Evaluation Page
This is certainly not the only way to use these materials. They are designed to be flexible and be used to best suit each classroom and teacher based on the ability of the learner, time constraints and teacher preference.
Please check out the preview to get a glimpse of everything that is included.
You will get:
"The Problem" slide to discuss the problem with the students.
"The Challenge" slide to discuss with students
"Let's Talk About It: Flowers" slide to discuss and build background knowledge of air dropping supplies.
NGSS standards
Plan for Implementation
Supply List
Parent Letter requesting supplies
Student Building Plan (2 versions)
STEM Challenge Journal Page (or stand alone printable)
Budget Page
Budget Spending Page (2 versions for differentiation)
Self-Evaluation
You may also benefit from these:
STEM Mega Bundle - A Growing Bundle for the Year
or
Thanks for shopping with Classroom Base Camp for your Spring STEM! I would love for you to leave feedback after your purchase so that you can earn credits toward future purchases!
Spring STEM, Flowers, Flower STEAM, STEAM, March STEM, Plant STEM
Total Pages
18 pages
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
1 Week
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