Severe Weather Activities | Floods and Flooding Inventions STEM Challenge
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Flooding can be an effect from severe weather like hurricanes, heavy rain and tsunamis. How can you create an invention that can prevent flooding? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore different floods that have impacted history, flood invention inspiration, building a design and testing it under flood conditions. Print-and-go and digital resources to guide creation and exploration.
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STEM Stations are a great way to encourage creativity, collaboration and critical thinking. With the tools that I created for you, it should save you time with prep and give you more time to provide an awesome experience for your kids.
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Go through the Engineering Design Process
- STEM Challenge Card
- Task Designing Checklist to keep track of work
- Learn More About Severe Weather, Floods & Flooding Inventions Video/Article/Photo Links with Reflection
- Planning Sheet for invention design
- Checklist for ways students can improve their design & record how invention withstands and prevents flooding
- Student Sheet to attach final design
- End of activity reflection sheet
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Bonus Anchor Charts!
- Engineering Design Process
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The resources NOT included that you will need for this STEM challenge are: buckets/plastic containers (that students can build and test designs in), masking tape, plastic grocery bags, straws, recycled plastic tops, popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, (optional) balloons, various Makerspace items that students can build with
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Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS):
3rd Grade: 3-5-ETS1-1, 2 & 3, 3-ESS3-1
4th Grade: 3-5-ETS1-1, 2 & 3, 4-ESS3-2
5th Grade: 3-5-ETS1-1, 2 & 3
Common Core State Standards:
3rd Grade: RI.3.5, W.3.6, W.3.8, SL.3.1, SL.3.1b, SL.3.1d
4th Grade: RI.4.7, W.4.6, W.4.8, SL.4.1, SL.4.1b
5th Grade: RI.5.7, W.5.6, W.5.7, SL.5.1, SL.5.1b
Mathematical Practices
MP6- Attend to Precision
ISTE Standards for Students
Knowledge Constructor
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How you will receive this product:
Various digital file types to meet your sharing needs
- PDF (non-editable, various sizes)
- Google Slides link
- PowerPoint file
- Seesaw activity
All Seesaw files are pre-loaded into activities. Upon purchase, you'll get the share link to copy & edit and add to your Seesaw Activity library, then assign to students. I saved you A LOT of steps!
How to assign digital versions to students:
- Google Slides pair perfectly with Google Classroom. Once you click the button, it will automatically make a copy for each student
- PowerPoint works well with Microsoft OneDrive users. Share with students within Microsoft Teams
- Seesaw Activities can be assigned to students and automatically make a copy. You can also use the Google Slides version if you students log in with their Google account
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