After the Fall Chip Drop 3rd Grade Engineering STEM Activity
After the Fall Chip Drop 3rd Grade Engineering STEM Activity
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Integrate STEM Learning in your 3rd Grade classroom.
Conduct a chip drop challenge. Students design and build a chip protector to make sure a pringles chip doesn't break when dropped from a high place.
This resource aligns to NGSS and is made for 3rd grade STEM. However, it can be used in both 2nd grade STEM and 4th grade STEM too.
Learning Objective:
I can identify problems and improve my prototype.
Material List:
- Newspaper
- Tape
- Cardboard, Plastic Bags, Recyclable Materials
- Can of Pringles
- After the Fall by
Includes:
- Teacher Instructions
- Student STEM Journal
- Student Instructions
- STEM Activity
- Vocabulary Words
- Student Reflection Sheet
- Rubric
The Engineering Design Process:
During the Explore part of the lesson, Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. They follow the six step Engineering Design Process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Experiment, Improve.
After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.
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