Clark the Shark Social Awareness SEL STEM Activity

Integrate STEM, Social Emotional Learning, and Literacy!

Sometimes we get so excited about something that we might forget to follow the rules or use our manners. We might yell or run or get rough. Sometimes we don’t even realize that we are doing those things.

When this happens, it can bother our friends, our family, and our teachers.

In this STEM and SEL Challenge, students focus on the importance of staying cool and being aware of the social situations going on around them through a mindful moments strategy, activity, and writing prompt.

The STEM Challenge encourages students to build binoculars to better see their social environment and build their social skills.

CASEL Framework: Social Awareness

This activity is a part of a series of STEM resources designed to follow the CASEL Framework for social emotional learning.

According to CASEL, Social Awareness focuses on the abilities to understand the perspectives of and empathize with others, including those from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and contexts. 

This includes the capacities to feel compassion for others, understand broader historical and social norms for behavior in different settings, and recognize family, school, and community resources and supports.

Material List:

• Toilet paper/paper towel rolls
• Tape or glue
• Yarn
• Scissors
• Colored paper
• Crayons, markers, or colored pencils
• Pencils and STEM journals
• Clark the Shark by Bruce Hale

Includes:

• Teacher Instructions
• Student STEM Journal
• Student Instructions
• Engineering Design Process Poster
• Stay Cool Poster
• Read Aloud STEM Activity
• Vocabulary Words (Stay Cool, Overcome, Social Awareness)
• Mindful Moments Strategy, Activity, and Writing Reflection