How to Catch a Loveosaurus Trap Valentine's Day READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
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Can your students catch a Loveosaurus? Learn how to catch a Loveosaurus with this super fun and engaging Valentine's Day STEM Activity!
Students design and build a Loveosaurus trap! After they have completed their STEM project, there is a writing activity for students to write a kind letter to someone special.
An excellent companion activity to the Valentine's day read aloud book How to Catch a Loveosaurus by Alice Walstead and Andy Elkerton.
Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.
Aligns with NGSS and Common Core.
Includes:
- Teacher and Student Instructions
- Student Planning Pages
- Student Reflection Pages
- LoveosaurusTrap STEM Journal
- Persuasive Writing Activity
- Optional Writing Extension
- NGSS and Common Core Standards
Material List:
- 2 feet of tape
- cardboard (cereal boxes, toilet paper rolls, etc.)
- scissors
- 2 feet of string
- construction paper
- Loveosaurus cutout
- binder clip (to make Loveosaurus cutout stand up)
- markers or crayons
- How to Catch a Loveosaurus by Alice Walstead and Andy Elkerton (recommended)
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