Intro to 5th Grade STEM Challenges The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes Activity

Teach Fifth Grade STEM at the beginning of the school year!

Use the Name Tag Challenge to let students introduce themselves to the class. Accident Inventions Posters inspire students to make mistakes. STEAM Rules Posters set up procedures for your classroom makerspace and get your students ready for an amazing year of hands-on learning.

Students also spend time developing their own new invention using 2 unrelated items and combing them into a single new creative idea.

Connect STEM and Literacy with this amazing NGSS Aligned back to school Read Aloud STEM Activity as a companion for The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett and Gary M. Rubenstein.

This STEM Challenge is for 5th Grade, but can also be used in 4th Grade as well.

Material List:

• The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein
• Items for Name Tag Challenge (6 pipe cleaners, scissors, 3 paper clips, 1 piece of paper, glue stick, and 1 foot of string)
• Pencils and STEM Journals
• Materials for Accidental Invention Challenge (play dough, tape, scissors, cardboard, paper, pipe cleaners, recyclables and the included design cards)

Includes:

• Teacher Instructions
• Supply Request Letter to Parents
• Accidental Inventions Posters
• STEAM Rules Posters
• Student STEM Journal
• Student Instructions
• 2 STEM Activities
• Student Worksheets
• Rubric

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