My Magic Breath Self Management SEL STEM Activity

Integrate STEM, SEL, and Literacy in your classroom with a perfect STEM challenge to connect to My Magic Breath by Allison Taylor and Nick Ortner!

Learn the magic of breathing. In this STEM Lesson, students learn about the importance of Self Management through Magic Breaths.

They design and build their own pendulums with markers on them. Each pendulum is connected to a breath. Students breath on their marker pendulums to make an amazing breath art drawing.

Students discover how to create a plan and make better decisions using different self management techniques using the mindful moments strategy, activity, and writing prompt.

CASEL Framework: Self Management

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

The abilities to manage one’s emotions, thoughts, and behaviors effectively in different situations and to achieve goals and aspirations. 
This includes the capacities to delay gratification, manage stress, and feel motivation and agency to accomplish personal and collective goals.

Such as:

• Managing one’s emotions
• Identifying and using stress management strategies
• Exhibiting self-discipline and self-motivation
• Setting personal and collective goals
• Using planning and organizational skills
• Showing the courage to take initiative
• Demonstrating personal and collective agency

The Engineering Design Process:

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. They follow the six step Engineering Design Process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Experiment, Improve.

Amazing resource for STEM club, STEM teachers, elementary librarians, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educational environment in their classroom! This is perfect as a beginning of the year activity or end of the year STEM challenge!

Material List:

• Tape
• Markers
• String or Yarn
• My Magic Breath by Allison Taylor and Nick Ortner(Recommended)

Includes:

• Teacher Instructions
• Student STEM Journal
• Student Instructions
• Engineering Design Process Poster
• Breathing Strategies Posters
• Read Aloud STEM Activity
• Vocabulary Words (Exhale, Pendulum, Rhythm)
• Mindful Moments Strategy, Activity, and Writing Reflection