The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky Halloween STEM Activity
The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky Halloween STEM Activity
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Can your students create the perfect Halloween costume for the Bad Seed?
Connect STEM, literacy, and writing with this Halloween STEM activity in which students design a Halloween costume! An excellent companion activity to the Halloween read aloud book The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky by Jory John.
The Engineering Design Process:
In this STEM challenge, students design and build a monster. They follow the six step Engineering Design Process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Experiment, Improve.
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.
Writing Extension:
A writing extension is included for students to write about their design.
Aligns with Common Core and NGSS.
Includes:
- Teacher and Student Instructions (with photo)
- Editable Canva Slides
- Student Planning Pages
- Writing Extension
- STEM Journal
- CCSS, TEKS, and NGSS Standards
Suggested Materials:
- markers, crayons, color sticks
- scissors
- glue
- craft materials (fabric scraps, stickers, construction paper, pipe cleaners, etc.)
- The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky by Jory John (optional)