The Day You Begin Self Awareness SEL STEM Activity

Integrate STEM, SEL, and Literacy in your classroom!

In this STEM Lesson, students learn about the importance of Self-Awareness. They design, build, and test a Coat of Arms and stand. Students get to share about themselves and discover similarities and differences they have with their classmates.

This activity encourages students to have confidence in themselves and to celebrate the differences that make each of us unique.

CASEL Framework: Self Awareness

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

Self-Awareness includes the abilities to understand one’s own emotions, thoughts, and values and how they influence behavior across contexts.

Through this resource students begin to understand capacities to recognize one’s strengths and limitations with a well-grounded sense of confidence and purpose.

Connect to a Read Aloud: The Day You Begin

This STEM Project is a companion activity to The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson.

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:

• cardboard
• tape
• pipe cleaners
• crayons, markers, and/or colored pencils
• The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson (Recommended)

Includes:

• Teacher Instructions
• Student STEM Journal
• Student Instructions
• Engineering Design Process Poster
• Read Aloud STEM Activity
• Vocabulary Words (Self-Awareness, Confidence, Differences)
• Positive Self Talk Worksheet
• About Us Venn Diagram Worksheet (to learn and share similarities and differences)
• Mindful Moments Strategy, Activity, and Writing Reflection