The Little Blue Bridge Fractured Fairy Tale STEM Activity Engineering Science

Engage your students in hands-on learning with the Fractured Fairy Tale Little Blue Bridge STEM Challenge.

This resource combines the enchantment of fractured fairy tales with the excitement of STEM education, fostering critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity.

Perfect for elementary classrooms, it offers a fun, innovative way to explore a fractured fable of The 3 Billy Goats Gruff while enhancing literacy and STEM skills.

In the story The Little Blue Bridge, Ruby spies some blueberries across the creek. When mean Santiago won't let them cross, Ruby engineers her own way to cross the creek. In this STEM Challenge, students build a bridge to help the kids get over the creek.

After they have completed the challenge there is a writing extension for students to write about how to stand up to a bully.

This STEM challenge aligns with NGSS, Common Core, and TEKS.

Materials:

• blue pipe cleaners
• scissors
• blue tape
• blue cardstock
• blue clothespins
• blue straws
• blue popsicle sticks
• blue cups
• creek printable mat (Included)
• character printables (Included)
• binder clips
• The Little Blue Bridge by Brenda Maier (optional)

Included:

• Detailed lesson plan
• Easy-to-follow instructions
• Examples
• Elements of a Fractured Fairy Tales Poster and Venn Diagram
• Writing extension
• STEM challenge
• NGSS Standards
• Common Core Standards
• TEKs Standards

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