The Most Magnificent Thing STEM Activity

Teach the Engineering Design Process with The Most Magnificent Thing Activity!

Engage students with a real world STEM activity where they learn about how engineering and architecture work. Students design, craft, and test their own "Most Magnificent Thing."

The Engineering Design Process:

In this STEM activity, students follow the six step Engineering Design Process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Experiment, Improve.

Connect to a Read Aloud: The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

This STEM Project is a companion activity to The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires It's an amazing book to help your students discover growth mindset!

Reflective Writing Extension:

After completing the STEM project, a writing activity is included for students to write a reflection about their own "Most Magnificent Thing."

Aligns to Common Core and NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards)!

Material List:

This STEM Challenge is designed to work with any non-consumable materials you have in your classroom.

• Non-consumable Building Materials: Legos, Building Bricks, Magna Tiles, or Duplos
• The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires (Recommended)

Includes:

• Teacher Instructions (with example photos)
• Student STEM Journal
• Student Instructions
• Vocabulary Words
• Engineering Design Process Worksheets
• Reflective Writing Extension
• CCSS Standards
• NGSS Standards

This resource is designed for:

Amazing resource for STEM club, STEM teachers, Librarians, Makerspaces, and Elementary Teachers who want to create a hands-on educational environment in their classroom!

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