The Runaway Pumpkin READ ALOUD STEM Activity
The Runaway Pumpkin READ ALOUD STEM Activity
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Integrate hands-on STEM Learning in your classroom! Can your students stop The Runaway Pumpkin?
Make learning fun with this Halloween STEM Challenge in which students design, build, and test a device to stop a runaway pumpkin! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book The Runaway Pumpkin by Kevin Lewis and SD Schindler.
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.
A writing extension is included for students to write their own runaway pumpkin story including characters, setting, events, and a problem and solution.
Aligns with Common Core and NGSS.
Includes:
- Teacher and Student Instructions
- Student Planning Pages
- Student Reflection Pages
- STEM Journal
- Writing Extension
- CCSS and NGSS Standards
Material List:
- Cardboard boxes (ex. shoe boxes or cereal boxes)
- Paper
- Scissors
- Pencils, Markers, or Crayons
- Tape
- The Runaway Pumpkin by Kevin Lewis and SD Schindler(recommended)