What Do You Do With a Chance? Read Aloud Growth Mindset STEM Activity

Learn about growth mindset at the beginning of the school year with this read aloud STEM challenge!

Did you know that making paper airplanes can teach us about science and engineering? It’s true! By testing different designs and making improvements, we can see how small changes can lead to better results.

Connection to Literacy:

This STEM challenge is designed as a companion to What Do You Do With A Chance? by Kobi Yamada.

Students design, test, and improve their own paper airplanes. This activity will help students understand the concept of a growth mindset, which means believing that we can improve and get better through hard work and persistence.

This STEM activity is designed to support teachers, homeschooling parents, and after-school programs. It aligns with NGSS, Common Core, and TEKS.

Materials:

• paper (standard printer paper or construction paper)
• scissors
• markers or colored pencils
• tape (optional)
• timer or stopwatch
• What Do You Do With A Chance? by Kobi Yamada (optional)

Included:

• Detailed lesson plan
• Interactive visuals
• STEM Activity
• Writing Extension
• Easy-to-follow instructions
• Vocabulary Words

SCIENCE K-5 1.G

Develop and use models to represent phenomena, objects, and process or design a prototype for a solution to a problem.

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