STEM challenges before Spring Break
Before Spring Break this year, I decided to have students work together on some STEM challenges. These are great for getting students to collaborate. In doing these for a week, I gave students multiple challenges to practice sharing their thinking and being good listeners. I was impressed by my students creations and willingness to completely change their prototype if it wasn't working out. All year I have been working with students in math to embrace mistakes as a chance for their brains to grow. This was a great opportunity for me to see that my students are starting to embrace this growth mindset mentality. Here are some of the STEM challenges that we did this week, along with links to the websites that gave me these ideas. Airplane Cargo Students used mini erasers as the cargo on their airplanes. They worked together to build a variety of airplane shapes. They tested their creations and then added cargo to see whose airplane could fly with the most weight attached. They we...