Unit Plan

STEM Challenges and Activity Sheets 3–5

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This STEM Challenges and Activity Sheets 3–5 unit plan also includes:

How can engineers help their communities? Three challenges in the first unit explore why STEM is important to communities and how neighborhoods are engineered to experience those benefits. The second unit prompts groups to plan an innovative engineering design before they actually implement their design plan and construct a model that benefits their community.

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Instructional Ideas
  • Use the tablet view so class members can follow along and complete challenges 
  • The career flip book provides extensive information
Classroom Considerations
  • Each unit builds off one another and should be completed in the intended order
  • The tablet view requires one to one tablets and Internet access
Pros
  • The 33-page packet comes with three units each consisting of three challenges with a combined total of nine STEM challenges, as well as accompanying activity worksheets
  • Each challenge takes on a career in engineering
Cons
  • None
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