Where can I find this book? Wegivebooks.com (account needed, but free) Book level? AR 3.9, 800L
Summary:
Nicki's grandmother knits her a beautiful pair of snow white mittens. When walking through the woods, she loses one in the snow. This mitten is discovered by countless woodland animals as they attempt to squeeze into the warm mitten. Until an animal sneezes, and they are all thrown out in the snow.
STEM Challenges:
- engineer a way to keep Nicki from losing her mitten
- build a mitten that can hold plastic animals without ripping
- build a mitten that is "snow proof"
- math challenge: give graph paper in the shape of a mitten, animals have to take up a certain area, how many animals could fit, assign a value to each animal, etc.
- give them a certain amount of string and they need to figure out how to make it so it will cover a hand
What materials could be used?
- recyclables, craft, clay
- string or yarn
- various fabrics/papers
- graph paper
Other books/resources to supplement lesson:
- Snowy Day
- bring in a variety of mittens
- animal books or videos for size comparison
Standards/Skills:
- area
- properties of materials
- weather/water cycle
Grade levels appropriate for this lesson: K-5
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Friday, November 8, 2013
Perfect Square
Where can I find this book? STEM Lab Book level? ATOS 2.2, Lexile AD470L
Summary:
Narrated from the perspective of a square, this square is perfect. Each day a different thing happens to the square and it changes itself into something new. This shows creativity and imagination as to what a square can become.
STEM Challenges:
- have students take a square and cut it into pieces, then arrange them into a new picture
Variations/Additions; have them trade pieces so that they have all different colors. Allow them to only cut X amount of times. They need to make it into certain pieces. Could use tangrams. Have them crumble or hole punch, or only rip. Give them additional constraints, they must make a building, or animal, or plant, or pieces have to show a verb, then have them write about it. Use technology to take pictures of their creations and allow them to make multiple masterpieces. Bring all the pieces together to make a mosaic.
Have them measure the square and find its area, perimeter, discuss squared numbers. Look at arrays. View squares in real life and discuss the shape itself.
What materials could be used?
- paper
- ipod
- scissors/markers/glue/tape
- rulers
Other books/resources to supplement lesson:
Standards/Skills:
- area/perimeter
- square numbers
- arrays
- directions
- imagination
Grade levels appropriate for this lesson: K-5
Summary:
Narrated from the perspective of a square, this square is perfect. Each day a different thing happens to the square and it changes itself into something new. This shows creativity and imagination as to what a square can become.
STEM Challenges:
- have students take a square and cut it into pieces, then arrange them into a new picture
Variations/Additions; have them trade pieces so that they have all different colors. Allow them to only cut X amount of times. They need to make it into certain pieces. Could use tangrams. Have them crumble or hole punch, or only rip. Give them additional constraints, they must make a building, or animal, or plant, or pieces have to show a verb, then have them write about it. Use technology to take pictures of their creations and allow them to make multiple masterpieces. Bring all the pieces together to make a mosaic.
Have them measure the square and find its area, perimeter, discuss squared numbers. Look at arrays. View squares in real life and discuss the shape itself.
What materials could be used?
- paper
- ipod
- scissors/markers/glue/tape
- rulers
Other books/resources to supplement lesson:
Standards/Skills:
- area/perimeter
- square numbers
- arrays
- directions
- imagination
Grade levels appropriate for this lesson: K-5
the dot
Where can I find this book? TumbleBooks Book level? ATOS 1.9
Summary:
Vashti is a little girl who claims she cannot draw. Her teacher empowers her to just try! She of course does not show any effort, and puts a dot on her page, the teacher asks her to sign it. The next day it is framed in the classroom, and Vashti is determined to make a better dot than her first. She continuously improves and creates a whole collection of dots. Then another students comes to her and complements her work, he claims he cannot draw. Vashti has him draw a line, and then... sign it.
STEM Challenges:
- taking something small or a mistake and making it into something new
- have students draw a doodle or design on a page, then switch with a classmate to add to it, then maybe switch again
- have a student start drawing a picture, then have them trade with someone else to finish it
- student 1 can only draw line segments, student 2 can only draw using 2D shapes, student 3 can only add color
- partner a lower grade with an upper grade. Have younger students do marble painting, or using only straight lines, then the upper grade students must create it into a picture
- do small challenges where 1 student draws a design and the other must make it into a picture
NO ERASING!
What materials could be used?
- paper
- pens/markers/crayons
- water colors/paint
- iPod whiteboard apps
Other books/resources to supplement lesson:
- Beautiful Oops (STEM Lab)
Standards/Skills:
- color theory (water colors)
- perseverance
- improving
- finding strengths
- lines and shapes
Grade levels appropriate for this lesson: K-5
Summary:
Vashti is a little girl who claims she cannot draw. Her teacher empowers her to just try! She of course does not show any effort, and puts a dot on her page, the teacher asks her to sign it. The next day it is framed in the classroom, and Vashti is determined to make a better dot than her first. She continuously improves and creates a whole collection of dots. Then another students comes to her and complements her work, he claims he cannot draw. Vashti has him draw a line, and then... sign it.
STEM Challenges:
- taking something small or a mistake and making it into something new
- have students draw a doodle or design on a page, then switch with a classmate to add to it, then maybe switch again
- have a student start drawing a picture, then have them trade with someone else to finish it
- student 1 can only draw line segments, student 2 can only draw using 2D shapes, student 3 can only add color
- partner a lower grade with an upper grade. Have younger students do marble painting, or using only straight lines, then the upper grade students must create it into a picture
- do small challenges where 1 student draws a design and the other must make it into a picture
NO ERASING!
What materials could be used?
- paper
- pens/markers/crayons
- water colors/paint
- iPod whiteboard apps
Other books/resources to supplement lesson:
- Beautiful Oops (STEM Lab)
Standards/Skills:
- color theory (water colors)
- perseverance
- improving
- finding strengths
- lines and shapes
Grade levels appropriate for this lesson: K-5
Not a Box
Where can I find this book? STEM Lab Book level? ____________
Summary:
In this story, the narrator, a bunny, is adamant that the box he has is so much more than just a box. He is continuously asked what he is doing in/with/on a box, but it is NOT a box. He uses his imagination to make it into something more!
STEM Challenges:
- change a box into something else
- use an index card/square/rectangle to make it into something different
- create a cardboard arcade
What materials could be used?
- boxes
- paper/cardboard/notecard
Other books/resources to supplement lesson:
- Roxaboxen
- Caine's Arcade
Standards/Skills:
- discuss squares and rectangles
- discuss 3D and 2D shapes
- could have them create the box into something with a science or social studies concept
- arrays
- area and perimeter
Grade levels appropriate for this lesson: K-5
Summary:
In this story, the narrator, a bunny, is adamant that the box he has is so much more than just a box. He is continuously asked what he is doing in/with/on a box, but it is NOT a box. He uses his imagination to make it into something more!
STEM Challenges:
- change a box into something else
- use an index card/square/rectangle to make it into something different
- create a cardboard arcade
What materials could be used?
- boxes
- paper/cardboard/notecard
Other books/resources to supplement lesson:
- Roxaboxen
- Caine's Arcade
Standards/Skills:
- discuss squares and rectangles
- discuss 3D and 2D shapes
- could have them create the box into something with a science or social studies concept
- arrays
- area and perimeter
Grade levels appropriate for this lesson: K-5
Thursday, November 7, 2013
The Curious Garden
Where can I find this book? The Curious Garden Book level? ATOS 4.4
Summary:
A young boy wants to make his city a prettier place, so he begins by growing a single plant. He then adds more plants, and begins a beautification project for his city. The community gets involved to plant rooftop gardens and change their dreary city into a lively place.
STEM Challenges:
- plan a garden
- ways to better a community (take a drab place and improve it)
- design planters that would grow in a city
- design a self-sustaining garden
What materials could be used?
- crayons and paper
- seeds, soil, water, planter boxes
- Garden Planner 3 - online
Other books/resources to supplement lesson:
- DE: What's on the Roof?
- TarBeach
- Rocks-a-Boxen
- The Tiny Seed
- Michigan State University Children's Garden
- MSU Virtual Garden
Standards/Skills:
- community
- plants/seeds
- ecosystems
- rejuvenation of a city
- city planning (architecture)
- parks
- one person making a difference
Grade levels appropriate for this lesson: K-5
Summary:
A young boy wants to make his city a prettier place, so he begins by growing a single plant. He then adds more plants, and begins a beautification project for his city. The community gets involved to plant rooftop gardens and change their dreary city into a lively place.
STEM Challenges:
- plan a garden
- ways to better a community (take a drab place and improve it)
- design planters that would grow in a city
- design a self-sustaining garden
What materials could be used?
- crayons and paper
- seeds, soil, water, planter boxes
- Garden Planner 3 - online
Other books/resources to supplement lesson:
- DE: What's on the Roof?
- TarBeach
- Rocks-a-Boxen
- The Tiny Seed
- Michigan State University Children's Garden
- MSU Virtual Garden
Standards/Skills:
- community
- plants/seeds
- ecosystems
- rejuvenation of a city
- city planning (architecture)
- parks
- one person making a difference
Grade levels appropriate for this lesson: K-5
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