Storm Drain Drama
Design Challenge:
· Introduce the design challenge (25 mins total)
You’re rushing to make your flight to Disney World when you trip and drop an important item into a storm drain.
You only have items you found in a nearby trash can to help you retrieve it!
Hurry! You only have 15 minutes to build and 2 minutes to retrieve the item before the gate closes!
o 20 minutes to build and clean up
o 5 minutes to test and receive feedback
· Item Idea: Have students pick a paper out of a hat that says what item they will be retrieving. See differentiation slide for more ideas.
· ID Observer/Reporter
o Looks for evidence of 21st Century Skills
o Takes photos (emails 2-3 pictures to teacher). *TeachSTEM coach will create visual collage slide(s) to review upon start of next visit.
A 15 minute timer is attached. It plays Disney songs. You can choose a different timer depending on your time constraints.
Lesson Grade Level
2nd GradeLesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_C29yG4CUsFPvD-WWJfrDg3nTooB4D-4TE2wkM9…Subject Area
Technology 4. Innovative Designer 5. Computational Thinker Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process English Language Arts (ELA) Reading (Literature)Related Content
In this lesson students will be able to program Dash to retell the story they read. Students will be able to run their algorithm and debug as necessary. An added challenge is for students to create a
This is a two part lesson for students to have fun with robots! In this first part, encourage reading in a fun way! Students choose a book they have read and write down the story elements. They will
This thematic unit has four lessons which introduce students to engineering, the engineering design process, and facing challenges. Over the course of the four lessons, students will learn how to