![This activity is a great to tool to practice oral and written communication skills as well as reinforce math vocabulary, estimation, and measurement skills. Students will describe relative size and position of various shapes, lines, and angles [triangle (right, acute, obtuse, scalene, equilateral, isosceles), square, rectangle, parallelogram, hexagon, pentagon, octagon, circle, oval, parallel lines, intersecting lines, perpendicular lines, etc.] Though students don't strictly need to use this vocabulary to succeed, it certainly helps!](https://www.feelgoodteaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/SLD_HORZ-400x225.jpg)
This activity is a great to tool to practice oral and written communication skills as well as reinforce math vocabulary, estimation, and measurement skills. Originally, I created this resource as a way to help students be more thorough and clear in their process writing. I was specifically interested in helping them recount their process for […]
Do Your Students DO Science or Just Read About It?
Have you ever caught yourself thinking there just isn’t time for hands-on science? I have been there. I am not proud of it. There were far too many times in the early years where science was really a nonfiction reading comprehension / watch experiment demonstrations because how do you do hands-on science with 40-minute class […]
What to Do with Completed STEM Challenge Designs
Post-challenge can be a chaotic time! What do you do with your students’ completed STEM Challenge designs? I have a couple of tips — well, four tips — to share with you! Watch me! A Few More Ideas Someone who viewed this video in my TpT store left a comment with some additional ideas […]
Printable or Paperless?
Throughout the 2017-2018 school year, I’ll be creating paperless/ 1:1 versions of my STEM Challenges. You might be wondering how to choose, so I hopped on a live cast to screen share an example of the differences you’ll find in the challenges. You can check out the live cast in the embedded Facebook post below: […]
Student Planning Methods for STEM Challenges
It’s easy to get into a routine, and sometimes routines turn into ruts in our classrooms! Because our students have different learning styles, skills, and talents, we should try to honor that as often as possible in as many ways as possible. One area we can add to our repertoire is the planning step of […]
Halloween Speak, Listen, Draw Activity
I love, love, love this communication activity! It’s simple, but powerful, and adjustable to any age. In fact, when I was using this with my niece (age 4) and nephew (age 12), my brother (age 36) couldn’t help himself and asked to join in. I’m dying for everyone to try this out, so I’ve created […]
Graphing with Skittles
Using candy in the classroom has become a debate point, and for good reason. We should be conscious of helping students understand the importance of good nutrition, but I think you can do that and still subscribe to the “all things in moderation” philosophy. Introducing a little sweetness, on occasion, to graphing can turn an […]
STOP Making 3 Common STEM Challenge Mistakes
STEM Challenges can be absolute MAGIC in our classrooms when done well, but we sometimes inadvertently undermine some of the best benefits! Teaching is tough. We’re responsible for so many things! Just one of those is helping students develop grit to help them be successful in their adult lives. STEM Challenges can help […]
5 Reasons to Do STEM Challenges Every Friday
If you ask me, every day is a good day for a STEM challenge! The reality in most classrooms is that we’re doing a great job to get in one challenge a week. And if we’re going to choose a day, I think Fridays make the most sense for several reasons. Check out my […]
Monthly Pipe Cleaner Giveaway
Is there a more versatile STEM Challenge material than pipe cleaners?! They are seriously my favorite, and a student favorite as well. That’s why, when I was thinking of something fun to thank you for subscribing to the newsletter, they were my first thought. I love imagining what your students will design with 1,000 pipe […]
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