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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!

Speak, Listen, Draw: An Activity to Improve Communication & Use Academic Vocabulary

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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 […]

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Back-to-School/Fall STEM Challenge: Apples A-head

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The fifth challenge in the Back-to-School/Fall STEM Challenge series is Apples A-head (see Challenge 1, 2, 3, 4). If you’ve found your way here outside of the back-to-school season, not to worry! These challenges work great for fall apple activities and studies of forces and motion all year long!    Premise Working against a Criteria & Constraints List

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Back-to-School/Fall STEM Challenge: Apple Ally

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The fourth challenge in the Back-to-School/Fall STEM Challenge series is Apple Ally (see Challenge 1, 2, 3). If you’ve found your way here outside of the back-to-school season, not to worry! These challenges work great for fall apple activities and studies of forces and motion all year long!   Back-to-School/Fall STEM Challenge: In Apple Ally, students build an

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Back-to-School STEM Challenge: Apple Annihilator

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The third challenge in the Back-to-School/Fall STEM Challenge series is Apple Annihilator (see Challenge 1, Challenge 2). If you’ve found your way here outside of the back-to-school season, not to worry! These challenges work great for fall apple activities and studies of forces and motion all year long!     Premise Working against a Criteria & Constraints

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Fall or Back-to-School STEM Challenge: Apples Aloft

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Back-to-School is just around the corner, and STEM challenges make the best ice-breakers! But don’t fret if you’ve found your way here outside of the back-to-school season! Truth be told, this challenge works great for fall apple activities and studies of forces and motion all year long! Premise: Fall Themed Tower Building Activity with Easy Set Up

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