Middle School STEM Activities | Playgrounds STEAM Challenge

This fun hands on STEM challenge has been designed to engage middle school students with STEAM activities. Topic: Playgrounds. The activities are quick and easy to set up, and encourage critical math and science thinking, with a focus on team building. Now suitable for digital learning with Google slides and print worksheet options.

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Students will enjoy working on this STEM activity as they need to work within a budget and time frame restrictions. This encourages great team building and group work skills as they need to work together to chose appropriate materials and calculate their costs along the way. All of the materials needed are readily available in the classroom (tape, glue, paper, cardboard) etc.

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In this pack you will get:

• Teacher information page
• Playgrounds Build STEM (2 varieties) $100 and $1,000 budget to cater for different abilities.
• Coupons for materials needed. Provides excellent discussion and negotiation.
• Group challenge notes
• Student grid graphing paper for design
• Student writing printable. (2 varieties)
• Student reflection sheets.
• Assessment grid suitable for self/ peer or teacher evaluation

These tasks can be used in many ways, including:

• STEM lessons
• Special theme days
• Back to school night
• Peer/ cross age learning with other classes or grade levels
• To create interesting classroom displays
• Integration of different subjects (Science, Maths, Technology, Art, English)

Copyright information:

Purchasing this product grants permission for use by one teacher in his or her own classroom. If you would like to share with others, please purchase an additional license.