Help me give my students STEM blueprint mats, exploring squares made from photo mats, exploring environment anchor books, window bird feeder, and wild bird feed.
Our school is in a rural setting. The school is a Title I school and our funds for supplies are limited. My classroom encourages a sense of community and security.
My students are very creative third-grade individuals.
They love to draw, sing, and dance. As a creative individual, I want to enhance their passions for creativity. I feel so blessed to teach such creative minds.
I would like to provide my students with interactive experiences to create new background knowledge for their future.
My Project
In the one small square STEM activity, students take a square-shaped photo mat and observe only what is inside the square. They can take the mat outside for observations, and they can use it to observe small square areas inside, too. Students also will use other senses to hear and smell their surroundings. They can write about what they observed. Next, they will design an environment on the STEM blueprint mats. The blueprint mats support math by using perimeter and area. They will read the different One Small Square books about environments, which are great anchor texts for this STEM project.
STEM activities create pondering moments and moments full of great wonder questions!
As students ponder about environments, we will use these materials to create a discovery window from our classroom. Students look out of the classroom window and write questions and observations about what they see outside of the window. The bird feeder attaches to the window, and it is clear for perfect viewing.
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