Christmas Toy Design STEM activity
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Description
This Christmas Toy STEM challenge is the perfect activity for all your Christmas fun! Students search the room for all the facts about toys, learning about the history of Christmas toys and the most popular toys over the years.
Can you design a Christmas Toy that is attractive, safe and environmentally friendly?
This STEM engineering and design challenge will test your students design capabilities.
With assessment rubrics included, teachers will find that this resource has everything you need for student AND teacher success.
Students will learn
- how to identify key elements from information
- how to build and design with constraints such as materials
- how to reflect on their own learning
Included
★ The History of Christmas Toys information sheet
★ 4 Information Stations about Christmas Toys
- -HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS TOYS
- -VARIETY OF CHRISTMAS TOYS
- -WHAT MAKES A GOOD TOY?
- -WHAT ARE TOYS MADE FROM?
★ Christmas Toy challenge task card
★ Design Brief Planner
★ Information tabs worksheet
★ Test and Evaluate worksheet
★ Post assessment Rubric
★ Teaching notes
Target Grades: This resource is best suited to grade 3-6 however it can be adapted as the teacher sees fit.
Printing: Although this resource has elements in color, all elements are grey-scale printer friendly, just select grey-scale or black and white in your printer settings.
As always, please contact me with any questions
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