Bell Ringer:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Whodunnit-Multiply-and-Divide-Two-Fractions-Class-Activity-2948023
I found this activity on TpT and decided to use it as my bell ringer over the next few days. Basically, it is a whodunnit . Students answer the problems to discover who, where, and what was NOT used to "murder" a reality TV show contestant. The three remaining items solve the crime!
Lesson Frame:
Lesson:
I had six different STEAM challenges with each group having 3 students. I carefully arranged the students myself, but then each table group the a number that represented one of the activities. This allowed students to see that I didn't play favorites.
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http://littlebits.cc/
littleBits - http://littlebits.cc/ are easy to use electronic building blocks. I was gifted a class set through Friends of Hamilton. Again, there were enough pieces for all three students to have their own to explore with.
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Hour of Code - https://hourofcode.com/us/learn gave students a chance to learn how to code. To be honest, this was the least favorite, as everything else was more of a hands-on challenge. I may try to find another hands-on activity next time.
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https://intentionalstorytime.wordpress.com/hands-on-science/engineering-challenge-index-card-towers/
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CrazyAction Contraptions - students worked to create one of the contraptions and, while no one was successful in fully completing the challenge, everyone loved it!
Close:
I actually used a random closure generating website to reflect on the activities. The website is: Learning In Hand with Tony Vincent. The reflection generator web address:
The question that came up was :
What was especially satisfying to you about what you achieved today?
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To finish off the day we got onto Think Through Math and made donations to our classroom charity. The classes are in a competition to get to 100% on their charity first to win a pizza party! These were the standing BEFORE we made donations today: