Bell Ringer:
We continue to use Kahoot as our spiral review of concepts that typically stump my students.
Lesson Frame:
Lesson:
This is our final rotation with these 6 activities. I will have some new rotations for the next set. We will revisit the STEAM activities after our STAAR test in April.
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: