About This Lesson
Students explore the idea of STEM and engineering by creating sale classroom arrangements. They look at what design wouldbe bestfor student learning and create an argument for their ideas.
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Subject
English Language Arts — Speaking and Listening • Science — Science and Engineering Practices
Grade Level
Grades 3-5
Resource Type
Activity
Standards Alignment
Next Generation Science Standards, State-specific
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Standards
asking questions, predicting, observing, describing, measuring, classifying, making generalizations, inferring and communicating.
observing, measuring and collecting data from explorations and using this information to classify, predict, and communicate.
Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
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