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STEAM Lesson Plan
STEAM Lesson Plan
STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & mathematics
In both STEM and STEAM stduents are using inquiring based learning to guide their education. Through hands on activity's students can answer questions and explore new topics using science, technology, engineering, arts and math. This is very important for classrooms because it can teach all concepts within one lesson! These are often very engaging, and students thrive through the choice and flexibility of STE(A)M lessons.
My Lesson
My Lesson
Topic: Energy (Ways to reduce the Warming affect from the sun)
Grade: Kindergarten
Type: PS
Ask: As a class the teacher and student can ask why we might need protection from the sun and the warmth it produces. Students can ask and help answering each other's questions.
Research: As a class the teacher might go over some reasons, we might need protections form the sun:
Sun Block protects us from the UV rays
Umbrellas protects us from the heat and UV rays
etc.
Possible solutions: Students can discuss other ways they have seen objects protect us from the suns heat (tents, canopies etc.)
Selecting a solution: As a class discuss that although there are many ways, we have already found things that protect us from the sun, allow studnets to use their imagination and come up with their own idea of a product that could help this problem.
Create a Prototype: Students will then begin the design process of their own personal item that can protect them from the suns heat. This will look like a drawing with labels on a blank piece of paper. This is just a rough draft!
Testing the prototype: Students will then begin to build their prototypes with extra supplies laid throughout the classroom. Once students have their prototype built, they can go outside and see if they can feel the heat through their design.
Improve & Redesign: If time allows studnets can then begin to reflect on their design, if things need to be changed students can set aside time to remake their product and give it another test!
Lesson Review
Lesson Review
This is a good STEAM lesson because it focuses on all five aspects, science, technology, engineering, art and math!
I created this lesson because I think this is something all kindergarten can understand! The sun is hot and produces heat and all students have probably seen things that prevent the Suns heat form affect us to much (umbrella), I think it would be fun to see what products a kindergarten would make to protect themselves from the suns heat
This focuses on the cross-cutting concept of cause and effect, because the sun produces heat, it can harm us. Through this lesson stduents can figure out ways to protects oneself from the damages of the sun
This lesson builds upon all four C's. Students can communicate and collaborate with pairs during conversations and building. Students show creativity though designing their own product and using critical thinking to do so.
This lesson could be differentiated based upon the weather. If it is a cloudy say and studnets cannot test their prototype outside they can stand underneath a lamp and see if they can still feel the heat through their product.
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