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Students always like a challenge! The following are design thinking Maker Challenges which build on student competencies and skills. Directly below you will find specific background and research regarding "Making" in the classroom.
Understanding the Design Process (for Tinkerlabs in Early Years)
Linking Maker and Design Challenges to Alberta Competencies – check out the Learning Guide and Competency Cards created by ARPDC.
Student Invention Log by littleBits
Design Cycle Graphic Organizer
Makerspace Collections – curated resources
NEA STEM Curriculum and PD resources
VARIETY
VARIETY
Challenges for specific groups including lessons and set up.
EARLY YEARS
- Animal House
- ArtBots + Scribbling Machines
- Bristlebots
- Create an Animal
- Gingerbread Man Trap
- Groceries
- KitHub’s STEM lesson plans
- Leprechaun Trap
- Lunch
- Maker Activities in LArts
- Maker Challenges #1 – 19 created by Trish Roffey, ECSD
- Microsoft’s Hacking STEM Library is divided into activities that take multiple days to complete and activities that can be completed in one day. Include detailed directions, materials lists ....
- One Cube Base
- Pom Pom Drop 10
- Pom Pom Drop 4ft
- Science Buddies Hands-on STEM
- Straw Bridge
- University of Colorado STEM lessons
- Winter STEM Activities
MIDDLE YEARS
- Animal House
- Automata
- Build Your Own Night Light
- Clean It Up!
- Cool Puppy!
- Cranky Contraptions
- Creative Crash Test Cars
- DIY Operation Game
- DIY Science Toys
- KitHub’s STEM lesson plans
- LED Throwies
- Maker Challenges YouTube playlist by John Spencer
- Maker Challenges #1 – 19 created by Trish Roffey, ECSD
- Maker Ed Card Game
- MakerSpace Challenges #1-5 created by NCMS
- Microsoft’s Hacking STEM Library is divided into activities that take multiple days to complete and activities that can be completed in one day. Include detailed directions, materials lists....
- No electricity
- No water
- Purify water
- Safe light source
- Science and Engineering Challenges from the Dyson Foundation
- Science Buddies Hands-on STEM
- Snazzy Sneakers
- Solid Structure and Good Height
- Toy Take Apart
- University of Colorado STEM lessons
- Wearables
- Whirling Windmills
HACK THE CURRICULUM - A MAKERSPACE EXCLUSIVE!
HACK THE CURRICULUM - A MAKERSPACE EXCLUSIVE!
Find specific activities and lesson plans based on a subject area.
LANGUAGE ARTS
LANGUAGE ARTS
Augmented Reality creation with AugThat, HP Reveal app, Aurasma studio, Blippar, Metaverse AR platform (iOS)
BeeBot - Use various Mats like country, island, community. They can be used or created with students telling a story, creating a sequence of events, etc. BeeBot Bug Dance lesson.
Bitsbox - Coding + Language Arts
Hour of Code - Filter specific grade and topic.
Virtual Reality creation with Cardboard Camera, Co-Spaces, Insta-VR, Ricoh Theta 360 Camera, Thinglink, Tilt Brush, Vizor, VR Lessons by Thinglink
MUSIC
MUSIC
Bitsbox - Coding + Music
Chrome Music - Song Maker, an experiment in Chrome Music Lab, is a simple way for anyone to make and share a song.
MakeyMakey + Scratch - Guitar
MATHEMATICS
MATHEMATICS
2D, 3D Shapes w/Modular Origami + in Pinterest.
Area and Perimeter - grab some blueprints, laminate them and have students look at the legend, understand scale.
Cardboard Challenge - Watch Caine's Arcade #2 video to get your students creative juices flowing.
Hour of Code - Filter specific grade and topic.
Marble Runs - Having students create a marble run using recycled materials is a challenging and cheap activity.
ScratchJr - Intro and Math, Early Years
Tallest Tower Challenge - Supplies + provide real world photos/YouTube video of all the tall structures for student inspiration.
SCIENCES
SCIENCES
Designing Paper Baskets - Kindergarten
Designing Hamster Habitats - Grade 1
Designing Toy Box Container - Grade 2
Hour of Code - Filter specific grade and topic.
KitHub has a variety of STEAM lessons.
Life Cycles - Could students use your space then plants seeds and window watch as they grow? Great seed choices are lima beans sunflower seeds marigolds or alfalfa sprouts.
MakerEd - DIY-science-toys
Microsoft - Hacking STEM Library
Popsicle Stick Challenge - Build a bridge that will hold up a small metal car and that spans a certain gap and can support the weight of the car. Use books as risers. (2017 Challenge, TRY Engineering Lesson)
Science Buddies - Hands-on STEM
Virtual Reality creation with Cardboard Camera, Co-Spaces, Insta-VR, Ricoh Theta 360 Camera, Thinglink, Tilt Brush, Vizor, VR Lessons by Thinglink
SOCIAL STUDIES
SOCIAL STUDIES
Greenscreen - Report from different parts of the world - using DoInk iOS app + green background
Stop Motion - Using small props or Stikbots, create stop motion animation project. Stop Motion Animator is a free app for Chrome.
Virtual Reality creation with Cardboard Camera, Co-Spaces, Insta-VR, Ricoh Theta 360 Camera, Thinglink, Tilt Brush, Vizor, VR Lessons by Thinglink
VISUAL ARTS
VISUAL ARTS
Bitsbox - Coding + Visual Arts
Lego - Art Drawing Machine
MakeyMakey + Scratch - Game Show Buzzer
Reflection
Reflection
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