Prior Lessons
Prior Lessons
September 1, 2025
Monday
Summer Break
Tuesday
Summer Break... enjoy your last day
Wednesday
Welcome Back
Warm-up: Unscramble the phrase
Review class expectations
arrive to class "On-Time"
Be supportive and positive of peers (and Me)
Clean-up... leave room as it appeared when you arrived
Materials needed: notebook/binder (may be shared with another subject) and a pen/pencil
Thursday
Warm-up: Which concert would you choose
Join Google Classroom
Discuss what STEM is
"cool" engineering designs
Friday
Current Event
complete the handout to learn about a "new" engineering phenomena
submit handout by end of class
September 8, 2025
Monday
Warm-up: Create the Equation
Spinning Coin Challenge: Penny vs Quarter
How to shuffle cards
Tuesday (Back 2 School Night)
Warm-up: Would You Rather
Card Stacking: try to build a rectagular shaped box (sides and top)
try building multiple boxes side by side and then atop of one another
Card Stacking: try to build triangle shaped structures (sides only)
try building multiple triangles side by side and then atop of one another
Wednesday
Warm-up: Sequence First to Last
Card Stacking: again try building rectangular and triangular structures (like yesterday)
build a two level structure with rectangles and/or triangles
Thursday
Warm-up: Which One Doesn't Belong
Card Stacking Challenge: (partner)
strength test... single level... Major Grade
3 books is a 100
2 books is a 94
1 book is an 88
0 books but a stable structure is an 82
Friday
Warm-up: What Would You Do
Card Stacking Challenge: (partner)
Choose a strategy to build the tallest structure... Major Grade
tallest structure recieves a 100 plus 10 falcon feathers
3 or more levels is a 100
2 levels is a 94
1 level is an 88