Corn Cultivator Thanksgiving STEM Challenge

Corn Cultivator Thanksgiving STEM Challenge

$3.98

Individually, or in partners/groups, students will design and build one or more tools to aid in the cultivation of corn. The tool(s) must till, dig holes, plant & cover seeds, and water the crops.

This Thanksgiving STEM / STEAM Challenge will engage your students in brain-busting work disguised as fun!

The basic premise:

Individually, or in partners/groups, students will design and build one or more tools to aid in the cultivation of corn. The tool(s) must till, dig holes, plant & cover seeds, and water the crops.

Check out the video preview to see what is included in this resource (skip ahead to 5:57 to see what is included in the resource):

Note: If you are in a 1:1 classroom, you may prefer the
digital format, compatible with Google Slides ™.


Resource includes:

  • NGSS aligned standards, Grades 2 – 8
  • Teacher Tips:
    • Links to my 5-part video series on getting started with STEM challenges
    • Materials and timing
    • Criteria & Constraints (including modifications to increase difficulty for older students)
    • Measuring results
    • Universal STEM Challenge Notes & How to Use Student Handouts
    • Post-design extension activities list
    • Link to a video walk-through of the challenge
  • Student Handouts
    • Criteria & Constraints List (editable; color and black & white; editable version provided)
    • Design Analysis Handouts (editable; 2-page regular spacing and 4-page expanded spacing for primary students included) (editable; color and black & white)
    • Discussion Questions (editable; in color and B&W)
  • Extension templates
    • Process Flow Map
    • Math Task Card templates (with 12 leveled examples and editable version included)

Sample/suggested materials for each student or group:

(Materials you’ll need to do the activity are easily modified. You don’t need to provide all of the following materials. Select a subset and/or add in your own ideas.)

For each student or group:

  • Popcorn kernels (30 – 50)
  • Paperclips or Swedish Fish candies (to symbolize fertilizer)
  • Farmland
    • plastic or foil container filled with flour, sand, or soil – or perform the challenge outdoors and have students stake off their farms
  • Water (to test irrigation)
  • Straws (5 – 10)
  • Pipe cleaners (5 – 10)
  • Popsicle/craft sticks (5 – 10)
  • Foil sheet
  • Plastic spoons, knives, and/or forks (2 – 4)
  • Tape
  • Scissors
  • Ruler

Optional:

  • Q-tips, toothpicks, clothespins
  • String
  • Binder clips
  • Rubber bands, cable ties
  • Small paper cups

This resource is also available in paperless format and as part of the Thanksgiving and the Mega STEM Challenge bundles. Click through below:

 

Printable version

Paperless version for use with Google Slides(TM)

 

 

PRINTABLE MEGA BUNDLE

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