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Simple Machines

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How could you integrate these?

Earthquake Lessons

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How could you integrate these into the classroom?

Water Cycle

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Rube Goldberg

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https://tinkerlab.com/engineering-kids-rube-goldberg-machine/ How could you incorporate this into Steam?? https://www.rubegoldberg.com/education/teaching-resources/

Boat Building

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How could you use these lessons in your class? They have lots of redesign built into them. I have done many of these with my classes.

Bridge Design

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How could you incorporate this into your class?

Variety Pack

https://www.todaysparent.com/kids/why-girls-need-stem/ https://www.commonsense.org/education/top-picks/stem-apps-for-higher-order-thinking https://frugalfun4boys.com/2015/06/05/print-color-tessellation-puzzles-for-kids/ https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/how-to-make-a-simple-kaleidoscope-for-kids/ https://leftbraincraftbrain.com/100-invitations-build-iggy-peck-architect/ This week you have a variety of stem/steam materials to look at. The first is an article on Why girls need Stem and why Stem needs girls . Interesting article. Please share your thoughts. Next is an art tesselation project. I had a commercial  one years ago and had a variety of questions I used when having the kids put it together. This one is more creative ,ties in with the artist M. C. Escher. There is one on Steam / Stem apps. some are free I hope you can incorporate them into your teaching.  There are also sites on Steam activities pick and choose what you think could be helpful to your students.