STEM Activities are hands-on, problems solving challenges
that provide students opportunities to demonstrate the real-world application
of science, technology, engineering
and math. With these types of activities, students
learn how engineers use science, technology and math to solve problems and make
a difference in the world.
As a part of our classroom Olympics, I am providing
students with a STEM opportunity to engineer and build their own snowshoes so
they can use them to race in the class Olympic competition.
In class, all athletes will need to be creative and use
the provided materials to build a sturdy, usable pair of snowshoes.
Today in class, students began building their snowshoes. They are using cut saplings, duct tape, rope, string, foot braces, and grocery bags.
We will finish the snowshoes next week and we plan on racing them on Feb. 18th.
