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Building Bricks STEM Winter Engineering Design Challenge

Sale Price:$2.80 Original Price:$3.50
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Your students are earth scientists on a mission to study Antarctica. They will first construct their winter wonderland (either using building bricks or paper). They might need to save a polar bear stuck on an iceberg or build a home for walruses!

Grades: 1st - 6th 

Teaching Duration: 1 hour

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Your students are earth scientists on a mission to study Antarctica. They will first construct their winter wonderland (either using building bricks or paper). They might need to save a polar bear stuck on an iceberg or build a home for walruses!

Grades: 1st - 6th 

Teaching Duration: 1 hour

Your students are earth scientists on a mission to study Antarctica. They will first construct their winter wonderland (either using building bricks or paper). They might need to save a polar bear stuck on an iceberg or build a home for walruses!

Grades: 1st - 6th 

Teaching Duration: 1 hour

“Great resource for those difficult long days before the holiday break. Fun for all. ”
— Nicole G.
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30 Winter Building Challenges!

Your students are earth scientists on a mission to study Antarctica. They will first construct their winter wonderland (either using building bricks or paper). Then, students will receive one of the 30 challenge cards to solve a problem or add a creation to their landscape. They might need to save a polar bear stuck on an iceberg or build a home for walruses!

This activity works well as an introduction to the engineering design process, in centers, or a makerspace.

What's Included:

  • Teacher Instructions

  • Real-world connection: background on how polar bears are losing their homes

  • STEM career connection: earth scientists.

  • 30 challenge or task cards in two sizes (2 in x 4 in and 4 in x 6 in)

  • Engineering design process handout

Materials needed:

  • Building bricks

  • Paper plates or building brick base plates

  • Construction paper (optional)

Looking for more STEM lessons? Find the Vivify resource guide here: bit.ly/VivifyResourceGuide

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