Musical Instrument STEM Challenge (Lesson plan + Instructional Video)
Students use the engineering design process to create an instrument that manipulates sound using science! This activity is a bundle of the teacher guide for classroom instruction along with printed and paperless digital STEM Journals perfect for distance learning.
Grades: 1st - 8th
Teaching Duration: 2 hours
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lesson overview
Musical Instrument Distance Learning Engineering Design STEM Activity: Students use the engineering design process to create an instrument that manipulates sound using science!
This activity is a bundle of the teacher guide for classroom instruction along with printed and paperless digital STEM Journals perfect for distance learning.
Real-world STEM Connection: The product includes an instructional video that guides students through the design challenge. The video discusses how sound is made and what careers work to control sound.
Included in this product:
Complete Teacher Guide: Detailed teacher guide with links to resources, grading rubric, handouts on a STEM career connection and science background, student handouts for the engineering design process, and math extension problems.
Instructional video: Led by an engineer, the video includes science background, STEM careers, real-world connections, and a detailed explanation for the STEM activity to guide students
Printable Take-Home STEM Journals for sending packets home to students without internet access (editable pages in Google Slides)
Digital STEM Journals for Google Slides, Seesaw, and Flipgrid. These can be used in the classroom for paperless handouts or assigned for distance learning through Google Classroom, Schoology, or other platforms.
Editable Note to Families
As with many STEM activities, this challenge can be tailored to students of various skill levels and abilities.
Included in this product:
Detailed teachers guide with links to resources
Digital or printed student handouts to guide them through the engineering design process
Instructional video led by an engineer
Editable Google Slides STEM journal for distance learning
Versions for use in Flipgrid and Seesaw
STEM Career Connection on Acoustic Engineering
Student recording sheet for each step of the process
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