Second Grade Students were reading about pets in their Reading class. In STEAM students designed pet rocks. Then, they worked together to design and engineer play ground equipment that was strong enough to hold their pet rocks. They followed the Engineering & Design Process (Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create and Improved) and documented their progress in their Engineering & Design Notebooks. Students created jungle gyms out of craft sticks and binder clips, and they made swings, slides and see saws out of recyclable materials such as, milk jugs, tissue boxes, cardboard tubes, egg cartons and newspaper. Here is a video summary of their work:
Ambridge Full STEAM Ahead 