Investigate how forces and the properties of materials affect the behaviour of a designed solution
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Unlike many of our STEAM activities, this is a full unit, designed for Year 3 and 4 students to fulfil part of the Design and Technologies p...
This activity kit, designed to be used in conjunction with our ‘What is a Hovercraft Presentation’ teaches your students the story of the ho...
This activity builds on the previous fun and learning of ‘Building Bridges’ and challenges students to think about how engineers choose mate...
The Grow & Multiply: Designing a Veggie Patch unit integrates Design and Technologies with Mathematics, guiding students through designing,...
This presentation explains thermo equilibrium, how heat moves, and how some materials are chosen depending on how well they transfer heat. S...
This presentation walks students through the Easter egg drop design and technology activity, where they will use their knowledge of engineer...
This STEAM presentation teaches students how robots are designed and made to solve student problems, and then walks students through the des...
This presentation is designed to introduce students to the concepts included in a STEM activity of the same title. It will help students und...
The Grow & Multiply: Designing a Veggie Patch presentation is a complete 5-lesson visual teaching sequence designed to accompany an inquiry...
Bridge Type Posters were created to support Year 3-4 Design and Technology, as they identify and explore properties and construction relatio...
Year 4 science students will be looking the way forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct or indirect contact.
As part of Design and Technologies, Year 3 and 4 students will match various bridge types to the image. Year 4 science students will be look...
In this set of ten posters, we examine the various types of contact and non-contact forces and the effect of each force.
Students look closely at a familiar material and assess it’s various properties, including physical, mechanical and economic properties.
Students rank common materials based on their physical, mechanical, and chemical properties.
While no materials is capable at being good at everything, all materials serve a purpose. The story of the three little pigs shows how impor...
For this worksheet, students have to weigh the desire to create a sustainable and environmental sound house, while sticking to a budget. The...
Students complete this worksheet after testing their egg drop design and watching others in the class. They sketch their design, and then re...
This teacher sheet will give you all the information you need to run the Easter egg drop Easter activity in your classroom. Along with this...
This is the student self assessment worksheet that concludes the Easter egg drop STEAM activity. They spend some time reflecting on the desi...
The story of the hovercraft is a story of designing solutions to real-world problems and how the limits of technology can impact design. I...
This reflective writing worksheet encourages students to consider the benefits of growing their own food while also exploring the sustainabl...
This engaging worksheet invites students to apply multiplication and division concepts to a real-world scenario: planting vegetables in a ga...
This hands-on design brief helps students plan their own veggie patch using multiplication, arrays and sustainability thinking. Students cho...
This 3-page worksheet supports students in constructing a 3D model of a veggie patch using recycled or repurposed materials. • Pages 1 a...
This structured reflection worksheet allows students to present their veggie patch models and reflect on their design, teamwork, and problem...
This rubric provides a clear and consistent framework for assessing student performance during the Grow & Multiply: Designing a Veggie Patch...
This 10-question multiple-choice quiz reviews key knowledge and concepts from the Grow & Multiply: Designing a Veggie Patch unit.Topics incl...
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