Bubble wands

Why engineering in Afterschool?

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Our Goals are to ensure that...

• kids learn that the edp can help them solve problems
• students learn that "failure" is a part of the process, and helps them learn.
• students know that they can be engineers

Kids learn engineering when...

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Kids learn engineering when...

• They are engaged in activities that connect to the real world.
• hands-on activities are fun and exciting!
• They have an opportunity to choose their own path in open-ended problems.
• They communicate and collaborate
• They have the opportunity to be successful!

The Engineering Design Process

"This process guides kids in solving engineering challenges. Our goal is for kids to understand that the EDP can not only help them solve problems in engineering but also in other areas of their
lives."
~Engineering Adventures

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The Process is...

• Designed to help Kids solve problems.
• Designed to foster a scientific mind-set, which allows students to take the framework and solve problems beyond the unit, and even beyond engineering or STEM

The Process is...

• focused on development, not product
• focused on learning, not success vs. failure

The Process is...

• cyclical & Ongoing
• Open-ended, with mutiple solutions

The Process is...

• hands-on,
• Project-based
• Inquiry-based
• active!!!!!!

The Process is...

• Collaborative and cooperative - encourage students to share successful ideas! This is not stealing ideas, but incorporating them!

IMPORTANT:

• your hands should never be on student projects
• your voice should only give suggestions, not solutions, and this only rarely.
• ask questions. ask a lot of questions! allow students to explore the answers for themselves.

So, now that you know the process
here is your chance to experience it!

you are going to put on
a kid cap...
and experience this as
your students will.

Mission Monday

• Find your ______ workout buddy. Join with the pair closest to you. You are a team for week 3 activities!

Mission Monday

• Who remembers the 5 tasks of mission mondays? see if your group can remember all five first!

Mission Monday

• Make a flag that contains everybody's favorite color. This is your team flag!

Mission Monday

• Mission: To create a bubble wand that combines materials and uses them in new ways.

What do you know about...

• bubbles
• bubble wands
• absorbancy

What do you want to know about...

• bubbles
• bubble wands
• absorbancy

Everyone look at their pacing guide. August 31.

The K-1 classes will jump right into the engineering adventures lesson 4, building their wands.

4-5 classes will have to catch up, by doing EA lessons 2-3 on Monday and Tuesday.

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Ask: what makes a good bubble wand?

You have 5 minutes to plan before you get supplies!

Supplies: pipe cleaners, string, & straws

You have 10 minutes to build your design.

test it!

Improve
This step goes back to the beginning

Ask - what worked, and what didn't

Imagine what you could do differently...

re-plan -
sketch up a new plan

rebuild
start from scratch or just make a few changes

test it!