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Lesson Plan:

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Lesson plan developed by Ms. Erika Geelhoed, BA Ed

Age Group:

School-Age

* Lesson plan objective and assessment can be adapted to use this activity with preschoolers.

Objectives:  

Children will

• design and build a system to try and protect an egg when dropped from a significant height.

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Washington Common Core Standard

EALR 3

Washington State K-12 Science Standards:  
EALR 3: Application
Big Idea: Application (APP)
Core Content: Tools and Materials

•  K-1 APPB Different materials are more suitable for some purposes than for other purposes.

Materials: 

• empty toilet paper rolls
• empty paper towel rolls
• sponges
• tooth picks
• glue
• Q-tips
• cardboard
• cotton balls
• rubber bands
• paper towels
• eggs

Procedure: 

• Set out materials in an appropriate area.
  
• Invite children to create a way to prevent an egg from breaking when it is dropped from high above.
  
• When their designs are complete, drop the eggs.
  
• Have a discussion time with the children after the activity.
  
• You can ask questions like:
  • What techniques seemed to prevent the egg from breaking? What ones do you think didn't works so well. Why?
  • What would you do differently in your design next time?

Assessment: 

• Observe and record how the children created their design. What materials did they use? Did they have any special/unique approaches? 

**Do not assess the children on whether or not their egg broke when dropped.** The purpose of the lesson is to encourage creative thinking and engineering skills.

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 STEM Activities To Use In Your Program

The Five Senses:  Touching
Touching allows us to distinguish fine details our other senses miss. We use our sense of touch to manipulate tools to help us communicate and create.   

Activity to try:  Assemble bags of a variety of small items such as beans, sand, mulch, leaves, top soil, (yogurt or similar for the brave); etc. Have children plunge their hands into the bags of stuff. Ask them a variety of questions to stimulate creative thinking:  

• What would you build with this? 
  
• Who lives in that stuff? 
  
• Where did it come from?