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Look Out Below

Lesson Plan:

​Activity:
Look Out Below
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:  
Child will
  • design and build a system to try and protect an egg when dropped from a significant height
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.
Look Out Below
Look Out Below
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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 students 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 students 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 student created their design. What materials did they use? Did they have any special/unique approaches? 
**Do not assess students 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?
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