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Playdough Engineering

Playdough Lesson Plans

Lesson plan developed by Aurora Tollestrup, BS Ed

Activity:  
Playdough Engineering

Age Group:
  • School-age (grades 2-3)

Playdough Engineering
Playdough Engineering
Objectives:  
Children will:
  • work together to solve an engineering problem by designing a structure from common materials.

Washington State K-12 Science Learning Standard:
​Grade 2-3
  • Big Idea: Application (APP)
  • Core Content: Solving Problems
  • 2-3 APPA Simple problems can be solved through a technological design process that includes: defining the problem, gathering information, exploring ideas, making a plan, testing possible solutions to see which is best, and communicating the results.

Materials: 
  • playdough
  • popsicle sticks
  • large book
  • paper (or science journal)
  • pencil    
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Procedure: 
  • Divide the children into small groups and provide a lump of playdough, some popsicle sticks and pencil and paper.
  • Instruct groups to build a structure out of playdough and popsicle sticks that will be able to hold the book.
  • Encourage children to use collaboration and to make drawings and depictions with their plan for the structure.
  • Test out each group’s structure by placing the book on the structures one at a time.
  • Discuss the differences in structures while explaining that there is no “right” way to build one.
  • Lastly, have groups analyze the process in which they built their structures.
  • Ask guiding questions such as:
    • Did your group make an initial plan? How did that work for your end result?
    • How would you describe your group’s communication skills?
    • If you were to do this activity again, what would you change? Why?

Assessment: 
  • Observe and record the group’s collaborative skills when trying to solve the engineering problem. Also make note of the ending analytical process and of children’s ability to critique their experiences.

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In the 1930s a substance was accidentally created to clean wallpaper. The creator of this substance quickly learned that children loved it as a toy! Later, the recipe was adapted to contain child-friendly ingredients and marketed as a substance called “Play-Doh.” Some refer to it as playdough, dough, slime, gak, flubber, blubber, clay, silly putty, gook, or oobleck. It is a dough that goes by many names and is arguably the most common material found in classrooms everywhere. We will refer to it as playdough for this training.

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