5TH GRADE STEM DAY 2 – new pse position

Standard:
S5P3. Students will investigate the electricity, magnetism, and their relationship.
b. Determine the necessary components for completing an electric circuit.
c. Investigate common materials to determine if they are insulators or conductors of electricity.

Essential Question:
How can I use what I know about circuits to light a house?
Vocabulary: Materials:
--circuit building materials (specifics are up to the teacher)
Circuit conductors insulators --all additional building materials are up to the teacher

ENGAGE – Open Powerpoint

5TH GRADE STEM

DAY 2
ENGINEERING DESIGN CHALLENGE

1. Students will begin by using Lino to describe everything they know about circuits. Students should include any
previously learned information from class.

2. Show students the STEM Challenge. Have students discuss what the problem is.

1. Groups should continue planning/construction.

2. Test student constructions. If time allows, send groups to make improvements/corrections.

Summarizer/Assessment:

Allow finished groups to observe other groups work. Facilitate conversation about the different ways that groups chose to
build and which ideas students like best, why?

Evaluate student construction based on the given criteria/constraints.

 Build the New PSE SCHOOL STEM Challenge
5th Grade
As you know, the new Park Street School is on its way. The
engineering company went on strike to protest about unfair
wages. However, someone needs to take over the project!

Challenge: Design a model of the new PSE that has at least 4 rooms, 2 bathrooms and
1-2 hallways that is lit up.
Criteria:
 The house must have 4 different rooms.
 2 bathrooms
 1-2 hallways
 Each room must have a light bulb.
 You must have at make either a series circuit or a parallel circuit in your school.
 Your design and plan must be complete before building
 Your school must have at least one floor
 The roof must be removable
 Rooms must be labeled

You must have the area and perimeter of each room, hallway and the entire school. The area of the rooms and
hallways must equal the whole school.
Constraints:
You have 45 minutes maximum to design and plan your school.
You have 1 hour to build your design, test and improve
You may only use the provided materials
Use the materials given only
You must work together as a group to finish the project! Show ROARing behavior!

Materials:
Cardboard, 48 inches of tape, glue sticks, diodes, copper tape
IMAGINE / PLAN / DESIGN: Here is our group’s ideas about how to build
the school.

Build your school and draw a picture of what it actually looks like:
After Create/Build

REFLECTION

How is your finished school different from your plan?

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How could you make your school better?

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