The fourth grade students found that the Engineering Design Process helped them complete the cup stacking challenge. The students were challenged to create the tallest freestanding tower that they could using 25 solo cups in one minute. Each partnership measured the height of their structure to the nearest centimeter. The class then determined the minimum and maximum values of the data set, as well as the range, median, mode, and mean. So what happens when a data collection lesson turns into a STEM lesson? Lots of excitement, problem solving, and new learning takes place. Just check out the level of student engagement present on the faces of their students as they completed their math lesson.
That is fun!
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