Animal Shelter STEM Design Challenge

Age 9-10Science8 activity pagesFree printable

Students will walk through the entire engineering design process to brainstorm, plan, build, and improve a winter shelter for hibernating animals.

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Animal Shelter STEM Design Challenge

Age 9-108 activity pages

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Introduces the Animal Shelter STEM Challenge with a list of possible supplies and a lined space for brainstorming ideas.

Displays four color photographs of animal shelters in nature, including a bird nest, a tree hollow, a burrow, and mice in a brick.

A lined worksheet titled "Write It, Test It, Know It" to describe the animal shelter, its target animal, and hibernation habits.

A STEM challenge worksheet with boxes to define the problem ("Ask") and brainstorm solutions ("Imagine").

A blank STEM planning page to draw a diagram and list needed materials.

A lined STEM planning page to write out a step-by-step plan for solving the problem.

A blank STEM challenge page to document the creation of the model.

A blank STEM challenge page to sketch or describe improvements made to the original model.

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