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·What resources am I using to teach the standard(s) and move students toward mastery of my lesson objective(s)?

·What resources in my curriculum are useful here? (You don't have this yet, but think about the resources from your Integrated STEM content course as a starting point)

·What is missing from my curriculum resources?

·Where can I find resources to support the curriculum I already have?

·Where can I make connections to other subject areas and find the resources to do so?

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What standard(s) am I teaching?

What do I want students to know, understand and understand?
What is the lesson objective?
What is their prior learning on this subject?

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·What am I going to use/not use?
·What do I need to adjust?
·What is my plan for implementation with the materials?
·Are these materials and my instructional design meeting all students' needs?

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What do I have?

What is missing?

How am I supporting diverse student needs?

How will I provide multiple access points for equitable student engagement?

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What instructional delivery method will I use? (Engineering Design Process)

How will I create opportunities for strategic productive struggle?

What teacher moves will I use (explicit teacher talk, modeling, providing support based on specific student struggles)?

How will I provide opportunities for cooperative learning in your lesson?
Where will students be leading the work?

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I plan to use the engineering design process to allow students to design, build, and test a domino path model to explore the changes in motion!

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Driver Standard: (Standard you will assess)

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Driver Standard: (Standard you will assess)

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SC.1.P.13.1 Demonstrate that the way to change the motion of an object is by applying a push or a pull.

K-2-ETS1-2 Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fqUFVLn0uvwH15KE_1ELde-wYK_IAwVcJyyDZkJqlJ0/edit?usp=sharing

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Integrated STEM Lesson (Falling Dominos)

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Passenger Standards: (Standards that are integrated, but not directly assessed)

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Passenger Standards: (Standards that are integrated, but not directly assessed)

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ELA.1.C.4.1 Participate in research to gather information to answer a question about a single topic.

ELA.1.C.1.2 Write narratives that retell two or more appropriately sequenced events, including relevant details and a sense of closure.

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Driving Question:
How can we design and build a domino path where all of the dominos change their motion?

Students will watch the YouTube video, Pushing and Pulling.
The teacher will pause the video briefly for students to interact with the questions asked; a turn-and-talk with a partner.

The teacher will introduce domino paths and the reactions of motion that follow when pushed. Then, the driving question will be verbally prompted; also written on the board where students may refer back to.

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Lesson Objective: (What do you want students to be able to do. Should connect to your driver standard.)

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Lesson Objective: (What do you want students to be able to do. Should connect to your driver standard.)

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Students will be able to demonstrate how a force, through pushing an object, can result in different outcomes.

Students will be able to retell the events that occur using their writing and drawing skills.

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Before sending students to exploration with the activity, the teacher will read the Engineering Cards; aiding students who are still working on fluency. The teacher will also walk around supporting students who need to read the prompts again.

Students will work in pairs to become familiar with domino paths using the Engineering Cards with various domino paths. Students will gather the needed materials from its' bag, and interact with the design prompt.

Once students have completed two engineering cards, they will move onto the driving question: How can we design and build a domino path where all of the dominos change their motion?

Need to Create:

Engineering Card baggies with needed materials.

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A STEM Domino packet will be handed out to each student.

Since students will be working in pairs, students will brainstorm and plan a domino model together.

Students are presented with the Engineering Design Process in their packet. They will draw their needed materials and model.

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There will be an area in the classroom with various supplies: dominos, wooden blocks, ramps, popsicle sticks, hot wheels cars, ping pong ball, etc. Students will go up to the station and choose the needed materials for their model.

Students, in pairs, will begin building their domino model on the floor.

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Students will test out their model, and observe what happens. If the model doesn't perform like planned, students will work collaboratively with their partner to fix/improve the domino model.

Students will also continue to follow along with the packet. For Try it Out, students will answer three questions:

How did you change the motion of the dominos? (Circle one). Push or Pull

Did all of the dominos change motion? If no, why not?

Explain what happened!

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Students will verbally reflect with their partner how their model worked and how they could improve it for when they build another domino path in the future.

Students will continue to follow along with the packet independently. For Make it Better, students will answer four questions:

Did the dominos change of motion happen like you planned?

Did you need to change anything when testing your model? What did you change?

What would you do differently next time you make a domino path?

Draw your new, improved, model.

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https://frugalfun4boys.com/domino-challenge-cards/?jwsource=pin

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You know what's awesome? Good engineering challenges, especially things like chain reactions and opportunities to build with simple materials! Everyone knows about building basic domino chains, but we've been working on some fun domino challenge cards that will help kids take their skills to a new level. These challenges will inspire hours of creative domino building.
There are 8 challenge cards to print. These cards are suitable for ages 8ish to 12ish. The engineering challenges start out simple enough for kids who have never built domino chains, and progress to more complex ideas. These are not domino master projects that take days to set up like you see on YouTube. My goal was to make do-able challenges that kids with little experience can build themselves.
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There are so many benefits to building domino chains! Coordination, patience, creativity, design skill... plus, building domino chain reactions is a fabulous team building activity.

TIP: If kids are having trouble accidentally knocking down their chain reaction too early, try building in sections. Leave space between the sections. If they accidentally knock it down, they'll only lose one section and not the whole thing.
Where to Get Dominoes
You can definitely use dominoes from a domino game! We didn't own enough to make really impressive chains, so I ordered a box of wood dominoes on Amazon. I got 1,000 dominoes for $39.99, which was quite a bit less than purchasing only 200 real dominoes.

Here are some options:

1,000 Wood Dominoes on Amazon for $39.99. (Prices can change anytime, so you'll want to confirm this.)

If you don't need 1,000, here are 360 Wood Dominoes for $18.99.

Here are 55 Real Dominoes for $9.87.
Other Supplies Needed
We enhanced our domino building with our wooden building blocks. The blocks pictured are the Melissa and Doug standard unit blocks, but any wood blocks will work.

If you don't have wood blocks, you can also prop up your domino chains with books or cardboard boxes.

We also used orange plastic Hot Wheels track. Substitute paper towel rolls cut in half if you don't have the track.
Domino Demonstration!
Want to see some of our domino challenges in action? Click the play button to see the video.
Domino Challenge Cards
The bottom left is one of my favorite challenges - build a bridge and loop your domino chain around and under it!

Here are the engineering challenges included:

Up the Steps - build stairs for your domino chain.

Rolling Reaction - make a domino chain that bumps a ball, which rolls down a ramp and knocks down more dominoes.

Build a Spiral - take curves to a new level.

One Path Becomes Two - build chains that branch into multiple chains.

Falling Towers - build a tower that collapses as part of your domino chain!

Direction-Changing Levers - use simple supplies to make a lever that is activated by a chain of dominoes.

Ball Drop - create a domino layout where a falling ball knocks down more dominoes.

Under the Bridge - use craft sticks and blocks to create a path that goes up, down, and under a bridge.

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Need more engineering challenges? We've got lots!
Marbles + Play Dough Engineering Challenge - it's amazing what kids can do with this!

Popsicle Stick Gears - Build working gears with plastic lids and popsicle sticks.

Engineering Challenges with Craft Sticks, Cups, and Wood Cubes - these will keep kids busy for hours!

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Engineering Challenges with Domino Chain Reactions (Printable Cards!) - Frugal Fun For Boys and Girls

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You know what's awesome? Good engineering challenges, especially things like chain reactions and opportunities to build with simple materials! Everyone knows about building basic domino chains, but we've been working on some fun domino challenge cards that will help kids take their skills to a new level.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEg5GOVpUlE

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Pushing and Pulling: What is the Difference? | Force and Energy for Kids | Kids Academy

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I have access to the YouTube video for introducing the activity, and the Engineering Cards for exploring domino paths.

I created the STEM domino packet on Word.

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I am missing the materials students will use in the Engineering Cards baggies, and the materials students will use during the building of their domino path model.

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How am I supporting diverse student needs?

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How am I supporting diverse student needs?

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The YouTube video will have closed captioning for the students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing.

The teacher will pre-read the Engineering Cards beforehand, and who around to students who need the cards reread.

The teacher will support reading fluency on the STEM packets by going around to each pairing and chunk the packet by the steps within the Engineering Design Process.

The teacher will pair students by having a more fluent reader with a lower reader. Students will collaborate and guide one another with reading.

The teacher will ask open-ending questions to the pairs to gauge understanding and their thought processes when designing, building, and testing their domino model.

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How will I provide multiple access points for equitable student engagement?

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How will I provide multiple access points for equitable student engagement?

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Student pairs

Real-world connection from the YouTube video

Student Choice on Engineering Cards; as long as two are completed

Student freedom when brainstorming, designing, and building

Chunking the STEM packet

Open-ended questions