S.T.E.M. activities may seem daunting when teaching young children. This is a STEM activity that I created for my students to do in September around Johnny Appleseed's birthday when we are having Apple Day. I like to include literature, reading, and writing into my STEM activity so that I can incorporate it into my reading block if needed so I would read a children's biography of Johnny Appleseed to my students first. There is so much that has to be taught, and so little time!

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Johnny Appleseed walked until he reached a river. He wants to cross the river to plant apple seeds on the other side. He doesn’t want to build a bridge and the river is too wide for him to swim across. Can you build a way for Johnny Appleseed to cross a river using popsicle sticks and yarn?

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Common Core:

K.RFS.1a Follow text from left to right and top to bottom and page by page
K.W.5 Add pictures and words to my writing
K.SL.1a Listen to others and take turns to speak
K.3 Write numbers from 0-20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral
K.6 Comparing numbers

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