This is four ready to use STEM lessons featuring Community Helper STEM Challenges:
Trash Collector, Firefighter, and Construction Worker, and Baker

Fire Safety/Firefighter

Community Helper STEM challenge with fire safety! This is a ready to use lesson featuring the story Tinyville Town: I'm a Firefighter. This lesson is built to be used around Community Helper Week. This lesson focuses on the job of the firefighter! We use the book as the hook and problem for our STEM challenge. Students are asked to engineer a ladder that is at least 10 rungs high and tall enough to reach the flames at the top of the burning house!!

This challenge is based on Pre-K or kindergarten students. This lesson gives you information about the book and then it gives you the challenge, suggested materials, and guides you through the process of getting kids ready to complete the challenge.

Please feel free to share any feedback. I have more resources if you feel this one was helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my resources!

This resource includes the following:

*Links to the story Tinyville Town: Firefighter (for hooking your students)

*Links to video on visiting a Fire Station

*Challenge

*Constraints

*Materials list

*Testing Slide

*Burning House printable to use for testing

*Additional Teacher Information for the lesson

*Student examples

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Construction Worker

This is a ready to use STEM lesson featuring the story Tinyville Town: Gets To Work. This lesson is built to be used around Community Helper Week. This lesson focuses on the job of the construction worker! We use the book as the hook and problem for our STEM challenge. Students are asked to engineer a bridge to help get the people of STEMville to get over the pond. The bridge must be wide enough for two cars/trucks to pass and it must be strong enough to support the weight of both!!! This challenge is based on Pre-K or kindergarten students. It could also be completed with 1st or 2nd graders. This lesson gives you information about the book and then it gives you the challenge, suggested materials, and guides you through the process of getting kids ready to complete the challenge. This one is set-up to be used with Pre-K and Kindergarten. I use the book as the hook and then turn the problem into our STEM challenge. Please feel free to share any feedback. I have more resources if you feel this one was helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my resources!

This challenge is based on Pre-K, kindergarten, or even 1st-grade students. This lesson gives you information about the book and then it gives you the challenge, suggested materials, and guides you through the process of getting kids ready to complete the challenge.

This resource includes the following:

*Links to the story Tinyville Town: Gets To Work (for hooking your students)

*Links to video on the job of a construction worker

*Links to video on bridges

*Challenge

*Constraints

*Materials list

*Testing Slide

*Pond to print for testing bridges

*Additional Teacher Information for the lesson

*Student examples

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Trash Collector

This is a ready to use STEM lesson featuring the story Trashy Town. This lesson is built to be used around Community Helper Week. This lesson focuses on the job of the trash collector! We use the book as the hook and problem for our STEM challenge. Students are asked to engineer a trash can and then collect five pieces of "trash" from all around the room. This challenge is based on Pre-K or kindergarten students. This lesson gives you information about the book and then it gives you the challenge, suggested materials, and guides you through the process of getting kids ready to complete the challenge.

There are also "trash" pieces for printing and laminating for children to use to test with. They can collect apple cores, banana peels, paper, and a plastic water bottle! Please feel free to share any feedback. I have more resources if you feel this one was helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my resources!

This resource includes the following:

*Links to the story Trashy Town (for hooking your students)

*Links to video on the job of the garbage collector

*Challenge

*Constraints

*Materials list

*Testing Slide

*Four pages of "trash" to print and laminate to test with. (Apple core, water bottle, banana peel, and wadded paper)

*Additional Teacher Information for the lesson

*Student examples

I create these resources to be used in my own classroom! I teach from this very same file! It is a good visual for students and if you were to be observed by administration. It helps to guide you with the lesson and gives the students a visual of what is expected. I work super hard on these lessons because I want my students to be engaged, have fun, and enjoy learning while they are in my classroom! I try to create real-world lessons where students have to engineer and design the solution.
It also gives them something to take home to hopefully explain the "process" of what they learned to adults at home! Please feel free to ask my questions and leave helpful feedback!! Thank you so much!!!

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Baker

Community helper STEM is so much fun and this lesson focuses on the job of the baker as a community helper! This is a ready to use lesson featuring the story Mr. Cookie Baker. This lesson is built to be used around community helper week. This lesson focuses on the job of the baker! We use the book as the hook and problem for our STEM challenge. Students are asked to engineer a spoon to help the baker stir up the cookie mix!! This challenge is based on Pre-K or kindergarten students. This lesson gives you information about the book and then it gives you the challenge, suggested materials, and guides you through the process of getting kids ready to complete the challenge. This one is set-up to be used with Pre-K and Kindergarten. I use the book as the hook and then turn the problem into our STEM challenge. Please feel free to share any feedback. I have more resources if you feel this one was helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my resources!

This resource includes the following:

*Links to the story Mr. Cookie Baker (for hooking your students)

*Links to video on meeting a real-life Baker

*Challenge

*Constraints

*Materials list

*Testing Slide

*Pictures of spoons for kids to reference (only use with Pre-K students)

*Additional Teacher Information for the lesson

*Student examples

I create these resources to be used in my own classroom! I teach from this very same file! It is a good visual for students and if you were to be observed by administration. It helps to guide you with the lesson and gives the students a visual of what is expected. I work super hard on these lessons because I want my students to be engaged, have fun, and enjoy learning while they are in my classroom! I try to create real-world lessons where students have to engineer and design the solution.
It also gives them something to take home to hopefully explain the "process" of what they learned to adults at home! Please feel free to ask my questions and leave helpful feedback!! Thank you so much!!!

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