STEM Outside

Get your 4-6 grade students analyzing patterns and identifying mathematical relationships with this STEM math inquiry challenge exploring trapezoid area with a scaffolded assignment based on the Stanford University Youcubed task: Trap the Zoid! Students get a brief introduction to mathematical relationships and area with rectangles before they are challenged to develop a mathematical relationship to describe the area of trapezoids. Students analyze example trapezoids and test their ideas against

In this mini-project, students will get practice calculating the volume of a rectangular prism, performing unit conversions and creating a bar graph to answer the question "How Much of Your Home Water Usage Could be Supplied by Rainfall?" I love that this question also gets students wondering and curious about water sustainability, water barrels and their own water usage. Over the course of this mini-project, students will read about the Cape Town water crisis of 2018, plan how they will collect