STEM - Ideation Slap Down

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• adaptability
• collaboration
• initiative
• leadership
• enterprise.

Australian curriculum content descriptions (v9): 

Years 3 & 4 Design and Technologies:

• generate and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate attributions, technical terms and graphical representation techniques, including using digital tools (AC9TDE4P02)

Syllabus outcomes: ST2-13MW

General capabilities: Critical and creative thinking, Personal and social capability

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Relevant parts of Years 3 & 4 achievement standards: 

Students describe how people design products, services and environments to meet the needs of people, including sustainability. Students select design ideas against design criteria. They communicate design ideas using models and drawings including annotations and symbols.

Unit of work: STEM Challenges — Primary

Time required: 65 mins

Level of teacher scaffolding: Low to medium. Teachers will be required to lead and facilitate the STEM slap down at the start of the lesson. As the session progresses students take the lead and the teaching role extends to a collaborative facilitator to assist the students in the STEM Ideas Lab

• butcher’s paper (optional)
• pencils
• sticky notes or recycled paper notes – eight per student
• Student Worksheet (STEM Ideas Lab Worksheet) – one per student
• timer or stopwatch

This is an original Cool+ lesson.