Three Little Pigs STEM Design Challenge - Supplemental Materials
Design Challenge Requirement Card STEM Design Challenge: Can your team design and build a house that the big, bad wolf cannot blow down? Design Requirements: Your house must be built on the foundation provided and use the roof provided. (Note: The roof is the top of the house and the foundation what the house is built on.) Your house must be built with only the materials you are provided. Your team must have “fair-share work”- listen to all ideas! Your team only has 20 minutes to complete this task and be ready for testing. STEM Design Challenge: Can your team design and build a house that the big, bad wolf cannot blow down? Design Requirements: Your house must be built on the foundation provided and use the roof provided. (Note: The roof is the top of the house and the foundation what the house is built on.) Your house must be built with only the materials you are provided. Your team must have “fair-share work”- listen to all ideas! Your team only has 20 minutes to complete this task and be ready for testing.
(See also NGSS Appendix I – Engineering design in NGSS) One example of the Engineering Design Process (See also NGSS Appendix I – Engineering design in NGSS)
(for use with the whole group) Data Table Template (for use with the whole group) Data Table Building Material Huffing & Puffing Level 1 (fan on low) Huffing & Puffing Level 2 (fan on medium) Huffing & Puffing Level 3 (fan on high) Straws Sticks Bricks
Data Table Template (if more than three groups are participating or if variations on building materials are used) Data Table Building Material Huffing & Puffing Level 1 (fan on low) Huffing & Puffing Level 2 (fan on medium) Huffing & Puffing Level 3 (fan on high) Straws 1 Sticks 1 Bricks 1 Straws 2 Sticks 2 Bricks 2
(one for each participant) Reflection Page (one for each participant) Name: _______________ Reflection Time: How well did you work with your team? Give an example. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ If you had more time, what design changes would you make to optimize your house? Be specific! __________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ (Room for drawing below)
Wolf Head (to be affixed to box fan)