Fairy Tale STEM Challenges: Fun, Literature-based Math and Engineering | 7th Primary School of Thebes Greece
What’s a Fairy Tale STEM? It’s science, technology, engineering, and math-based solutions that help famous fairy tale characters solve their fairy tale problems! In other words, it’s kids’ opportunity to step into action and use their awesome STEM skills! The premise is simple – every fairy tale is based on a problem or a series of problems. So, fairy tale STEM is an invitation for kids to use their superior modern world knowledge, critical and problem-solving skills, and the supplies from around the house/school to help them conquer fairy tale world problems. STEM Tales are a way to integrate literacy and STEM/STEAM activities. The stories engage the kids, and as they read through the story they are seamlessly led through the Engineering Design Process. The challenge for the etwinners is based on the fairy tale “Jack and the Beanstalk”. In this engineering challenge, students constructed a parachute to help Jack escape the giant using everyday household and classroom items to complet