10 Performance-Based STEM Projects for Grades K-1

INTRODUCTION Why Project-Based Learning? Why STEM? Why STEM and PBL? How This Book Is Organized Project 1: Communicate Effectively Project Outline: Create Your Own Crayon Suggested Timeline Lesson: What Are Primary Colors? Lesson: What Are Secondary Colors? Lesson: What Is a "Good" Color? Lesson: How to Develop a Pitch 9 Handout Product Rubric Project 2: Focus on Inquiry and Collaboration Project Outline: Art Bot Suggested Timeline Lesson: What Is "Good" Art? Lesson: How to Analyze Art Handouts Project 3: Understand Multiple Content Areas Project Outline: Bubblegum Suggested Timeline Lesson: How Many Gumballs Are in the Jar? Lesson: The Social Responsibility of Chewing Gum Lesson: Which Gum Lasts the Longest? Lesson: Expressing Gum Through Poetry Handouts Product Rubric Project 4: Explore Contemporary Issues Project Outline: Recycling, Huh! What Is It Good For? Suggested Timeline Lesson: What Is Recycling? Lesson: What Is Recyclable? Lesson: What Are the Benefits of Recycling? Product Rubric Project 5: Use Technology, Math, and Reasoning Project Outline: Crack the Code Suggested Timeline Lesson: How Can Numbers Represent Other Things? Lesson: How Do You Create a Code? Handouts Product Rubric Project 6: Use and Analyze Models Project Outline: Where in the World Is Your Neighborhood? Suggested Timeline Lesson: How Well Do You Know Your Neighborhood? Lesson: What Are the Different Types of Maps? Lesson: What Makes a Map Look Professional? Handout Product Rubric Project 7: Record and Analyze Data Project Outline: How Far Will It Fly? Suggested Timeline Lesson: Setting Up the Experiment Lesson: What Is a Variable? Lesson: Graphing Data Handouts Product Rubric Project 8: Investigate Change Over Time and Patterns Project Outline: What Do You See in the Clouds? Suggested Timeline Lesson: What Are Clouds? Product Rubric Project 9: Use Computer Models or Simulations Project Outline: What If There Were No Light Bulb? Suggested Timeline Lesson: What Are the Most Important Inventions Ever? Lesson: What Would Life Look Like If We Took Away the Light Bulb? Handout Product Rubric Project 10: Construct and Explain Systems Project Outline: Everyone Is Playing It Suggested Timeline Lesson: How Are Sports Organized? Lesson: How Is Math Used in Sports? Handout Product Rubric DEVELOP YOUR OWN STEM PROJECTS REFERENCES ABOUT THE AUTHOR NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS ALIGNMENT COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS ALIGNMENT