Description
Looking for a FUN winter STEM activity to engage your students in using academic skills to solve real-world problems? This will enhance learning about winter sports during the winter Olympics. Try this ice skating-themed activity where students will learn about ice skating, skates, magnets, number patterns, force, and motion while designing a magnetic ice skater that follows number patterns around a rink.
What is in this download?
Focus: Design, Reading, Comprehension, Writing, Science & Math
- Page 1: Cover
- Page 2: Table of Contents
- Page 3: STEM Ice Skating (Teacher Info.)
- Page 4: Suggested Lesson Plan
- Page 5: OBJECTIVES
- Page 6: 5E Lesson Plan
- Page 7: Journal Cover (Optional)
- Page 8: KWL Chart for Ice Skating
- Pages 9 & 10: Ice Skating Reading & Comprehension Questions
- Page 11: The PROBLEM – Students are given a problem to solve
- Page 12: DESIGN IT! Decide how to make a Magnetic Skater (after Sorting)
- Page 13: REFLECTION (for after the STEM Challenge)
- Pages 14-17: Primary and Intermediate Writing Paper for Optional Writing Extension Activity
- Page 18: Rubric for Writing
- Page 19: Sorting Mat for Magnetic and Non-Magnetic Items
- Pages 20-23: Speed Skater and Hockey Players Stand-Ups (in color and blk/white)
- Page 24: STEM RUBRIC
- Pages 25-32: Different Number Pattern Ice Rink Mats (for moving your magnetic skater) Gameboard Style and challenging non-Gameboard
- Page 33: Letter to Parents for making a Home Connection
- Page 34: The Problem (Optional Page to add your own materials and time if you have different objects to test with magnets)
- Pages 35-37: Answer Keys
- Pages 38-41: PHOTOS of Product in Action
- Page 42: Credits
Materials needed to complete the entire unit:
- Magnets
- Objects that are magnetic and non-magnetic
- Tape
Encourage Critical Thinking Skills







