STEAM Into Reading: Thanksgiving Float STEM Project - Balloons Over Broadway
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Are you ready for a Thanksgiving STEAM / STEM lesson? This one is perfect for grades 2-5! You've heard of STEAM and STEM, but how about STREAM? The 'R' stands for reading and is such an important part of our day! In these activities, we are linking STEAM projects to a read aloud. This pack is dedicated to the picture book, "Balloons Over Broadway."
The activities included in this pack are perfect for the month of November and for an engineering project in the days leading up to Thanksgiving. Students are asked to create a float or balloon that could be in the Thanksgiving Day parade! They must stay within a budget and can only use certain materials to build a float or balloon.
In this pack, there is everything you need to link the story to multiple areas.
Begin by reading the story to your students. Kids are never too old to be read to, and this book is so much fun!
Included in the pack:
- Ideas on how to integrate into engineering, social studies/history, reading, and writing.
- Primary source documents that explore the history of the Thanksgiving Day parade.
- Engineering project asking students to build their own float/balloon.
- STEAM Bucks to help students learn math while completing their engineering project.
- Reflection pages for students
Your kids will have a blast with this book and the activities included here. There is enough included where you could focus on this book for an entire day OR you could come back to this a few times during the week. Because multiple subjects are integrated into this pack, you will find many ways to use the contents.
Materials needed for this project are as follows:
- Dowels (optional)
- Wheels (optional)
- Paper
- Balloons (small and large)
- Cupcake wrappers
- Straws
- Cardboard
- String
- Cardstock/Construction Paper
- Popsicle sticks
I have a sheet included with all of the materials you could use, but I also gave you a blank form where you can plug in all of the materials you have on hand. You can easily swap things out for this project.
Have fun with this STREAM project! I know your kiddos will.
Happy Teaching!
-Dan Mault
