GRADES 5-8

APPLE STEM CHALLENGE

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATH

• “Innovation is seeing what everybody has seen and thinking
• what nobody has thought.”
• –Dr. Albert, Szent- Györgyi

GRADES K-2

MATERIALS NEEDED

newspaper

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tape

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apple

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paper & pencil

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string

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scissors

GRADES K-2

CHALLENGE CONSTRAINTS

1. Only ONE piece of tape that is 1 yard
2. Only ONE piece of string that is 1 yard
3. Newspaper structure you build must support an apple OFF THE table.
4. Structure can be as tall as you want

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“The Rules of the Challenge”

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GRADES K-2

PLAN TIME 5 MINUTES

IMAGINE

then sketch your design

on paper.

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GRADES K-2

CREATE TIME

Build your newspaper structure and secure the apple.

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TEST your structure.

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GRADES K-2

IMPROVE & COMMUNICATE

Redesign your structure.

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Share you designs with the class.

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