Subject: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
Lesson Length: 30 - 40 mins
Topic: STEM Components & Careers
Grade Level: 6, 7
Standards / Framework:
Brief Description: In this lesson, students will imagine a solution to a real life STEM problem by creating a STEM superhero comic.
Know Before You Start: Students should be familiar with the components of STEM; science, technology, engineering, math.
Hook: Read and discuss the sample comic. What type of real life STEM problems could our hero solve with his superpowers?
Activity:
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Brainstorm real-life problems facing kids, adults, and animals in the world today. Record students suggestions on the board.
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Have students select one of these problems for their STEM superhero to solve.
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Students will now create a five-to-eight-panel STEM Superhero comic featuring the following elements:
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A superhero with a superpower based on a component of STEM; science, technology, engineering, math. E.g., a hero with super coding powers or math blast abilities.
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The comic should show their hero solving a real-life problem using their superpower(s).
Closure: Share and discuss student comics with the class.
Differentiation:
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Provide examples of STEM superheroes and assign them to specific students as needed.
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Provide sentence frames as needed.
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Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature as needed.
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Allow students to create more than one STEM superhero.