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Working On It… with STEM!

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Subject: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)

Lesson Length: 30 - 40 mins

Topic: STEM Components & Careers - STEM Career

Grade Level: 4, 5

Objective: Critical thinking, Explanation

Standards:

STEM learning goals

Brief Description: In this lesson, students will choose a STEM career that interests them.

Know Before You Start: Students should be familiar with the components of STEM (science, technology, engineering, math).

Working On It… with STEM! - Exemplar comic, panel 1 Working On It… with STEM! - Exemplar comic, panel 2 Working On It… with STEM! - Exemplar comic, panel 3 Working On It… with STEM! - Exemplar comic, panel 4 Working On It… with STEM! - Exemplar comic, panel 5 Working On It… with STEM! - Exemplar comic, panel 6

Hook: Read and discuss the comic about STEM careers. Do any of the careers in the comic look interesting? What are some other STEM careers?

Activity:

  • Ask students to brainstorm a STEM related career that interests them
  • As a class or with a partner, have students discuss how their chosen career relates to STEM.
  • Students will now create a 4-6 frame comic including the following information:
    • The career that interests them
    • How that career relates to STEM
    • Skills that would be important to have for their chosen career
    • Why they chose that career

Closure: Have students share their comics with a partner who chose a career that relates to the same aspect of STEM (science, technology, engineering, math).

Differentiation:

  • Assign students a specific STEM career as needed.
  • Provide sentence frames for student comic. 
  • Allow students to use speech-to-text feature as needed.

Resources: Comic to print or display: Comic 1.

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