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Stem Challenge Title: Building a Roller Coaster ChallengeYear: 4Topic: Changing forms of energyLearning objective: to build a roller coaster to explore on the changing forms of energy

Why Roller Coaster?

Exposure to STEM career

Civil Engineering

Infrastrucutre

Lesson: 1

Lesson: 2

Lesson: 3

Timeline for this STEM Challenge

• Synchronous lesson: Zoom platform

• Starter: Students will do simple quiz to recap on different forms of energy https://quizizz.com/join?gc=60931777

• Discussion on these questions:

1) What is energy?2) What are the sources of energy?3) Name all forms of energy

Activities for Lesson 1 (ELICIT)

Activities for Lesson 1 (ENGAGE)

• Teacher will bring students on a virtual roller coaster ride

1) What can you see from the video?2) What forms of energy are involved here?3) Where does the roller coaster train get the energy to move?

Activities for Lesson 1 (ENGAGE)

• Teacher will ask more questions to engage the students:

• Teacher will introduce to the main STEM

Challenge topic: "Building a Roller Coaster

Challenge"

• Teacher will show some samples of the roller coaster projects as reference for students

Activities for Lesson 1 (EXPLORE)

Pictures of Roller Coasters

Samples of Roller Coasters Projects

using template

Samples of Roller Coasters

using different materials

Samples of Roller Coasters

using different materials

• Students will discuss things they need to consider when

building a roller coaster based on the sample pictures in

the breakout room

• Then, teacher will summarise the findings

• Teacher will share the instructions for the STEM

Challenge

• To be completed within one week

• Plenary: Thumbs up/down

Activities for Lesson 1 (EXPLORE)

Materials:•

Instructions for Building a Roller Coaster

Roller Coaster Experiment Template

Activities for Lesson 2 (EXPLORE)• Asynchronous lesson• Instructions given via WhatsApp• Task 1:

• Students need to build the roller coaster and complete the experiment template at their own time

Safety Precaution•

Measuring Height & Length

1) The materials used to build the roller coaster

2) The roller coaster works properly3) Their explanation on what they

observed by using question 3 as guide

Activities for Lesson 2 (EXPLAIN)

• Asynchronous lesson• Task 2:

• Students will record a video consisting of:

• Upload the video into PADLET

Instructions for Video Recording

Activities for Lesson 2 (EXPLORE & EXPLAIN)

Summary of the tasks in lesson 2:• The final products of STEM Challenge that need to be

submitted on PADLET: https://padlet.com/christeo921/MyRide1) The "Roller Coaster Experiment Template"2) Video of the roller coaster with the answers to the given question

*Each student will have an assigned column to upload their work on PADLET before the next lesson (1 week)

Padlet Page to Submit the Roller Coaster STEM Challenge

Activities for Lesson 3 (ELABORATE)• Synchronous lesson: Zoom Platform

Energy conversion:Stored energy Movement energy + Sound Energy + Heat Energy

Activities for Lesson 3 (ELABORATE)

• Synchronous lesson: Zoom Platform

Activities for Lesson 3 (EXTEND)

• Teacher will probe for more discussion by asking these questions:

Q: What happens if I use sandpaper instead of paper for the track?Q: Will the time taken for the object to roll down the slide be the same?Q: Will the speed of the object remain the same?Q: What if the starting point is made from a lower ground instead?

• This will relate the students' thinking to gravity & frictional force

Why moving UPHILL is more difficult than

moving DOWNHILL?

Activities for Lesson 3 (EVALUATE)

1) Wordwall activity:• Students will answer quiz

on Wordwall to assess their understanding on the concepts of changing forms of energy

https://wordwall.net/play/24544/952/947

2) Self-reflection & Peer Assessment

• Students make a video reflection on Padlet based on lesson's discussion about their roller coaster

• Students will do peer assessment- give comments / feedback on their friends' videos on Padlet

Activities for Lesson 3 (EVALUATE)

STEM Elements in the Roller Coaster

Challenge

Lesson Plans

7E Learning Cycle

Rubrics for Video Assessment

Thank You

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