Names: Hallie, Asmaa, Brenna, Keri, Rena

Lesson Title: Three Little Pigs STEM Challenge Grade Level: 3

Content Areas: math, science, technology (including engineering) Lesson Duration: 60 min.
Project Summary: Using the design process, students will work in collaborative groups to design and
build a house that will withstand the force of air that mimics the Big Bad Wolf’s huffing and puffing.
Straws, string, masking tape, Scotch tape, paper clips, paper Dixie cups,
Materials: popsicle sticks, paper, construction paper, cupcake cups
Scissors, rulers
Resources
Three Little Pigs STEM Challenge handout
Handout or Graphic Straw tower project sketching paper
Organizer Pencils
Media & Technology iPads, ChromeBooks, cell phones (for photos and reflections)
Resources: Flipgrid
Content Standards & Learning Objectives
Math: Number and Operations in Base Ten
Content Standard(s): Science: Physical Science: Matter and Forms of Energy

Math: Students use math Assessment(s) House Sketch: shows the

by calculating and
rounding prices to the
nearest whole number of
the supplies being used
to build the house.
Learning (Teacher can supply a
Objectives(s): cost list of materials that
was provided).
Science:
Students plan for how to
make a house that could
withstand the energy
Include LO students’ thinking and
being addressed planning on what different
materials that are going to be
used to meet both the math
and science objectives.
Authentic Assessment of
students building: Will be
looking for how the students
think through as they build
their houses and how they fix
any errors or trouble they face
along the way. I am looking to
 force from the wind of hear any talks about
the hair dryer (Big Bad preventative methods and look
Wolf) out for potential mistakes. I
will also be looking to see
how well the team was able to
work together. This completes
the science objectives.

Flipgrid Reflection: After

having gone through their
attempt against the big bad
wolf, they will reflect on what
can be improved and what the
weakest point of their houses
are. They can also think about
what materials should have
been bought and what could
have been sacrificed. This
assessment reflects on both
the math and science
objectives.

Technology Standards & Topic

Technology Standards Addresses the nature of technology to develop and improve products and
Strand: systems over time to meet human/societal needs and wants through design
Design and Technology processes.
Technology Topic 2: Plan and implement a design process: identify a problem, think about ways
Identify a problem and to solve the problem, develop possible solutions, test and evaluate
use an engineering solution(s), present a possible solution, and redesign to improve the solution.
design process to solve
the problem.
 Lesson Procedures
Lesson Introduction: Today, we are jumping into the storyline of the Three Little Pigs. We are going
to be engineers and build homes for our pigs that will not be blown away by the big bad wolf.
Duration
Teacher Activities Student Activities
(min.)
5 Introduce lesson Listen to lesson introduction
25 Walking around answering questions Building their homes
15 Using the hair dryer to blow down the homes Watching to see how their homes do
against the big bad wolf.
15 Receive and view Filpgrid Reflection video Create Flipgrid reflection video in your
groups and answer the questions.
Lesson Closure (exit ticket): using Mentimeter, ask the students how they felt about engineering a
pig’s house.

Assessments
Student Artifacts: House sketches, house
Planning process, constraints, design structure, testing of the house, group
Authentic Assessment:
work
Formative Assessment: Flipgrid reflection video

Straw Tower Project Rubric

Points 0 points 2 points 4 points
House Students used the engineering
Students didn't use the engineering Students used most of the engineering
Planning design process to design the straw
design process. design process to design the straw tower.
Process tower.
House was not built to the constraints House was built to most of the constraints House was built to all of the
Constraints
set. set. constraints set.
The house structure wasn’t stable The house structure was stable enough to The house structure was stable
Design of
enough to stand on its own prior to stand on its own, but all sides weren’t enough to stand on its own prior to
Structure
testing. stable. testing, and all sides were stable.
The house structure was stable
The house structure was stable enough to
Testing of The house structure wasn’t stable enough to withstand the force of air
withstand the force of air, but not for the
House enough to withstand the force of air. for the duration of testing (10
duration of the testing (10 seconds).
seconds).
 Group did not work well together.
Members did their own thing and did
Group Work
not cooperate in the design and
and Class
construction of the house. Class time
Time Use
was not well spent working on the
project.
Group worked well together
Group worked well together most of the
throughout the project. Each
time. Most group members contributed to
member contributed to the design
the design and construction of the house.
and construction of the house. Class
Class time was mostly well spent working
time was well spent working on the
on the project.
project.

Group
Tower
Straw House Design of Testing of Work and
Planning Constraints Total Points Comments
Points Structure Tower Class Time
Process
Use
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6