About this item:
This hands-on STEM solution is a creative and developmentally appropriate form of engineering for elementary students. The STEM Bins™ Essentials Kit contains a 16-page Teacher Guide with teacher questions and prompts and blackline masters including a blueprint recording sheet, foldable recording booklets, and writing templates; picture task cards; upper-grade written task cards; 8 challenge yourself cards; 8 writing prompt cards; a wide variety of consumable and non-consumable products; and 12 labeled storage bins. STEM Bins align with Science and Engineering Standards. 
NOTE: Some assembly required
 
WHAT TO TEACH
Think divergently, inventively, and imaginatively
Solve a problem with specified constraints
Build creative design skills
Apply structures to real-world designs
Construct a variety of two-dimensional shapes, three-dimensional shapes, lines, and angles using basic geometry
Examine multiple perspectives in visual arts
Build fine motor skills
 
PRODUCT PERKS:
Hands-on solutions for STEM centers, early finishers, morning work, centers, fine motor practice, indoor recess, and positive reinforcement of behavior
18 different manipulatives to use with open-ended STEM activities
8 Challenge Yourself Cards that take structures to the next level, allowing students to improve and enhance their structures
8 Writing Prompt Cards that allow for literacy extensions
Teacher Guide with questions and prompts

 
Some materials included will have extra quantities intended for the purpose of replenishment. 
NOTE: Some assembly required
 
What’s Included:
12 Plastic Bins
100 Base Ten Blocks Units 
50 Base Ten Blocks Rods
10 Base Ten Blocks Flats
55 Dominoes
100 Pattern Blocks
100 Linking Cubes
100 Pipe Cleaners
50 Craft Sticks
96 Hook and Loop Fasteners of each
100 3" x 5" Index cards
100 4" x 6" Index cards
2 Tape Dispensers with Tape
4 3-oz Play-Doh
500 Toothpicks
481-in. Foam Balls
15 Cardboard Tubes
50 Mini Cups
125 Straws
Writing Prompt Cards
Challenge Cards
Tasks Cards
Teacher Guide