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