Description
This Native American Folk Tale is such a great story to include in your makerspace! It has a number of problems for students to think creatively about. This invites student choice as they can choose a potential problem to solve and then each design their own solution.
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Standards
This activity addresses the following standards:
AASL:
- Learners engage with the learning community by collaboratively identifying innovative solutions to a challenge or problem.
- Learners construct new knowledge by problem solving through cycles of design, implementation, and reflection.
- Learners construct new knowledge by persisting through self-directed pursuits by tinkering and making.
NGSS:
- Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
- Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
ALSO ADDRESSES ISTE STANDARDS