We did a super basic STEM challenge– built the tallest structure out of marshmallows and tooth picks. That number was the amount of time they had to compete in a STEM challenge. Then, they had to convert it to minutes and seconds. I added that part because I didn't want students to get too crazy with their towers and spend all of their time cleaning them up.Īt the end of our game time, they added up all of the seconds they had earned (and lost). They lost the same amount of time for incorrect answers, and they lost 30 seconds when their towers fell. The purples were the most basic, so they earned 20 seconds each time they solved one of those. The red questions were the most difficult, so they earned 60 seconds for each red that they pulled and solved for. Each time the students solved a problem correctly, they got “seconds” for it. I did add one more little element to the game since it was for time. Little did they realize, they had completed 36 elapsed time problems during their game! The love for this game was immeasurable! I had so many comments from kids saying that they didn't want math time to end! The day was going by so quickly! They were having so much fun it didn't even feel like math! THOSE are the comments that we as teachers live for. Finally, I had a QR code answer sheet for the kids to use to check their answers.If they disagreed, they worked together to find any errors that had been made and solved the problem correctly. Then, they had to confer with each other and agree on an answer.Here's a key point: even though only one person pulls a block each turn, ALL of the students MUST answer EACH question.Then, they found the color on their recording sheet and answered one of the questions. One student rolled the dice and pulled the corresponding color from their tower. ![]() I put my students in groups of 3-4, but you could easily have groups of 5 or 6.You can also paint regular Jenga sets), and a dice with all the different colored blocks. Each child gets a recording sheet, a colored Jenga game set (I ordered mine HERE.
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