Jessi and Squeaks enjoy the winter season by constructing a model of the Fort out of gingerbread!
Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!
Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castañeda (she/her/they/them)
K-2 Next Generation Science Standards
Disciplinary Core Ideas:
ETS1.A : Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems - A situation that people want to change or create can be approached as a problem to be solved through engineering (K-2-ETS1-1).
ETS1.B : Developing Possible Solutions - Designs can be conveyed through sketches, drawings, or physical models. These representations are useful in communicating ideas for a problem’s solutions to other people (K-2-ETS1-2).
Performance Expectations:
K-2-ETS1-1 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.
K-2-ETS1-2 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
Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards
Disciplinary Core Ideas:
PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter - Different kinds of matter exist and many of them can be either solid or liquid, depending on temperature. Matter can be described and classified by its observable properties. (2-PS1-1).
PS1.B: Chemical Reactions - Heating or cooling a substance may cause changes that can be observed. Sometimes these changes are reversible, and sometimes they are not (2-PS1-4).
Performance Expectations:
2-PS1-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
2-PS1-4. Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
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SOURCES:
https://case.fiu.edu/education-outreach/fiuhome/discover/kitchen-science/2020/discover-gingerbread-house-science.html
https://scienceworld.scholastic.com/issues/2018-19/121018/home-sweet-home.html?language=english#980L
https://www.popsci.com/construct-gingerbread-house/
https://greatscience.com/curiosity-corner/diy-science/building-stem-your-holiday-tradition
https://www.steamcafe.net/stem-makeover-gingerbread-houses-how-to-turn-your-activity-into-authentic-stem/
https://blog.pitsco.com/blog/the-science-behind-gingerbread-houses
https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.14766 https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/12/20/255866169/how-to-build-an-indestructible-gingerbread-house
https://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?e=d-00000-00---off-0hdl--00-0----0-10-0---0---0direct-10---4-------0-1l--11-en-50---20-help---00-0-1-00-0--4----0-0-11-10-0utfZz-8-10&a=d&cl=CL1.15&d=HASH010ff8e29481a08d47839a45.3.2
https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/eng/gingerbread-engineering/
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