Maze Design Challenge

The Maze Design Challenge: An Interactive Teaching Tool

The Maze Design Challenge is a dynamic educational resource designed for educators who prioritize interactive classroom activities. This toolset is applicable across various settings such as afterschool programs, camps, Makerspaces, Genius Hour, STEM and more.

Our WhyMakers Design Challenges are crafted meticulously to minimize preparation efforts. Educators can simply distribute these among students and observe their creativity and critical thinking skills at work! These challenges promote independent thought while also encouraging collaborative learning.

Inclusive Design Challenge

Each challenge incorporates different sections:
- Context: Provides relevance
- Design Challenge: Details the task
- Specifications: Lists essential requirements
- Constraints: Outlines limiting factors
- Material and Tool Requirements,
And includes necessary steps with helpful tips

A Practical Learning Approach

Beyond theoretical learning, our challenges offer real-life application value. They inspire practical solution-building which fosters student innovation while also bolstering content-area knowledge growth.

Broad-grade Application

• The scalable design of these resources makes them suitable for diverse education needs ranging from Grade 3 to Grade 5.
• The goal remains constant across all grades - sparking student interest in Science in a manner that applies equally in physical classrooms or virtual home settings.

This easily accessible PDF resource encapsulates the essence of modern education where fun coexists with function; It empowers the upcoming generation not just to adapt but become catalysts of change themselves!

The design briefs come ready to go with the following sections:

Context - so the challenge makes sense

Design Challenge - what the task is to do

Specifications - the must do’s for this challenge

Constraints - the limitations for this challenge

Materials - needed for the challenge 

Tools - needed for the challenge 

Steps - to complete the challenge

Tips - helpful info for the challenge 

These design challenges focus on real-life scenarios that you can connect to content standards. These are sure to keep your students engaged and will encourage them to think deeply about the content being taught while being innovative and crafting their solutions.