Problem Solver Challenge

Problem Solver Challenge

This teaching resource is a bundle of ready-to-use WhyMakers Design Challenges that require students to brainstorm, design, create, and reflect. Ideal for grades 3 through 5, these design challenges require students to utilize their problem-solving skills in an engaging and creative way.

Description:

The Problem Solver Challenge comes equipped with various sections that assist students on their independent journey towards innovative solutions. The context section explains the challenge to give it sense and relevance.

• The actual task is clearly outlined in the Design Challenge section
• The Specifications provide 'must-do's' for each challenge.
• Constraints:, detailing any limitations involved.
• Necessary Materials and Tools:
• Steps:, leading up to a solution for those challenges.
• Tips:, offered alongside each step to further aid students understanding of how they can approach a solution creatively.
  

No matter where you decide to implement these amazing teaching tools - whether it be in Makerspaces or Genius Hour sessions down even down to after-school programs or summer camps - they've got you covered. They conform naturally with STEM protocols but could easily find itself being used within Choice Time slots or even as part of Social Emotional Learning sessions! Extend its use beyond traditional class time; try implementing it within technology-focused classes or library time too!

Aimed universally across grades and focusing majorly on subject categories like Social Studies (specifically encompassing World History), this product strives towards building holistic individuals who think deeply about taught material whilst having an innovation-focused mindset towards problem solving.

Each Problem Solver Challenge boosts student engagement while crossing thresholds into new levels of thought process about taught standards - making lessons sticky in every sense!

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