OCS STEAM Challenges

Click on the title of the name of the challenge below to access an information page that includes a downloadable  PDF copy of the challenge, curriculum connections, and suggested resources and supports for students. 

STEAM Choice Boards

STEAM choice boards give the student the choice of what they want to discover about a given theme in Science and Technology. The below choice boards are directly connected to the MEEQ curriculum: The Material World.

Click on the title of the STEAM choice board to access and download a PDF copy.

STEAM Choice Board for the Water Cycle

States of Matter

Elementary Cycles 2 and 3

Secondary Cycle 1 – Forces & Motion Download PDF

Forces & Motion

Secondary Cycle 1

Secondary Cycle 1 – Transforming Energy

Transforming Energy

Secondary Cycle 1

Sec. 1 and 2- Choice Board, Separation Mixtures

Separation of Mixtures

Secondary Cycles 1 and  2

Water Challenges

Click on the title of the challenge to access a PDF explaining the challenge and suggested materials.

Design and build a water filtration system.

Design and build a dam with Lego bricks.

Design and build a paddle boat that can float as well as use water to propel backwards or forwards.

Create and illustrate the water cycle using a plastic bag, then make a HOW-TO video explaining how it works.

Design and build a 3D model lift to illustrate how hydraulics work.

Math Challenges: Elementary

Click on the title of the challenge to access a PDF explaining the challenge and suggested materials.

OCS STEAM Math Challenges, Fractions and Lego

Use Lego pieces to create a fraction game.

OCS STEAM Math Challenge, area and perimeter

Construct a global community in Minecraft with a focus on area and perimeters.

OCS STEAM math challenges, making structures

Use straws and pipe cleans to design 3D structures.

OCS STEAM Math Challenges, Tesselation

Use a polygon pattern design a
tessellation.

Design Challenges: All Ages

Design Challenges are an excellent way for students to show their community what they know about something, and how to implement it. These challenges can be used to show a given content, prototype an idea, and even save the world!

Click on the title of the challenge to access a webpage that contains a PDF teacher’s guide, challenge matrix, and material list.

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Brown Bagging It!

30 different, 10-minute design thinking challenges 

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