​Learn about building strong and stable structures by making your own version of a Three Little Pigs house! Except, we will teach you to make yours even stronger! At the end, you will discover what makes the materials so strong. Then, we will put them to the test with your very own Big Bad Wolf mini vortex cannon! While you're building, consider the pros and cons the material you're using!
Curriculum Expectations:
Kindergarten:

• Demonstrating Literacy and Mathematics Behaviours
•  Problem Solving and Innovating 

​Grade 1: Mathematics 

• E2: Spatial Sense: Measurement- compare, estimate, and determine measurements in various contexts

Grade 1: Science and Technology

• A1: STEM Skills and Connections: use a scientific research process, a scientific experimentation process, and an engineering design process to conduct investigations, following appropriate health and safety procedures
• D2: Structures and Mechanisms: demonstrate an understanding that objects, including structures, have observable characteristics and are made from materials with specific properties that determine how they are use

Grade 1: Language

• C1.3 Text Patterns and Features: identify some text patterns, such as sequencing and chronological order, and text features, including illustrations, symbols, and titles, associated with various text forms, and explain how they help readers, listeners, and viewers understand the meaning

Grade 2: Mathematics

• E2: Spatial Sense: Measurement- compare, estimate, and determine measurements in various contexts

Grade 2: Science and Technology

• C2: Matter and Energy: demonstrate an understanding of the properties and physical changes of liquids and solids

Grade 2: Language

• C1.3 Text Patterns and Features: identify some text patterns, such as chronological order and journal entry, and text features, including table of contents, charts, and icons, associated with various text forms, and explain how they help readers, listeners, and viewers understand the meaning

Grade 3: Science and Technology

• D2: Structures and Mechanisms: demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of strength and stability as they relate to structures with various forms and functions, and of the factors that affect structures’ strength and stability

Grade 3: Mathematics​

• E2: Spatial Sense: Measurement- compare, estimate, and determine measurements in various contexts

Grade 3: Language

• C1.3 Text Patterns and Features: identify some text patterns, such as order of importance and cause and effect, and text features, such as headings and an index, associated with various text forms, and explain how they help readers, listeners, and viewers understand the meaning

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