Grit Lesson Makerspace Task Cards: Makerspace Story Stations Character Education
Character education, a Growth Mindset focusing on Grit in your classroom or media center, takes a great deal of engagement and problem-solving if we want to keep students focused and under control. Teachers often want great book titles that focus on Grit. Students need lots of examples of characters using grit. Makerspace task cards/ STEM challenges are perfect for community building, critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration while engaging students in examples of grit. For more details and to see inside this resource, click the preview button.
GRIT Makerspace/STEM Challenge Task Cards give busy teachers the tools they need to build a highly engaging collaborative classroom that is inclusive for all types of learners while also allowing student choice in a maker station. All while embracing an important character trait and growth mindset focusing on grit.
Makerspace Story Stations focus on design thinking and allow students to work through the Engineering Design Process without taking up a ton of space.
These 10 Makerspace/STEM Challenge Cards or Task Cards allow for a creative Makerspace (Makers Space) environment that emphasizes 21st-century skills and STEAM aspects. Integrating science, technology, engineering, art, and math have never been easier!
Each challenge is tied to a piece of real literature focusing on GRIT that encourages students to think deeply about the text and think critically about solutions for common problems in the story and in the world around us.
⭐️ What's Included:
10 GRIT Open-Ended Makerspace/STEM Challenges focused on 10 stories using simple materials
Lesson plans for Makerspace Stations
Makerspace Resources
Engineering Design Process Think Sheets
Digital Version on Google Slides
Digital Choice Board with links to stories read aloud on YouTube
Directions for Digital Use
Books Featured: (Not Included)
Leo the Lightning Bug by Eric Drachman
Peach and Blue by Sarah S. Kilborne
Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson
Trying by Kobi Yamada
Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
After the Fall by Dan Santqt
Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett
Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed
Small Walt by Elizabeth Verdick