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MOUNTAIN CHALLENGE
TODAY’s GOALS
1. Read the Story “ISA Express® Mountain Challenge”
2. Use the EDC to build a solution to the problem in the story
LEARNING OUTCOME:
Students will independently (in groups) use the EDC to solve a problem
PREP:
1. Make sure the Lab books, (M8) Building materials and Team Builders Badges are ready to pass out.
2. Post the agenda on the board if needed
3. Have students ready to work in their groups
EVENT
Student’s GUIDE
WARM UP
5 min
WARM UP
Teacher’s GUIDE
WARM UP
Ask the students to label the storyboard
Put together the storyboard and EDC
and the EDC using the stickers
in your LAB books using the stickers.
SHARE
5 min
SHARE YOUR
TEAM
BUILDERS
5 min
Turn and Talk with your neighbor about what
you drew
TURN and TALK
WARM UP
DON’T FORGET TO:
SHARE
ENCOURAGE
STORY
6 min
1. TEAM BUILDER Cards
2. Team Builders Badge Chart
3. LAB books
4. Mountain Challenge Poster
5. (M8) Building materials
6. Team Builders Badges
Teacher: ask the students to SHARE
REVIEW: Last session we talked about LISTEN,
LISTEN
HELP
MATERIALS
SHARE, HELP and ENCOURAGE. Now you know
what it takes to be a good team member.
Today during our activity I will walk around
and if I see you being a good team member,
I will give you a sticker for your mat.
Let’s review team builder skills:
LISTEN, SHARE, HELP and ENCOURAGE
Read: “ISA Express® Mountain Challenge” Read the first 4 story boxes as a class.
Stop at the end of box 4 and have the
students discuss in their groups the first
two steps of the EDC:
Students: Turn to storybook in the back
IDENTIFY: Identify the problem in the
of the LAB book.
story
IMAGINE: Without knowing the materials,
imagine possibilities for your solution.
TEACHER
TIP
Record the answers
on the smart board or the
Mountain Challenge Poster
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2.3.K.A.1 Identify shapes II
Identify the shapes of the items you were given to solve the mountain problem
(ex: square, rectangle, circle, triangle )
2.1.K.A.2 Tally marks-up to 10
Use tally marks of ves to count the number of popsicle sticks you have
2.2.1.A.1 Addition word problems - sums to 18
Q: If you have 1 train, 4 popsicles sticks and 7 pieces of foam to use to solve your problem,
how many items do you have in all?
2.3.1.A.1 Symmetry
Put two pieces of foam together to form symmetry
2.3.2.A.1 Identify 2-dimensional shapes
Observe all the shapes of your items for the mountain problem and nd an item that is a
quadrilateral, tell why it is a quadrilateral
2.3.2.A.2 Congruent
Find all the items that are congruent
2.3.3.A.1 Triangles: acute, right, and obtuse Find an item that has a right angle .
How do you know it has a right angle and how many degrees does a right angle have?
2.1.3.B.1 Add three numbers up to three digits each
When you look at three items that are 121 inches, 56 inches and 7 inches, how many inches are there
when you add them all together?
MATH
EXTENSION
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EVENT
Student’s GUIDE
Teacher’s GUIDE
ENRICHMENT MAKE: BUILDING ACTIVITY
15 min
Using the materials plan and build a way
to get through the mountain so the
ISA Express®train can continue on its
adventure!
STORY
2 min
Pass out the materials (M8). Included in
the packet are PLAN pages. During this
activity, students may also use any
extra materials from previous
activities to help build their solutions.
MATERIALS
1. TEAM BUILDER Cards
2. Team Builders Badge Chart
3. LAB books
4. Mountain Challenge Poster
5. (M8) Building materials
6. Team Builders Badges
EVALUATE & IMPROVE*: Evaluate your
solution by using the toy train that is
provided in the packet.
Students will most likely be guided to
make a tunnel, however, some students
may want to build around the mountain
using the materials that they have. That
is okay! Although a tunnel seems like a
natural choice, we encourage creativity AS YOU NOTICE THE
and innovation as long as they are
STUDENTS SHOWING
TEAM BUILDERS BEHAVIORS,
following the EDC along the way.
SHARE
Be sure the groups share about the
solutions that they made!
Finish reading:
Finish reading the story to see how the
characters solved the problem!
“ISA Express™ Mountain Challenge”
POINT THESE OUT AND
CAPTURE THEM ON THE
TEAM BUILDERS
MATS
to see how the characters solved the problem!
TEAM
BUILDERS
7 min
Congratulations!!
You’ve completed Sensory City and can
now earn your team builders badge!
At this time, you may give the students
their Team Builders Badges. Refer to the
Team Builders Badge chart for evidence.
TEACHER
TIP
The students have worked hard to get
here. Celebrate their efforts by having
each group come up and receive their
badges together!
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