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Description
Grades 1–3. Cast off into the seven seas as learners work together to navigate the treacherous depths, engaging in STEM-focused experiments, hands-on design trials, and group discussions. As part of the program's 12 one-hour activities, learners work together to accomplish challenging tasks such as forging catapults, tying knots, and fashioning maps to hidden treasure. Complete program includes materials and curriculum.
Product Details
It's a Pirate's Life for Me!
Grades 1–3. From landlubber to swashbuckler, it's the pirate's life for me! Cast off into the seven seas as learners work together to navigate the treacherous depths, engaging in STEM-focused experiments, hands-on design trials, and engaging group discussions. Set the scene each day with exciting stories that engage their senses, curiosity, and critical thinking skills. Then, the merry bunch of misfits works together with the rest of their crew to accomplish challenging tasks such as forging catapults, tying knots, and fashioning maps to hidden treasure. In Pirate Camp, action, adventure, and discovery await you at every turn.
Product Features
- Complete program includes materials and curriculum
- Designed for up to 30 students
- Includes 12 one-hour activities
- Kit refill available (item #315623R)
Curriculum Topics:
1. Becoming a Pirate
2. Pirate Ship Build
3. Buoyancy
4. Tippy Raft Design Challenge
5. Treasure Maps
6. Maps and Pacing
7. Treasure Hunt
8. Catapults
9. Under Siege Design Challenge
10. Knots
11. Sea Shanties
12. Fun and Games!
Each Activity Includes:
- Schedule
- Opening and closing discussion
- Step-by-step activity instructions
- Topic background and vocabulary
- Materials list
Recommended Settings:
- Summer camps
- Classrooms
- Out-of-school time programs
- Home learning
Tech Requirements:
- None
Professional Development:
- Includes a free half-hour webinar orientation when your purchase totals $500+
- Includes a free 1-hour webinar orientation when your purchase totals $1,000+
- Additional training available for purchase by special request
21st-Century Skills:
Helps students develop a set of widely applicable abilities essential for success in the information age:
- Communication and collaboration
- Creativity and innovation
- Critical thinking and problem solving
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Information, media, and technology literacy
- Initiative and self-direction
- Leadership and responsibility
- Productivity and accountability
- Social and cross-cultural skills
Standards Alignments:
Common Core English Language Arts Standards
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.7: Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.2: Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.4: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
Next Generation Science Standards*
- K-2-ETS1-1: Engineering Design
- K-2-ETS1-2: Engineering Design
- K-2-ETS1-3: Engineering Design
- 2-ESS2-2: Mapping Earth's Systems
- 2-PS1-1: Investigating Properties of Matter
- 2-PS1-2: Analyzing Properties of Matter
- 3-PS2-2: Forces and Motion
- 3-5-ETS1-3: Engineering Design