Teaching Resource
Build a Pirate Ship STEM Challenge – Middle Years
A STEM challenge suitable for students in the middle years.
Use this STEM challenge to encourage critical thinking and problem-solving in a design technology context.
Students design and construct a pirate ship that can float with prescribed elements. It enables students to use a variety of materials in order to solve the design challenge.
The teaching resource contains a task card that outlines the challenge and a worksheet for recording and reflecting upon the design process.
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Victorian Curriculum alignment
- VCDSCD030
Select and use materials, components, tools and equipment using safe work practices to produce designed solutions
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACTDEP016
Select and use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques and use safe work practices to make designed solutions
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