During this unit, students had a STEM activity that related to our Social Studies topic for that week: the Boston Tea Party! Students were given a set of materials (popsicle sticks, wax paper, string) and a tea bag. They were give the challenge of creating a tea crate that would keep their bag of tea dry the longest. (Students were very creative and some were pushing the rules a bit by creating a raft, covering everything in glue to 'waterproof' it, etc, but they didn't blatantly break the rules!)
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