Overview
Overview
Get your students excited about engineering and scaled modeling by building scale model of real-world buildings out of icing and gingerbread!
Get your students excited about engineering and scaled modeling by building scale model of real-world buildings out of icing and gingerbread!
Who: Created with upper elementary, middle and high school students in mind. Consider splitting competition into age categories if a wide range of ages are present.
Who: Created with upper elementary, middle and high school students in mind. Consider splitting competition into age categories if a wide range of ages are present.
Anticipated Supply Cost: It is FREE to use these online curriculum. Materials to implement the curriculum are the responsibility of the user. You can expect to spend approximately $25 - $40 per student group in materials. The cost will vary based on materials used, vendor, etc.
Anticipated Supply Cost: It is FREE to use these online curriculum. Materials to implement the curriculum are the responsibility of the user. You can expect to spend approximately $25 - $40 per student group in materials. The cost will vary based on materials used, vendor, etc.
Facilitator Materials:
Facilitator Materials:
Scale Gingerbread Contest Handouts.pdfCompetition Handout
Competition Handout
Students plan, build and improve upon the design of their scale-model gingerbread houses.
Gingerbread Family Night Activity Handouts.pdfFamily Night Version of Event
Family Night Version of Event
Families work together through the engineering design process to build a simple gingerbread house.
Need help making your STEM Experience a reality? Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance is here to help with:
Need help making your STEM Experience a reality? Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance is here to help with:
- The STEM Shoppe, which offers FREE resources for educators to borrow, keep or repurpose (as supplies allow)
- Educator Grants to purchase the supplies you need
- Free consolation sessions to get your STEM Experience off the ground