Build STEM Skills With Brain Puzzles
I'm so excited to share with you the newest addition to my STEM resources I use in my 2nd grade classroom! It's so important that students get time to think critically, create, and solve problems independently and in groups, and these tools from MindWare do just that! The brain builders I have are wooden planks that are perfect for students to construct various objects and pictures. I introduced the planks as a Fun Friday afternoon activity, and my students loved working together to build anything they could come up with! After letting them explore the materials for awhile, I handed pairs of students Brain Builders Junior puzzle cards. On the cards, students saw a diagram of something to try to build... They were a HIT! The kids LOVED the challenges! There were amazing discussions going on with my students about different ways to try to build these pictures. Because I was using these with my whole class on a Fun Friday, I used the Brain Builders Junior cards and the Color P...