March STEM Challenge - Building Coin Towers

This fun hands-on St. Patrick's Day STEM activity tests students building skills while reinforcing important mathematical concepts. Students work in partners to build the tallest tower they can using only chocolate gold coins (or pennies).A great March activity to keep students active and engaged as spring break approaches.Skills covered:✔ collecting data in a table and bar graph✔ comparing numbers using greater than, less than or equal to✔ adding with 3 or more addends✔ subtraction with regrouping✔ measures of central tendency - mean (average) and range✔ fractional parts of a set & reducing fractions✔ scientific method & inferring✔ composing written explanations with logical stepsProduct Contents: Teacher directions with clearly written objectives, materials list, and steps 4-page printable for students in color & blackline Parent note/ supply request