creatED® Design-a-Game™: A Create-to-Learn™ STEAM Program from Crayola® - Grade 2-3

Combines STEAM, design thinking, social-emotional learning, and student engagement into one creativity-filled classroom kit.

• Students work in teams of 4 to develop unique game objectives, rules, and game play
• Students learn to communicate complex systems while building their own metacognitive skills
• Gives students experience in solving problems, collaborating, and designing
• Contains everything teachers need to integrate STEAM and project-based learning with creativity and confidence
• From planning through assessment, kits open a world of hands-on learning in the classroom, makerspace, before/after school programs, and for school-wide STEAM challenges
• Using the IDEA Design Thinking process, students identify, define, explore, and assess their game concepts to create board games
• Students will learn by seeing games as systems
• Research-supported approach same as what's often used in project-based learning and in STEAM assessment rubrics
• Deepens students' knowledge of curriculum, builds their strategic planning skills, and empowers them as decision-makers
• Teacher guide, planning tools, and art supplies are reusable to inspire creativity and project-based learning all year long

Components include:

• 8 blank game boards
• 600 blank game cards to personalize game instruction
• 16 blank dice
• 32 packs of Crayola® Model Magic (1 oz. each)
• 64 Crayola® Silly Scents™ broad line markers
• 36 erasable colored pencils
• 8 Crayola® dry-erase/wet-erase sheets
• 32 Crayola® Pip-Squeaks Skinnies® markers
• 8 wipe-off sponges
• 2 sticker sheets
• Comprehensive 72-page Teacher's Resource Book with methods, planning guides, end-of-unit assessments, and ideas to get students started on their game projects
• Aligned to curricular standards
• For 8 groups of 4-6 students each

Topics explored::

• Survival - Students use reasoning and analysis to explore how humans, plants, and animals survive
• I See - Students build observation skills, organize objects, and cite evidence of number sets, using familiar settings or a favorite book
• Solving Local Problems - Students find and solve problems through collaborative risk-taking, innovation, and sharing multiple perspectives

Topics explored::

• Life Cycles - Students explore life cycles of plants, animals, insects, and people
• Lines, Shapes, & Angles - Students discover basic geometric shapes and concepts, using inspiration from nature, art, and their everyday environments
• Water, Wind, & Weather - Students design games that explain water as a resource and the impact of wind and weather on all living things

Topics explored::

• Biomimicry - Students use science, engineering, and visual art concepts to solve human problems by mimicking natural structures and phenomena
• Economics in Action - Students create games that connect math, science, social studies, and art to build working economics systems
• Ecosystems & Adaptation - Students consider the essential needs of plants, people, and animals in specific ecosystems