Teaching STEM through Fairy Tales II- The Pied Piper of Hamlin

In the fairy tale of The Pied Piper of Hamlin, the king of the land offers a pot of gold to whomever can rid the town of rats. The Piper offers his services and the king agrees. The Piper begins playing his musical flute and marches the rats out of town. Upon returning to the town, the piper asks for payment and the king denies him the gold.  So, the Piper plays his musical flute once again and this time lures all of the children away.

In this challenge, teams use a set of criteria and constraints to build a musical instrument.  As students work towards a solution, they are using the Engineering Design Process as well as refining their skills in the NGSS Engineering Design Performance Expectations.

Each fairy tale in this popular series includes an engineering challenge design brief aligned to NGSS engineering design performance expectations. Any supplementary resources needed (templates, targets, etc.) and interactive STEM notebook pages are included.  With easy to follow teacher directions that outline the criteria, constraints and procedures, these stress-free plans will help you effectively implement STEM!

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