Summary
“4 Steps to the Perfect Sandcastle!” is a short SciShow Kids science video for the K–5 classroom. It shows engineers solving a problem by designing and building. Quick to drop into a science lesson, a center, or a few spare minutes before the bell.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
This video shows engineers solving a problem by designing, building, and improving.
- What problem are the engineers in this video trying to solve?
- What did they build to solve it?
- How could you make their design even better?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: engineer, design, build, problem, solution.
Try it: Use paper and tape to build the tallest tower you can, then redesign it to go higher.