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Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

From SciShow Kids

Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
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Summary

“Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” 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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Discussion questions

Discussion

This video shows engineers solving a problem by designing, building, and improving.

  1. What problem are the engineers in this video trying to solve?
  2. What did they build to solve it?
  3. 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.