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Platonic Solids Snowman Math Challenge
Students will research and study the Platonic solids, then pick 3 platonic solids to construct a snowman with the 3Doodler Create+ pen. Student groups will give a presentation on the solids they chose and share their snowman creations.
Non-Edible Gingerbread House STEAM Challenge
In this activity, students will work in teams of 3-4 to construct a non-edible gingerbread house, combining upcycled materials and 3Doodler plastics.
Five 40-minute sessions (1 planning, 1 designing, 2 constructing/decorating, 1 evaluating)
Beginner
3rd - 5th
Frozen Bubble Bubble Wands
Students will work in pairs to create 2 different bubble wands for frozen bubbles. They will hypothesize the outcome of their bubbles and measure the diameters. They will make observations regarding the general shape of their frozen bubbles.
STEM: 2D vs 3D Bubble Wands
Learners will plan and create a two dimensional bubble wand using this sheet. They will test their wand to see the shape, size and number of the bubbles that come out. They will then create a three dimensional shaped bubble wand and see if that changes the bubble sizes and quantities.
3D Geography: My Land
Learners will use their knowledge of landforms to create a paper map with a compass rose and key. The map will include at least one 3D landform, made with the 3Doodler pen.
History: First Nation Symbol
Learners will plan and create a meaningful symbol to represent the Wisconsin-native First Nation group that they researched. They will showcase this symbol as part of their presentation and gallery walk.
It’s Not as Simple as Mendel Said: A Lesson in Shamrock Genetics
In this activity, students will work with partners to review genetic vocabulary. Individual students will Doodle a 3-leaf or a 4-leaf clover based on their review game score.
STEAM Design Challenge: Chair Prototyping
For this STEAM based lesson, students will work individually or with a partner. They will use 3Doodler pens to iteratively develop a chair design using criteria and constraints.
Doodle Snowflakes: Geometry and Symmetry
In this lesson, students will work individually using the 3Doodler pens to doodle a geometrical snowflake that is also symmetrical. Students will review the concepts of geometry, patterns, and symmetry.
The Basic Unit of Life: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells (STEM)
In this activity, students will work in pairs to doodle two cell models, one of a prokaryotic cell, and one of a eukaryotic cell.
Doodle-Atoms
In this activity, students will work individually to create a Rutherford model of an atom.
Doodle-Spud-Heads (Our Five Senses)
Students will doodle eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and hands in order to demonstrate how we use our senses.
Lasso-Doodler Roundup
Students will doodle a lasso, use it to isolate words that form contractions and then doodle the contractions to share with the class.
Doodled Blackout Poetry
Students will make a poem based on pieces of published poetry and use the 3Doodler to blackout words and phrases.
Doodle-Wobblehead Notables
Students will work in pairs to research a historic notable, isolate 5 of the most interesting research facts about them, and incorporate those facts into a wobblehead design.
Doodler Tree Anglers
Students will work in pairs to doodle a forked tree limb, find the angles, determine the type of triangle created when a third side is added, and more.
Leafy-Family-Doodles (Science: Inheritance in Plants)
In this lesson, students will identify the inherited characteristics of leaves, analyzing how 4 leaves of the same plant are alike or different.
Holiday-Doodle-Challenges
The following holiday lesson plan provides fun STEM engineering challenges for whole group activities.
STEM: Doodle-Winter-Balance (Design Investigation: Weights and Balance)
In this lesson, students will work in pairs using the 3Doodler to doodle objects related to the winter season.
STEM: Doodle-Trees (Trees and the Four Seasons)
Students will work in pairs using the 3Doodler to doodle 4 tree branches as models of the 4 seasons, i.e., winter, spring, summer, and fall.
STEM: Doodle-Tangrams (Puzzler Investigation)
Students will work in pairs using the 3Doodler to doodle a seven piece set of mathematical tangrams.
STEM: Doodle-Parachute-Jumpers (Design Investigation)
Students will work in pairs using the 3Doodler to design and create different parachute jumpers, as well as an aerodynamic parachute crafted with everyday objects, e.g., coffee filters and string.
Doodle-Sole-Charms (Sense of Touch & Sight)
In this lesson, students will work with a partner to investigate two of their five senses, touch and sight, and then identify various patterns using these senses.
STEM: Doodle-Ice-Lanterns (States of Matter)
In this lesson, students will work in pairs using the 3Doodler to explore states of matter.
STEM: Doodle-Hockey (Engineering Challenge)
Students use the 3Doodler to design a template and doodle the optimal hockey stick, using shafts of different lengths and blades of various shapes.
STEM: Floating Doodles (Buoyancy: Sink or Float)
Students will work in pairs to explore the buoyancy of water with boats that they've designed and created using a 3Doodler and other materials.
STEM: Doodle-Line-Puzzlers (Continuous Line Drawings)
Students will work to try and solve 3 levels of continuous line puzzlers as stencils, then trace over the same path using a 3Doodler.
STEM: Doodle-Engineering-Challenge (Scientific Method)
In this lesson, pairs of students will use the 3Doodler in an attempt to build the tallest structure in the class.
STEM: Plants & Animals (Basic Needs)
Students will work in pairs using the 3Doodler to create the two rings of a Venn-Diagram, as well as symbols representing the basic needs of plants and animals.
STEM: Doodle-Wheelers (Force and Motion/Simple Machines)
In this activity, students will work in pairs to explore the size of wheels and their effects on force and motion.
MATH: Shape Shifters (Identifying Shapes and Attributes)
Students will work in pairs to identify shapes, and doodle a set of 3 different shapes to be welded together as a doodle-animal.
MATH: Rockin-Doodle-Dominoes (Sorting by Color Attribute)
Students will work in pairs to identify colors and write their names in an activity where they will design their own set of color-dominoes using rocks.
MATH: Doodle-Number Line (Adding and Subtracting Using a Number Line)
Students will work in pairs to practice adding and subtracting single and double-digit numbers in order to reveal a stencil of a robot inside a hundreds chart.
MATH: Pine Cone Counting-Doodlers (Fractions: Comparing parts to whole)
Students will doodle pine cone scales with different colors, then work with the numerical significance of the scales in order to learn about fractions.
MATH: Old MacDoodle’s-Doodles (Shapes, Sorting, Categorizing)
Students will work in pairs to analyze a set of shapes, determine common attributes and then draw a stencil for another shape that would fit into each of Old MacDoodle's shape sets.
MATH: Doodle-Touch-Dots (Addition)
In this activity, students will work in pairs to practice adding numbers from 0-9 using touch dots.
Doodle-the-Dots (Even and Odd numbers)
Students will work in pairs to practice identifying and counting even and odd numbers (up to 20) in a connect-the-dots activity.
MATH: Doodle-Inchworm (Measurement)
In this activity, students will work in pairs to practice measuring objects in inches using a doodled inchworm ruler.
MATH: Doodle-Counters (Counting & Number Correspondence)
Students will practice counting, while creatively reinterpreting the numbers 1-10 as doodled animals, people, or objects.
MATH: Doodle-Butterflies (Symmetry)
Students will work in pairs to doodle symmetrical butterflies to be displayed as stained glass renderings mounted on windows or against fabric backdrops.
MATH: Doodle Difference
Students work in pairs to subtract the difference within 20 and decipher a color-key in order to Doodle a Doodle-Dog, bones, and bowls.
MATH: Doodle-Sums
Students explore subtraction and decipher a color-key in order to doodle the Doodle-Bird and her babies with the appropriate colors.
MATH: Doodle Place Value Art
In this activity, students will work in pairs to doodle ones, tens, and hundreds "base ten blocks" using a pre-made stencil.
MATH: Comparing Numbers with Doodle Gator
Students will work in pairs to doodle models which will be used to identify sets of numbers as greater than, less than or equal to.
3Doodler Reading Pals
Students will work on decoding strategies in groups of three utilizing the six phonics reading pals as mnemonics.
Doodle Magic Words
In this lesson, students will work with a partner to doodle a list of spelling words written on paper cards.
Doodle-Faces (Writing: Show-Don’t Tell-Your Character’s Emotions)
In this lesson, students will work with a partner to develop a character and share his or her emotions.
Swat the Doodle-Fly: Sight Words
In this lesson, students will use the 3Doodler to create fly swatters and a fly for a sight word game.
Doodle-Snowman Glyph (Sharing Data)
Students will work in pairs to doodle a simple snowperson by reading and answering questions in a glyph format.
Operation Dr. Doodler
Students will work with a partner to become Doodle-Doctors by doodling and inserting the proper vowels into their patients.
Doodled Story Stone Soup
In this lesson, students will work with a partner to doodle 4 different story-stones with nouns.
Doodle Sentence-Pals
Students will work in pairs to doodle a Sentence-Pal, which will be used as a reminder of what is needed to write a complete sentence.
Doodle-Detectives
In this lesson, each student will take on the persona of a word-sleuth detective, solving mysteries behind robust vocabulary words.
Compound Words
In this lesson, students will work with a partner to put together words that create compound words.
Doodle Magic Spelling
In this lesson, students will work with a partner to doodle the initial letters of their first and last names using twigs.
Alpha-Doodles
In this phonics activity, students will work in pairs to practice arranging letters to form words in the -at word family and sound them out.
STEM: Earth’s Structure and Beyond!
In this activity, students will work with a partner to compare a cross-section of planet Earth with cross-sections of other planets.
STEM: Doodle Maze
In this activity, students will work in pairs to design their own 3Doodler Marble Maze using an online interactive maze tool.
STEM: Stars and Constellations
In this activity, students will work in pairs to research what causes the apparent brightness of stars and constellations.
STEM: Cloud Doodlers
Students will work in small groups to research 4 different cloud types, their heights, and associated weather conditions.
ELA: 3Doodler Stop-Motion
Students will work in pairs or small groups to identify the theme of a fictional text, summarize a scene that best reflects the theme, and create a 3Doodler stop-motion animation to enact the scene.
MATH: Fractal Trees
Students will examine the natural ecology of tree branching, while exploring mathematical ratios and quotients to help interpret data.
MATH: Doodler Dice Rollers
Students work in pairs to doodle dodecahedrons and icosahedrons to use in a math game that practices order of operations.
STEM: Doodled Animal Prosthetics
Students will work in pairs to design and doodle a prototype for an animal prosthesis that meets the constraints of a simulated design problem.
Elemental Superheroes and Supervillains!
In this activity, students will creatively explore elements in the periodic table.
DoodleMultiples
This activity blends math and art. Students will work in small groups to practice working with multiples of 2 and 5.
MATH: Fractal Fractions
Students will work in pairs to explore fractions and Sierpinski's Triangle.
Math: Parabolic Art and Geometry
Students will work in pairs to graph Parabolic Curves over 4 quadrants of an x- and y- axis.
STEM: Bridging the Gap
Students will work in pairs to design a bridge that can withstand the heaviest amount of weight when spanning a gap of 20 cm using a 3Doodler and no other materials.
Fibonacci Spider Webs
Students will explore the mathematics and design of Fibonacci's golden spiral in nature and then innovate and fabricating spider webs for a new type of spider based on the Fibonacci sequence.
3Doodled Tops (Force & Motion)
In this activity, students will work in pairs to design and construct a top with a 3Doodler.
Developing a Character
Students will craft a story character through a process of answering interview questions, designing a character emoji and writing a short POV narrative based on inferences.
3Doodler City (Area and Perimeter)
In this activity, students will work in small groups to brainstorm and design a city comprised of shapes.
(Intermediate): Build a Better Bubble!
In this experiment, students will engineer a new design for 3 unique bubble wands, as well as alter the bubble mixture in order to determine how shape, surface area and pressure relate to the science of bubbles.
(Primary): Build a Better Bubble!
Students will design a bubble wand as well as alter a bubble mixture to determine how shape relates to the science of bubble-making.
Reptile Renovators
Students match up various physical descriptors from different reptiles.
Plant Adaptations (Living Things)
Students synthesize and apply what they know about plant adaptations.
Upcycle with 3Doodler
Students will work together to design and create upcycled products using objects collected at home and in school.
Dial up the Sun! Patterns on Earth and in Space
In this activity, students will work in pairs to design an innovative gnomon for a functional sundial.
One 45 minute session, which must be followed up over 6 consecutive hours. *Conduct this activity on a sunny day!
Beginner
3rd - 5th
Simple Machine Design Challenge (Forces and Motion)
Students brainstorm, design and create models of simple machines.
Fossils: Doodling and Diggin’ the Earth
Design and 3Doodle a cast and mold for a set of trace fossils of a dinosaur's bones.
Doodle-the-Dots (Multiplication Patterns)
In this activity, students will work independently to practice multiplication by connecting-the-dots with a 3Doodler.
Jumping Circles (Organizing Data and making Conjectures)
Students will work in pairs to observe the mathematics behind 3Doodled circle jumps, develop their own questions, organize their data, and extrapolate conjectures based on data.
Line Talkers (Alliteration)
Students will create continuous line drawings in the style of Picasso with the 3Doodler.
Touch Text (Vocabulary)
Students will use 3Doodler pens to create a tactile system for identifying vocabulary words and their meanings through touch.
Masquerade Party (Theme & Symbolism)
In this lesson, students will work in small groups to analyze the theme of a guided or shared reading book.
Puppets and Props (Story Retelling)
Students will work together to enact a scene from a read aloud, shared or guided reading book with the class, using 3Doodled finger puppets.
A Field Guide to Fantastic Beasts – and where to find them (Research/Creative Writing)
Students will work in small groups to design a fantastic beast and its egg using a 3Doodler.
3Doodler Alive! (Personification)
Students will explore personification, creating concrete examples of personification with everyday classroom objects.
Metaphors & Similes: Redefining and Transforming Objects
Students will work in small groups to design concrete examples of metaphors and similes that incorporate everyday objects and a 3Doodler to embellish.
Tessellations (Geometry)
Students use visualization, spatial reasoning and geometric modeling to solve a problem.
Pentomino Puzzler (Geometry)
Students will work in pairs to create a set of 3Doodled pentominoes and then assemble them to solve the 6x10 rectangle.
Idioms: You’re an Idiom
Students will use research skills to write about the origin and meaning of an idiom and create a humorous visual representation of it with a 3Doodler.
GeoMetric Collage Maker
Students create a collage, resulting in crayon rubbings used to calculate area and perimeter.