This week's STEM challenge was a student favorite- CRABITATS!
Each team researched the needs of hermit crabs, designed a habitat for them, and then improved the habitat each day based on their research and observations.
Here is a link to a Padlet wall with the resources the students used for research:
And this is the Improvement Log they made their notes on
Each day, the students looked for evidence of where the crabs had been and used those clues to inform their improvement.
The students learned that the crabs not only needed food, water, shelter, and space from their habitats, they also had preferences about the types of each they would choose. The students did a great job finding information, making inferences, and designing a home for our little friends!