Nexus Network Lesson Plan
A comprehensive lesson plan for a 3-hour STEM collaboration event, featuring a detailed timeline, differentiation notes for elementary and middle school, and a structured engineering challenge with integrated SEL marketplace concepts.
Nexus Network Slides
An interactive slide deck for the Nexus Network lesson, featuring big text, clear visual cues, and specific prompts for icebreakers, stations, and the main bridge challenge.
Mission Manual Packet
A student activity packet for the Nexus Network lesson, including team intake, station logs with data tables, bridge blueprinting space, a material marketplace for SEL credits, and a final reflection section.
Station Rotation Guide
Printable station cards for the Nexus Network lesson, featuring large text and clear instructions for three collaborative STEM challenges with explicit STEM goals.
Collaboration Rubric
A teacher-facing assessment rubric for the Nexus Network lesson, evaluating teams on communication, inclusion, resilience, and engineering design on a 4-point scale.
Structural Specs Cheat Sheet
A technical reference sheet for students that explains core STEM concepts like compression, tension, structural shapes (triangles), buoyancy, and algorithms, as well as the Engineering Design Process.