Lesson Summary

Problem: Design a way to keep Harry from escaping at bathtime

Harry is a happy dog who loves everything except for taking baths. When bath time comes around, Harry runs away and has a lot of fun getting dirty. Students will follow the Engineering Design Process (problem solving process) to solve the problem: How can we keep Harry from running away when it’s bath time?

Reading Standards for Literature (RL):

• Pre-K.MA.1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about a story or poem read aloud.
• Pre-K.MA.4. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unfamiliar words in a story or poem read aloud.
• SL.K.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups

STE or Math Standards/Practices

• Describe mathematical attributes:
• PK.CC.A.1. Listen to and say the names of numbers in a meaningful context
• PK.MD. Describe and compare measurable attributes.
• K.MD.A.1 Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several measurable attributes of a single object.

Video

Harry the Dirty Dog read by Betty White