A Visitor For Bear

Lesson Summary

Design a Mouse Trap/Carrier

A Visitor for Bear tells the story of a bear who lives alone and does not like visitors. A persistant mouse comes to visit and won’t go away despite the bear’s insistence that he does not want the mouse in his house. Finally, the bear lets the mouse stay and the two become friends.

In this activity, students are challenged to design a type of trap or way to capture the mouse and bring him away from the house. The trap/carrier must have a handle and be able to support the weight of 3 unifix cubes (or other selected measure).

STE or Math Standards

• Engineering Design:
  1.K.2.ETS.1.1. Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change that can be solved by developing or improving an object or tool
  1.K.2.ETS.1.2. Generate multiple solutions to a design problem and make a drawing (plan) to represent one or more of the solutions
  1.K.2.ETS1.2. Generate multiple solutions to a design problem and make a drawing (plan) to represent one or more of the solutions.

ELA Standards

• Speaking and Listening  Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media 

  • Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
  • Produce complete sentences appropriate to task and situation.

Video

 A Visitor For Bear by Bonnie Becker