Peter Rabbit STEM Activity – Building a Garden Fence

Your children will have fun designing and building a fence to keep Peter Rabbit from getting to the farmer’s giant carrot. They will work through each of the STEM engineering processes as they create their fence. First, they will ask what problem they will need to solve. Next, they will imagine and brainstorm what their fence will look like. Then they will create a plan by drawing a diagram and gathering supplies. Children will next create their fence and if necessary they will see if there are any ways they can improve them.

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You may want to read carrot shaped fillable translucent plastic containersto your children before starting the building project. If your children aren’t familiar with the story, hearing it will help them gather information on the rabbit and his visits to the garden.

Getting to Start the Peter Rabbit Fence Building Activity

Gathering Supplies

You will need to print out a copy of thePeter Rabbit- Create a Fence for the Carrot STEM Challenge printable for each child. It was designed to be printed out on a black and white printer.

Each of your children will need the following supplies:

• Duct Tape
• Popsicle Sticks
• Cardboard Squares
• Glue Sticks
• Scissors
• Carrot Shaped FillableTranslucent Plastic Containers

Building the Fence

There are so many different ways your children can design their fences. You may want to give them guidelines like:

• Use 20 Popsicle sticks.
• Make it taller than the carrot standing up.
  
• Make each side of the fence as long as the cardboard.
• Attach the fence to the cardboard.

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Below you will find links to fun plastic eggs you could use for the projects above.