STEAM in the World of Fairy Tails
About the project • It's innovative, creative project, who aim is to connect STEAM education and tradicional Fairy tales. Through STEAM activities we will solve problems, do experiments, develop mathematical concepts as well as skills such as cooperation, critical thinking and creativity, learning a computational and analytic approach, creative use of ICT tools, conducting scientific experiments and data analytics, development of literacy.
CINDERELLA • ONCE UPON A TIME a girl named Cinderella lived with her stepmother and two stepsisters. Poor Cinderella had to work hard all day long so the others could rest. It was she who had to wake up each morning when it was still dark and cold to start the fire. It was she who cooked the meals. It was she who kept the fire going. The poor girl could not stay clean, from all the ashes and cinders by the fire.
Dubysos aukštupio mokykla (teacher Dainora)
Kohtla-Järve Lasteaed Tareke (teacher Ene)
Šiaulių „Juventos“ progimnazija, 2a (teacher Aurelija)
Šiaulių „Juventos“ progimnazija, 3a (teacher Ingrida)
Kohtla-Järve Lasteaed Tareke (teacher Ene)
"Cinderella". Children were happy to make beads for Cinderella according to the pattern. We were engaged in the alternation of objects: knowledge of geometric shapes, size, color
Šiaulių “Juventos” progimnazija 2b (teacher Asta)
Three little pigs • "The Three Little Pigs" is a fable about three pigs who build three houses of different materials. A Big Bad Wolf blows down the first two pigs' houses, made of straw and sticks respectively, but is unable to destroy the third pig's house, made of bricks. Printed versions date back to the 1840s, but the story itself is thought to be much older. The phrases used in the story, and the various morals drawn from it, have become embedded in Western culture . Many versions of The Three Little Pigs have been recreated and modified over the years, sometimes making the wolf a kind character. • The story begins with the title characters being sent out into the world by their mother, to "seek out their fortune". The first little pig builds a house of straw, but a wolf blows it down and devours him. The second little pig builds a house of sticks, which the wolf also blows down, and the second little pig is also devoured. Each exchange between wolf and pig features ringing proverbial phrases, namely:
• "Little pig, little pig, let me come in." • "No, no, by the hair on my chinny chin chin." • "Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in." • The third little pig builds a house of bricks, which the wolf fails to blow down. He then attempts to trick the pig out of the house by asking to meet him at several places, but he is outwitted each time. Finally, the wolf resolves to come down the chimney, whereupon the pig who owns the brick house lights a pot of water on the fireplace. The wolf falls in and is boiled to death.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vgPkWECN-4&t=113s
Šiaulių „Juventos“ progimnazija, 2a (teacher Aurelija)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vgPkWECN-4
ŠIAULIAI progymnasium "DAINAI" (teacher Neringa)
Dubysos aukštupio mokykla (teacher Dainora)
Šiaulių “Juventos” progimnazija 2b (teacher Asta)
Šiaulių “Juventos” progimnazija 3a (teacher Ingrida)
Dubysos aukštupio mokykla (teacher Dainora)
Preiļu 1. pamatskola (teacher Lolita)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjlALrdtTiQ
Kohtla-Järve Lasteaed Tareke (teacher Ene)
"Three piglets". Assignment: make houses for piglets. The houses were built using Gienesh blocks, sticks, a mathematical tablet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjlALrdtTiQ
Siauliai “Juventa” progymnasium 3b (teacher Aida)
Puss in Boots • "Master Cat, or The Booted Cat" commonly known in English as "Puss in Boots", is an italian and later European literary fairy tail about an anthropomorphic cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth, and the hand of a princess in marriage for his penniless and low-born master. • "Puss in Boots" has provided inspiration for composers, choreographers, and other artists over the centuries. • The tale opens with the third and youngest son of a miller receiving his inheritance —a cat. At first, the youngest son laments, as the eldest brother gains the mill, and the middle brother gets the mules. The feline is no ordinary cat, however, but one who requests and receives a pair of boots. Determined to make his master's fortune, the cat bags a rabbit in the forest and presents it to the king as a gift from his master, the fictional Marquis of Carabas. The cat continues making gifts of game to the king for several months, for which he is rewarded.
• One day, the king decides to take a drive with his daughter. The cat persuades his master to remove his clothes and enter the river which their carriage passes. The cat disposes of his master's clothing beneath a rock. As the royal coach nears, the cat begins calling for help in great distress. When the king stops to investigate, the cat tells him that his master the Marquis has been bathing in the river and robbed of his clothing. The king has the young man brought from the river, dressed in a splendid suit of clothes, and seated in the coach with his daughter, who falls in love with him at once. • The cat hurries ahead of the coach, ordering the country folk along the road to tell the king that the land belongs to the "Marquis of Carabas", saying that if they do not he will cut them into mincemeat. The cat then happens upon a castle inhabited by an ogres who is capable of transforming himself into a number of creatures. The ogre displays his ability by changing into a lion, frightening the cat, who then tricks the ogre into changing into a mouse. The cat then pounces upon the mouse and devours it. The king arrives at the castle that formerly belonged to the ogre, and, impressed with the bogus Marquis and his estate, gives the lad the princess in marriage. Thereafter, the cat enjoys life as a great lord who runs after mice only for his own amusement. • The tale is followed immediately by two morals: "one stresses the importance of possessing industrie and savoir faire while the other extols the virtues of dress, countenance, and youth to win the heart of a princess."
Šiaulių „Juventos“ progimnazija, 2a (teacher Aurelija) https://www.ourboox.com/books/master-cat-or-the-booted-ca t-2/
Preiļu 1. pamatskola (teacher Lolota)
Kohtla-Järve Lasteaed Tareke (teacher Ene)
Šiauliai “Juventa“ progimnasium, 3b (teacher Aida)
Šiauliai “Juventa“ progimnasium, 2b (teacher Asta)
Šiaulių Dainų progimnazija (teacher Neringa)
Šiauliai “Juventa“ progimnasium, 3a (teacher Ingrida)
Šiauliai “Juventa“ progimnasium, 3a (teacher Ingrida)
Šiauliai “Juventa“ progimnasium, 3a (teacher Ingrida)
Šiauliai “Juventa“ progimnasium, 3b (teacher Aida)
The Ugly Duckling • "The Ugly Duckling" is a literary fairy tail by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). “The Ugly Duckling” was first published on 11 November 1843, with three other tales by Andersen in Copenhagen, Denmark to great critical acclaim. The tale has been adapted to various media including opera, musical, and animated film. The tale is completely Andersen's invention and owes no debt to fairy tales or folklore. • When the story begins, a mother duck's eggs hatch. One of the little birds is perceived by the other birds and animals on the farm as an ugly little creature and suffers much verbal and physical abuse from them. He wanders sadly from the barnyard and lives with wild ducks and geese until hunters slaughter the flocks. He finds a home with an old woman, but her cat and hen tease and taunt him mercilessly and once again he sets off alone. • The duckling sees a flock of migrating wild swans. He is delighted and excited, but he cannot join them, for he is too young and cannot fly. Winter arrives. A farmer finds and carries the freezing little duckling home, but the foundling is frightened by the farmer’s noisy children and flees the house. He spends a miserable winter alone in the outdoors, mostly hiding in a cave on the lake that partly freezes over. When spring arrives, a flock of swans descends on the lake. • The ugly duckling, now having fully grown and matured, is unable to endure a life of solitude and hardship any more and decides to throw himself at the flock of swans deciding that it is better to be killed by such beautiful birds than to live a life of ugliness and misery. He is shocked when the swans welcome and accept him, only to realize by looking at his reflection in the water that he had been, not a duckling, but a swan all this time. The flock takes to the air, and the now beautiful swan spreads his gorgeous large wings and takes flight with the rest of his new family.
Šiaulių „Juventos“ progimnazija, 2a (teacher Aurelija) Reading or watching fairy tales are very useful and funny activities for children at school. Especially they like stories about animals. That’s why we chose the fairy tale ,,The ugly duckling” by H.C. Andersen and did integrated activities in Lithuanian, English, Art and Nature lessons. Students read the story during Lithuanian lesson, watched it with English teacher and discussed about different people and bullying at school. Children also created mini-books ,,The ugly duckling” and illustrated them with the characters from the fairy tale. It was very funny for students!
Preiļu 1. pamatskola (teacher Lolita)
Kohtla-Järve Lasteaed Tareke (teacher Ene)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4ilY0GiyDg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Xt9ayibX4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4ilY0GiyDg&t=1s
Šiaulių “Juventos” progimnazija 2b (teacher Asta)
ŠIAULIAI progymnasium "DAINAI" (teacher Neringa)
Šiaulių “Juventos” progimnazija3a (teacher Ingrida)
Kohtla-Järve Lasteaed Tareke (teacher Ene) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4ilY0GiyDg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4ilY0GiyDg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Xt9ayibX4
Šiaulių Dainų progimnazija (teacher Neringa)
The Snow Queen • "The Snow Queen" (Danish: Snedronningen) is an original fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published 21 December 1844 in New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection. 1845. (Danish: Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Anden Samling. 1845.)[1] The story centres on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by Gerda and her friend, Kai. • ONCE THERE WAS AN EVIL WIZARD who made a mirror with his dark magic. If anything good or beautiful was put in front of the mirror, the reflection that showed back was only rotten and gray. • The wizard laughed. He wanted to show his evil mirror to the whole world! He took it and flew up high into the sky. He flew so fast that the mirror started to shake. He could no longer hold on to it and the mirror dropped! It smashed into many tiny sharp bits of glass on the ground. • The wind blew the glass all over the place. From then on, if one bit of that evil glass blew into anyone’s eye, that person would see only the bad and dark in people, no more the good. So it was in that land. • Years later, a boy named Kai and a girl named Gerda were friends. They lived next door to each other. Both of them had their bedrooms in the attic. When they opened their attic windows, they were so close they could reach out and touch fingers. An old gutter ran between the two roofs. In the gutter where water ran through, the families had planted a garden with vegetables and roses. It was like Kai and Gerda's very own garden. Kai and Gerda’s families were poor. There were no toys to play with. But they did not mind. They played in their garden on the roof, and were happy.
Šiauliai "Juventa" progymnasium, 2a (teacher Aurelija)
Preiļu 1. pamatskola (teacher Lolita)
Šiauliai “Juventa“ progimnasium, 2b (teacher Asta)
Šiauliai “Juventa“ progimnasium, 3a (teacher Ingrida)
The Snow Man • Once upon a time there was a snowman who wanted to learn to run like the human boys who had made him. • "Don't worry," barked the old yard-dog. "The sun will make you run some day. Last winter, I saw him make your predecessor run and his predecessor before him. They all have to go away. It never fails." • "I don't understand you, friend," said the snowman. "Is that thing glowing in the sky supposed to teach me to run? I saw it running itself a little while ago, and now it has come slinking up from the other side." • "You know nothing at all," replied the yard-dog, "but then, you've only just been made. What you see over there is the moon; the one before it was the sun. It will come again tomorrow and, most likely, teach you to run down into the ditch by the well because I think the weather is going to change. I can feel it in my bones." • "I don't understand him," said the snowman to himself, "but I have a feeling that he is talking about something unpleasant. The one who stared so just now, that he calls the sun, is not my friend. I can feel that too." • The dog was right. There was a definite change in the weather. Toward morning, a thick fog covered the whole country, and a brisk wind arose, so that the cold seemed to freeze to the bone. But when the sun rose, the sight was splendid and glittering. Trees and bushes were covered with frost and looked like a forest of dazzling diamonds.
ŠIAULIAI progymnasium "DAINAI" (teacher Neringa)
Šiauliai "Juventa" progymnasium, 2a (teacher Aurelija)
Šiauliai “Juventa“ progimnasium, 2b (teacher Asta)
Šiauliai “Juventa“ progimnasium, 3a (teacher Ingrida)
Thumbelina ● Thumbelina is a literary fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen first published by CA Reitzel on December 16, 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with "The Naughty Boy" and "The Traveling Companion" in the second instalment of Fairy Tales Told for Children. Thumbelina is about a tiny girl and her adventures with marriage-minded toads, moles, and cockchafers. She successfully avoids their intentions before falling in love with a flower-fairy prince just her size.
Šiauliai “Juventa“ progimnasium, 3a (teacher Ingrida)
Šiauliai “Juventa“ progimnasium, 2a (teacher Aurelija)
Kohtla-Järve Lasteaed Tareke (teacher Ene)
Project meeting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCoZYcy4Xnc