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1. Watch The Movie

-This movie shows a festival in Tlachichuca Mexico. The streets are covered with mosaics. Students see that many things can be made of smaller pieces rearranged in different ways.

2. Talk about the Phenomenon:

What things can be made from smaller pieces.

-What are the materials in the mosaics usually used for?

3. Make your own mosaic from arranging a small set of pieces.

- Arrange your competed mosaics on the floor to decorate your class like Tlachichuca.

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The Parts That Make Things

Matter and Its Interactions 2-PS1-3. 

Make observations to construct an evidence-based account of how an object made of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object.

What things can be made from smaller pieces?

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Students can create their own mosaic with this activity in their STEMTaught Journal or print this pdf.

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