# STEM Traffic Jam Escape | Creative Problem Solving Scenario | HPGE | No-prep | Stages 2 & 3 **Price:** $4.50 AUD **Seller:** TeachBuySell Seller **Year Levels:** year3, year4, year5, year6 **Subjects:** science, designAndTechnologies, humanitiesAndSocialSciences ## Description (seller-submitted) A high-engagement, no-prep STEM creative and critical thinking activity that gets students designing, inventing, and solving real-world problems? Traffic Jam Escape is an engaging engineering and problem-solving scenario where students invent a vehicle that can escape traffic jams. Students must design, justify, and refine their ideas while considering real-world constraints and practical solutions. This open-ended thinking challenge promotes creative thinking, engineering design, and critical reasoning in a structured and engaging format. There is no single correct answer — just powerful thinking. What Students Will Do Students will: ✔ Invent a vehicle that escapes traffic jams ✔ Design how the vehicle works ✔ Explain how their solution solves the problem ✔ Consider safety and real-world practicality ✔ Solve new problems that arise ✔ Design how cities might change ✔ Reflect and improve their ideas Students must consider movement, safety, practicality, and real-world use when designing their vehicle. Why Teachers Love This Resource ✔ High engagement ✔ No prep ✔ Flexible implementation ✔ Real-world engineering thinking ✔ Encourages discussion and collaboration ✔ Promotes deep thinking ✔ Works across subjects Students think like engineers, designers, and problem-solvers. What’s Included ✔ Engaging scenario introduction ✔ Creative & critical thinking challenge ✔ Real-world constraints to deepen thinking ✔ Plan & create design prompts ✔ Explain-your-thinking questions ✔ Problem-solving extension scenario ✔ Future city design extension ✔ Student reflection prompts ✔ Teacher notes and implementation ideas ✔ Curriculum aligned (US, UK, AU) ✔ Differentiation suggestions ✔ Extension and enrichment ideas Skills Developed Students develop: • Engineering thinking • Creative thinking • Critical thinking • Problem solving • Systems thinking • Real-world design thinking This scenario promotes innovation and practical reasoning . Flexible & Easy to Use Use this resource as: • Whole… [truncated] --- View on TeachBuySell: https://teachbuysell.com.au/l/6a17c13e-b127-403d-a346-7ba6d815d7e9 Marketplace: https://teachbuysell.com.au