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Back to School STEM Activities and Challenges

Rated 4.87 out of 5, based on 1117 reviews
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Lisa Taylor Teaching the Stars
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Grade Levels
3rd - 5th
Resource Type
Standards
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Pages
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What educators are saying

We loved this resource! We used this at the beginning of the school year to set our expectations for steam activities & builds. great lessons for students to work together & get to know each other better.
I used these the first few weeks of school to welcome students to the new school year. My students enjoyed the challenges, and I appreciated the way they encouraged students to interact with each other.
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Description

Back to School STEM Challenges Bundle is a packet of activities your students will love as they problem solve and think critically! These activities will engage your students as they unleash their imagination. Connecting important skills such as collecting data, making observations, and measurement skills will help you seamlessly add STEM to your current curriculum.

These activities can also be used for STEM Fridays, STEAM Activities, Maker Spaces, Tinkering Labs, or After School Clubs.

These STEM Challenges are included in my Entire Year of STEM Bundle! You can save lot of money purchasing the entire bundle!! STEM Yearlong Bundle.

Activities Included:

  • Ballon Powered Bus
  • Pencil Towers
  • Paper Clip Pulley
  • Crayon Box Volume

Materials (suggestions)

  • Balloons
  • Straws
  • Shoebox lid or Styrofoam food tray
  • Wheels
  • Masking Tape
  • 2 Coffee Stirrers
  • Pencils
  • rulers
  • Rubber bands (optional)
  • Erasers
  • Small cup
  • String
  • Paper clips
  • tape
  • Spring Scale (optional)
  • Crayon Box
  • Rulers
  • Card stock

Check out what some happy teachers had to say!!

"I used this resource this past week with my 4th graders and they LOVED the pencil tower activity. They have asked if we can do another one every day since."

"Loved these! My students favorite was the pencil tower. They were coming up with some amazing structures :)"

"Great resource to help students develop higher order thinking skills and to learn to work as cooperative groups."

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Standards

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Recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement.
NGSS3-5-ETS1-3
Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
NGSS3-5-ETS1-1
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
NGSS3-5-ETS1-2
Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

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