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Catapults and STEM Bundle with Levers and Forces

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    STEM and Catapults All Year!

    An Engineering Bundle of Levers and Forces

    Catapults Flying Through Fall, Winter, and Spring!

    Mention catapults and watch your student’s eyes light up. They know they are starting an awesome activity and you know you are teaching a fabulous hands- on lesson on levers and force.

    Teachers are saying:

    "Catapults are always a hit - and so much learning happening!"

    It is the perfect way to make a holiday party into an awesome STEM learning event. We have combined our four catapult activities into one bundle so you can introduce the concept in the fall, have the kids revise their ideas in the winter, and finally review in the spring.

    Grab a bag of candy chicks, mini candy pumpkins, gummy candy hearts, marshmallows or cotton balls. Add some spools or small plastic vials, and some paint stirrers or rulers and you are good to go for a great force and motion lesson to use in your simple machine unit.

    Our packet walks your students through the engineering design process from initial drawing to the test and launches! Your kids will

    shout, “ Learning is sweet!!” as you smile at their comprehension of levers and forces.

    *Note: All four lessons are available as separate catapult units in our store:

    • Flying Marshmallow Chicks
    • Winter “Snowball Frenzy”
    • Mini “Punkin Chuckin”
    • Valentine's Day Flying Gummy Hearts

    *Each activity uses the same lesson format with a different holiday theme and projectile. Watch your students improve their engineering skills each time they do a new catapult lesson!

    We also have a bundle with amusement park engineering activities

    Welcome to the STEM Carnival – A Bundle of Amusement Park Engineering Explorations

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    Total Pages
    86 pages
    Answer Key
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    Teaching Duration
    4 days
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    Standards

    to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
    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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