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Christmas and Winter STEM Activities - 5 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

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Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching
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These were quick, fun activities I was able to use with my students in the STEAM Lab. It was a great way for them to practice their collaboration skills and very easy to prep.

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    Description

    Looking for fun Christmas or winter activities that incorporate science, technology, engineering, and/or math? Christmas-Winter STEM / STEAM Challenges sure to engage with brain-busting work disguised as fun!

    Christmas and Winter STEM Challenge Activities Overview:

    Students work in partners or groups against criteria & constraints lists to design and build Winter or Christmas-themed devices. Modification suggestions are included to make these challenges engaging and productive for students in grades 2 - 8. For the Christmas-themed challenges, recommendations are given to make it solely winter-themed.

    This bundle includes five challenges at a great discount!
    Christmas STEM Activity - Candy Cane Calamity
    STEM Activity - Reindeer Relay
    Christmas or Winter STEM Activity - Sleigh & Slope or Sled & Slope
    Winter STEM Activity - Frozen Fortress
    Winter STEM Activity - Snowman Stretch


    The Christmas - Winter STEM Activities Bundle Includes:

    ✅ The 5 Christmas - Winter STEM Activities Print Bundle and Paperless Bundle.

    ✅ Overall STEM Tips

    • Suggestions on timing and whether or not to treat these challenges as competitions
    • What to say (and what not to say) during STEM Challenges
    • 5-event Winter and Christmas STEM Activities Data Tracker handout

    ✅ Plus, each STEM Challenge comes with:

    • NGSS aligned standards, Grades 2 – 8
    • Teacher Tips
      • Links to STEM Challenge How-to Videos
      • Links to individual challenge walk-throughs
      • Materials and timing
      • Criteria & Constraints (including modifications to increase difficulty for older students)
      • Measuring results
      • Post-design extension activities list
      • Universal STEM Challenge Tips/how to use the handouts

    • EDITABLE Student Handouts in Color and Black & White
      • Criteria and Constraints List
      • Results and Design Analysis
      • Discussion Questions

    • Extension templates
      • Process Flow Map
      • Math Extension
      • Plus, other design-specific handouts (see each individual challenge resource description page for more details)

    The preview shows an overview of what is included in each challenge. Please use the Q/A tab to contact me with any questions.

    Materials you’ll need to do the activity are easily modified. Materials lists can be found in the product descriptions for each individual challenge linked above or by clicking through on its page in the downloadable preview.

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    Standards

    to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
    NGSSK-2-ETS1-2
    Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
    NGSSK-2-ETS1-3
    Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
    NGSSMS-ETS1-2
    Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
    NGSSK-2-ETS1-1
    Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
    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.

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