Rapunzel Fairy Tale STEM Activity ⚙️ Engineering ⚙️ Rapunzel Escapes the Tower

Once upon a time...Rapunzel decided she could rescue herself! Your students will work collaboratively while following the engineering design process in this fairy tale STEM activity. They will help Rapunzel build an escape path so she can get out of her tower and see the world. She can do it herself (with your students' help)!

✅ What You'll Get ✅

• Instructions and sample images
• 8-page story book that guides students through the engineering design process (Ask - Imagine - Plan - Create - Improve). This prints on two-pages front and back. Students will add their plan ideas and more into the story to complete it. Front/back paper-saving option now included!
• Digital story option included! Google Slides and Seesaw options available
• Printable Rapunzel characters
• Bonus STEM Challenges (3)
• Coloring pages that go with the story
• Rubric
• Certificate of completion
• Graphic organizers for students to retell, sequence, and contrast and compare fairy tales

✂️ Materials Needed ✂️

For this fairy tale STEM activity, you will need a paper towel tube or heavy paper rolled up to make the tower. Aside from that, use what you have available for the escape design, whether that is recyclables like cereal boxes, string, or reusable STEM building materials such as Keva planks or Lego bricks.

What are STEM Tales?

STEM tales are a series of fairy tale STEM challenges that are appropriate for your youngest engineers; they build upon a fairy tale that your students are likely already familiar with. By adding in a story element, those students that might typically shy away from STEM activities may find joy in transporting themselves into a story to solve a problem.

❤️ What Teachers are Saying ❤️

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I needed a quick, last-minute STEM activity to do for a class I'm taking and this worked perfectly! The only real work on my part was gathering materials and facilitating! Excellent resource!"

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "My students loved this resource. The idea of building their own escape route to one of their favorite stories really made the activity more engaging. Our whole week was dedicated to learning about Disney and the art of design, so this activity fit in perfectly with our theme."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "So creative and fun!! My students loved this activity after we read Rapunzel! Such a fun STEM project! "

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ALL STEM Tales

• Rapunzel
• Goldilocks
• Robin Hood
• Jack and the Beanstalk
• The Three Little Pigs
• Hansel & Gretel
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff
• Beauty and the Beast
• The Ugly Duckling
• Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
• Little Red Riding Hood
• The Wizard of Oz

Fairy Tale STEM Quick Tasks

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