STEM Starters - Toothpick Star Trick - No-Prep PreK-8 Science w/Steve Spangler

Harness the power of Steve Spangler's popular Toothpick Star Table Trick S!CK Science video with this high-interest, no-prep STEM Starters lesson. Give your students the opportunity to observe, reflect, and extend their learning with our differentiated lessons.

What’s included in each STEM Starters lesson?

• Five separate lessons spanning grade levels Early Education, K-1, 2-3, 4-5, and 6-8.
• A SICK! Science video from Steve Spangler
• Teacher directions, including TEKS and NGSS alignment information
• Background science information for in-depth explanations
• Answer keys for all lessons
• Dependent and Modified versions for your students who need differentiation

How can I use these?

Our STEM Starters lessons were designed to be flexible. Here are some great ways to use them:

• A one-day sub plan
• An activity for “Fun Friday”
• A week-long bell-ringer activity that uses a different section of the lesson each day
• A no-prep way to get in your weekly science in your elementary classroom

What supplies do I need?

These no-prep lessons don’t require any special supplies! All that’s needed is a student copy of the worksheet, a way to play the video, and, occasionally, classroom supplies like scissors and glue.

Why should I use these?

STEM Starters lessons help you maximize your students’ science time with a quick, easy-to-implement activity. Connect to critical thinking skills and processing standards while keeping your students excited about science.

What will students learn?

The Toothpick Star Table Trick STEM Starters lesson brings real science into every classroom!

Early Ed students will LOOK and THINK about the video with a coloring page for early finishers.

Grades K - 1 students have an “I can look” and an “I can think” exercise about the sequencing of the video and a coloring page for early finishers.

Grades 2 - 3 students will think like scientists as they draw an illustration of the events in the video and read a passage, then expand their learning by describing the differences between solids and liquid and answering questions about the classification system.

Grades 4 - 5 students will observe, study, reflect, and apply like scientists as they create a storyboard explaining what happened in the video, read a passage, create an illustration of what they think the inside of a plant looks like, and describe the functions behind different structures of organisms.

Grades 6 - 8 students will observe, study, reflect, and create like scientists as they describe how different materials were used in the video, read a passage, match structures to their functions, and sketch an explanation of how tubes work inside the circulatory system.

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