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The Biggest Pumpkin Ever Halloween STEM Activity: Pumpkin Pulley Challenge

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Grade Levels
2nd - 5th, Homeschool
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Pages
18 pages
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My students loved planning and designing their pulley. Now they enjoying building and some are testing them out to see how they work. Very well organized resource. Thank you!
My kids enjoyed this activity. They were engaged from start to finished and were able to use their skills learned from the pulley and gears unit.
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Description

Lift the Biggest Pumpkin Ever with a Student Designed and built Pumpkin Pulley System!

Make learning fun with this Fall Halloween STEM Activity in which students investigate pulleys and pumpkins! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll.

Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas using the Engineering Design Process. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.

Aligns with Common Core and NGSS.

Includes:

  • Teacher and Student Instructions
  • Pulley Reading Passage and Questions
  • Student Planning Pages
  • Student Reflection Pages
  • STEM Journal
  • NGSS and Common Core Standards

Material List:

  • Cardboard boxes (ex. shoe boxes or cereal boxes)
  • Tape
  • Toilet paper rolls and/or paper towel rolls
  • Spool of thin ribbon (ex. 3/16in. x 6 yards)
  • Pencils
  • Mini pumpkin
  • Scissors
  • Rulers
  • The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll (recommended)

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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.
Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

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