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STEM Index Card Tower Challenge - Easy Prep Project- 2 Versions

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This easy prep STEM Activity is surprisingly challenging! Students will have a fantastic engineering opportunity through problem-solving. Index Card Towers show your students how to persevere and redesign based on their initial thinking and planning

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Engineering

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Projects, Activities, Centers

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STEM Challenge Bucket Tower Problem-Solving Learning Activity Upper Elementary

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This unique and original STEM Activity features a bucket with the challenge to build a tower that will hold weight. It's an engaging student favorite and you will love the ready-made lab sheets and low prep. Students must also explain why their

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Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Engineering

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Build a Boat STEM Challenge featuring a Budget Activity

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This is a STEM challenge you must try! Students build a boat and test its ability to float. This activity also includes using a budget to "purchase" materials. It's a STEM project your students will love!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Problem Solving, Engineering

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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STEM Popcorn Challenge - Problem-Solving & Volume Project - Measurement Activity

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It’s the Popcorn STEM Activity! This Easy Prep Challenge is one of my absolute favorites to use as an exploration into volume. This challenge has been tested with 2nd-5th graders and they all enjoy designing those containers to hold the popcorn.

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Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Engineering

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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STEM Spaghetti Tower Challenge Problem-Solving Project

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Who knew a project using spaghetti could be so engaging and have easy prep for you? Students love this tower-building event with the unlikeliest of materials- spaghetti and one marshmallow. You will enjoy the ready-made lab sheets and the 4

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Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Engineering

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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STEM Basketball Goal Challenge Engaging Problem-Solving Sports Activity

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Basketball Goals! This basketball goal and shooter is the most fun activity ever in the STEM lab! This challenge is perfect for fall sports but don't forget the great basketball tournament in March! Your students will love competing in this

Subjects:

General Science, Problem Solving, Engineering

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

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STEM Bubble Wand Design Challenge Science Problem-Solving Activity

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Bubbles, Bubbles, Everywhere! STEM students love bubbles! This STEM activity has elements of fun, but also a great design and building challenge. After exploring with bubbles students will design and test their own bubble wands! Watch them engineer

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Engineering

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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STEM Marble Maze Challenge – Problem-Solving Activity

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You will love the versatility of this challenge. Three versions of the activity are included. Each version has a teacher's guide. Student lab sheets and sample answers are also provided. Your students will be a"mazed" with this project, too!➡️ Click

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Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Engineering

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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STEM Roller Coaster Challenge- Force and Motion Problem-Solving Activity

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Do you love an easy prep challenge? I do and I love watching students explore using this Roller Coaster activity. Students have a few materials and must design and construct a roller coaster model. It is truly exciting to watch them work and test

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Engineering

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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STEM Challenges Tower Problem-Solving BUNDLE Set 1 featuring Index Card Towers

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Are you looking for easy prep STEM? You have found the perfect bundle- 3 towers to try. Your students will love building the biggest, tallest, and most creative towers and you will love the simple supplies. How tall will your towers be?Please note:

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Engineering

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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$10.50

$8.50

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STEM Project: Easy Prep Challenge for Team Building - Index Card Bridge

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Building bridges with one simple material requires teamwork! This STEM project features the Index Card Bridge and is a student and teacher favorite. Students love the problem-solving and you will love the easy prep!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this

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Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Engineering

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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$3.50

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STEM Challenge Bundle featuring Newton's Laws of Motion with Newton's Cradles

By Teachers Are Terrific - STEM Activities

Do your students struggle to understand Newton's Laws of Motion? Here’s a set of three challenges that all involve those laws! Students will be involved in total hands-on learning as they tackle the second and third laws specifically and designing

Subjects:

General Science, Problem Solving, Engineering

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

$10.50

$8.50

275

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STEM Challenges Bridges Bundle 3 Activities

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Can you build a bridge with only a few supplies? Yes, you can! Push your tables close together to make a gap for a bridge. Students will get to work with simple materials and one goal. Build a bridge that will cross the gap and work! Please note:

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Engineering

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

$10.50

$8.50

443

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STEM Challenge Straw Mazes Problem-Solving Easy Prep Activity

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This easy prep STEM activity is to design and build a maze using two simple supplies! This is a Quick STEM Challenge – one you can complete in 1 class session with materials you probably already have! The teacher's guide includes all the details you

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Engineering

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities, Printables

$3.00

423

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STEM Toothpick Tower Challenge Easy Prep Problem-Solving Activity

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Are you looking for an easy prep challenge? This Toothpick Tower STEM Activity is the one! Towers are the best! Students love to build and stack items to create the tallest possible tower. With this tower challenge, they also have to be diligent in

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Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Engineering

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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STEM CHALLENGES ENTIRE YEAR 60 Projects, Planning Guide, and Posters

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If you are ready for an entire year's worth of STEM Challenges, this set is a perfect choice. This collection of student-tested STEM Challenges for elementary students is jam-packed full of so many projects- 60 to be exact. This is all you will

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Engineering

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

$213.25

$148.00

322

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STEM 12 Straws Tower Challenge Problem-Solving Activity Easy Prep - 3 Versions

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If you have limited supplies for a STEM Challenge can you still build a tower? Yes, you can! This is a STEM project using only 1material with the option of adding tape. This resource includes three versions of the tower-building activity.➡️ Click

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Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Engineering

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities, Printables, Lesson

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Valentine's Day Stem Challenge Delivery Zip Line Project Based Activity

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This is a student-favorite STEM Challenge all about Valentine’s Day! That is already exciting enough, but this one also features a zip line! This challenge is not just for Valentine’s Day! I included teacher directions, a lab sheet, and photos to

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Engineering

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

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Sharks Task Cards Nonfiction Reading Task Cards

By Teachers Are Terrific - STEM Activities

Is it Shark Week in your classroom? This task card set is perfect for some extra reading, task card games, and practicing the use of nonfiction text features!Note: This set is available in a money-saving bundle!Nonfiction Text Features Task Card

Subjects:

Reading, General Science, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

$4.25

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STEM Water Slide Challenge Student Favorite Problem-Solving Activity

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Highly engaging and great fun! Here’s a challenge to get through those summer months or summer camps. Try this STEM project at any time of year and be amazed as your students engineer a slide that transports a toy to a splash-down at the bottom!➡️

Subjects:

General Science, Problem Solving, Engineering

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

$3.50

368

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching for 30+ years! This includes the regular classroom and a specialist position. Grades I have taught:

Grades 3, 4, and 5
Grades 1-2 STEM
Grades 3-5 STEM

MY TEACHING STYLE

I think we learn best by trying something and learning from mistakes.

Hands-On
No Fear of Failure
Learn by Doing

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Creating resources for busy teachers has been the greatest adventure!

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Masters Degree in Elementary Education

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

"If anyone ever tells you your dreams are silly, just remember there is a millionaire walking around who invented the pool noodle". And he probably would have been an excellent student in a STEM Lab!

GRADES

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Reading, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Order of Operations, Other (Math), Science, Anatomy, Astronomy, Basic Principles, Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Physics, Other (Science), Social Studies, Other (Specialty), Geography, Other (ELA), Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Character Education, Word Problems, General Science, Physical Science, Problem Solving, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Halloween, Winter, Valentine's Day, Decimals, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, Place Value, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, End of Year, Engineering, Classroom Community