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STEM Activity Challenge Marshmallow Catapult 3rd-5th grade
STEM Project for Third, fourth and Fifth grades.In this activity students will work in groups to create a catapult from popsicle sticks. They will modify their catapult in order to produce the best launch possible. Kids will have a great time launching mini marshmallows across the room while learning about potential and kinetic energy.***If you are interested in a differentiated version of this resource for grades K-8, please click here.This STEM Activity Challenge includes teacher instructions,
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Activity Challenges 16 Pack #2 (Upper Elementary)
FREE! End of the Year: Teach the Teacher Day! {Now with Google Drive link}
This is my favorite project for the last week of school! Students plan a lesson about any topic of their choice. On one of the last days of school, have students present their lesson. You will be amazed at what you learn from your students!This freebie includes a lesson plan template for students and teacher tips. I just updated it with a rubric, too!Just added 5/21/2020 Google Drive option for distance learning. This would make a fun Zoom activity for the last week of school! *******You might
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2nd - 5th
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Marshmallow Challenge Handout
This FREEBIE includes a color and black and white handout to provide to teams of students engaging in the Marshmallow Challenge activity. This activity is great to use as an icebreaker or to engage students in critical thinking, cooperative learning, and innovative thinking. It can also be used to reinforce basic principles of physics or as a fun math activity involving measurement.
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Paper Airplane STEM challenge
Challenge students to build a paper airplane that can go at least go as far as possible. Building a Paper Airplane provides opportunities for investigation, team work, developing design skills and understanding the four forces of flight. ..................................................................................................................................................................Similar Resources:Parachute STEM challengePaper circuit activityAnemometer STEM challengeBalloon car
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: STEM BUNDLE (AIR based projects)
Shelter Building STEM Challenge
This FREE STEM challenge is designed similarly to the other STEM Challenges in my store. I am offering this one as a free sample so that you can experience the joy of STEM with your students. The “problem” presented in this shelter building challenge was a real life situation that happened to my family and me this summer on a back country hike. We got caught out in a rain storm on a hiking trail and were forced to quickly solve the problem of building a shelter to keep ourselves and our gear
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
End of the Year Reflection Writing Google Slides & Printable Free Activity
This end of the year, Google Slides and printable reflection activity is a great way to look back on this past school year. This resource can be used for any subject and includes a set of directions, a rubric, and an editable template to support students.Students will choose three pieces they can reflect on. Students will answer guided questions and create a catchy claim to make a statement about what they took away from each piece of evidence. This product is part of my #1 Science Mega Bundle
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Physical Science Interactive Notebook Year Bundle- Science Unit Plan
Plants - Label the Flower, Lima Bean Observation
Here are two printables that I made using my free-hand drawings and Microsoft Word. The first is a sheet where your students can color and label the parts of a plant. The second is a lima bean observation sheet. In my class, we put lima beans and a damp paper towel in plastic bags. We then take them out to observe them every few days. I have the students draw their observations in chronological order on this sheet. Enjoy! Please check out my blog, Kindergarten Simplicty, for more ideas!
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PreK - 3rd
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The Human Body {Respiratory System FREEBIE}
Keep students engaged with the multiple intelligences. Here is a culminating assessment piece for the many activities TO MAKE THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM STICK!! ♥♥♥ {Barely containing my excitement here}
This freebie is part of an {original mini-unit} has been revised {2016} to a FULL UNIT as part of the human body "Make it! Move it!" bundle. As always, it is created for maximum student engagement using the multiple intelligences.
Check out the full unit! {CLICK HERE!}
Other systems in the "Mak
STEM Engineering Project: Building a Gumdrop Tower (Elementary)
STEM Elementary Engineering Project {Kindergarten, First Grade and Second Grade}In this S.T.E.M. lab, students will work in groups to create a tower from toothpicks and gumdrops (or Dots). They will discover challenges and setbacks as their structure gets taller. Their goal will be to have a tower that can support its own weight and be as tall as possible!***If you are interested in a differentiated version of this resource for grades K-8, please click here.This STEM Activity Challenge includes
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: STEM Activity Challenges for the Whole Year! (Elementary)
Fraction Family Flip book template pages
Fraction Flip Books that highlight fact families and equivalencies instead of order.
Fourth and Fifth grade teachers…. Stop making fraction books that put unit fractions in descending or ascending order. Instead, group those fractions in to families. Deeper learning and understanding occurs.
Folding paper strips provides for deeper understanding than when the teacher provides a strip already labeled. They see the connection between the fraction family unit fractions when they fold and label
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2nd - 7th
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Forensics Fun: Science Activity with Fingerprints & Thermal Energy
This product includes 2 activities related to forensics including revealing a student’s heat signature and unique fingerprint. This is a great STEM Family Night station! Activity 1: A worksheet that guides two students to compare their unique fingerprints with a real-world connection to forensics. A QR code reveals a STEM career video on forensic science and crime scenes. *Worksheet in both English and Spanish*Activity 2: This activity requires a thermal camera for students to explore the infrar
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: STEM Family Night Planning Guide, Activity Instructions
STEM Activity Challenge - String Telephone (Elementary)
STEM Elementary School Classroom ProjectIn this activity, students will work in groups to connect two plastic cups with a piece of string. They will talk to their group members on the opposite side of the classroom with it. Students will learn about sound and the vibrations that are needed for sound to occur!This STEM Activity Challenge includes teacher instructions, student instructions (worksheet), grading rubrics, a demonstration video for the teacher, a materials needed sheet, and the rela
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: STEM Activity Challenges 16 Pack #2 (Elementary)
Biomimicry NGSS STEM Project Distance Learning Life Science Adaptations LS4
NEWLY UPDATED PDFs for digital learning! This EXCITING and RELEVANT NGSS middle school STEM activity/project challenges students to explore the benefits of adaptations (MS-LS4) and then engineer a product (MS-ETS1 and MS-ETS1-4) for human use, called Biomimicry, in a fun and authentic way! In groups, students brainstorm a real world problem, investigate an adaptation and its benefit in the organism’s habitat, and individually design a "biomimetic" product to solve the problem. (Example: Grip sho
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4th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
Also included in: NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle
EDITABLE Midterm or End of Year Review Project
When it comes to reviewing students for midterm and final exams, it can be challenging to come up with new and fun ways to review the content with them. This product, by It’s Not Rocket Science, provides students a creative opportunity to master one of the key biological concepts covered during the year by creating a children’s book: Macromolecules, Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration, Protein Synthesis, and Meiosis. This not only provides students an opportunity to creatively be assessed on
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9th - 12th
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Career Exploration 2-5-8 Projects
15 differentiated assessment projects for middle and high school career exploration class. Students complete two projects to equal 100 points. Each project is either worth 20, 50 or 80 points depending on the complexity of the projects. Students can choose an easy (20 point) project and a more complex project (80 points) to total 100 or can choose to do two 50 point projects. Project products include students creating posters, children's picture books, creating a quiz, conduct an interview,
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7th - 10th
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STEM Makerspace Activities FREEBIE
Combine thematic units and creative, artistic, outside-the-box thinking in these STEM and STEAM Makerspace activities! They are a great way to incorporate STEM into your core Reading, Math, Science or Social Studies instruction. They come in a variety of sets so that you can differentiate based on your student’s needs. These are open-ended Makerspace lessons, so they are less 'science experiment' and more 'maker'. They are less 'directions, guidelines and lists of materials' and more 'here is th
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K - 3rd
The Original Brain Hat
Make a paper hat that shows the major lobes of the cerebrum and what they do. It's the hat that's been used in schools, universities and museums around the world! You can find unauthorized copies all over the internet, but this is the original creator. The download gives you a colored copy AND a black and white one that your students can color themselves. Please remember to rate our product! It helps other teachers find it!
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Not Grade Specific
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Dichotomous Keys Dinosaurs
Challenge your students to group and classify these dinosaurs by their common/uncommon characteristics with this FUN AND FREE Dichotomous Key Dinosaurs worksheet! Allow students to practice their skills in drawing visual (pictorial) and writing text-based dichotomous keys by discerning between 5 dino-organisms. Perfect for consolidation, quick-finishers, extra credit assessment, sub plans or just for fun! Enjoy and don't forget to leave feedback! ✂ Contents+ Teacher notes: Ideas and tips for
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7th - 9th
Also included in: Dichotomous Keys Bundle - Doodle Notes & Worksheets
Plants Spring Graphing and Writing Activities
Plants are such an important part of the kindergarten, first grade, and second grade science curriculum in spring. Extend your students' learning with this engaging set of writing and graphing printables!>>> This is a sample from First and Second Grade Science: Data Collection and Writing for Eight Science Themes. <<<This sample set includes...☛ A class graph to be used after you plant seeds with your students. Students will track and compare how long it takes their seeds to g
Fairy Tale S.T.E.A.M Activities - Caution: Castles Under Construction FREEBIE
Turn your fairy tale unit into an integrated study of the scientific, artistic, and mathematical thinking behind castle construction with this S.T.E.A.M. activity pack! Extend your students' thinking and ignite their imaginations by sharing literature, facilitating research, and providing materials that encourage them to become royal builders!Steps to follow, literature links, video recommendations, and hands-on material suggestions are included, along with full-color photographs of castles fro
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1st - 3rd
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FREE Backyard Ecology Activity
This free ecology activity is perfect for laying the groundwork prior to your ecology unit. This questionnaire will get your students thinking about the ecology and environmental issues of your local community. Both printable and digital (Google Slides and Google Forms) versions are included.This resource includes:Editable and Printable 4-Page Student HandoutEditable and Printable 1-Page Paper Saving Handout (Students will use their own notebook paper.)Paperless Digital Versions for use in Goo
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5th - 12th
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MS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-4
Also included in: Introduction to Ecology Bundle
STEM Activity Challenge Levitating ping pong ball 6th - 8th grade
STEM Middle School Classroom ProjectStudents will work in groups to discover the phenomenon that occurs when a ping pong ball is placed above a straw and air is blown through the straw. Most people would expect the ping-pong ball to fly up and off to the side—but it doesn't. Due to Bernoulli's Principle, the ball will hover in the air above the straw. This project can end with a demonstration using a shop-vac or hairdryer with a ping-pong ball that will produce the same interesting results.***If
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: STEM Activity Challenges 16 Pack #1 (Middle School)
Minecraft STEM Activities and Challenges Freebie
Here’s a creative and fun STEM Activity FREEBIE to share and show just how exciting STEM Challenges can be in a Competitive Classroom Setting! These Outta the Box Classroom Competition Challenges can be done on a Fun Friday or within the week during your science block. This hands on building challenge is part of GATER Educator's "Outta the Box Classroom Competitions". The theme of the full OTB Classroom Competion is “MINECRAFT: Survival Mode”. For this activity students will read tidbits of info
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: MINECRAFT Activities Bundle
Science + Art Activity: Structure and Function {Animal Adaptations FREEBIE}
Inspire your students' creativity while examining the finer details of adaptations! Study biological evolution, unity and diversity in a new way. Try out my new Science + Art activity FREE, then check out the full biome sets for your classroom. OR get them ALL IN A BUNDLE here!Biome Sets in the Science Art Collection:Ocean Animal AdaptationsTundra Animal AdaptationsRainforest Animal AdaptationsDeciduous Forest Animal AdaptationsScrub Forest Animal AdaptationsDesert Animal AdaptationsTaiga Animal
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3rd - 10th
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