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3rd grade engineering Common Core 5.MD.C.3 resources
STEM Oil Spill Challenge - Earth Day STEM Activity
Oil Spill STEM Activity - Great for Earth Day! Learn about the effects of an oil spill on the environment through a hands-on engineering challenge! The goal of this challenge is to clean up all of the oil from the feathers and from the water in the time provided. Students will work in teams to devise a plan to get the oil spill cleaned up in a specified time of work. Distance learning update: Activity has been updated to accommodate distance learning including instructions on creating a material
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 5-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ESS3-3
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Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Back to School STEM Activities and Challenges
Back to School STEM Challenges Bundle is a packet of activities your students will love as they problem solve and think critically! These activities will engage your students as they unleash their imagination. Connecting important skills such as collecting data, making observations, and measurement skills will help you seamlessly add STEM to your current curriculum. These activities can also be used for STEM Fridays, STEAM Activities, Maker Spaces, Tinkering Labs, or After School Clubs. These
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Build a Model House STEAM Activity-Measure Area, Perimeter, Volume and More!
Turn your classroom into a construction zone with this fun STEM measurement project! Measure length, width, height, area, perimeter, and volume using both standard and metric units. Video tutorials are included for self-directed or teacher-directed learning!This product includes the following:Teacher Materials:• 3rd Grade Common Core State Standards (those used in project) Overview with "I CAN" Statements• 4th Grade Common Core State Standards (those used in project) Overview with "I CAN" Statem
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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STEM Spring Challenges! (Spring Break & Easter Activities)
Keep students motivated with the One Week Spring STEM Challenge! This activity is perfect to keep students learning during Spring Break or Easter holidays. This calendar is based on our popular Summer and Winter Break Activity Calendars. Activities are straightforward and accessible to students of all levels with little or no supplies needed. Activities provide hands-on learning that will ignite students’ curiosity in exploring the world around us. The daily activities will incorporate math conc
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Year-Round STEM Activity Calendar Bundle
STEM Activities - Forces STEM Challenge for Creating and Designing a Boat
This STEM Challenge can be used to cover a wide range of objectives. Students will research boat designs and use prior knowledge on sinking/floating to guide their learning. Using aluminum foil, students will design and build a boat that must hold at least 0.5 pounds! Use this STEM activity resource in the classroom or for distance or online learning. Included:- Teaching Slides- Teacher guidelines - Student Workbook The student workbook lays out the design process and guides your students thr
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: STEM Activities & STEM Challenge Bundle with 5 Challenges!!
Math STEM Activities | Math Tub
This STEM tub provides extensions to the upper elementary math standards. Students will be asked to build models of items that demonstrate math concepts such as perimeter, area, fractions, polygons, measurement, and time. You can extend students' learning by using the written reflection pages that are included. Watch students' engagement soar as they build models to demonstrate their understanding of their math standards!What's Included?*6 different STEM Tub Labels (6 in color, 6 in black &am
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
STEAM Tales: Stories, Lessons & Provocations: Elementary Grade
STEAMTales: Stories & Provocations offers jumpstarts for media center maker stations or short investigations for elementary and middle grades. S.T.E.A.M. Tales stands alone, but the activities are best used with the S.T.E.A.M. Tales: Collected Stories to Inspire Elementary Engineering DesignIncludes:Digital Download PDF File46 Activity ProvocationsPrintable Student Logbook Design PagesTeacher IntroductionStation Signs
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 5-ESS3-1
...
STEM Ship a Chip!
This is a STEM oriented activity called Ship a Chip where students get to be engineers and think about product design, packaging design, and customer support. This activity can be extended or reduced based on time and group needs. Typically it takes around 2 class periods for 2nd-5th grades but would also be great for older grades. This has a short teacher guide and also a double sided student worksheet. With older students I like to add in more math but with younger grades we focus on the measu
Christmas Design Challenge: Gingerbread House
Looking for an engaging project to keep your students with you until the very last minute before Christmas break?!? Try this design challenge! Using a digital newsletter, students work through 5 phases, including research, design testing, and building a cardboard gingerbread house. They are required to use NGSS science and engineering practices as well as a volume. After purchasing this project, the digital newsletter file you will need is linked on page 2 of the PDF file. I share the activity w
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
NASA's OSIRIS-REx Models - STEAM Guide (Free)
ACCESS WITH OUR HANDY ONLINE LEADER PORTAL! Enjoy this engaging program with our easy-to-use online tools. Learners experience what it means to be part of a NASA mission team while designing a kinetic scale model of the OSIRIS-REx mission. Launched in 2016, OSIRIS-REx will travel to the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, take a sample of its surface and return it home! During this exciting activity, teams make an origami-type spacecraft model, including a movable lever arm, solar arrays and sample retur
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
intooba construction kits for Engineering/STEM/Math - K-6
intooba construction kits are designed for hands-on collaborative group work by students in K-6. Our large kits are supported by a common core linked K-6 Math curriculum, and two Engineering student manuals (K-3) and (4-6). Our Engineering manuals have over 24 challenging building exercises, each with several levels of complexity. Please contact us to buy our 372 piece classroom manipulative kits for Math/Engineering/STEM K-6. Each large kit good for 12-15 students working in groups of 3 or 4:
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 6th
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