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8th grade science Common Core 7.EE.B.3 resources
STEM Space Lander Math & Engineering Activity
Space Lander STEM ChallengeThis STEM activity is one of our favorite engineering design challenges! The combination of marshmallows (or ping pong balls) and aliens makes this a winning STEM challenge! In the Space Lander Challenge, student teams build a lander using the engineering design process to keep two marshmallow "aliens" or "astronauts" inside a cup as it is dropped from various heights. Using straws, index cards, and mini marshmallows or cotton balls, students apply concepts of shock ab
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
STEM Space Moon Crater Design Challenge (Engineering Design Process)
Can your team of astronauts work together to land a rover in the center of a crater on the Moon? This engaging STEM challenge is a fun way to incorporate the engineering design process into your classroom or afterschool program! Students use the engineering design process and explore the forces of motion to place a ball in a cup at the center of a 6 foot diameter circle without entering the circle. This challenge represents placing a NASA rover into the middle of the Apollo lunar crater for expl
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 9th, Adult Education
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
STEM Sailboat Challenge Math & Engineering Activity
STEM Sailboat Engineering Activity Description Updated to include an editable STEM journals, instructional video, and teacher slides!The Sailboat STEM activity is a great way to incorporate the engineering design process into your classroom or afterschool program! Many are familiar with the boat buoyancy challenge, and this takes it one step further by adding a sail! Now students must build a boat to hold a specific weight as well as incorporate aerodynamic principals to make it move. This hands
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-PS2-2
...
Also included in: Middle School Distance Learning: Digital STEM Activity Bundle
STEM Drag Device Parachute Challenge (Engineering Design Activity)
Drag Device STEM Parachute Activity Students use the engineering design process and explore the forces of gravity and air resistance to design a drag device to slow down a payload. This challenge uses a ping pong ball to represent a rover landing on Mars. The rover must remain inside an uncovered cup during drop and impact testing. This hands-on activity is an engaging design challenge that allows students to work in teams, apply the engineering design process, and connect math topics to real-wo
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
...
Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
Forces and Newtons Laws of Motion Physics Unit - Newton Inertia Action Reaction
This unit bundle product contains 26 resources needed for a typical upper middle school and lower high school physics unit on forces and Newton's laws of motion. The bundle contains the following products: 1 unit planning guide, 1 lab activities overview, 1 unit overview and vocabulary document, 2 unit PPTs with corresponding student notes, 10 worksheets, 3 lab activities, 6 formative quizzes, 1 unit review, 1 Jeopardy-style review game, and 1 summative test.General Contents of This Bundle:Unit
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Grades:
7th - 9th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-PS2-4
, MS-PS2-2
, MS-PS2-1
Halloween STEM Activity: Candy Grabber STEM Activity
Fall or Halloween STEM Activity - updated with digital STEM journals and teacher slides!**Note: this challenge is identical to the Valentine's Day Candy Grabber Challenge but with a Halloween and fall theme!**This engineering design challenge is perfect for a fun and educational STEM Halloween project! Note: the word "Halloween" is not in the product - the pages are in black and orange with a candy graphic. Students will work in teams to design and build a device that uses the power of levers to
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
Bird Nest STEM Challenge (Biomimicry Engineering Activity)
Bird Nest Engineering Design Challenge Students will dive into the engineering design process with this hands-on STEM challenge building a nest to safely catch a falling egg. A follow-up activity teaches biomimicry by relating what was learned in building a bird nest and applying it to designing a landing pad for a space capsule. As a student-driven assignment, the purpose of the teacher is to act as a facilitator. You will provide the structure to the project, but students will take an active r
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
Also included in: Middle School Distance Learning: Digital STEM Activity Bundle
Bridge Engineering STEM Challenge - Women in STEM History Activity (Digital)
This engaging STEM challenge is a fun way to incorporate the engineering design process into your classroom or afterschool program! Students use the engineering design process and explore compression and tension forces in bridges while building their own bridge! This challenge also highlights Emily Roebling, the first woman field engineer who was instrumental in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. History, science, engineering, literature (optional), and math-- it is all included along with
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
Also included in: Women in STEM History Engineering Challenges Bundle
Gravitational Potential Energy GPE & Kinetic KE Word Problems Worksheet
A 2-page worksheet product designed to help upper middle school and lower high school students review to the topic of solving gravitational potential energy (GPE=mgh) and kinetic energy (KE=1/2MV2) calculations through a set of 10 word problems.Product Contents:Pages 1-2 – GPE and KE Word Problems:Formulas for GPE and KE4 leveled word problems divided between solving for GPE, m, g, and h4 leveled word problems divided between solving for KE, m, and v1 final word problem requiring students to use
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-5
Ultraviolet Light Shelter STEM Challenge (Solar Space Science & Engineering)
Ultraviolet Light Shelter Engineering Design Challenge: Updated with digital journals! Students are on a mission to protect an astronaut from ultraviolet light over-exposure in this engaging STEM challenge. Using UV-sensitive beads, students explore how different materials absorb UV light and use the engineering design process to build a UV-safe shelter. This design challenge allows students to work in teams, apply the engineering design process, and connect science topics to real-world applicat
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
STEM Valentine's Day Challenge: Candy Grabber Math & Engineering
Valentine's Day STEM ActivityThis engineering design challenge is perfect for a fun and educational STEM Valentine's Day challenge! Students will design and build a device that uses the power of levers to pick up candy from a distance. Included teacher instruction slides and printed or digital student journals. **Note: this challenge is identical to the Fall Halloween Candy Grabber Challenge but with a Valentine's Day theme!Supports Distance Learning: Editable Google Slides for a digital STEM Jo
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
Start the year with our most popular fall STEM challenges! These STEM activities are great for back to school, celebrating the fall season, and connecting to Halloween and Thanksgiving themes! 5 Halloween Themed Engineering ChallengesSpider Parachute Halloween Engineering Challenge: Design a parachute to save a spider! This is a fun Halloween STEM activity that your students will love with a version for distance learning!Haunted House Paper Circuit Halloween STEM Activity: What’s more spooktacku
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
Thanksgiving Turkey Nest Challenge Engineering Activity
Thanksgiving Turkey Nest STEM ChallengeStudents will practice the Engineering Design Process with this hands-on STEM challenge building a turkey nest to safely catch a falling egg. A fun twist on the classic egg-drop challenge, this activity is an exciting way to foster critical thinking and team-building skills! An included bonus activity adds an additional theoretical design challenge and writing topic. Students must brainstorm and design a device to protect the newly laid turkey eggs from pre
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
Spider Parachute Halloween STEM Activity
Design a parachute to save a spider! This is a fun Halloween STEM activity that your students will love with a version for distance learning! When some spiders are born, they make parachutes out of their silk in order to safely drop from their mother’s web. They release a few strands of silk that form a triangular-shaped parachute that catches the breeze and lifts them in the air! But in our challenge today, one of the baby spiders is unable to deploy their parachute and needs your help to get d
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
Also included in: Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
Fall/ Halloween Pumpkin Volcano Shelter STEM Challenge
Your students will have a blast working in teams to build a shelter that can survive a volcanic eruption from a pumpkin! The activity guides your students through the engineering design process and connects math topics to real-world applications. Our students have loved this activity, and we know yours will too! **Note: this product is the same challenge as our Volcano Shelter STEM Challenge, but with a Fall/ Halloween theme!**This engaging, student-driven activity includes an optional simulated
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
Also included in: Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
A Math Adventure Through the Solar System
8 FUN math activities included to help your students practice their math skills and learn a little bit about their place in their solar system!Solar System Long JumpOverview: Students figure out their average long jump on Earth, and then based on the gravity of each planet, calculate the distance of that jump on each planet. Solar System WeightOverview: Based on gravity of each planet, students calculate their weight and the measurements of central tendency. Students will then graph their resul
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-PS2-4
, MS-ESS1-3
, 5-PS2-1
Forces and Newton's Laws of Motion Physics Unit Review
This is a 2-page unit review product (with 3 pages of answer keys) designed to help upper middle school and lower high school physics students review a unit on forces and Newton's Laws of Motion. Topics include: what are forces, types of forces, contact vs. non-contact forces, measuring forces in Newton's, drawing free body diagrams, Newton’s 3 laws of motion, F=ma calculations, and applying Newton’s laws to everyday eventsI typically hand out this document to students at the end of the unit to
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Grades:
7th - 9th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-PS2-2
Distance Time or DT Graphs Physics Worksheet Set - 2 Worksheets
An 8-page, 2-worksheet product that covers the topic of distance-time graphs or D-T graphs and how to interpret them. Worksheet (A) features a 1-page reading covering the primary features of D-T graphs and 12 review questions. Worksheet (B) features 26 review questions that aim to extend student understanding.Topics Covered by Both Worksheets:Definition of a D-T graphHow D-T graphs are structured (time on X-axis; distance on Y-axis)Interpretation of straight vs. curved lines on D-T graphsInter
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
Math Toolkit: A Math Review and Lab Measurement Practice - Physics Unit Bundle
What is the Math Toolkit and Why do I need to include this unit in my physics or physical science course? The Math toolkit Unit is designed to help your physics students review essential content in their math, problem-solving, unit converting, and laboratory practice skills before digging into all that great content. This is a great unit to start the year out with to ensure your students have all the prerequisite knowledge they need to be successful in the class. Teaching and Planning Made EasyA
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-ETS1-1
, HS-ETS1-4
Gravitational Potential Energy or GPE Word Problems Worksheet Part 1
A 2-page worksheet product designed to introduce upper middle school and lower high school students to the topic of solving gravitational potential energy calculations or GPE=mgh through a series of 8 leveled word problems.Product Contents:Pages 1-2 – Gravitational Potential Energy Word Problems:Review of gravitational potential energyReview of the GPE equation (GPE = mgh)Use of a formula triangle to solve for each variable (GPE, m, and h)4 features of a complete solutionSample word problem and
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Grades:
7th - 9th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-PS3-2
Calculating Momentum or PMV Word Problems Worksheet Part 1
This 2-page worksheet product is designed to introduce upper middle school and lower high school physics students to the skill of solving momentum or P=mv word problems. Students learn about the basics of the P=mv equation, how to use a formula triangle to solve for the 3 different variables, what 4 elements to include for a complete answer, and how incorporate significant figures in their final solutions. This worksheets includes 8 leveled word problems that are equally divided between solving
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Grades:
8th - 10th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-PS2-2
Forces and Newtons Laws of Motion Unit Test or Assessment
A 4-page unit test product (with 4 pages of answer keys) worth 60 points designed for upper middle school and lower high school physics students to assess understanding of forces and Newton's Laws of Motion. Topics include: what is a force, types of forces, contact vs. non-contact forces, newtons, free body diagrams, balanced and unbalanced forces, calculating net force, friction, weight vs. mass, Newton's 1st law, inertia, Newton' 2nd law, F=ma, Newton's 3rd law of motion, and action and reacti
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Grades:
7th - 9th
Types:
CCSS:
Energy Kinetic Potential Unit Test or Assessment
A 4-page unit test product (with 4 pages of answer keys) worth 55 points designed for upper middle school and lower high school physics students to assess understanding of energy. Topics include: what is energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, measuring energy in joules and kilojoules, energy transfers, and energy transfer diagrams. The test has been designed to take the average science student 35-45 minutes to complete.Concepts Addressed in This Test:What is energyCategories of energy (kineti
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-5
, MS-PS3-1
Gravitational Potential GPE & Kinetic Energy KE Word Problems Quiz Part 3
A 1-page quiz product worth a total of 16 points designed for upper middle school and lower high school physics students in order to assess understanding of calculating gravitational potential energy (GPE=mgh) and kinetic energy (KE=1/2MV2). The quiz features a series of 5 leveled word problems word problems that are equally divided between solving for variables using the GPE and KE equations. This is quiz 3 of a 3 quiz set.Corresponding Worksheets:This quiz is closely linked to several workshee
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-5
, MS-PS3-1
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