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Would You Rather Sampler - Fun Questions for Discussion, Writing Prompts, & More
Dive into writing prompts, classroom discussion, and more with our exclusive sampler from Would You Rather Questions!!These 18 digital or print Would You Rather questions are great for discussion, class polls, writing prompts, language building, facilitating higher-level thinking, brain breaks, building community, and more! This sampler gives you a taste of our comprehensive Would You Rather resource that promises to make learning engaging and effective.Try before you buy!Purchase this sampler f
Grades:
2nd - 9th
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Early Finishers Logic Puzzles Enrichment Activities Fast Finishers
Are you looking for ways to incorporate critical thinking and reasoning skills into your classroom? These 10 logic puzzles would be perfect as enrichment activities and for fast / early finishers and gifted and talented students! They would also work well as morning work and homework.I have always enjoyed doing logic puzzles myself and decided to make some of my own for my students. In my class, * I introduce logic puzzles by doing one as a whole group. * Then, I let them work on one with a part
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Paper Chair: Engineering Challenge Project ~ Great STEM Activity!
Engineering Challenge:Can you create a chair that can hold a stuffed animal using paper and tape?Paper Chair ChallengeMaterials Needed: (per individual, pair, or team)- Copy paper (3-5 sheets per chair)- Ruler- Masking tape- Stuffed animal (small to medium sized)- ScissorsThis packet contains all the information you need to make this a great engineering activity in your classroom! Lab sheets, student and teacher instructions, and challenge signs are all included! Using simple and cheap materia
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2nd - 7th
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Also included in: Personalized STEM Pack #19 - 10 Engineering Challenges
Goldilocks STEM Activity - Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM Design a Bed
Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM: Design a New Bed for Goldilocks! What do you get when you combine fairy tales and STEM? A fun, hands-on STEM tale! This fairy tale with a twist guides students through the engineering design process to create a new bed for Goldilocks. The storybook can be read aloud together. Students will complete it as they work through the STEM activity.⚙️ The STEM Activity ⚙️Your students will help Baby Bear build Goldilocks a new bed of her own! In this story, there is a
Grades:
K - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Back to School STEM Activities Team Builders and Icebreakers Elementary & Up
Team building activities and icebreakers are perfect for the first week of school in STEM! Not only will your students instantly engage in these hands-on challenges, they will begin to build your classroom community. Your students will need to work in teams throughout the year, and the best way to set the foundation for that is with fun, engaging, and brain-stretching STEM challenges.✅ What You'll Get ✅This resource includes ice breaker challenges / activities: ✨✨✨ 3 STEM team building activitie
Grades:
2nd - 7th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Activities and Challenges for K-2 - Whole Year Bundle
Thinking Thursday
Are you looking for a fun way to get your children thinking outside the box? Try a Thinking Thursday. You can do these whole group, independent practice, or even as morning work. This is a great way to get your kids using their imagination!*Capital and lower-case letters*Numbers 1-20 in 2 different fonts*20 shapes*a blank set with no Thinking Thursday at the top so you can use any day of the week *a set with just lines so students can write their own sentences *1 page to use to create your ownPl
Grades:
PreK - 3rd
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Analogy Task Cards | 3 sets of analogies! | 72 Print & Digital Multiple Choice |
These 72 Analogy Task Cards are divided into 3 color-coded sets of 24 cards each. Students can solve the analogies orally in groups or use the included answer sheet to record their answers. There are also answer keys for each card set so that your students can check their work. Analogy Task Cards are also available in a short answer format. Please see below for link.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Short Answer Analogies Task Cards are available here.Other great products:•
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Leap Year 2024 STEM Activities | Leap Day Jumping Paper Frog STEM Challenge
It is Leap Year once again and your teacher life just got a little busier with Leap Day activities you need to plan. Use Leap Day STEM activities to cover standards and give your students super fun Leap Year activities they will love. This ready to go Leap Year 2024 STEM Activities Leap Day Jumping Paper Frog STEM Challenge is just what you need to keep your 2nd through 5th grade students engaged and excited for learning during Leap Day.Challenge your students with an exciting Leap Year STEM cha
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Leap Year 2024 | Leap Day Activities BUNDLE
Vocabulary Graphic Organizers & Activities for Word Work Centers - Printable
Spice up your word work with these vocabulary graphic organizers created especially for upper elementary students. These vocabulary activities work with any word list and are perfect for your word work center, independent work, or vocabulary homework. This Word Work pack includes 15 vocabulary graphic organizers for upper elementary students:Picture DictionarySuper SentencesFour SquareMake a ConnectionSeven Words... and more! *Please note that these are companion worksheets created by teacher re
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
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Rapunzel Fairy Tale STEM Activity ⚙️ Engineering ⚙️ Rapunzel Escapes the Tower
Once upon a time...Rapunzel decided she could rescue herself! Your students will work collaboratively while following the engineering design process in this fairy tale STEM activity. They will help Rapunzel build an escape path so she can get out of her tower and see the world. She can do it herself (with your students' help)!✅ What You'll Get ✅Instructions and sample images8-page story book that guides students through the engineering design process (Ask - Imagine - Plan - Create - Improve). Th
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Ozobot Activity Robotics Maze Coding Cards for Ozobot Robots ⭐ Print & GO! ⭐
Print and go mazes are a great Ozobot activity! Ozobot™ robots are an excellent way to introduce coding to your lower elementary students. With these maze cards, you never have to worry about having markets on hand! Students use the reusable cards to create "paths" or "roads" for their Ozobots to follow! These make a great no mess STEM center.⬇️ What You'll Get ⬇️✅ Reusable Coding cards Yes! You do NOT need markers for this resource, and you only need to print the coding cards once). Small codin
Grades:
1st - 5th
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STEM Activity Pi Day ➡️ Packaging Engineer Career Exploration Math Challenge ⭕
A STEM activity with a career focus that is great for Pi Day or any time! In this hands-on math challenge, students will be packaging engineers for the day as they determine the best arrangement for a set of circles in the various packages! This 2D STEM challenge is a scaled-down, paper version of what real packaging engineers must accomplish with 3D objects and products. This activity ties in well to Pi Day because the objects are all circles! In a 3D version, these objects could be something l
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
Paper Airplane STEM Activity Project Template Challenge Low Prep Sub Plans
This is the PAPER AIRPLANE STEM ACTIVITY you are looking for! The paper airplane STEM challenge is a fun, hands-on, and EASY to implement force and motion exploration that uses paper. This is the challenge for you. ✅This activity can be used with ANY grade (students will need to be able to fold and crease paper). It's an excellent fine motor skills activity and always produces surprising results. If you are learning about force and motion or measurement, this challenge is perfect for you!✅ What
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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It's Not a Box! 25 Creative Drawing Prompts Your Kids Will Love
These 25 open-ended drawing prompts range from basic shapes to abstract lines to engage your students' creativity and critical thinking skills! Use them as a drawing warmup, mindfulness activity, or for early finishers. These are perfect for any art class, and can be paired with Antoinette Portis' book Not a Box for a literacy connection. My K-1 students loved these challenges, and they could easily be implemented up to high-school grades depending on the level of depth you encourage. As an art
Grades:
K - 10th
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Passion Projects that are Primary Friendly
Looking for a Passion Project or Genius Hour resource that is primary friendly? You've found it! This resource includes planning pages and note taking pages geared towards younger learners who are just beginning to read. Visuals provide students with the scaffolds and confidence to work independently.
This resource is not a step by step guide to how to implement passion projects or genius hour. If you're interested in how I implement passion projects in my classroom, click here . There are man
Grades:
1st - 4th
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Analogies Task Cards | Print & Digital | ELA Test Prep Practice | Analogy Set 2!
Analogy Task Cards: 72 short answer cards plus answer sheetThese 72 Analogy Task Cards are divided into 3 color-coded sets of 24 cards each. Students can solve the analogies orally in groups or use the included answer sheet to record their answers. There are also answer keys for each card set so that your students can check their work. These cards will look best in color, but will also print out fine in grayscale. Simply print and cut along the guidelines. Laminate and use them again and again.
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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The Three Little Pigs Activity ⭐ Fairy Tale STEM Challenge ⭐
Spark curiosity, imagination, and fun with fairy tale STEM! STEM tales use a fairy tale that your students are likely already familiar with - a twist is added into the story that introduces an engineering problem. Can your students help the three little pigs solve the problem in the story? By adding in a story element, those students that might typically shy away from STEM activities may find joy in transporting themselves into a story to solve a problem. All students will follow the engineerin
Grades:
K - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Creative Thinking Task Cards Word Links 128 Lateral Critical Thinking Puzzles
Use these 126 critical thinking cards to help your students gain fluency with lateral thinking. Similar to the board game, TriBonds, each card requires students to come up with one word that links the three words on each card together. For example, the words, “camp,” “place,” and “wild,” are linked by the word “fire.” These cards can be used by students from grade four all the way to adults (try them yourself!).WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:128 Task Cards (prints 6 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording
Grades:
2nd - 12th
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Creative Thinking & Writing Task Cards | Print & Digital | Fun Game Included!!
Use these 60 cards as a fun creative thinking enrichment activity. Students can work on cards individually using notebook paper for their answers, or use as a game with groups. When using as a game, students can set a timer for one to three minutes depending on the age of your students. Students use personal white boards or notebook paper to list as many things as possible for the given card. One way to encourage original answers is to score the game by having students cross off answers given b
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2nd - 5th
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Index Card Tower: Engineering Challenge Project ~ Great STEM Activity!
Engineering Challenge:
Using 100 index cards and 12 inches of tape, can you make a tower that is at least two feet tall that can hold a small stuffed animal?
Materials: (per group)
100 index cards (lined or unlined, 3x5 size)
12 inches of scotch tape
One small stuffed animal (beanie baby size)
Scissors
This packet contains all the information you need to make this a great engineering activity in your classroom! Lab sheets, student and teacher instructions, and challenge signs are all inclu
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2nd - 7th
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Fall STEM Challenge - Low Prep Paper Engineering Leaf Glider STEM Family Night
Looking for an easy STEM challenge for fall? Are you ready to have some fun with paper leaves? Students will design a leaf glider that flies the farthest in this low-prep STEM challenge. Simple enough to leave with a sub, this STEM activity is also great for fine motor skills practice and easy to implement with a wide grade range.✅ What You'll Get ✅Getting Started: Suggested Material List, Teacher notesOptional Creative Warm-Up: Complete the drawing activitySTEM Challenge Tips: General tips for
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Unplugged Coding for Beginners
These beginning coding activities are great for beginners to learn the basics of directional coding. There are 25 different activities that have students follow directional codes and create their own program using arrows. A printable version and a version using Google Slides™ for distance learning. Use these activities as a STEM center or for independent work as an introduction to coding. Use these activities as part of the Hour of Code™ and beyond!This resource is also part of a money-saving Co
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Coding For Beginners Bundle Great for The Hour of Code™
Passion Project: Fostering Creativity and Inquiry!
Perfect for independent study projects! Unlock your students' passions!
I have been trying to wrap my mind around how to implement passion projects in my classroom all year long. I LOVE the idea behind allowing my students to research topics that interest them, but I also wanted to create some guidelines and parameters to help them along while still allowing student choice and creativity. As you will see, I am approaching passion projects through the incorporation of choice boards. The board
Grades:
2nd - 5th
STEM Posters Leadership Quotes Makerspace Decor Inventor Science Leaders Women
Inspire your students with STEM Leadership Quote Posters! These posters feature 15 different important figures and inspirational quotes from STEM leaders, scientists, and inventors. They are a great way to bring a makerspace feel to your classroom and teach students about the history of STEM.The posters are colorful and visually appealing, and they are sure to catch the attention of your students.Use these posters to motivate and inspire your students to pursue their own STEM dreams. Hang them i
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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