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Engineering thematic unit plans for homeschool
Fairy Tale and Nursery Rhyme STEM Activities
Students will be delighted and challenged to complete these 8 different Fairy Tale and Nursery Rhyme themed STEM activities! These are perfect for students to work on whole group, in a small group, or even as a fun and engaging move on activity! This pack includes STEAM activities from:♦ The Three Pigs - House Building Challenge♦ The Three Pigs - Huff and Puff Challenge ♦ The Three Billy Goats Gruff - Bridge Building Challenge ♦ Little Miss Muffet - Spider Web Building Challenge♦ Jack Be Nimbl
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PreK - 1st
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Paper Airplane Integrated Unit Thematic Unit
Wheeee! Are you looking for a dynamic, engaging unit for your students to practice measuring, aerodynamics, and so much more? The paper airplane unit is for you...and them!Are your students ready to fly the friendly skies? Are they ready to test their skills as a pilot? Are you looking for an integrated unit? Then this is the unit for you and your little test pilots!This is a complete one week integrated unit. This is perfect for project based learning, too! Included in this unit are the fol
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1st - 3rd
Farm Themed Unit - Farm Activities Bundle for Preschool and Pre-K
This preschool farm unit includes lessons and activities to teach your pre-k students all about farms and farm animals. In this unit your students will learn about farms through centers, STEM, a read aloud, circle time, and visiting an exploration station.These ready-to-use farm resources provide themed content for a week of learning. This farm-themed unit comes complete with everything you need to teach young learners about farms. The whole-group Circle Time farm lessons include songs, poems, g
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PreK - K
SPIES! A GATE Adventure 18+ Contact Hours - Challenging and Engaging!
Your students will ask to stay in from recess for this. It is the most popular unit I've taught in 32 years, and it is packed with challenging critical thinking.We imagine students are training at the school for spies: mini survivor challenges, mini crossbows, a jewel heist, footprint mysteries, memory games, cipher disks, case files, messages hidden in gel caps. This unit is STEM and critical thinking at its coolest and finest, and we’ve thrown in reading, speaking and listening, and a social-
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4th - 7th
Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
Science MEGA Bundle Grades K-5 Entire Year Science (NGSS Aligned)
I decided to put this MEGA BUNDLE together because I have noticed that several buyers purchase multiple SCIENCE ENTIRE YEAR Super Bundles for different grade levels. I’m guessing these buyers are science teachers at the elementary level, homeschool parents with multiple levels of kids, or principals purchasing for the school. This bundle includes all of my grade level super bundles for grades K-5 aligned to NGSS standards. Each grade level includes the activities bundles and the presentations
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K - 5th
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, 5-ESS2-2
, 1-ESS1-1
, 4-PS4-2
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Electricity & Magnets Unit {Digital & PDF Included}
Are you looking for engaging lessons and activities that have to do with electricity and magnets? Look no further! This Electricity and Magnets Unit provides everything you need! Save time planning and your students will love completing the hands-on activities. To take a closer look at some of the activities included in this unit, check out the preview! What will students investigate through these detailed lesson plans? Conductors and insulatorsOpen and closed circuitsStatic electricityBasic con
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4th - 6th
NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, 4-PS3-2
Also included in: 5th Grade Science Bundle- Lesson Plans & Activities - ENTIRE YEAR!
Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Sleigh Christmas STEM and Literacy
Don't Let The Pigeon Drive the Sleigh features everyone's favorite bird for the holidays! The Christmas STEM and ELA activities in this book companion are fun and engaging for your students. Best of all they are print and go ready!To teach these activities you will need a copy of:Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Sleigh by. Mo WilliamsIncluded in this Creepy Carrot book companion:Key vocabulary cards Predictions - Create a class display to respond to a prediction question. Students will record thei
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K - 2nd
10 STEM Story Challenges | Spring STEM Integrated with Reading Ready-to-Use V2
Why Once Upon a STEM?Creating a really great STEM resource doesn't happen overnight. I learned, over the past year, that it takes what seems like endless days of hard work and determination to provide a great STEM resource for primary teachers. As the STEM club coordinator, I always struggled with getting my kids excited about the challenges they did each week. Not only did I notice I had a hard time getting my students excited, I noticed a huge lack of resources for them. Of course my teach
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1st - 2nd
Balloons Over Broadway : A STEM Activity Packet
Need a picture book with integrated STEM Activities for Autumn?Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet, is a fabulous picture book for integrating literature, a beloved cultural tradition, and STEM activities. Our series includes activities to support reading, science, engineering, technology, and math. Teachers are saying :"We have tackled this challenge two falls now, and both groups found it completely engaging. They discovered various interesting engineering solutions for creating articula
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3rd - 5th
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3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: November STEM Activities Bundle
2nd Grade NGSS COMPLETE Life Science STEM Curriculum Unit Bundle!! 2-LS2 2-LS4
This engaging and integrated STEM unit was created to guide teachers through the 2nd Grade Next Generation life science standards (NGSS). This inquiry-based STEM unit is built to give teachers a scope and sequence filled with investigations, activities, technology, math, and literacy connections to dive into the Life standards in a fun, effective, and meaningful way. Our lessons include over 40 HOURS of Life science instruction to follow exclusively or provide choices in activities for you to co
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2nd
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 2-PS1-4
, 2-LS4-1
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Martin Luther King, Jr. STEM
Martin Luther King Jr. Activities - MLK STEM - The town wants to honor Martin Luther King Jr. by putting up a monument. The mayor needs the help of your student engineers to come up with some ideas for what the monument should look like. Your students will need to use their creative thinking to come up with a design using only the available supplies and sticking to the budget. This is a completely fun and new way to celebrate Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month or to study famous Amer
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K - 5th
Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
STEM Activities BUNDLE | Project Based Learning | Team Building
Here’s a creative and fun way to share the importance of CRITICAL THINKING and TEAMWORK in the classroom! These "Outta the Box" Classroom Competitions can be done on a Fun Friday or throughout the week anytime you want to take time out for building students' creative thinking skills.By purchasing this BUNDLE, you are saving 30% off each individual resource!Based on the theme, students read tidbits of information and then set about creating a hands-on challenge or coming up with a creative verbal
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4th - 6th
Creepy Carrots STEM and Science Pack
This STEM Pack is based on the picture book, Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds and is one of my favorite books to tie each component of STEM to my plant and carrot centered science lessons!STEM challenges include: Can your group create carrot coral to keep the carrots in (or the rabbit out?) Can you build a trap to get those Creepy Carrots?This packet contains all the information you need to make this a great science, writing, and math unit in your classroom by using a picture book as your drivi
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1st - 3rd
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Engineer YOUR Name: Project Based Learning - STEM/STEAM Challenge
In this challenge, students will dig into learning what it means to use the 4C's during a project. (Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Creativity. Once teams are created, students will have to collect data on the letters in each member's first name. Students will then create the exact amount of letters needed to create a unique and creative representation of each group member's name. To complete the challenge, each student must take a photo of their name. This activity is perfe
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K - 7th
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Also included in: STEAM Project Based Learning - Real World Challenge Problems Bundle
Toy Car Golf Math STEAM Design - Gifted and Talented GATE 2nd-4th 9 Hours
Engaging math and engineering with ramps and toy cars! Your students will go home and share the news about how absolutely cool school seems now. My mathematically gifted 2nd graders were VERY Challenged by this unit, and I would not hesitate to use it for 3rd grade GATE or in 4th grade as an enrichment for the whole class.Schoolhouse Rock Math: We’re using Zero My Hero and 5’s Multiplication to learn multiplication, repeated addition, and patterns to calculate areas of rectangles—a very advance
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2nd - 4th
Also included in: KID CREATED GAMES Standards-based STEM and Math Games Bundle
Animal Traits- Engineering Design Process - Project Based -SMASH STEAM Challenge
Animal traits and animal groups are actually difficult for many students to learn efficiently! I can't tell you how many students over the years believe snakes have no backbone! In the Animal Traits SMASH Challenge, students will apply what they learn about animal groups and animal traits to SMASH a new animal species into existence! Creativity is endless with this challenge!!!!Included in the document:Teacher Instructions for Animal Traits SMASH ChallengeReal-World Problem presentation"I can" S
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1st - 4th
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NGSS:
1-LS1-1
, 4-LS1-1
, 1-LS1-2
, 2-LS4-1
, 4-LS1-2
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Rosie Revere, Engineer | A STEM Activity Packet
STEM + Picture Books = Wonderful!Looking for STEM Integration ideas for literature?Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty, is a fabulous picture book with a great girl character. It is a wonderful way to integrate literature into fabulous engineering themes and STEM activities. With activities for reading, writing, science, technology, engineering and math, we provide a complete unit for a charming picture book with a memorable character. Teachers are saying:"Get Caught Engineering hit it out of
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3rd - 5th
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3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Activities Seasonal Bundle
CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES STEM | Winter Holiday December Team Building Group Work
Have fun and encourage critical thinking creativity, and problem-solving with these 6 Christmas and Winter Holiday STEM & STEAM Challenges! Directions and supplements for each activity are included. Christmas & Winter Holiday STEM Challenges Included:•Flying Reindeer•Christmas Dinner Table•Snowball Fight Catapult•Cloudy with a Chance of Snowballs-without “Snow Bucks” (aka Reverse Egg Drop)•Cloudy with a Chance of Snowballs-with “Snow Bucks” (“Snow Bucks” are used to buy supplies)•Trash t
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3rd - 12th
FRANCE Activity Book: Hands-on Activities, Experiments, Models & Culture Studies
Learn about the country of France by identifying major landmarks, cities and other geographical locations. Create detailed 3D paper models of the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe, with step-by-step instructions and paper pieces. Examine the architecture of France by making a Notre Dame themed suncatcher, experimenting with reflection based on Versailles and matching unique gargoyles. Follow the history of France, identifying major historical events and discover incredible inventions such as a th
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K - 6th
STEM, STEAM Invention Mash-Up Challenge - Project Based Learning
Where do companies get ideas for new products? Have you ever asked yourself, "Why didn't I think of that?" Forced connections is an idea creation strategy used by companies to create new products. Brainstorm teams are given unrelated items and asked to create products with characteristics of both items. The Invention Mash-Ups Challenge gives students the chance to practice this strategy while creating a product model. Students will create a model and share their product with others. Let the crea
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K - 7th
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Also included in: STEAM Project Based Learning - Real World Challenge Problems Bundle
Project Based Learning - Ping Pong Trick Shot Challenge
This product is designed for a class to compete in teams against each other creating the MOST AWESOME Ping Pong Trick Shot in the style of Dude Perfect! It is completely STEAM integrated with "I can" statements for each area. Students will collect data and follow the Engineering Design Process throughout the challenge. Dude Perfect is a super popular Youtube channel. The Dude Perfect team uses the Engineering Design Process in every creation they create! Awards for teams have been included.Incl
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Project Based Learning - Real World Challenge Problems Bundle
Fairy Tales and STEM | Bundle of TEN Hands-On Activities
Fairy Tales and STEM | Bundle of TEN Activity Units Enchanted Engineering: Fairy Tales and STEM Parts One and Two!!We have combined our two popular bundles into one discounted BIG bundle of TEN STEM activity units.TEN fairy tales combined with ten STEM lessons include: teacher plans, students’ problem handouts, rubrics, writing reflections, student job cards, inquiry questions, engineering design process poster and teacher guide. The BIG Fairy Tales and STEM Bundle includes:1. Jack, a Bean Stal
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2nd - 5th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Code Your Name Bracelet Making STEM Challenge
Are you introducing coding to your classroom? Look no further than this binary code STEM challenge!This challenge allows students to learn about Binary Code and apply their knowledge to a bracelet making craft in which they code their names using Binary Code! Each bead color will represent a 0 or 1 & don't worry- this download comes with an easy to read Binary Alphabet Guide for students to paste into their notebooks. Perfect for the first week of school, too! The first week of school should
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2nd - 6th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Also included in: First Week of School Activities BUNDLED
Classroom Aquaponics Lesson Plan
Use this Classroom Aquaponics Lesson Plan to enjoy an aquaponics project with your students. This STEM project combines science, math, engineering, and art to make the perfect activity for your middle school and high school students.Learn the difference between an aquaponics system, a hydroponics system, and an aeroponics system, as well as how these soiless gardening methods can benefit farmers and gardenersWhat's included in the Classroom Aquaponics Lesson Plan:Materials listAquaponics, hydrop
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-ETS1-2
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