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High school engineering literature circles for Montessori
Paper Roller Coasters
Paper roller coasters is sure to be a project students will love! It is an engineering project that requires collaboration, problem solving, exact measurement, and a knowledge of physics. Students will explore and put to test Newton's Laws of motion while building their vertical paper roller coaster made out of card stock, tape, and a foam board for the base. You will be amazed at your students creativity in designing and problem solving. I love how cost efficient this STEM project is, using onl
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5th - 9th
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Bridge Bundle: Create Weight-Bearing,Fixed, Movable and Truss Bridges with Paper
Explore the physics and design of bridge building with just paper, tape and scissors! The Bridge Bundle includes 4 project guides, 3 student worksheets, 7 Technique pages and 2 Reference pages for use with K-12 students. The 28-page Bundle includes the Weight-Bearing Bridge Experiment, an introductory activity that introduces paper as a strong building material. The Bundle also includes three open-ended project guides that focus on different approaches to creating fixed, movable (including drawb
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PreK - 12th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-ESS3-1
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End of School Year S.T.E.M. Challenges / Summer STEM
10 summer-themed S.T.E.M. challenges for the end of the school year. Includes reflection questions that can be discussed or written at the end of each challenge. Available in 2 sizes so they can be either projected on the board or printed off and used as task cards.Each challenge can be completed using common items found at school and/or home.Easily adaptable to suit a wide range of ages and skill-sets.Fun and engaging to keep students learning right up until the last day of school!
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2nd - 10th
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ELECTRONICS DISCOVERY WORKSHOP- Pkt #01- "The RESISTOR CHALLENGE" Montessori
Add more excitement to your STEM program. This "RESISTOR CHALLENGE" is designed using the Montessori Method of education that is based on self-directed activity and hands-on learning. Great item to inspire STEM students and future Technicians, Engineers, and Scientists. Every activity is thoughtfully chosen to encourage exploration, independent thinking, and problem-solving. This activity is designed to be used by students who, after completing it, return it to the shelf ready for others to u
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Low Prep - Easy STEM End-of-Year Activity - Engineering & Building - Marshmallow
The Marshmallow STEM Tallest Tower Challenge is a fun and engaging activity that combines principles of engineering, problem-solving, and creativity. In this challenge, participants are given a set of materials consisting of 20 pieces of dry spaghetti and one large marshmallow. The objective is to construct the tallest tower possible using only these items while following the engineering process.Here's a detailed description of the activity:Materials: Gather all the necessary materials, includin
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PreK - 12th
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Marshmallow Bridge Project - STEM / Pre-Algebra / Algebra 1 PBL!
An excellent STEM project to explore equations and inequalities, while also using creativity and engineering! Student develop and plan a marshmallow bridge, purchase materials from you using an imaginary budget, and then construct it over the next couple of days. At the end, the students create a poster of their design and thinking.It's an extremely fun project and the students really enjoy the hands on approach to working with money and mathematics.Materials to provide are small marshmallows an
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7th - 10th
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Romeo and Juliet- Hexagonal Thinking Activity
Developed by curriculum designer Betsy Potash, hexagonal thinking is an activity designed to get kids thinking critically, making novel connections, debating, and providing evidence to support their reasoning—by visually connecting a series of ideas written on paper or digital hexagons around a theme.
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7th - 12th
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Constructing Time A Hands-on Tech Project on Building Sundials and Water Clocks
Middle school students work with their hands deconstructing and constructing time-pieces from ancient time to today. This activity is a part of a bundle: “Ancient Time Bundle”. In this practical work project, students will learn how timepieces are made through the process of deconstruction and reconstruction. Moreover, this guided activity will allow them to build and calibrate their chosen time-telling device, to customize each clock depending on their design and function, and to deeply underst
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: STEAM Project on the History of Time
Anthropology of robots and artificial intelligence
I am a former teacher and now a genetic engineer and specialist in G.R.AI.N. (genetics, robotics, artificial intelligence and nanotechnology).This document contains:- 1 text (6 pages) about the anthropology of robots since the first inventions (antiquity) to 2023 with the xenorobots (self-replicating robots).- 1 page about the understanding of the text in 4 steps.- 4 pages for an essay with 3 subjects to choose.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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HS-ETS1-1
STEM Water Tension Paper Clip Boat a Science and Engineering Challenge
This STEM science and engineering challenge will challenge students about water tension. Students will conduct science experiments to introduce themselves to the concept of water tension and how heavy objects can be made to look like they are floating. Recording sheets are provided for students to write their observations and conclusions on. For the advanced students, extension questions are provided to extend their knowledge. Also included is a technology challenge. This pack contains everythin
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4th - 9th
Also included in: STEM 3x Water Tension Bundle a Science and Engineering Challenge
Green/Renewable Energy Hydroelectricity and Wind Turbine Small Posters
Small hand drawn posters that display different aspects of hydroelectric power generation and wind power generation. The connection to both of these types of renewable energy to the electric grid is also presented. This makes a perfect table top display option to talk about hydroelectricity (potential energy conversion) and wind energy (kinetic energy conversion).
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PreK - 11th
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Also included in: Renewable Energy/Green Energy In Class Exercises or Workshop Tools
Feynman, The Bomb, and the Military - Reading Questions for a book excerpt
My students read a portion of the book "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" by Richard P. Feynman for an atomic and nuclear topics science class. This was offered to students in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 as an elective. Included in this digital download are pdf files and word files of 8 discussion questions from the segments of the book entitled "Fizzled Fuses", "Testing Bloodhounds", and "Los Alamos from Below." Students should be finding phrases in the text to support their answers to these d
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Parshat Bechukotai-The Blessing of Rain LP 1- Science, Technology & Engineering
Learning the Parsha through interactive, hands-on, cross-curricular;Social, Practical Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Traditions & Customs, Music, Dance, Architecture, History, Geography, Literature, Reading, Writing, Language Arts, Math, Science, Crafts, Art, Edible Art, Recipes, Games, etc. projects,How the themes of the Parsha resound and can assist us in our everyday lives.RainHistory / Story: Choni HamaagelScience & Montessori: The Water CycleVideos: Science Experiments:Movie:The Boy
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Marconi's Miracle - Pioneers Radio - 1 Pg literacy article with Questions
On Dec. 12, 1901, the wind whistled and pinged through the old Newfoundland hospital unimpeded by the stucco walls. Twenty-seven years old Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) hunched his narrow shoulders but would not be distracted from the task at hand; to send the first radio signal across the Atlantic Ocean. The current world record for radio signals was eighty miles. Marconi’s feat, should he succeed, would be over 2,000 miles from St. Johns, Newfoundland to Cornwall, England. ....
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3rd - 12th
Slide Physics
As we played at the park with our hot wheels, tossing them down a slide, we wondered if we could predict their patterns. So we needed a record sheet. Enter: Slide Physics. I LOVE homeschooling.
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3rd - 9th
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Bicycles A Math and Science Resource on Engineering Vocabulary
Middle school students learn engineering parts of a bicycle in this advanced vocabulary project. Empower your students with engineering vocabulary for the modern bicycle. This resource is flexible enough to fit into any project discussing gears, springs, and ratios. The advanced vocabulary matching activities are designed to enhance middle schooler’s knowledge about bicycles through mastery, comprehension, and application. The resource includes: · Independent Student Project Guide· More than 1
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: STEAM Project on the History of Time
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