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Engineering Common Core RI.4.7 resources
Earthquake Activities Analyzing Maps and Designing Solutions to Reduce Impact
Do you want to teach upper elementary students about earthquakes?Students will analyze maps to learn about Earth's features. Students will compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans. Students will love learning about Earthquakes and the science behind them. Includes over 90 pages and slides!This Earthquake resource includes:hands-on activitieslab pagesmap workinteractive notebook flapsfive pages of informational text passagescomprehension pagesa slide s
Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
4-ESS1-1
, 4-ESS2-2
, 4-ESS3-2
Thanksgiving Wild Turkeys WebQuest and STEM Challenge
Do you want to integrate literacy and science?Do you want to keep your students engaged before the holidays and save yourself time and energy?This is an excellent science WebQuest about wild turkeys. It is paired with a "Make a Turkey that Sits on a Branch" STEM challenge." Materials for the challenge are things most teachers have.❤️Click Here to Follow UsRelated Products⭐ Christmas: Reindeer WebQuest and STEM / STEAM Challange⭐ Groundhog WebQuest and STEM / STEAM Challange⭐ Spring: Robin WebQ
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-LS4-2
, 3-LS3-1
...
Also included in: WebQuest and STEM Challenges Bundle for Distance Learning
Wind Car STEM Activity: Can be used with If I Built a Car
Are you looking for a fun STEM activity that connects to the book If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen? Designing a Wind Car STEM Challenge gives students the opportunity to design and create a wind car. Google Slides are included. It is a fun team building activity that gets students thinking critically as they design and build a car after reading the book. STEM Wind Car Lab is an activity that engages students in thinking through the Engineering Next Generation Science Standards. It can be us
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
STEM Kid Engineering for GATE -- FERRIS WHEELS plus Primary Sources
In this GATE engineering journey, students will each construct a very cool Ferris wheel prototype as a final product. Along the way, they will examine primary source images, read primary source history, and integrate math, engineering, and economics in a learning process which incorporates best practices in gifted and talented education for 21st Century Learners.
This is a challenging engineering project—teacher guided. I used it for GATE 4th grade; however, my kids are experienced builders.
Grades:
4th - 8th
Types:
Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
Build a Shelter STEM Project | STEM Survival Camp
You are sent off into the wild with limited supplies. You have to stay quite a few days, but need a safe place to sleep. How can you build a shelter that will withstand different types of weather? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore different weather patterns, shelter building tips, building a design and testing it under various conditions. Print-and-go and digital resources to guide creation and exploration while using the Engineering Design Process. Click here to re
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS3-2
Also included in: 5th Grade STEM Project Ideas | Growing Year Long Bundle
STEM Baseball Challenges includes World Series History
Looking for activities to engage your students? STEM Baseball Challenges is a set of activities for classrooms, Summer Library Programs, Maker Spaces, and After School Clubs ties in great during the World Series. Your students will have fun learning with the theme baseball! Included is:*STEM Activities: Baseball Robot Run, Baseball Cards Math, Baseball House of Cards, Baseball Lego Challenges, History of the World Series, Major League Teams, baseball terms (charades), timeline cards, baseball
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Sports Activities Bundle
Weathering and Erosion Science Experiments | Water Erosion Solutions STEM
Erosion happens naturally in our world by wind, ice, water and more. How can you create a solution that helps reduce the impact of water erosion? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore the difference between weathering and erosion, water erosion invention inspiration, building a design and testing it using soil and water. Print-and-go and digital resources to guide creation and exploration.==========================================STEM Challenges are a great way to enco
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 2-ESS2-1
Also included in: STEM Challenges for 2nd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
Amplify Science: Energy Conversions Unit 1 Bundle!
This bundle contains ALL of Unit 1: Energy conversions with supporting documents for:-Full chapter notes packets with sentence stems-Exit tickets and chapter review Quizizz links-Lesson plans to copy and paste-And an end-of-unit Performance Task to help support writing development for CAASPP training!
Subjects:
Grades:
4th
NGSS:
4-ESS3-2
, 4-ESS3-1
Also included in: Amplify Science Fourth Grade FULL YEAR Bundle!
NEW Grade 4 Energy Exploration Module
This purchase includes:• Launch Log [packet format]• NEWLY ADDED Worksheet Format for each Activity in the Module• Vocabulary Cards for the entire Module• NEWLY ADDED Essential Questions Card/PosterThis purchase does not include:• Access to Inkling, PLTW Presentations, PLTW-made Materials, etc.
Subjects:
Grades:
4th
NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 4-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Cardboard Game Ideas | Not a Box Lesson Plan
A box isn’t just a box. After reading the story Not a Box by Antoinette Portis, students will be inspired with cardboard game ideas and create a marble maze. By going through the Engineering Design Process, students will explore different types of forces, changes in direction and speed, create thoughtful game rules, receive feedback and modify their design. _______________________________Even as a K-5 STEM teacher, I still value the importance of reading and comprehension. With my STEM & Sto
Grades:
1st - 4th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
Early America and Engineering a Water Wheel
STEM Engineering Challenge in the Colonies : Engineer a Waterwheel.Looking for hands -on integration activities for your history and social studies classes? Add some STEM to your colonial history lessons with this fun activity that uses simple and easy to find supplies.Perfect for combining simple machines and history.Teachers are saying:"The quality and thoroughness of your products never disappoint! We absolutely love doing these projects!""What an engaging project! Thank you so much! My kidd
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Early American History and STEM Bundle
September STEM Activities and Challenges with Close Reading Passages
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The September STEM Design Challenge COLLECTION is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It gives you FOUR OF MY BEST SELLING STEM CHALLENGES and will seamlessly allow you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passages IN ADDITION to the fun STEM activities! Watch your kids
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade & More! : 2022 Version
Strike up the band and hold on to your balloons! It is Thanksgiving time and that means the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! Make the most of this special holiday by immersing your students in active learning, favorite picture books, design challenges, and technology activities... all centered around one of our favorite holidays! Set the stage for the parade by taking a look at how Thanksgiving became an official holiday. We usually focus on the Pilgrims and Native Americans at this time of the y
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Educational Robots Driving & Coding Makerspace or Library Center {Elementary}
Students learn to problem solve with robots and practice coding at this makerspace center or library center. Coding is one way for students to practice resilience and creativity.
There are many different robots that are designed for elementary students, and this center focuses on the Dash™ and Dot™ educational robots. Both robots can be used for quick investigations and longer experiments or coding projects. You only need 1 or 2 robots to use this center, and 2 students can share a robot t
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
Also included in: Elementary and Middle School Makerspace BUNDLE!
Who Was Rube Goldberg Reading, Questions, and STEM Activity
Welcome to teaching about energy, chain reactions, or the inventor and cartoonist, Rube Goldberg! There are so many Rube Goldberg invention videos out there. Start by showing a video such as this from the band OK Go, or this video that provides more zany ideas! With this project, students will begin by reading a one-page article about Rube Goldberg and answer text-dependent questions about his life. After, students are given the opportunity to work in small groups to create their own chain react
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-2
STEM: Plants and Food Waste
In this HUGE project based learning unit, you will receive lessons on composting, plants, gardening, food waste, pollution, and community service. The first unit is on the effects of food waste, the largest contributor to our landfills, then your students will grow their own garden using food scraps for the second unit. If you'd like to see these activities in action, check us out on Instagram @thebrainybee. With this bundle you will receive the following activities and more!
Unit Plans
Links
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Rube Goldberg Machines - 11 day Cross-Curricular Unit
Rube Goldberg was an engineer-turned-cartoonist who is best known for his comics with ridiculous inventions. This action-packed, engaging, and rigorous unit includes 11 days worth of lessons where students learn about Rube Goldberg, create a comic, design and build a machine, and then create a video summary of their learning. These lessons are great for gifted/talented students!This download includes: 11 detailed lessonsDifferentiated student worksheetsDesign Brief TemplateAn video alternative f
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 5th
The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart Primary Sources Research Activity
This engaging Social Studies lesson about the disappearance of famous American aviator Amelia Earhart mixes history and forensic science for a hands on approach to learning about Earhart's success as a female aviator in the 1920's and 1930's and her tragic failed attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 1937. Students examine and analyze primary sources as evidence, make inferences, and use critical thinking skills to come up with 4 of their own theories to explain the disappearance of Amelia Earh
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
Human Impact on the Environment | 3D Printing STEM Project
How are humans impacting the Earth and its natural resources? While many of Earth’s events happen naturally, many problems are man-made. How can you design an invention that helps people correct, prevent or protect Earth's resources and environment? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll research about common problems humans are causing to the environment and some solutions that already exist. With this information, you’ll create a 3D printed model of an invention that will help
Grades:
4th - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 5-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: 5th Grade STEM Project Ideas | Growing Year Long Bundle
Severe Weather Activities | Floods and Flooding Inventions STEM Challenge
Flooding can be an effect from severe weather like hurricanes, heavy rain and tsunamis. How can you create an invention that can prevent flooding? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore different floods that have impacted history, flood invention inspiration, building a design and testing it under flood conditions. Print-and-go and digital resources to guide creation and exploration.==========================================STEM Stations are a great way to encourage cre
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS3-2
Also included in: STEM Project Ideas for 3rd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
Spring Robin WebQuest and Build a Bird Nest STEM Challenge
This is a highly engaging science WebQuest about robins. Students will be able to read, listen to bird calls, and watch short video clips while learning about robins. It is paired with a Make a Bird Nest STEM challenge. Students will need to gather natural materials and build a nest meeting several mathematical criteria: including width, height, and weight. There are three worksheets that can be completed along with specific instructions for the challenge, and an engineering and design proc
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-LS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: WebQuest and STEM Challenges Bundle for Distance Learning
STEM Magnet Activities MagLev Trains Makerspace Challenge
How can you show magnetic forces in action and use it make transportation even faster? MagLev, or Magnetic Levitation trains use this type of technology to move. How can you design a MagLev train that travels in a theme park? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll research about magnets and their forces, MagLev trains along with theme park inspiration. With this information, you’ll plan, build, modify and test a MagLev train and a theme park for it to travel through.STEM Challen
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 3-PS2-4
Also included in: STEM Project Ideas for 3rd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
Weather for 3rd Graders STEM Project | Green Screen Video
How does the weather and climate change in different locations in the world? Understanding this information helps inform people when and where they might want to travel to a place. How can you create a short video to inform others about the weather and climate from a location in the world? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll research about one location in the world and its weather and climate for each season and what people like to do for fun in this place. With this informat
Grades:
3rd - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-ESS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-ESS2-2
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Project Ideas for 3rd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
Wild Animals Activity | Protect the Food | STEM Survival Camp
You are sent off into the wild with limited supplies. You have to stay quite a few days and need to keep your food safe so that weather and animals can’t get to it. How can you create an invention that will keep your food safe while camping? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore current inventions for storing food, wild animal characteristics that impact invention design, plan, create and modify your invention prototype. This is one of 6 units I taught in my K-5 STEM cl
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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: Camping Theme Lesson Plans | Bundle | STEM Survival Camp
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