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Critical thinking engineering Common Core 6.EE.B.5 resources
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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
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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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: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
Volcano Shelter STEM Challenge
Volcano Shelter STEM ChallengeYour students will have a blast working in teams to build a shelter that can survive a volcanic eruption! This product is complete with detailed instructions, hand-outs, and extension activities for a quality STEM challenge to be used in the classroom or afterschool. 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! This enga
Grades:
2nd - 6th
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: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
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
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Also included in: Middle School Distance Learning: Digital STEM Activity Bundle
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
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Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
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
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
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
Balance Benders Beginning Level Workbook of Logic & Algebraic Reasoning Puzzles
A 48-page printable PDF mind flexing and exercising puzzle ebook for grades 2-6. Move over Sudoku, here come Balance Benders™! You can use these activities as quick, fun logic problems or as stepping stones to success in algebra. Students develop problem-solving skills and pre-algebra skills as they solve balance puzzles that are more fun and addictive than Sudoku puzzles! Students must analyze each balance to identify the clues, and then synthesize the information to solve the puzzle. Try one—a
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2nd - 6th
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Logic Owl Grades 5-6 Weekly Math Challenge (Level D)
With a unique approach to developing math problem-solving skills, this packet contains 39 high-interest number puzzles. Each activity features a paragraph with data, except that the actual numbers are missing. A list of number choices is provided and students are charged with doing the math and thinking to determine which number belongs in which blank space. Topics range from wildlife to outer space to vacation travel to sports and many more. These materials are great for a weekly special activ
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Grades:
4th - 7th
(QC) Plotting Inequalities on a Number Line Quick Check (Scaffolded versions)
Plotting Inequalities on a Number LineThis resource is an AWESOME tool that I use in my classroom once a week when to help review plotting inequalities on a number lines for spiral review for your students. This resource helps student be exposed to the various aspects that a number line may have listed on it on a basic to a more advanced level. The students are exposed on a weekly basis to solve these checks for understanding. This resource will be a great supplement and review for your students
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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CCSS:
Also included in: (QC) Quick Check Bundle #1
Logic Puzzle: Area-Irregular Figures
Logic Matters!!! Solving math puzzles is a unique way to help students learn about the area by visualizing and solving multistep math problems. It includes 5 different math levels to accommodate different levels of learning in the classroom.
Puzzles promote:
- engagement
- independent work
- teamwork
The implementation of puzzles will help your students to increase their math skills about the area by:
- building logic
-abstract thinking
-develop algebraic reasoning
Help students learn mat
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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(QC) Quick Check Bundle #1
Quick Check Bundle (Plotting Inequalities on a Number Line, 1-Step Inequalities, Plotting Points on a Number Line, 1-Step Equations, Least Common Multiple)*****************************************************************************************************************************One-Step Equation Quick ChecksThis resource is an AWESOME tool that I use in my classroom everyday when we are covering expressions an equations in class. This resource helps student be exposed to the various 1-step equa
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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Valentine Problem Solving/Critical Thinking
These critical thinking activities by Pamela Brock engage students in problem solving activities including guess and check, writing equations, process of elimination, order of operations, comparing numbers, multiplication, basic fractions, place value and finding and comparing volume. The problem solving situations all revolve around the theme of Valentine's Day. It is geared for students in grades 4 - 6. Because some of the problems are more involved, the activity can be used in one sitting
Grades:
4th - 6th
(QC) One-Step Inequalities Quick Check
One step Inequalities Quick CheckThis resource is an AWESOME tool that I use in my classroom everyday when we are covering inequalities in class. This resource helps student be exposed to the various 1-step inequalities on a basic level. The students are exposed on a daily basis to solve these daily checks for understanding. This resource will be a great supplement to your unit of equalities. This could be used a great tool to help the students see basic 1-step inequalities every day in class to
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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Also included in: (QC) Quick Check Bundle #1
Jan. 11 Math & Inventions Puzzle: 1st Clincial Use of the X-Ray | Algebra Review
January 11 of the Mystery Year was a key date in the development of X-rays. Algebra skills in clues for the puzzle involve solving problems by writing and solving equations, using variables to represent two quantities where one quantity is written in terms of the other, error analysis to find and correct an error in a series of steps, and logical reasoning. The clues for finding the year connect to the invention of the X-ray through a variety of problems dealing with unknowns. Your PDF download
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Proportions 3D model project
This is an engaging hands-on activity for students/groups to practice using proportions to scale up and construct 3D figures from a drawing!This activity differentiates by providing figures of various difficulty levels and sizes. You may assign specific figures, or have students of various ability levels work together cooperatively to reconstruct all of the figures (e.g. lower-level students could be responsible for more basic figures, and higher-level students could be challenged with the mor
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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Thanksgiving Problem Solving/Critical Thinking
Help the hunters find the escaped turkeys! These critical thinking activities by Pamela Brock engage students in solving fun and sometimes comedic real life word problems involving place value, subtraction, multiplication, division, interpreting remainders, using variables, order of operations, finding and evaluating patterns and comparing numbers. The problem solving situations all revolve around the theme of Thanksgiving and integrate U.S. history, reading and mathematical concepts. It is g
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4th - 6th
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Feb. 4 Math & TV Puzzle: Alex Trebek Hosts 3 Shows at Same Time | Daily Review
February 4 of the Mystery Year was a key date in game show history. This warm-up activity poses questions in the style of the show Jeopardy! Skills addressed are fraction operations, LCM & GCF, rational equations, and division with a decimal quotient. Student solve math problems to find digits of the year. Your Zip download includes several PDFs:1-page printable Student Puzzle, also prepped for Easel1-page Answer Key with sample solutions1-page version of puzzle with expanding form fields –
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Saltday's Numeracy Collection: Capitalism Challenge
It seems that many of my students over the years would shy away from math problems that had multi-steps, lot's of text, and use of charts. So I will be creating numeracy products that employ the above obstacles. I have also included some open ended reflection questions and a list of pertinent or related vocabulary that students should seek to define. This particular numeracy challenge would be good for discussions on the role of private ownership a foundation of capitalism. It would also be
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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