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Free engineering resources for Microsoft Word
STEAM /Engineering Design Process Worksheet
Use this worksheet so students can use the Engineering Design Process when doing STEAM challenges. This worksheet takes students through the steps of Ask,Imagine, Plan, Create and Improve in a concise, easy to use format.
Grades:
K - 3rd
Try It Before You Buy It! NGSS Force and Motion - Sail Car (grades K &3)
That's right! Download a free copy of the sail car lesson for free. I decided that I wasn't making very much through TPT and would rather have teachers access and use my resources for free.
In this lesson, students build identical sail cars, then experiment with different variables for sails (i.e., sizes, shapes and materials) to determine which design is the most effective.
Reviews and suggestions for improvement are encouraged!
If you have a question or need a lesson for a particular topic,
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K - 3rd
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Hidden Figures Video Worksheet
Editable, two-page word doc with video questions perfect for watching Hidden Figures in a science class! Questions are in chronological order, and have a mix of science related questions as well and questions related to the civil rights of black American women in History.
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6th - 10th
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STEM Bridge Building Activity Worksheet
This worksheet is to be used in conjunction with the PowerPoint to teach students the makings of a bridge. Using only straws, tape and string, students are required to problem solve and plan to create a bridge that will hold a specific item (I used books!)
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3rd - 8th
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Newton's Laws of Motion Slowest Marble Race
The Great Marble Race! This activity is meant to be used as a group project. Students will be racing marbles to see whose marble can race the SLOWEST. Using Newton's Laws of Motion, students will be using a thick poster board or cardboard and other recycled materials to create their race board. They should first understand common force and motion terms such as acceleration, friction, laws of motion, gravity, etc.
This is an assignment handout with guidelines for what is expected of students an
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3rd - 8th
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NGSS 5 E Interactive Lesson Plan Template
This a word document that you can use to lesson your Next Generation Science Standards. Using the "3D" Model for NGSS, I have created a drop down template for Science & Engineering Practices, Discipline Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts. I used the NGSS website to cut and paste the drop down menu. I have used the 5E model with explanation to help guide your lesson planning. This template is specific to the grade level as it pertains to the NGSS standards. :)
Make sure you enable Develo
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Grades:
5th
Paper Airplane STEM Project
Explore data collection, the engineering design process, budgeting, and more. This project-based activity engages student groups in making and testing paper airplanes. This document is an overview of directions with more to come in the next few weeks.
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5th - 6th
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Benjamin Franklin - The Inventor!
A great, simple, and fun cooperative learning lesson for early elementary students.
Students will work together in groups of three to learn about the great inventor Ben Franklin was. Each group will study one particular invention. Then they'll teach the rest of the class what they've learned and apply that knowledge into writing about an invention they would like to create!
The detailed LESSON PLAN is included!
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1st - 3rd
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Engineering Design Process Worksheet
Use this worksheet to guide students through the Engineering Design Process.
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Try Before You Buy! NGSS mini unit: Alternative Energy: Wind Turbine (Grade 4)
That's right! Download a free copy of my alternative energy mini-unit for 4th grade. This mini unit is on using wind energy as an alternative energy source. There are several lessons in this unit that can be taught as a theme or as stand alone lessons. Lessons include magnetic force, electromagnets, electric motor, and generator. As a final project, student teams will build an actual working wind turbine using a paper pinwheel that will really produce and electric current. Also included is a les
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4th
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Shark Tank (Entrepreneur Invention) Rubric for Students
This rubric is for a hands-on experience through which students will learn basics of creating a product and pitching your idea to an investor, inspired by the hit television series, Shark Tank! Students will select a large community concern that is important to them. Students will then learn the ins and outs of every detail needed in designing a creative product that will address a community concern, which will reach the needs of their target market. They will be equipped with the tools needed t
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6th - 8th
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STEM Fairy Tale Activity Hansel and Gretel Catapult
This STEM Fairy Tale Activity is for students in grades 2-5. They work in cooperative learning groups to make a catapult to save Hansel or Gretel from the witch, using their own creativity and simple supplies. This STEM Fairy Tale Activity is part of a larger STEM Fairy Tale Activity pack with 9 other STEM activities, also created by RandeesDandees. The activities can be adapted for other grades and other topics, and can be used for Halloween, gifted and talented students, learning centers, scie
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2nd - 5th
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Scaled Drawing Practice- New York Apartment
This is a quick assessment of students' knowledge of scale and scaled drawings. Students are asked to use a ruler to find scaled measurements on a layout of a New York apartment and then use a given scale to find the measurements in real life.
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9th - 10th
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Thermal Energy Lab (Design your own cooler)
Students complete this lab and show their knowledge of thermodynamics, heat transfer, insulation, and conductors. Students, over the course of a week, will draw and design a device that helps to stop the transfer of heat. They will begin the lab by brainstorming ideas for a design. They will also have an explanation sheet that says why they chose to use certain materials. Included in this lab are student directions, a student checklist, a grading rubric, and an explanation of each part of the la
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6th - 12th
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STEM Wikki Stix Template Mat
These mats foster imagination and independence while still keeping students on task. Print on cardstock, laminate and add wikki stix or pipe cleaners! Students can use colors of their choosing for multiple mats.This activity is awesome for little engineers.
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PreK - 3rd
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Science writing prompts: Force and motion
The prompts help students to concentrate on a concept, brainstorm individually or in a group and focus their effort/writing. Through the writing prompts students improve their writing skills, review concepts, allow teachers to assess learning, enhance creativity and help students in integrating science to other subjects.
Standards
SPS7. Students will determine relationships among force, mass, and motion.
a. Apply Newton’s three laws to everyday situations by explaining the following:
• Ine
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6th - 12th
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Solar Cookers 5E Lab
Update for distance learning: If students have cardboard boxes, foil and tape, and an optional thermometer, this can be be done at home. Students love this lab! This 5E can take 3-5 days depending on how many days you allow them to refine their designs. Students take cardboard boxes, rip them apart, tape and cover with foil into a shape that they think will heat water and/or cook. Student assessment questions lead them to discover how solar cookers can help people with contaminated drinking wat
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Unit 6: Energy Bundle for AP Environmental Science
Simple Machines Homework Worksheet
This is a very simple worksheet to help students become acquainted with the 6 classic simple machines (Lever, Wheel and axle, Pulley, Inclined plane, Wedge, and Screw). Students will research these 6, write a description and draw a picture for each.
I use this as a homework assignment with my 7th grade science classes prior to beginning on of our STEAM projects
"Follow me" on my journey to create the best materials for my classroom and TpT
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2nd - 12th
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CLIMATE CHANGE and Consumption: Create a Sustainable School
This is a terrific stand alone or within a unit on Earth, climate change, sustainability, for Earth Day, technology class, or for sub plans. Included is the activity sheet itself to first brainstorm ways to make your own school sustainable, research the top 50 green schools in the U.S. and take notes on the ideas most useful to students' own school, a list of possible ways to implement more sustainability, as well as culminating in the creation of a Minecraft city which is sustainable and with
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6th - 8th
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Physics - Electricity and Magnetism - The Electric Motor Lab
This is a lab that I put together where students actually create very small simple motors. The lab requires small magnets, magnet wire, paper clips, batteries and alligator clips.
There is a video tutorial here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it_Z7NdKgmY
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7th - 12th
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STEM planning sheet for ANY project
This editable resource is a planning guide for any designing or building project. It is a great way for the lower grades to be introduced to planning and drawing their ideas before creating them.
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1st - 4th
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Engineering Design Rubric
This is a rubric that can be used through the engineering design process. This can be used with my Engineering Design Notebook product, or for a project in your classroom. Please give feedback!
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K - 8th
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Forces and Motion Quiz
This quiz uses matching, multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank. It asks questions about the 4 forces and 5 motions in two different ways: fill-in-the-blank and matching.This ensures a better understanding on the true comprehension level of the student; more than if he/she simply guessed correctly on one question.
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4th - 6th
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FREEBIE STEM ACTIVITY: Soda Straw Rocket Lab Investigation
Create a paper rocket which can be launched from a drinking straw – then modify the rocket to see if Ss can make the rocket fly even farther! The Space Launch System (SLS) is NASA’s newest rocket. It is a type of rocket called a super heavy-lift launch vehicle. Standing taller than the Statue of Liberty and with more thrust than the mighty Saturn V, the SLS is an important part of NASA's Artemis missions that plan to take humanity back to the Moon and on to Mars! With the launch of the SLS, Ss
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Not Grade Specific
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ESS1-4
, HS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
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