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Critical thinking engineering homeschool curricula
Mission to Mars Semester STEM Unit + Mars Colony Project!
Need a semester-long STEM unit? This Mission to Mars bundle includes engineering design challenges building up to a capstone project of building a habitat on Mars! Lesson Overview Transform your classroom into a team of astronauts on a Mission to Mars! This STEM curriculum begins with Stage 1 team challenges that build teamwork and communication skills. Mission Control then guides your class through Stage 2 engineering design challenges with each unit a progressively more complex design challeng
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ESS1-3
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Building Challenge STEM and Writing Centers distance learning with google slides
Building Challenge STEM and Writing Centers These centers have students building and writing about their build. There are challenges that include measurement, research and writing that go along with each build. There are 9 different building challenges with differentiation in some of the builds. I have also included a recording form for their thinking.I have included printables with just metric units of measurement using centimetres and milimetres for those classrooms outside of the US.GOOGLE
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Grades:
K - 5th
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Introduction to 3D Printing Activities and 3D Printer Parts Functions Lesson
So, you're teaching 3D printing... Now what? These intro to 3D printing activities will help you start your 3D printing unit strong by teaching the basic 3D printer parts and concepts. Your students will explore misconceptions, learn about the history of 3D printers, and identify common printer parts and functions through a class discussion, a webquest, and a puzzle activity.Looking for more Intro to 3D printing activities? Grab the bundle here and SAVE!First, you’ll explore your students' prior
Grades:
6th - 8th
New Year Goals 2024 New Years Resolution Craft Flip Book
New Years 2024! Do you want to make New Years resolutions with your littlest learners? Here is an easy and fun way to celebrate the new year and make some goals. Students set new year's resolutions and goals with this no-prep flip book.This resource is differentiated so students write and/or draw what they want to try to do, something they want to improve on, and what they want to learn in the New Year. In this pack, you will find: a mini book to teach students about resolutions 3 differentia
Grades:
K - 2nd
Design a Mars Colony: STEM / STEAM Project Guide
Mars Colony STEM Project GuideDesign a colony on Mars! Take your STEM or STEAM classroom or program to the next level with this in-depth engineering design STEM challenge. Students will apply scientific concepts, math skills, critical thinking, research, and engineering design to plan a long term habitat on Mars. This creative and in-depth project is a great activity for your classroom or afterschool program! Part of a Mars Colony Project Bundle: This product is part of a larger bundle of activi
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: Mission to Mars Semester STEM Unit + Mars Colony Project!
Design a School Garden: STEM Project Guide
Design a school garden! Take your STEM or STEAM classroom or program to the next level with this in-depth engineering design STEM challenge. Students will apply scientific concepts, math skills, critical thinking, research, and engineering design to plan a long-term school garden for growing vegetables and other plants. This creative and in-depth project is a great activity for your classroom or afterschool program! Designing a school garden is a multidisciplinary project where creative and crit
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Middle School STEM Curriculum with Lessons, STEM Challenges, and Projects
Are you looking for a middle school STEM curriculum to engage and inspire your students? Check out this bundle for 30 weeks of STEM lessons, activities, and projects designed to make your life easier and help your students develop their foundational skills and knowledge in STEM. This bundle includes instructional materials and activities for teaching the engineering design process, robotics, computer science, and 3D printing. You’ll also receive over 20 STEM challenges to keep your students on t
Grades:
6th - 8th
Fathers Day Craft for Father's Day With Father's Day Questionaire and Card Gift
This Father's Day craftivity lap book can be a great way for kids to reflect on the influential men in their lives. Father's Day Lap Books make great gifts for dad, as well. These books also make great Father's Day Cards, too. Children are learning to express their thoughts and feelings with words and illustrations, as well as determining adjectives to describe dad and taking a closer look at the five senses and how they can be used to describe Dad. Australian option is included- favorite- favou
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Also included in: Holiday Lap Books Bundle for Second Grade
3D Printing Unit CAD Projects and Activities for Middle School STEM Technology
3D printing is awesome in middle school STEM classes, but it can be overwhelming to introduce your students to new technology. This complete unit will engage and amaze your students as they learn the fundamentals of CAD and 3D printing. The bundle includes over 100 pages of resources that can be used individually where they fit best within your STEM course or taught in sequence as a 4-week 3D printing unit. Grab these lessons today to get back your nights and weekends while knowing your students
Grades:
6th - 8th
Math Project-Create Own Dream Home-Blueprints and Floor Plan (perimeter & area)
Create blueprints and/or floor plans for your own dream home!!
Your little architects will love dreaming big with this project. Using their imaginations and graph paper, they will create their own blueprints.They will be learning area, measurement and perfecting those problem solving and critical thinking skills. The bonus is they won't even know it because they will be having fun.
This project is very "real life" oriented.
For the younger grades this would be better for the GT students. Or
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Mission to Moon - Middle School Semester STEM Unit!
Lesson Overview Transform your classroom into a team of astronauts on a Mission to the Moon! This STEM curriculum begins with Stage 1 team challenges that build teamwork and communication skills. Mission Control then guides your class through Stage 2 engineering design challenges with each unit a progressively more complex design challenge as students arrive at and explore the Moon. The final phase is to tackle the Stage 3 Moon Colony project.Units are aligned to science and math standards along
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Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ESS1-3
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
You Be the Judge - analyzing Supreme Court cases on the Bill of Rights
It’s one thing to simply memorize the Bill of Rights; it’s quite another to actually understand how they apply in everyday life. Teaching the former gives students words but no understanding for what they mean; teaching the latter gives students practice in critical thinking as well as a deep appreciation for their basic rights as American citizens. It is, in effect, the ultimate lesson in civics.
This activity is designed to teach students the meaning and application of the Bill of Rights by h
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Grades:
7th - 11th
Winter Toddler Sensory Bin Activities | Homeschool Preschool | Fine Motor Skills
Introduce your toddler and preschool children to sensory bins and vocabulary practice with this set of Winter-themed puzzles and matching mats!CLICK HERE to save $$$ on the full bundle of Toddler Sensory Bins!ACTIVITIES INCLUDED3 sets of matching sensory binsRecording sheets for matching3 sets of puzzles! These sensory bin activities are perfect for practicing fine motors skills, visual discrimination and discussing seasonal vocabulary!CLICK HERE to grab over 400 centers + 450 worksheets + 72 se
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Mission to Mars: Middle School STEM Curriculum Unit
Mission to Mars STEM UnitLooking for a complete STEM curriculum that includes hands-on engineering design, real-world connections, science, and math connections all centered around one theme? Look no further with our Space Club: Mission to Mars curriculum! Read a detailed blog post overview here. Transform your classroom into a team of astronauts on a Mission to Mars! This STEM curriculum begins with Stage 1 team challenges that build teamwork and communication skills. Space Club Mission Control
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Mission to Mars Semester STEM Unit + Mars Colony Project!
Fall STEM / STEAM Activities
This is a big bundle of STEM and STEAM activities based on different fall themes (also great for Halloween and Thanksgiving). Activities and worksheets included in this set are:
Apples
-Life Cycle of an Apple Tree (science/technology)
-Apple Tree Observation Journal (science)
-Apple Taste Test and Graph (math)
-Apple Prints (art)
-Apple Chips Recipe (science/math)
-Design an Apple Plate (engineering/design)
Pumpkins
-Pumpkin Life Cycle (science/technology)
-How Heavy is that Pumpkin (measureme
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Grades:
PreK - 4th
Loose Parts Mats BUNDLE in Reggio Nature Theme - 100 Play Mats for Provocations
Use this nature theme bundle of 100 loose parts play mats with manipulatives like stones, counters, or playdough. Set up Reggio inspired learning provocations to explore and teach numeracy and literacy concepts and skills in a play-based, sensory, hands-on way. The printable provocation prompts make the learning purposeful.Perfect for Preschool, Pre-K, Kindergarten and First Grade Math and Literacy play based learning activities. These Reggio inspired nature themed mats feature:26 alphabet lette
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
Halloween Science: States of Matter, Properties & More Activities & Experiments
Halloween science with solids, liquids, and gasses and the properties of matter with a holiday spin! The packet contains all you will need to cover the states of matter and changing states of matter during Halloween. What's Included? * Matter Vocabulary* Four Matter Experiments with a Halloween theme* Matter Activities* Reading and Learning about Matter With Various Halloween Characters while answering questions (CC.RI.1)* A Big Idea AssessmentI hope you enjoy this Matter packet. I know for me
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Also included in: Holiday Lap Books Bundle for Second Grade
Mission to Mars: Elementary STEM Curriculum Unit (STEM Club, STEM Camp)
Mission to Mars: Elementary STEM UnitTransform your classroom into a team of astronauts on a Mission to Mars! This unit includes 10 engineering design challenges that follow a storyline - complete with instructional videos and editable handouts!This unit is perfect for an afterschool STEM club, summer STEM camp, STEM elective, or science classroom! Click for standards alignment and supply list. This STEM curriculum begins with Stage 1 team challenges that build teamwork and communication skills.
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Grades:
PreK - 5th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
...
Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Elementary Grades
Maps and Globes - Map Skills - Map Activities to Teach Geography
No more boring mapping worksheets to teach map skills! This maps and globes resource is intended to teach geography and mapping skills in a fun, meaningful, and creative way! You may use it to supplement other mapping units or resources or as a framework to plan your own units. It is the foundation for the month or so of mapping instruction I do in my own classroom. It is meant to be "hands on", not fill in the blank! This resource is NOT a mapping textbook and is not scripted in a day-by-da
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
STEM Maker choice boards BUNDLE
STEM SQUARES are student choice boards. They encourage children to have a choice in the tasks that they complete in a Maker Space, STEM class or as homework. These tasks promote creative problem solving and critical thinking skills.In this BUNDLE you will get 96 different tasks to choose fromEach STEM - MAKER choice board is themed to allow teachers to align STEM SQUARES to their classroom topics. Having themed choice boards encourages students to build on their knowledge of the topic as they pr
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Mission to Mars Planning Game (Mars Habitat STEM Project)
Mars Colony Project Guide + Planning GameCan you keep a team of colonists alive and happy on Mars? Students work in teams to complete the ultimate project-based learning STEM experience: planning a long-term settlement on Mars! These activities can be used as a companion to the Mars Colony Project, which provides handouts to guide students to brainstorm and plan design solutions for a Mars colony. This Mission to Mars Planning Game product dives deeper into possible colony solutions, adds an int
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Grades:
4th - 9th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
Also included in: Mission to Mars Semester STEM Unit + Mars Colony Project!
Middle School 3D Art Paper Mache Bird Sculptures - Painted Recycled Art Lesson!
Painted Recycled Art for Middle School Art or a 3-D High School Art Unit! Easy Papier Mache Bird Sculptures! ⭐Papier Mache is a fun art project that can be made almost for free! An engaging 3-D Spring or Summer-themed Lesson or timely Mother's Day gift item! Cardinals and Winter Birds could be created as well!Cross-curricular science lesson! Bird Anatomy!Student-tested with 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Students will have a great time making this easy-to-teach bird sculpture while learning about
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Grades:
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Paper Mache Sculpture Lesson BUNDLE! Middle School 3-D Art Project Ideas
Design a Mars Habitat STEM / STEAM Project Guide
Design a habitat on Mars with our STEM project guide! Take your STEM or STEAM classroom or program to the next level with this in-depth engineering design STEM challenge. Students will apply scientific concepts, math skills, critical thinking, research, and engineering design to plan a long term habitat on Mars. This creative and in-depth project is a great activity for your classroom or afterschool program! Watch the video and learn more about this project here. Designing a Mars Colony is a rea
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ESS1-3
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Kindergarten STEM STEAM Challenges, Makerspace Activities, Engineering & Design
These 3 types of STEAM STEM challenges are my favorite way to encourage engineering & design thinking in my kindergarten classroom and makerspace, but can also be used in preschool, first grade or homeschool. Use these makerspace activities as an independent STEAM STEM activity, station, bin, or for morning work, choice time or small group science lessons. Read 3 Types of Makerspace Challenges to Use Across the Kindergarten Year to see how I use this in my own kindergarten classroom for play
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
Also included in: Kindergarten Makerspace Bundle, STEM Center Challenges, STEAM activities
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