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8th grade engineering thematic unit plans
Amusement Park Design Project
Design your own Amusement Park! This fun unit consists of 16 worksheets that will challenge students in their creative thinking, research skills, design and engineering abilities.Digital option available! Please note, some worksheets transfer nicely into a digital version but many are designed to be completed on paper or as a hands on STEM/STEAM activity.The package includes:1. Unit title page2. Student title page3. Park research worksheet (internet access for students recommended)4. Art activ
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Also included in: STEAM Project Bundle
STEM "Career Fair" Project Based Learning Now with a Lapbook!
Now including a STEM Careers Lapbook!!!This pack will help introduce students to STEM careers! This project based learning activity includes teacher suggestions and resources, student research sheets, project/writing planning worksheets, and materials to conduct a mock "career fair". This project can easily incorporate Reading/ELA standards and skills.
Students will have a blast researching high interest careers in the STEM disciplines and will have the opportunity to role play in their chosen
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Grades:
3rd - 10th
Innovation Celebration PBL, Design Your Own Invention, Project-based Learning
Project-based learning allows for students to engage in solving a real-world problem or answering a complex question. They demonstrate their knowledge and skills by creating a public product or presentation for a real audience. Students have choice throughout the course of the project, including how to show mastery. Students reflect on progress and engage in the feedback process. PRINT AND GO!!!Throughout is project, students will complete the design thinking process to create an invention that
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Roller Coaster STEM Model Building Contest Project for Engineering and Physics
This project includes 6 sections including research, exploration, design, build, showcase, and reflection. It takes students step by step through designing a functioning marble roller coaster with a theme and building it. It comes with multiple rubrics to grade each section and a set of reflection questions at the end. This project can be lengthened or shortened by requiring more detailed projects. When my students did this project, it took about 10 days to make detailed, functioning rollercoast
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3rd - 12th
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Artificial Intelligence AI Unit Bundle
Ignite your students' passion for artificial intelligence with this cross-curricular and STEM-focused bundle by ELA Land! Watch your middle school and high school students dive into hands-on, engaging, and real world learning as they explore the world of AI in a whole new light. Don't miss out on this opportunity to revolutionize their education.This is a growing bundle, so if you purchase at the current price, you will get future products added in for free!Currently Included:AI Intro Activity:
Grades:
8th - 11th
Design A Video Game on Scratch
Children will begin by playing different video games online to evaluate what makes them fun and engaging for their audience. They will then analyse the mechanics of the games and then plan a game of their own remixing a game on Scratch based on their criteria. Children will then use conditionals, operators, and variables on Scratch to make their own game.Lesson plans, editable rubrics, and classroom examples from Year 6 are provided, as well as links to additional support on the Scratch website.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: STEAM BUNDLE for Years 3 and 4
Project Based Learning - Ping Pong Trick Shot Challenge
This product is designed for a class to compete in teams against each other creating the MOST AWESOME Ping Pong Trick Shot in the style of Dude Perfect! It is completely STEAM integrated with "I can" statements for each area. Students will collect data and follow the Engineering Design Process throughout the challenge. Dude Perfect is a super popular Youtube channel. The Dude Perfect team uses the Engineering Design Process in every creation they create! Awards for teams have been included.Incl
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Project Based Learning - Real World Challenge Problems Bundle
CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES STEM | Winter Holiday December Team Building Group Work
Have fun and encourage critical thinking creativity, and problem-solving with these 6 Christmas and Winter Holiday STEM & STEAM Challenges! Directions and supplements for each activity are included. Christmas & Winter Holiday STEM Challenges Included:•Flying Reindeer•Christmas Dinner Table•Snowball Fight Catapult•Cloudy with a Chance of Snowballs-without “Snow Bucks” (aka Reverse Egg Drop)•Cloudy with a Chance of Snowballs-with “Snow Bucks” (“Snow Bucks” are used to buy supplies)•Trash t
Grades:
3rd - 12th
IB MYP Phone Stand Unit
Statement of Enquiry: Designers find opportunities from markets and trends to influence the form and function of successful products.In this outstanding, creative scheme of work, students are given a brief to design a phone stand that benefits a particular user, retailer (client) and charity. Students research peoples interests (surveys, user persona) and apply this research to influence and justify the form and function of their own product. They make and evaluate various prototypes of their pr
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: IB MYP Design Units Bundle
Toothpick Bridge Building-Truss R' Us STEM project
The toothpick bridge building STEM project has a new spin. This resource includes a 30 page google document that can be edited for your classroom needs.Students form engineering groups and assign the following jobs: accountant, project manager, architect, and carpenter. Groups must work within the design constraints, including maintaining a budget. Classroom materials are minimal per group including: 500 toothpicks, small cup of wood glue, waxed paper, & graph paper. This is a highly
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
IB MYP Design Units Full Bundle
Full MYP Units Bundle which can cover the entire MYP 1 - 5 Design, representing a significant saving over buying units individually.In these outstanding, creative units, students are tasked with designing and making solutions in line with specific client-led briefs. With practical, written, and theory work closely related to the new MYP Design Specification and four assessment criteria.These units/projects have been designed for a term (12-14 weeks) or half-term (6-8 weeks) though each can be ex
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Grades:
8th - 11th
AROUND THE WORLD STEM & STEAM BUNDLE Bins Challenges Countries Culture Earth Day
***BUNDLE & SAVE!*** Have fun and encourage critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving with this Around the World STEM Bins & Challenges BUNDLE! Included 4 STEM Bins AND 6 STEM/STEAM Challenges with a brief challenge description, supplies needed, supply limits, criteria to “win” the challenge, testing directions, and time limit. Supplements to do challenges are also included (list of countries, suggested website links, parent supply letter, judging sheet, supply “order form”.)Wha
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Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Classroom Aquaponics Lesson Plan
Use this Classroom Aquaponics Lesson Plan to enjoy an aquaponics project with your students. This STEM project combines science, math, engineering, and art to make the perfect activity for your middle school and high school students.Learn the difference between an aquaponics system, a hydroponics system, and an aeroponics system, as well as how these soiless gardening methods can benefit farmers and gardenersWhat's included in the Classroom Aquaponics Lesson Plan:Materials listAquaponics, hydrop
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-ETS1-2
Mission to Mars: Design a Mars Rover with littleBits
Updated with new graphics and Google extensionThis resource has been designed to use as a guide to designing a Mars Rover with littleBits. Children will first look at previous Mars Rovers and their jobs before designing, making, and evaluating their own Rovers. This Outcome will allow children to use the Design - Make - Evaluate - Technical Knowledge threads of the 2014 National Curriculum of England’s Design & Technology document.littleBits don’t have to exclusively be used for the Outcome
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Also included in: All Things littleBits STEAM BUNDLE
AROUND THE WORLD STEM & STEAM CHALLENGES Countries Culture Group Work Earth Day
Have fun and encourage critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving with these 6 Countries Around the World STEM Challenges! Included are SIX STEM/STEAM Challenges with a brief challenge description, supplies needed, supply limits, criteria to “win” the challenge, testing directions, and time limit. Supplements to do challenges are also included (list of countries, suggested website links, parent supply letter, judging sheet, supply “order form”.)What’s Included1.Meteor Attack Challenge (a
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
INTERNATIONAL DOT DAY BUNDLE Reading Writing STEM Art Games Research Activities
SAVE 50%!...This 67-page (+3 PowerPoints +Collaborative Poster) Dot Day MEGA Kit includes LITERALLY EVERYTHING YOU NEED (AND MORE!) to celebrate Dot Day (or WEEK!) with your students! Reading passage, CCSS-aligned questions with Answer Key, 6 writing prompts (2 narrative, 2 informative, 2 opinion), Revising & editing checklists, Online research activity, Art Activity, (with rubric) 8 Creation Stations (with PowerPoint), 8 STEM Challenges (with PowerPoint), 5 Just for Fun Games/Activities, 26
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Food Truck- A STEAM PROJECT- Scale Model Build, Cost Calculation & Business Plan
Are you looking for a food truck project that is more appropriate for secondary students- middle school and high school AND one that gets them fully into the entrepreneurship of creating a business? This STEAM project was quite an endeavor to articulate my vision, but it was so fun for my students! They were ALL fully engaged in coming up with a business idea as they calculated the cost of the structure, appliances, cookware, wholesale per serving cost, overhead and profit. I did the research
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Year + STEM BUNDLE / STEAM BUNDLE - PBL FUN!
Caine's Arcade complete "game" description activity- 1 week- PBL/STEM
This is a Pixie project that high tech kids can replicate.
Other than that, it can be used as multiple worksheets that ask several things about the arcade game built by your kids for STEM, and the Caine's Arcade initiative.
It asks: name, designers, rules, purpose, materials, dimensions
Skills: Thinking webs, t-charts, estimation, sequential writing, constructed responses, accuracy in identifying simple machines
C
Grades:
2nd - 8th
INTERNATIONAL DOT DAY | Reading Writing STEM Art Games Research Activities
This 29-page Dot Day Activity Kit includes LITERALLY EVERYTHING YOU NEED to celebrate Dot Day and have a Middle-Grades Fun Day in ELA with your students! Reading passage, CCSS-aligned questions with Answer Key, 2 informative writing prompts, Revising & editing checklists, Online research activity, Art Activity, (with rubric), a STEM Challenge, a Creativity Activity, a Coloring Sheet, Video Links, and Supply Request Letter are all included!What is Dot Day? International Dot Day is celebrated
Grades:
3rd - 12th
THANKSGIVING STEM & STEAM Challenges | November Fall Team Building Group Work
Have fun and encourage critical thinking creativity, and problem-solving with these 15 Thanksgiving STEM & STEAM Challenges! That’s right...FIFTEEN STEM/STEAM Challenges related to Thanksgving and Fall are included in PDF and PowerPoint formats. Directions for each activity are on the pages, and supplements to do each activity are included. 15 Thanksgiving/Fall STEM/STEAM Challenges Included:Turkey Escape BridgeMayflower FloatFlying Turkey ChallengeTurkey Rocket ChallengePumkin’ Chunkin’ Cat
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Bridge Building Unit
Teach students the ins and outs of bridges by engaging in a famous bridge research project and toothpick building challenge! You will receive graphic organizers that outline B.A.T.S (Beam, arch, truss, and suspension), an outline for a simple research project, and direct instructions for a toothpick bridge building challenge. The challenge requires students to build a bridge out of toothpicks and glue (often spans over the course of a week or two) and record cost efficiency. Direct instructions
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Grades:
4th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
HALLOWEEN | STEM & STEAM Challenges | October Fall Fun Friday Morning Meeting
Have fun and encourage critical thinking creativity, and problem-solving with these 12 Halloween STEM & STEAM Challenges! That’s right...TWELVE STEM/STEAM Challenges related to Halloween are included in PDF and PowerPoint formats. Directions for each activity are on the pages, and supplements to do each activity are included. 12 Halloween STEM/STEAM Challenges are included:Skeleton BridgeFlying Witch ChallengeSpider Web ChallengePaper Batplane ChallengeFlying Ghost ChallengeHaunted House Tow
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Mars Landing Module STEM Challenge (Egg Drop) - Middle or High School Physics
This is a multi-step, usually multi-week Engineering Project that I did in 8th grade physics class for many years, and it was ALWAYS super fun and a highlight of the year. It accompanies a Physics Unit on Mass, Forces, Gravity, and KE & PE Energy, and is best to incorporate project into a 4-6 week unit. It can easily be adapted for grades 6-12, varying the concepts of physics that are expected to be demonstrated.The students design a "landing module" to theoretically land on Mars, while succ
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-PS3-2
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
The Girl Who Drank the Moon Novel Study + STEAM
This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill. It bundlesThe Girl Who Drank the Moon Novel Study with STEAM packs about designing and making a machine with littleBits; creating your own paper; and making a flip book of Fyrian's growth.ABOUT THE NOVEL: Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizin
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Grades:
4th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
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