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8th grade engineering centers $5-10
Halloween STEM Activities | Fall STEM Activities for October | Halloween Science
Halloween STEM Activities will keep your kids engaged in brain-busting work disguised as fun!This bundle includes the following 6 Halloween STEM activities:⭐ Bone Bridge® STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Creature Catcher STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Ghosts in the Graveyard STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Treat Toss STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Wings Wanted STEM Challenge Activity⭐ Halloween STEM Improv Activity (336 possible combinations!)The basic idea: In the 5 Halloween STEM Challenge Activities, students
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
STEM Oil Spill Challenge - Earth Day STEM Activity
Oil Spill STEM Activity - Great for Earth Day! Learn about the effects of an oil spill on the environment through a hands-on engineering challenge! The goal of this challenge is to clean up all of the oil from the feathers and from the water in the time provided. Students will work in teams to devise a plan to get the oil spill cleaned up in a specified time of work. Distance learning update: Activity has been updated to accommodate distance learning including instructions on creating a material
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 5-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ESS3-3
...
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
STEM Catapult Math & Engineering Activity (Angles and Ratios)
Take the classic STEM challenge to the next level with design optimization and math connections! This STEM catapult challenge involves engineering, geometry, ratios, critical thinking, and teamwork in an engaging activity your students will love! Using the engineering design process along with math skills, teams of students will build two catapult designs from common materials. Each team will then test at three stations: Distance, Accuracy, and Power. Included are follow-up math problems for enh
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 11th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Middle School Distance Learning: Digital STEM Activity Bundle
Christmas STEM Activities and Winter STEM Activities Bundle
Looking for fun Christmas or winter activities that incorporate science, technology, engineering, and/or math? Christmas-Winter STEM / STEAM Challenges sure to engage with brain-busting work disguised as fun!Christmas and Winter STEM Challenge Activities Overview: Students work in partners or groups against criteria & constraints lists to design and build Winter or Christmas-themed devices. Modification suggestions are included to make these challenges engaging and productive for students i
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
Engineering Design Process - Digital Breakout Escape Room for STEM
Do you want to introduce or review the engineering design process in an engaging and fun way? This digital breakout activity, similar to an escape room but without the need for physical locks, does just that! Students do not need any prior knowledge about engineering or the EDP to do this breakout, though it can be used as a review. In this resource, students will:Learn about the engineering design process (5 slides of informational text)Solve 6 digital puzzles related to the EDP (a variety of p
Grades:
4th - 8th
Types:
Fall STEM Activities - Apple STEM Challenges
These Back to School STEM challenge activities are a great way to build community, establish procedures, and get to know how your kids tick! Plus, they’re a great intro to forces and interactions and Newton’s three laws of motion.You want to start the school year with something that's fun, but not fluff......something different...something that fires up creativity & critical thinking...something that gets kids collaborating and communicating...something that allows you to learn a ton about y
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
Space STEM STEAM Activities 5 Challenges Straw Balloon Rocket Parachute Bridge
This is a set of 5 space-themed STEM challenges centered around the story of a group of scientists who must travel to Jupiter to save mankind. After watching the introductory “movie trailer” and hearing the opening storyline, students will read 5 of the team's travel log entries. Each one will challenge them to design something to help them survive and save the humans back on Earth.STEM Challenges in this set:• 3-2-1 Blastoff: Design a Rocket• Touchdown: Build an Orbiter Landing Device• Don’t Lo
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Force & Motion STEM Activity BUNDLE 15 Projects + STEM Rubric Space Rome
Thanksgiving STEM Activities | Fall STEM Challenges for November
These Thanksgiving STEM activities will keep your students engaged right up until the November break as they design and build devices to help the Wampanoag and/or Pilgrims meet their needs for transportation, shelter, food, and more. Modification suggestions are included to make these challenges engaging and productive for students in grades 2 - 8.This bundle includes 5 Thanksgiving activities at a steep discount! Note: Though the Pumpkin Picker and Corn Cultivator challenges could be interchang
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
STEM Sailboat Challenge Math & Engineering Activity
STEM Sailboat Engineering Activity Description Updated to include an editable STEM journals, instructional video, and teacher slides!The Sailboat STEM activity is a great way to incorporate the engineering design process into your classroom or afterschool program! Many are familiar with the boat buoyancy challenge, and this takes it one step further by adding a sail! Now students must build a boat to hold a specific weight as well as incorporate aerodynamic principals to make it move. This hands
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-PS2-2
...
Also included in: Middle School Distance Learning: Digital STEM Activity Bundle
STEM Activity Hoop Glider Challenge (Variable Testing)
Hoop Glider STEM Activity with Digital & Printed Journal and Teacher Slides! The hoop glider STEM activity includes building a glider made from straw, tape, and index cards or paper to travel the farthest distance. Different activity versions are provided to accommodate student ability and time constraints. Topics Covered: Scientific Method through Variable TestingSTEM Career: Aerospace EngineeringEngineering Design ProcessForces of FlightRatiosThis hands-on activity shows students how to op
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-LS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Activity Bundle (Elementary STEM)
Save the Bees! Pollinator Hotel STEM Challenge
Save the bees with this pollinator hotel STEM Challenge! This is a great Earth Day activity! Activity Overview: Two types of solitary bees, mason and leaf cutter bees, are in search of a new home. They need a safe place to lay eggs. These eggs will turn into baby bees that will pollinate flowers and produce more delicious fruit! First, you will learn about pollinators and the needs of our bee friends. Then design and build a pollinator hotel to provide shelter and a place for bees to lay eggs.Th
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Brain Safety STEM Challenge: Design a Football Helmet
Brain Safety STEM Activity: Design a safer football helmet! It’s football season. But wait, more and more players are getting concussions and hurting their brains! What keeps a football player’s brain safe? Your mission is to design and build a football helmet that protects a player's skull from cracking! This hands-on activity is an engaging design challenge that allows students to work in teams (or individually), apply the engineering design process, and connect math and science topics to real
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Math, Sports & Engineering Activity Bundle: Ratios and Proportions
Electrical Circuits - Digital Breakout for Middle School
This digital breakout activity, similar to an escape room but without the need for physical locks, is all about electric circuits! Students do not need any prior knowledge about circuits to do this breakout, though you can also use it as a review or for extra practice. In this resource, students will:Learn about circuits (7 slides of informational text), including about electricity (including behavior at the atomic level), insulators and conductors, open and closed circuits, series and parallel
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
Easy Scientific Method & STEM Experiments Bundle- 5 Activities
Easy Scientific Method Inquiry Experiments Bundle-5 challenges to get students thinking and using the Scientific Method! All experiments use easy to find materials.Included in this bundle:Scientific Method Inquiry Challenge-save a gummy worm w/ simple materialsSurface Tension Science Inquiry experiment: float a paper clip scientific methodSurface tension Scientific Method Inquiry Experiment-soapy, salt and tap waterIndex Card Bridge for pennies- Science inquiry activityScientific Method Inquiry
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
Valentine STEM Activities - 5 Valentine's Day STEM Challenges - February STEM
Looking for the perfect February Valentine's STEM activities that students will love but are more than just crafts? These 5 Valentine’s STEM Challenge activities engage your students in brain-busting work disguised as fun! ❤️ Valentine's STEM Activities Overview ❤️ Students work in partners or groups against criteria & constraints lists to design and build Valentine’s Day themed objects. Modification suggestions are included to make these challenges engaging and productive for students in g
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
Card Tower STEM Challenge Mini Bundle
This tower building STEM / STEAM Challenges is perfect for summer – or any time of the year! It brings the joy back to your classroom with collaborative, hands-on, brain-busting work (disguised as fun)!If you have spare index cards, at least 30 minutes, and a class to inspire, run this challenge as a fun, quick task for a rainy day, or select from multiple options provided to add depth and rigor to extend this activity to days or weeks of active learning!The basic premise: Individually, or in p
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Halloween STEM Challenge Bundle - Paperless Version
Halloween STEM Challenges from Bone Bridge® STEM Challenges will keep your kids engaged in brain-busting work disguised as fun during otherwise distracting holiday!The basic premise: Students work in partners or groups against criteria & constraints lists to design and build Halloween-themed devices (and each challenge can also be related to a non-Halloween theme if your school doesn't allow holiday activities). Modification suggestions are included to make these challenges engaging and pro
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
Spring STEM Activities | Planetopia Project Life & Earth Science STEM Challenges
If your science standards include landforms, plate tectonics, the water cycle, weather, natural disasters, plant parts, plant cells, animal cells, life cycles, and/or heredity & genetics, Planetopia Project STEM Challenges are perfect to engage your students in brain-busting work (disguised as fun)! The basic idea: Students work in partners or groups against criteria & constraints lists to design and build various items for a fictional planet, Planetopia. The series is ideal for spring a
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
Spring STEM Activities | Easter STEM Activities | Easy Materials STEM Activities
Looking for engaging spring and Easter STEM activities? These STEM or STEAM Challenges bring the joy back to your classroom with collaborative, hands-on, brain-busting work (disguised as fun)!The basic premise: Students work in partners or groups against criteria & constraints lists to design and build five spring / Easter themed objects. Modification suggestions are included to make these challenges engaging and productive for students in grades 2 - 8. Note: This is the printable version.
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
STEM Word Wall - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
Here is a STEM word wall that is perfect for middle school STEM, math, science, or any classroom for that matter. STEM is interdisciplinary and should be incorporated in every subject. In this word wall set, there are 105 vocabulary words perfect for STEM education.An editable template is including to create new words!Is there a word that you want, but it's not listed? Message me in the Q & A, and I will be happy to add them!Also, check out these EDP posters!Here is a list of the words inclu
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Mars Rubber Band Rover Engineering Design Challenge (Space STEM)
Rubber Band Mars Rover STEM Challenge: Students will first learn about mechanical engineering and potential and kinetic energy before designing and making a rover powered by the rubber band’s energy to explore the surface of Mars. This is a great space-themed STEM engineering design challenge. Activity Overview: You are part of an astronaut crew on a scientific expedition on Mars! While out exploring the surface, we identified large Martian rocks that may give clues of ancient life on the red pl
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
Weather STEM: Hail Protection Engineering Challenge & Weather Science
Hail Protection STEM Engineering Design ChallengeYour mission: Use the engineering design process to create a device that protects a “car” from hail damage. Student handouts are provided in printed and digital format (editable Google Slides). Science background: Students learn about the science of hail formation and shock absorption. This is a great activity to supplement weather science lessons! Engineering Challenge: Using common materials, students design a hail-proof device to protect the a
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Elementary Distance Learning: Digital STEM Activity Bundle
12 No-Prep 3D Isometric Drawing Printables for Elementary & Middle School
12 Fun No-Prep STEM Worksheets for PLTW, Math Centers, Makerspaces and Project-Based Learning (PBL) Isometric sketching, or drawing, is an essential part of the engineering design and modeling process. It is the art and skill of expressing three-dimensional ideas in representational sketches that communicate those ideas to other people. An isometric view is a conceptual 3D drawing of an object, with each dimension separated by 120 degrees. This is easily done using special lined or dotted isome
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Sound Engineering - Design & Build a Musical Instrument
Put the STEAM in STEM with this unit! Sound Engineering is a Project Based Learning unit that teaches students the physics and basic concepts of sound engineering, especially as it relates to music. This lesson can be used in Career and Technology classes, Science classes, or Music classes. I have used it with an 8th grade Engineering class.Students start the unit by reading information about the topic from a handout and answering questions about the reading, as well as defining terms related
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Types:
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