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Engineering centers for Easel
Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Have a classroom Thanksgiving Day Parade! Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEAM challenge in which students design their very own Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.Not only do students design the balloon, but as an added challenge they must create a device to keep it floating in the air!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 5th
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: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
5 STEM Activities Desert Island STEM Challenge Bridge Catapult Raft Hut STEAM
If your students enjoy doing STEM or STEAM activities, they will LOVE this set of 5 fully-planned out challenges! All five themed STEM challenges center around the story of a shipwrecked traveler stranded on a deserted island. After watching an introductory “movie trailer” and hearing the story of the shipwreck, students will read five of the traveler's diary entries. Each entry will challenge them to design and build something to help him survive and get back to civilization!These STEM challeng
Grades:
4th - 7th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
The Dot by Peter Reynolds Tower Builder READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity Dot Day STEM
Create Bravely! Integrate STEM while students learn and develop a Growth Mindset through this Dot Day STEM Challenge! The Dot STEM activity works as a great companion to The Dot by Peter Reynolds. This is an excellent International Dot Day Activity.Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't. Amazing resource for STEM club, STEM teachers, elementary librarians, parents who love hands-on
Grades:
1st - 4th
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: Growth Mindset READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges Dot Day
Hurricane STEM Challenge Weather Activity
Your students will love this Hurricane STEM Activity!This activity is perfect to use to teach students about hurricanes and hurricane safety by engineering a building that will withstand a hurricane simulation. Aligns with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).The STEM Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.Includes:Teacher and Student InstructionsStudent Planning PagesSt
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
Also included in: Elementary STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA BUNDLE
My Mouth is A Volcano READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities
Let's get back into hands-on learning. Integrate STEM in your classroom with this Volcano STEM Activity! Students learn how to avoid interrupting with experiments inspired by My Mouth is a Volcano by Julia Cook! Explore chemical reactions with the volcano experiment.This is a fantastic back to school read aloud activity to set up your classroom procedures during the first week of school!The STEM Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity,
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
Also included in: First Week of School Lesson Plans BUNDLE
Build a Bubble Wand End of the Year STEM Challenge
Integrate STEM in your Classroom at the End of the School Year!Make learning fun with this End of the Year STEM Activity! For the Bubble Wand STEM Challenge, students are asked by a toy company to design a bubble wand that makes the biggest bubbles.The STEM Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.Amazing resource for STEM club, STEM Teachers, STEM Friday, parents who love ha
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
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: Elementary STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA BUNDLE
March Madness Basketball STEM Activity Engineering, Sports, Elementary
Integrate STEM in your classroom with a Basketball STEM Challenge!Get your students pumped up for basketball and STEM! Design and build an amazing Basketball Shooter and Goal! Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas for creating a basketball shooter and goal. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.The Engineering Design Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, th
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
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: March STEM Activities and Challenges Bundle Basketball, St Patricks Day
If I Built a School Back to School READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your classroom!Engage students with a real world STEM activity where they learn about how engineering and architecture work. Students imagine what it would be like to design and build their own school!The Engineering Design Process:In this STEM activity, students receive instructions to imagine how they would build their own school. They follow the six step Engineering Design Process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Experiment, Improve. Connect to a Read Alou
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Gingerbread Man STEM Challenges
These gingerbread STEM activities are perfect for kindergarten, first grade, and second-grade engineers working together or alone in centers this Christmas. A great addition to your unit on gingerbread this December. This resource uses the engineering design process to solve problems all winter. Your kids will have fun building a boat, a bridge, and a hideout for the gingerbread man. Each challenge has a bonus challenge to help differentiate. Make this holiday season fun with hands-on STEM activ
Grades:
K - 2nd
Types:
Also included in: Winter STEM BUNDLE
Snowflake Bentley Winter READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Every snowflake is unique!Integrate STEM in your classroom with this engaging Winter Companion Activity to Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. Students learn about how snowflakes are made into amazing shapes. Then build their very own unique snowflakes!The Snowflake Bentley Winter STEM Activity is a fun and unique way to engage your students during the long winter months. Amazing winter resource for STEM club, STEM Teachers, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educat
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
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: Winter READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges
2D 3D SHAPES Toothpick Cards | STEM Activities and Challenges
Are you looking for some engaging STEM ideas to incorporate into building geometry skills with 2D and 3D Shapes? I have you covered with these Build A Shape Mats! Print and laminate. Students build shapes with toothpicks and molding dough (you can use marshmallows or gumdrops instead), count the toothpicks, sides, vertices, and trace the words!What is inside:2D SHAPESPg. 3 Triangle MatPg. 4 Square MatPg. 5 Rhombus MatPg. 6 2D Rectangle MatPg. 7 Diamond MatPg. 8 Pentagon MatPg. 9 Hexagon MatPg.
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Types:
Build a Snowman Winter STEM Activity
Do you want to build a Snowman? In this Winter STEM Challenge, students receive a letter from the STEM snowman stating that there is a snowman building contest. In order to win, students must build the tallest snowman using only the materials provided. This is an excellent engaging activity for students to work on during the winter months!The Engineering Design Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on wh
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
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: Winter STEM Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
STEM Activities Pioneer Challenge Science Bundle Set of 5 STEM Projects
This is a set of 5 STEM challenges centered around the story of a pioneer family. After hearing about their travels west during the Land Rush of 1889, students will read about different parts of the journey. Each one will challenge them to design something to help the family build their new life.Includes 5 different STEM projects:Thirsty Travelers: Design A Water FilterHome Sweet Home: Construct A CabinWhose Territory?: Build A TowerBath Time: Solar Water HeaterDigging A Well: Design A Rock Move
Grades:
4th - 7th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-PS3-4
, 4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
...
Groundhog Day STEM Activity Light and Shadows Investigation
Teach Students About Groundhog Day with STEM!Engage students in a Groundhog Day exploration where they investigate how groundhogs see their shadows. Students learn about how light is an energy source and how it interacts with opaque objects, transparent objects, and translucent objects.This activity helps students develop critical thinking skills as well as cooperative learning. Students hypothesize, test, and reflect on their own ideas. Aligns with NGSS(Next Gen Science Standards). Includes:Tea
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
1-PS4-2
, 1-PS4-3
Also included in: February STEM Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Fun Winter STEM Activities Projects Science Parachute Tower Snowball Shooter
This set of winter STEM challenges are centered around the story of a group of stranded arctic explorers who need your students' help to survive!Begin by showing students the "movie trailer" (preview video) to build interest. After hearing the story of the failed expedition, students will read 5 diary entries. Each one presents a problem to solve and will challenge them to design something to help the group make it back to base camp.Includes 5 separate winter STEM challenges:Arctic Architect: Co
Grades:
4th - 7th
Mae Among the Stars Build a Rocket READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Launch the Space Shuttle Endeavor to help get Mae Jemison to Space!Students love learning about Mae Jemison by completing this STEM challenge! This works well for both Black History Month and Women's History Month. Reading passages teach students about how Mae Jemison was the first African American Woman in space. Designing and building a rocket to launch into space helps solidify the lesson in a hands-on way!Perfect companion activity to Mae Among the Stars by Roda Amhed.This activity helps stu
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Dog Sled STEM Activity
Build a Dog Sled Winter STEM Challenge! Students love completing this winter STEM challenge! Students learn about the history of dog sled racing by reading about the great serum race to Nome, Alaska in 1925. After learning about the history of dog sled racing students design, build, and test a dog sled using only the materials provided. The dog sled will be tested based on two variables (speed and being able to carry the most cargo). This is a fun and engaging activity for students to work on du
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
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: Winter STEM Activities and Winter STEM Challenges Bundle
Field Goal Paper Football STEM Activity
Are you ready for some football?Engage students during football season with STEM! Students design and create a Field Goal and Paper Football. Students compete and keep score with a fun game of Paper Football!Paper Football STEM Challenge is more than just a simple football craftivity. Students develop critical thinking and engineering skills. Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity and game, there is time for reflection on what worked and what
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
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: February STEM Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Mount Rushmore Presidents Day STEM Activity Engineering US History
Engage Students in Learning About Famous Presidents and Mount Rushmore with STEM!Students love learning about Mount Rushmore, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln by completing this STEM challenge! Video links are included to teach students about the history of Mount Rushmore as well as mini biographies of each of the presidents. Designing and building a model of Mount Rushmore helps solidify the lesson in a hands-on way!This activity helps students develo
Grades:
1st - 5th
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: February STEM Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Egg Drop Challenge Spring STEM Activity
Integrate STEM in your classroom during springtime!Get your students pumped up for Spring with the Egg Drop Challenge! Design a device that will protect an egg from cracking or breaking when it falls! Your students will be talking about this one for a long time. So much fun!Take students through the STEM Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.It aligns with the NGSS (Next G
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Fourth of July Air-Powered Fireworks Summer STEM Challenge
Integrate STEM in your classroom with this super fun Air-powered Firework STEM Activity! Forget the sparklers! Students design, build, and test their own air-powered fireworks for Fourth of July! They record and graph the results to see which designs fly the highest with each trial launch.This activity helps students develop critical thinking and engineering skills. Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
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: Elementary STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA BUNDLE
Back to School STEM Activity: Marble Challenge
Integrate STEM in your makerspace, STEM Club, Library, and 1st Grade through 5th Grade Classroom at the beginning of the year!STEM Challenges are perfect to use at the beginning of the school year as students are learning how to work in groups. In this STEM Activity, students build teamwork and problem solving skills as they work together to transfer marbles from one cup to another without touching the marbles or cups with their hands.The STEM Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
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: Back to School STEM Activities and Challenges
The Most Magnificent Thing READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM in your First through 5th Grade classroom using the Engineering Design Process!Engage students with a real world STEM activity where they learn about how engineering and architecture work. Students design, build, and test their own "Most Magnificent Thing."The Engineering Design Process:In this STEM activity, students follow the six step Engineering Design Process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Experiment, Improve. Connect to a Read Aloud: The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Marshmallow Tower Team Building STEM Challenge Back to School
Integrate STEM in your classroom with a Marshmallow Back to School STEM Activity!Begin building community in your classroom while introducing STEM. Students must build a tower out of marshmallows and toothpicks.The STEM Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.Includes:Teacher Instructions with example photoStudent STEM JournalStudent InstructionsStudent Planning PagesStudent
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 4th
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: Team Building STEM Challenges Bundle
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