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Winter - Christmas STEM Activity - Snowman Stretch Video
Christmas / Winter STEM Challenges are a great way to keep students engaged, thinking critically, and working on hands-on problem solving at a time it’s often a struggle to concentrate! This is challenge 4 of 5: Snowman Stretch, in which students build a snowman designed for maximum height or volume.Note: This video was originally created for YouTube, so references to clicking on the video do not work on TpT; however, the links to everything clickable is included in the description below.STEM Ch
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Stem Activities, Stem Challenges, Stem, Stem Build a crane, Science Experiments
This video gives you step by step directions on how to implement and construct a STEM challenge of building a simple crane with your class. I will tell you how I implement this activity in my own classroom and what supplies works best for me. I even show you how to put a holiday twist on the activity if you choose. Also, I give you suggestions on how to make the activity more challenging for upper grades.
This challenge works great when teaching your class about the six simple machines.
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2nd - 5th
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Summer or End of the Year STEM Activity - Wicked-Fast Water Slide Video
Your end of the year activities need to be on-point to counter those summer daydreams! Summer STEM Challenges are the perfect solution!
In partners/groups, students will design a water slide built for speed, thrills, and safety.
You can download a transcript of the video by clicking on "Supporting Document" below the video.
Note: This video was originally created for YouTube, so references to clicking on the video do not work on TpT; however, the links to everything clickable is included in
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Also included in: Summer STEM Challenge - Water Slide Print and Paperless Bundle
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St. Patrick's Day STEM Activity - How to Catch a Leprechaun with a Trap
St. Patrick’s Day STEM Challenges are a great way to keep students engaged, thinking critically, and working on hands-on problem solving and they’re great alternatives to class parties! In Leprechaun Lockdown, students create a leprechaun trap with a twist!
Note: This video was originally created for YouTube, so references to clicking on the video do not work on TpT; however, the links to everything clickable is included in the description below.
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Valentine's Day STEM Activity - Heavy Hearts Video
Valentine’s Day STEM Challenges are a great way to keep students engaged, thinking critically, and working on hands-on problem solving and they’re great alternatives to class parties! In "Heavy" Hearts, students fill an outer heart with inner hearts they create in three unique size/color groups. Each heart is given point values based on the criteria & constraints and measurement standards set by the teacher. Students are aiming to find the configuration that creates the "heaviest" heart.
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Also included in: Valentine STEM Activities - 5 February STEM Challenges Print & Paperless
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Winter STEM Activity - Snow Scoop Video
Winter STEM Challenges are a great way to keep students engaged, thinking critically, and working on hands-on problem solving! In Snow Scoop, students design a scoop (shovel) to efficiently remove snow from a yard.
Note: This video was originally created for YouTube, so references to clicking on the video do not work on TpT; however, the links to everything clickable is included in the description below.
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Also included in: Winter STEM Activities - 5 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless
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Halloween Bat STEM Challenge Video: Wings Wanted
Halloween STEM Challenges are a great way to keep students engaged, thinking critically, and working on hands-on problem solving at a time they usually struggle to concentrate! This is challenge 1 of 5: Wings Wanted.Working individually or with a partner against a criteria and constraints list, students design and engineer a new set of bat wings, with the goal being to achieve maximum flight distance and/or accuracy. You can even throw in style points, if you like! It's a paper airplane challeng
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Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless
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Winter - Christmas STEM Activity - Frozen Fortress Video
Christmas / Winter STEM Challenges are a great way to keep students engaged, thinking critically, and working on hands-on problem solving at a time it’s often a struggle to concentrate! This is challenge 5 of 5: Frozen Fortress, in which students design a fortress wall built for size and stability.Note: This video was originally created for YouTube, so references to clicking on the video do not work on TpT; however, the links to everything clickable is included in the description below.STEM Chal
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Summer STEM Activity or End of the Year STEM Activity - Boat Building Video
This boat-building STEM Challenge is great for summer, end of year, or anytime! STEM / STEAM Challenges brings the joy back to your classroom with collaborative, hands-on, brain-busting work (disguised as fun)!
Individually, or in partners/groups, students work against a criteria and constraints list to build a boat that is designed for capacity and/or speed.
Note: This video was originally created for YouTube, so references to clicking on the video do not work on TpT; however, the links to e
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Also included in: Build a Boat STEM Challenge Mini Bundle - Print and Paperless Versions
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Mechanical Energy- Exciting Animation Video for Distance Learning
Attention-Getting Question: Does a motionless car have energy? The answer is yes! Because they have the potential to move, they have potential energy. Let’s find out why.Introduction:Energy is the ability to cause motion or create change in matter. Everything that moves has energy. Cars and people need the energy to move. Cars get their energy from gasoline and you get your energy from the foods you eat.Subject:Kinetic energy is the energy of motion. Anything that is moving has this type
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1st - 8th, Staff
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Also included in: Grade 4 NGSS "Force, Motion & Energy" Bundle-- Distance Learning
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STEM Process: Weather Hazard STEM
This video explains the STEM process from start to finish. I cover the planning, budget, needed supplies, worksheets, testing and self-evaluation.
To explain the process, I use the Weather Hazard STEM challenge as an example. The STEM challenge discussed in this video is available here:
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STEM Bundle for the Entire Year
Thank you for stopping by Classroom Base Camp to learn more about STEM!
The video includes the creative commons song "Happiness" from www.bensound.com.
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K - 5th
Also included in: Natural Disasters STEM
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STEM Center for Building Bricks Demo and Sample STEM Mat
STEM Centers can be easy to set up and use. This is a demo and free sample of STEM Centers for Building Bricks. Geared toward K-2 students, these mats make it easy to have a STEM center your kids can access independently.
A sample STEM Mat is included in both classic and spring colors so that you can try out the activity. This mat is not included in the paid resource so be sure to download it if you want both!
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K - 2nd
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Singapore science 4th Grade- mechanical energy - eLearning
Attention-Getting Question:Does a motionless car have energy? The answer is yes! Because they have the potential to move, they have potential energy. Let’s find out why.Introduction:Energy is the ability to cause motion or create change in matter. Everything that moves has energy. Cars and people need the energy to move. Cars get their energy from gasoline and you get your energy from the foods you eat.Subject:Kinetic energy is the energy of motion. Anything that is moving has this type of energ
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3rd - 5th, Staff
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5:56
Halloween STEM Challenge Video: Creature Catcher
Halloween STEM Challenges are a great way to keep students engaged, thinking critically, and working on hands-on problem solving at a time they usually struggle to concentrate! Students work in partners or groups against a criteria and constraints list to design a device to catch as many “creatures” as possible. Note: This video was originally created for YouTube, so references to clicking on the video do not work on TpT; however, the links to everything clickable is included in the description
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Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless
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Winter or Christmas STEM Activity - Sled and Slope
Christmas / Winter STEM Challenges are a great way to keep students engaged, thinking critically, and working on hands-on problem solving at a time it’s often a struggle to concentrate! This is challenge 3 of 5: Sleigh/Sled & Slope, in which students create a ramp and sled designed to keep cargo safe and travel the maximum distance.Note: This video was originally created for YouTube, so references to clicking on the video do not work on TpT; however, the links to everything clickable is incl
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Easter STEM Activity - Basket Bounce Video
Basket Bounce is the perfect spring or Easter STEM / STEAM activity! In Basket Bounce, students design baskets to carry at least six eggs in the Basket Bounce Relay Race. (If you don't celebrate Easter, try tying it to Little Red Riding Hood or farmers collecting eggs.)
Note: This video was originally created for YouTube, so references to clicking on the video do not work on TpT; however, the links to everything clickable is included in the description below.
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Spring STEM Activity - Nice Nest Video
Nice Nest is the perfect spring or Easter STEM / STEAM activity! In this challenge, students create a nest built for capacity using unusual materials!
Note: This video was originally created for YouTube, so references to clicking on the video do not work on TpT; however, the links to everything clickable is included in the description below.
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Related Products ⭐ Spring STEM Challenge: Nice Nest ⭐ Spring STEM Challenge: Nice Nest Paperless Version ⭐ Easter STEM Challenge
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Also included in: Spring STEM Activity - Nice Nest Print and Paperless Bundle
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Weather STEM Challenge Video
If you’re looking to apply learning in weather, climate, natural disasters, natural resources & more, this STEM / STEAM challenge is a perfectly engaging way to get the job done joyfully!
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Students work individually or in partners/groups against a list of criteria and constraints to create shelters for 3 or more types of weather and/or natural disasters.
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Wild Weather Shelter STEM Challenge Resource (PRINTABLE)
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Also included in: Weather STEM Challenge - Print and Paperless Bundle
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Valentine's Day STEM Activity - Cupid's Quiver Video
Valentine’s Day STEM Challenges are a great way to keep students engaged, thinking critically, and working on hands-on problem solving and they’re great alternatives to class parties! In Cupid’s Quiver, students design a bow & arrow (or darts) to help Cupid deliver love potion (paint).
Note: This video was originally created for YouTube, so references to clicking on the video do not work on TpT; however, the links to everything clickable is included in the description below.
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Also included in: Valentine STEM Activities - 5 February STEM Challenges Print & Paperless
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Back to School STEM Challenge: Apples Aloft Video
This tower-building STEM / STEAM Challenge is great for back-to-school, fall or anytime! STEM / STEAM Challenges bring the joy back to your classroom with collaborative, hands-on, brain-busting work (disguised as fun)!
Individually or in partners/groups, students will design and build the tallest tower possible using symbols of the back-to-school season: apples and school supplies!
Note: If you'd like to read along, you'll find the video transcription in the supporting doc download.
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Also included in: Back to School STEM - Apples Aloft Print and Paperless Bundle
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Back to School STEM Challenge: Apple Annihilator Video
This STEM / STEAM Challenge is great for back-to-school, fall or anytime! STEM / STEAM Challenges bring the joy back to your classroom with collaborative, hands-on, brain-busting work (disguised as fun)!
Individually or in partners/groups, students will design an apple wrecking ball built for annihilation and/or accuracy.
This is a great intro to forces and interactions and Newton’s three laws of motion, which are part of 3rd, 5th grade and middle school NGSS standards! (3PS2-1, 5PS2-1, MS-PS2
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Black History Month STEM Challenge Video: Functional Furniture
This challenge was created as a way to celebrate Black History and/or Women’s History Month in science class. The premise is inspired by Sarah E. Goode’s 1885 invention of the folding cabinet bed. She was one of the first African-American women to obtain a patent for her invention.
The challenge is great any time of the year, but works especially well for Black History or Women's History Month!
If you prefer reading to watching, you'll find the transcription in the supporting document download
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Winter STEM Activities - 5 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless
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Summer or End of the Year STEM Activity - Keep it Cool - Make it Melt Video
It's the end of the year, and your students are starting to check out mentally. Summer STEM Challenges are the best way to get them engaged again, and make great memories with what's left of your instructional time!
In partners or groups, students will design and build two devices: one to slow the melting process (Keep it Cool) and one to speed it up (Make it Melt).
You can download a transcript of the video by clicking on "Supporting Document" below the video.
Note: This video was originally
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Spring or Easter STEM Activity - Egg-hanced Video
Egg-hanced is the perfect spring or Easter STEM / STEAM activity! It's the classic egg-drop STEM challenge, but I have a few new ideas to keep it fresh!
Note: This video was originally created for YouTube, so references to clicking on the video do not work on TpT; however, the links to everything clickable is included in the description below.
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Related Products ⭐ Easter STEM Challenge: Egg-hanced ⭐ Easter STEM Challenge: Egg-hanced Paperless Version ⭐ Easter STEM Chal
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Also included in: Spring or Easter STEM Activity - Egg Drop Print and Paperless Bundle
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