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Free high school engineering projects
Balloon Car STEM Challenge: Engineering Design Process
Balloon Car STEM Challenge! Challenge students to build a balloon-powered car that can travel 5 feet! This STEM challenge will take your students through the engineering design process as they brainstorm, design, build, and test with a fun and engaging project. STEM challenges incorporate math and science concepts with creativity, innovation, and critical thinking. Students are provided with a Mission Sheet and a Student Handout that guides them through the engineering design process. Included i
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3rd - 9th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Year-Round STEM Activity Bundle (Elementary STEM)
Forensics Fun: Science Activity with Fingerprints & Thermal Energy
This product includes 2 activities related to forensics including revealing a student’s heat signature and unique fingerprint. This is a great STEM Family Night station! Activity 1: A worksheet that guides two students to compare their unique fingerprints with a real-world connection to forensics. A QR code reveals a STEM career video on forensic science and crime scenes. *Worksheet in both English and Spanish*Activity 2: This activity requires a thermal camera for students to explore the infrar
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: STEM Family Night Planning Guide, Activity Instructions
Biomimicry NGSS STEM Project Distance Learning Life Science Adaptations LS4
NEWLY UPDATED PDFs for digital learning! This EXCITING and RELEVANT NGSS middle school STEM activity/project challenges students to explore the benefits of adaptations (MS-LS4) and then engineer a product (MS-ETS1 and MS-ETS1-4) for human use, called Biomimicry, in a fun and authentic way! In groups, students brainstorm a real world problem, investigate an adaptation and its benefit in the organism’s habitat, and individually design a "biomimetic" product to solve the problem. (Example: Grip sho
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Grades:
4th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
Also included in: NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle
Building Catapults: Project and Lab Report Outline with Rubric
My Physics students’ favorite project is building a catapult –it’s almost a rite of passage for Physics students! Here is a free, editable template to organize a project in which students will:
• research and design a projectile launcher (catapult, ballista, trebuchet, etc.) that converts either elastic potential energy or gravitational potential energy into kinetic energy to launch the projectile
• document the building process
• calibrate the launcher to hit targets at various distances
• des
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10th - 12th
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Explore the Universe: Science Astronomy Scavenger Hunt
Using the Sky View app, available for free on Apple and Android tablets, students explore planets, stars, and satellites in the night sky by completing a scavenger hunt. Students find the Moon, International Space Station, Hubble Telescope, and the planets in our Solar System. Perfect for individual activity, a STEM Family Night, or small group station. Great STEM Family Night Station! Worksheet is in both English and Spanish. Looking for more STEM lessons? Our team of engineers and educators is
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K - 11th
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Also included in: Bundle: STEM Family Night Planning Guide, Activity Instructions
Stop Motion Animation Activity
Combine storytelling with STEM! Students choose from three STEM scenarios to create a stop motion animation video. Instructions are provided on how to use a free Chromebook extension to setup a stop motion activity. The same activities can be completed with iPads or Kindles with a stop motion app. Materials required are Chromebooks, trifold boards for a backdrop, and action figures or other movie props. Stikbots are the perfect action figure to use!Click here for an editable STEM journal to use
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: STEM Family Night Planning Guide, Activity Instructions
Engineering Design Challenge: Spaghetti & Marshmallow Towers
Get your students collaborating and using their higher order thinking skills in this fun, hands-on activity! This activity is perfect to incorporate into an engineering unit or use as an additional fun activity! Students individually brainstorm building ideas and then share with group members to evaluate and decide on a final design.The provided constraints in the activity require students to collaborate and be creative in order to successfully complete the challenge. Product Includes:Google D
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5th - 12th
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Basics of Makey Makey: STEM Activity
If you haven't already discovered Makey Makey, stop everything and watch this video! These little circuit boards bring together coding, invention, creativity, and electronics. Just plug into any computer, and with no software download required, watch as your students turn conductive items (PlayDoh, oranges, pencil lead) into a controller that replaces a keyboard or mouse! We love using these with from elementary all the way to high school! Click here for an editable STEM journal to use with dist
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: STEM Family Night Planning Guide, Activity Instructions
Paper Circuits STEM Activity
Paper circuits are a fun way to teach circuits and conductivity. Students use the easy-to-follow diagrams to create their own card that will light up! Instructions are in both English and Spanish. Materials needed: paper, copper tape, LED lights, coin batteries, and clear tape. Students can also use markers or crayons to decorate the card. Included are instructions for using paper circuits as a classroom project or part of a STEM Family Night.Looking for more STEM lessons? Our team of engineers
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: STEM Family Night Planning Guide, Activity Instructions
Build a Catapult Game STEM Challenge with just PAPER, TAPE & SCISSORS
Explore forces & motion, simple machines, trajectories, projectile motion, potential and kinetic energy, energy transfer, inertia, gravitational forces, and more with this versatile catapult STEM challenge. AMAZING RESULTS WITH JUST PAPER, TAPE & SCISSORS! You can follow all instructions on-screen or print them. This step by step project is a sampler of my more in-depth, open-ended project packets. All projects teach hands-on skills that empower students to explore and create. Start by m
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Grades:
K - 12th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-PS2-4
, MS-ETS1-4
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Egg Drop Challenge Editable STEM Lab End of Year Activity
Looking for a fun and engaging STEM activity for the end of the year or after state testing? If so, then the Egg Drop Challenge Editable STEM Lab End of Year Activity is the answer! Challenge your students to design an apparatus to save their egg from disaster after being dropped from a specified height. You can use a stairwell, the school bleachers, a school window… any height at all. This 3-page lab is completely editable and includes an editable scoring rubric AND an Award Certificate for the
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-PS2-2
, MS-ETS1-1
All About Me STEM Project
This is a STEM project that will engage the whole family! Your student will build their name out of materials they have at home that represent them. The challenge to this is their name has to be as long AS THEY ARE TALL! Great opportunity for at home learning and communication skills as well as integrating STEM into the project!
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education
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Toothpick Bridge Project
This is a fun modification to the typical toothpick bridge project. For this project students will be assigned to groups and have one week to build their bridge in class only.
The bridge building process is made more realistic by giving students a budget to stick to (prices for supplies as well as fines they may incur are listed on the handout). Students will also be subjected to a daily special event that may help or hinder their bridge building process. The events I used in my class are prov
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7th - 12th
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STEM Engineering Challenge: Make a Table
Engineering Challenges are an exciting part of the new NGSS Standards. I love the collaboration and team building that these projects bring to my classroom. My students LOVE the excitement and engagement that naturally occurs while they are actively participating!
In this challenge, students are given 3 types of material and have to collaborate on what kind of table they can make. The team sketches a design they all agree they can create and then set out on the journey to build a table. I d
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3rd - 12th, Staff
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Thermal Energy Lab (Design your own cooler)
Students complete this lab and show their knowledge of thermodynamics, heat transfer, insulation, and conductors. Students, over the course of a week, will draw and design a device that helps to stop the transfer of heat. They will begin the lab by brainstorming ideas for a design. They will also have an explanation sheet that says why they chose to use certain materials. Included in this lab are student directions, a student checklist, a grading rubric, and an explanation of each part of the la
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6th - 12th
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The Trolley Problem: the Old Ethical Dilemma for New Technology
V1.2 adds two units.This curriculum incorporates moral reasoning teaching in STEM education — particularly in computer engineering, artificial intelligence (AI), statistics, and Big Data. The theory part of the teaching plan first (in unit one) consists of a sequence of thought experiments (trolley problem with driver, bystander, and transplant surgeon cases) in moral philosophy, building on one another to introduce students to the normative moral theories of utilitarianism, deontology, and virt
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Novel Engineering - Digital Handouts for Any Novel & Distance Learning
Wondering how you're going to wrap up your next novel? Introduce your students to Novel Engineering! It is a creative way to get students using their critical thinking skills to solve real problems! This works well with novels where characters face a tangible conflict. Students will track different conflicts throughout the novel and work to use the design process to create a product that will help the character(s)!Download will be added directly to your drive & includes the following:-2 vers
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4th - 12th
Engineering - Paper Stretcher
Are you looking for a great hands-on activity that is sure to get students involved in the world of STEM?
The idea of this project is to have students improve their design, problem solving, building and teamwork skills. This hands on activity takes about 1 hour and is sure to get all students involved. In can also be used as a great filler activity.
This is a very inexpensive introductory to engineering project for students in both elementary and middle school. Students find this activity c
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3rd - 9th
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Winter Holiday Cards Paper Circuits eBook
The projects in this eBook can be created using our Paper Circuits Kit or your own LEDs, CR2032 batteries, and conductive Maker Tape. Follow the included instructions for your chosen project. You’ll need your own paper, tape, glue, and scissors, as well as a safety pin or push pin to make holes in the paper for the LED legs.We've included six different Winter Holiday themed cards, each in full-color as well as a black & white version that is suitable as a coloring activity. Once your card is
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Spaghetti Marshmallow Challenge
GREAT ICEBREAKER!INCLUDES THE LESSON PLANI begin EVERY year with this lesson. Students begin by watching a video on innovation and ends with towers made of mini marshmallows and spaghetti!Helps students learn teamwork while doing a great hands on activity.It helps them to explore the word "innovation" Great introduction to the scientific method or "what is physical science?"MY MIDDLE SCHOOLERS LOVE THIS ACTIVITY
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Grades:
5th - 11th
Egg Drop Challenge
Groups of “Engineers” will work together to construct a contraption that will protect an uncooked egg when dropped from a given distance. This resource includes all handouts needed to implement this engaging STEM lesson, as well as Engineering Design Process handouts.
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3rd - 12th
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3D Print Your Own Bookmark | A Step-by-Step Tinkercad Tutorial
In this step-by-step tutorial your students (or you) will learn to create your own personalized bookmark in Tinkercad. Tinkercad is a free online program for designing 3D printable objects. Students will be able to customize their bookmarks with the text and shapes they choose. OverviewDo you have a 3D printer but aren't quite sure what to do with it? Are you looking for ready-to-go projects to teach your students valuable 3D design / CAD skills? Do you need creative, engaging STEM activities? T
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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STEM Biomes Activity - Design Thinking
Engaging and creative user centered design activity takes the "biomes jigsaw" to the next level. Students learn about biomes then directly apply what they know to design needs-based solutions for human survival in their biome. NGSS, Tech, ELA Standards. They practice brainstorming, analysis, giving/receiving feedback, collaboration, and rapid prototyping.Lesson Plan now included.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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The Great Pumpkin Catapult
In this engineering and design project, your students will be guided through the engineering and design process in creating their own mini catapults to launch candy pumpkins. The students will then apply Newton's three laws of motion to the forces and motion of their pumpkins.
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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