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Middle school Thanksgiving engineering projects
Paper Chair: Engineering Challenge Project ~ Great STEM Activity!
Engineering Challenge:Can you create a chair that can hold a stuffed animal using paper and tape?Paper Chair ChallengeMaterials Needed: (per individual, pair, or team)- Copy paper (3-5 sheets per chair)- Ruler- Masking tape- Stuffed animal (small to medium sized)- ScissorsThis packet contains all the information you need to make this a great engineering activity in your classroom! Lab sheets, student and teacher instructions, and challenge signs are all included! Using simple and cheap materia
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2nd - 7th
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Also included in: Personalized STEM Pack #19 - 10 Engineering Challenges
Ancient Civilizations STEM Activities Project Egypt Pyramids Greece Rome History
Ancient Civilization STEM & STEAM Challenges Bundle for Upper Elementary and Middle School Students! Cross-curricular challenges for students who are studying Ancient Civilizations This bundle contains 8 StudentSavvy STEM Resources! The Stone Age | Early Humans, Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Israel, Ancient India, Ancient China, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome STEM Challenges! {UPDATE: A DIGITAL VERSION IS ALSO INCLUDED USING TPT'S NEW DIGITAL ACTIVITY TOOL!}This resource is p
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3rd - 7th
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Real World Robot Research Project for Middle School Robotics and STEM Sub Plans
Why do we need to know about robots? What are robots used for today? What are examples of robots in everyday life? This real-world robot research project will help your middle school students discover answers to these questions and more!Get all the Intro to Robotics resources here and SAVE! In this engaging project, students meet Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Common Core State Standards (CCSS) as they research a real-world robot of their choice. Your students will use assigned web
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6th - 9th
Ancient Egypt Activities STEM Challenges Pyramids STEM Challenge Project Craft
Ancient Egypt STEM & STEAM Challenges Cross-curricular challenges for students who are studying Ancient Civilizations and Ancient Egypt! This resource has science, technology, engineering, and measurement activities to do with your upper elementary kids that will really enhance their learning! There are 2 Egypt STEM Challenges in this pack. Each STEM Challenge has detailed directions, photo examples, a list of materials needed, prediction section, brainstorming section, trials 1, 2, & 3,
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3rd - 6th
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Paper Roller Coasters - Marble Tracks Made From Paper
Learn the principles of motion by building paper roller coasters with your students. Build marble runs using only paper and tape. The Paper Roller Coaster templates have been used in schools in all 50 states and over 30 countries. The download includes templates for building twelve different pieces, an instruction manual with over 90 color photographs, and four lessons designed for grade levels from fourth grade up through high school physics classes. The preview gives directions and template
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4th - 12th
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Thanksgiving Writing Activities & Prompts | Gratitude Journal Lesson
The Gratitude Challenge is a fun way to help students remember that there is always something to be thankful for. This NO PREP, meaningful project is in an easy-to-use trifold (brochure) format, and will get your students thinking about gratitude. Perfect for Thanksgiving writing, a gratitude jar, or I am thankful placemat activity!Please click the PREVIEW button above for a closer look!The Gratitude Challenge requires students to list 100 things for which they are thankful. To make it a bit eas
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4th - 7th
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Thanksgiving Project PBL | Thanksgiving Writing & Math | Balloons over Broadway
Thanksgiving activities have never been more fun, while staying academic! What better way to have students use real-life math, reading, and writing skills than with this creative, high-interest Plan a Thanksgiving Parade Project? In this unit, students will have the opportunity to plan and design a parade float, map a parade route, and create a newspaper page with the three modes of writing!Click HERE to SAVE 25% with the PBL Activities Bundle for the Year!Please CLICK the PREVIEW BUTTON above f
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4th - 6th
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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
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2nd - 9th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 5-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ESS3-3
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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
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3rd - 11th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Middle School Distance Learning: Digital STEM Activity Bundle
Gratitude Activities Middle School Thanksgiving Activities High School SEL
Use this EDITABLE, NO PREP, GOOGLE SLIDES gratitude one pager activity to help your middle school or high school students celebrate Thanksgiving and experience the joy of gratitude! This fun, creative, and engaging 1 pager activity encourages students to reflect on the people, experiences, and things they have to be grateful for.The activity is formatted to be printable as well as digital.What is included in this resource?Teacher Guide: Directions for teachers facilitating this activity. Include
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6th - 12th
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Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving Project-Based Learning Reading Comprehension
This Thanksgiving Day Parade themed project based learning activity is the best seasonal activity for November! Use with the Balloons Over Broadway + our included text. In this fun project-based learning (PBL) activity for 4th-6th grades, your students will use key standards in a real-life scenario! These standards include reading comprehension, collaboration, revision, and design. Differentiation and student choice is included!Driving Question: How can I design a unique and interesting balloon
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4th - 6th
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Camping STEM Challenges #SizzlingSTEM2
STEM Camping Challenges are three activities that your students will love while exploring the theme of camping. Students will design and construct boats, tents, and fishing poles. These challenges will engage your students as they design, engineer, and test their creations. Students will go through the Engineering Process as they build and test their creations using various materials to construct it. ⭐This product is included in my STEM BUNDLE #2 Challenge! Your students will love designing, cr
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3rd - 7th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges Entire Year includes End of the Year STEM Activities
Partner Pairing Cards and Grouping Cards Pick a Partner #SizzlingSTEM2
Pick a partner or do small group pairing with these fun cards!With a variety of fun ways to pair or group students, students each choose (or receive) one card and then seek out their pair or group. Forming groups for projects or STEM challenges can elicit groans from students, but by making it fun and engaging for students, this will become your go-to way for no-argue partnerships.Pick a Partner Cards may be printed at full size or at 2 pages per sheet to save paper.✅ What You'll Get ✅✅ Partneri
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K - 12th
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Also included in: STEM Teacher ❤️ Favorites ❤️ Bundle Best Sellers in One Place
STEM Challenge Paper Airplanes Experiment Problem-Solving Easy Prep Activity
If you are ready for a highly engaging STEM challenge, this Airplane Challenge is for you! You know students love to throw paper airplanes so take advantage of that energy with this STEM project! Students will experiment and use test results to design the ultimate paper plane.➡️ Click here to save 20% with a bundle including this resource and 2 more flight challenges.What is the challenge?This SUPER resource contains a complete STEM lesson, using the Engineering Design Process, covering 3-5 clas
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4th - 6th
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NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 4-PS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Flight Challenges - 3 Engaging Problem-Solving Projects
End of Year STEM Project Forces Motion Newtons Laws Assessment Bottle Rockets
This product is one of the most engaging and meaningful activities I do all year long! What kid wouldn’t want to build and launch rockets!?! Just take a look at an email I received from a former student about her memories of the bottle rocket lab and how it changed her life: Hi Mr. Williams,“How is Oak Crest lately?I was in your physical science class a loooooong long time ago (2008) and I thought I'd let you know that your bottle rockets project was what first got me into space propulsion. It w
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6th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
, MS-PS2-1
Engineering and STEM Careers Research Project and Activities for Middle School
Teaching students about exciting STEM careers is one of the most important things we can do to inspire our next generation of scientists and engineers! But, what does it mean to have a career in STEM? What are some STEM career examples? You can answer these questions and more with this multi-day research project. Grab all the Engineering resources and save today!In this project, students meet science, reading, and writing standards as they research an engineering career of their choice and creat
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6th - 9th
STEM Activities and Challenges Low Prep Engineering Design Process and Careers
The best variety of low prep STEM activities you'll find! These 20 STEM and STEAM activities can be completed with readily available materials and minimal prep - you can even use these for sub plans! Students will get hands-on exploring different STEM careers with these activities. Each activity is designed to take about one class period however the activity can span across two class periods to give ample time for redesigns and re-testing, or for a repeat challenge using different materials.Thes
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3rd - 8th
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MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Mission to Mars Semester STEM Unit + Mars Colony Project!
Need a semester-long STEM unit? This Mission to Mars bundle includes engineering design challenges building up to a capstone project of building a habitat on Mars! Lesson Overview Transform your classroom into a team of astronauts on a Mission to Mars! This STEM curriculum begins with Stage 1 team challenges that build teamwork and communication skills. Mission Control then guides your class through Stage 2 engineering design challenges with each unit a progressively more complex design challeng
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6th - 8th
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MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ESS1-3
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Back to School (Stage 1 STEM) Bundle: 50+ Icebreaker Activities
Back to School Icebreaker STEM Bundle! Need back to school icebreakers or games that get students moving, communicating, working in teams, and building relationships? Here are 50+ of our favorite basic activities that are low-cost and low-prep for any classroom or subject!Working as a team, they will learn lessons in communication, innovation, hidden assumptions, and creativity that are central to the engineering process. Use as a warm-up, icebreaker, team building activity, or basic STEM and en
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Thanksgiving Math Project Activities - 4th, 5th & 6th Grade November Math
Looking for an enriching real-world Thanksgiving math project for your students to work through this November? With this 4th, 5th & 6th grade Thanksgiving Math Project, students will get to use their math skills to plan all of the details of their family’s Thanksgiving festivities. As they work through these math worksheets, students will apply a variety of key math skills to solve fun real-world, Thanksgiving-themed scenarios. Students will have a blast determining travel plans, planning fo
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4th - 6th
Graphing Project Data Analysis Great White Shark Project Graphing Activities
What kid isn’t fascinated by the mysterious and terrifying Great White Shark?! This paper OR digital graphing activity will get your students involved in graphing real data from the amazing website Ocearch! Students will learn about 4 different types of graphs–- bar graphs, scatterplots, pie charts, and line graphs–- and they will create 5 different graphs and analyze them using data they collect from the Ocearch database.Ocearch is a scientific data collection organization that tracks the movem
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6th - 8th
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MS-ETS1-3
Starter STEM Activities Engineering Design (Take Home STEM)
From catapults to cars to an egg drop challenge, this is your guide to getting started in STEM! Each activity has an in-depth student activity sheet along with a guide through the engineering design process. Materials are cheap, but the learning is fun, hands-on, and engaging! These low-prep engineering challenges are also great for sub plans in a STEM classroom!STEM for Distance Learning: You can also get the whole family involved with STEM learning by using these as take-home STEM challenges!
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2nd - 9th
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Christmas STEM: Elf Zipline (Engineering Design)
A fun Christmas STEM Challenge for the winter holidays! Students will design a zip line vehicle to save an elf from a high place. This hands-on activity is an engaging design challenge that allows students to work in teams, apply the engineering design process, and connect math topics to real-world applications. Students will design a zip line to help rescue the elf! Elf Zipline Adventure STEM Activity Guide: Detailed teachers guide with links to resources Student handouts to guide them through
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2nd - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
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Also included in: Christmas STEM Challenges Bundle: Elf, Santa, and More!
Thanksgiving Mystery- Science Activity Packet
Keep students engaged around the holiday with this "Who Did It" Mystery Puzzle Activity! Students will solve 4 puzzles to eliminate suspects until they identify the culprit! Puzzles are related to forms of energy. Answers keys are included. No prep! High student engagement!Other Mystery Active Packets:Halloween Mystery- Science Activity PacketChristmas Mystery- Science Activity PacketValentine's Day Mystery- Science Activity PacketOther Forms of Energy Resources:Forms of Energy SUPER BUNDLE Save
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Who Did It? Holiday Science Mystery Activity Packet BUNDLE
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