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Autumn engineering projects
Creativity Challenges and Activities Morning Work, Brain Breaks, STEM Warm Up
Unlock creativity in your classroom! Finish the Picture!The goal of creativity challenges is to help students think in different ways. The ability to generate unique thoughts and ideas is known as divergent thinking. When students are thinking outside the box it results in creative solutions. In a creativity challenge, students are presented with a problem that they have to solve using their creativity. Typically these challenges are short lasting anywhere from 3-10 minutes. By implementing thes
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1st - 5th
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STEM Index Card Tower Challenge - Easy Prep Project- 2 Versions
This easy prep STEM Activity is surprisingly challenging! Students will have a fantastic engineering opportunity through problem-solving. Index Card Towers show your students how to persevere and redesign based on their initial thinking and planning (plus the towers are fun to build!) The best part is that your prep includes one basic material and the students take over from there. Just stand back and watch them brainstorm and build incredibly tall towers. They will groan when the tower falls, d
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Thanksgiving Writing Activities - Persuasive Opinion Writing for Grades 3-5
Looking for a fun and engaging Thanksgiving writing activity that your students will love? Look no further than this fun, persuasive opinion writing resource. Picture this…. You are a turkey writing an article to the local newspaper trying to convince people to eat beef or chicken...NOT TURKEY! Students will laugh out loud as they enthusiastically participate in this fun project. Included you’ll find a writing prompt, graphic organizers, informational articles and even QR codes with audio! You c
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3rd - 5th
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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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Pumpkin Patch Dramatic Play
Pumpkin Patch Dramatic Play is a fun theme you can do in your pretend or dramatic play center! Perfect to do in the fall! A teacher planning web breaks the theme down, week by week and includes a book list. There are labels and pictures showing how to set up your pumpkin patch in your dramatic play center. Just print the labels, signs, and make the props. This theme integrates social, math, language, literacy, science, and fine motor all into their play! This is a theme/unit designed for a
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PreK - K
Also included in: Dramatic Play Bundle for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
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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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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If I Built a House READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge End of the Year Activity 3D Shapes
Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your classroom at the End of the School Year!Teach students everything they need to build a house using 2D Shapes and 3D Shapes! Your students will love designing, building, testing, and writing about their very own house!Connect to a Read Aloud: If I Built a House by Chris Van DusenThis STEM Project is a companion activity to If I Built A House by Chris Van Dusen. The book explores all the elements needed for an amazing house!Take students through the ST
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1st - 5th
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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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STEM Activities for the Entire Year | includes End of the Year STEM Challenges
First day of school STEM to the end of year STEM! Do you want to add STEM Activities and Challenges into your classroom curriculum this year? STEM for the Entire Year includes over 65 Challenges that will engage your students as they go through the engineering design process. Your students will learn to collaborate with their peers as they think critically and problem solve to complete seasonal STEM Challenges!⭐These activities can also be used for STEAM Activities, STEM After School Programs, S
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Paper Plate Marble Run End of the Year STEM Activity
ENGAGE STUDENTS IN A REAL WORLD STEM ACTIVITY!Make learning fun with a STEM Challenge! For the Marble Run STEM challenge, students are asked by a toy company to design and create a marble run.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.Students would enjoy completing this as a MakerSpace activity or as a STEM center. Amazing resource for STEM club, STEM Teachers, parents
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Also included in: Elementary STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA BUNDLE
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel End of the Year READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge
Integrate STEM in your classroom at the End of the School Year!Learn about the World's Fair and how Mr. Ferris built the first Ferris Wheel! Your students will love designing, building, testing, and writing about their very own Ferris Wheel!Connect to a Read Aloud: Mr. Ferris and His WheelThis STEM Project is a companion activity to Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Davis. The book explores the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and how Ferris built his first wheel.Take students through the STEM Proces
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1st - 5th
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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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FAIRY TALE STEM Activity Challenges BUNDLE Family STEM Night and Homeschool STEM
These fairy tale STEM activities bring a classic story alive in a hands-on way, exploring force and motion, sound, measurement, kinetic and potential energy, and more using the engineering design process to creatively problem solve. ⭐ Students will join characters like Goldilocks, Rapunzel, and Jack and the Beanstalk on 12 engineering adventures, with 48 STEM activities included. They will be challenged to use their problem-solving skills to help the characters solve an engineering dilemma! ⭐Stu
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K - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
Balloons Over Broadway: Book Companion & STEM Challenge
Balloons Over Broadway is the charming story of Tony Sarg and his upside-down puppets that have become Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade icons! Your students will fall in love with Melissa Sweet’s incredible picture book and you will love the lesson it provides your students. Tony’s inventions were always exceptional but that didn’t stop him from finding ways to improve!
The following companion includes multiple ELA activities like retelling (story maps and BME), comparing, cause and effect, chara
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K - 5th
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September Fall Math Crafts | Bulletin Board Activities Football Super Bowl
These fall math crafts allow students to review addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division skills in a fun & engaging way! Perfect for a fall bulletin board, math crafts are great for sub plans and work for a variety of grade levels. With 18 differentiation levels, teachers can offer simple in-class differentiation while all students complete the same project!*Be sure to check out the PREVIEW for a detailed look inside this resource! Do you and your students love math crafts? You can
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: September Math Bundle : Fall Math Crafts and Math Puzzles
STEM & STEAM Challenge Family Projects / Home STEM Activities
***NOW INCLUDES A PAPERLESS GOOGLE SLIDES NOTEBOOK WITH RESOURCE VIDEOS IN BOTH STEAM AND STEAM FORMATS!***This package is the perfect way to connect STEM/STEAM from school to the home! 12 engaging, open-ended STEM/STEAM challenges are provided to promote both inductive and deductive higher level thinking, one for each month of the year, along with a parent letter, planning and reflection forms, extension options, display sign, assessment rubric, and presentation guide. Package includes: Page 3
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PreK - 5th
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Fall Activities for Kindergarten Sight Words, Letter Sounds and Numbers Crafts
These fun and festive fall activities for kindergarten are a great way to review key concepts and decorate your classroom for the fall season. Your students will love these crafts during centers, small group instruction, or family projects.Included in this pack is everything you need to make the following fall activities:- Editable Sight Word Wreaths - Students cut and paste letters to spell out sight words on leaves that create a wreath. An additional file is included for you to edit the 2 and
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PreK - K
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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
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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Grades:
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)
Turkey Directed Drawing Art Project . Thanksgiving Craft Activity Kindergarten
Looking for an awesome directed drawing project that's sure to brighten up your classroom? Here it is! Perfect for hallway displays, gifts, or memory books. It’s just so beautiful... and EASY to draw, for any age!This product is also part of a YEAR-LONG BUNDLE that includes 11 beautiful directed drawing projects! Click here to check it out!______________________________ALL THE INTERESTING DETAILS:This purchase includes 2 files: ✏️ Print and Go, "Perfect Start" Paper (has special starting poin
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PreK - 6th
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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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Grades:
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
Camping STEM Challenges
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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Grades:
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
Turkey Writing Thanksgiving Persuasive Writing Craft
Turkey Thanksgiving Writing Activity No Turkey for Thanksgiving Persuasive Writing-Ready to get your students excited about writing this Thanksgiving season? This turkey persuasive writing is the perfect place to start! Designed to be a responding-to-text activity for the book, 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey, this writing project inspires students to write a persuasive essay to their families on having something other than turkey for Thanksgiving! Although the book inspires t
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Writing All Year BUNDLE
Pumpkin Craft Directed Drawing Art Project . Fall . Thanksgiving Craft
Looking for an awesome directed drawing project that's sure to brighten up your classroom! This gorgeous pumpkin is exactly what you need! Perfect for hallway displays, gifts, or memory books. It’s just so beautiful... and EASY to draw, for any age!This product is also part of a YEAR-LONG BUNDLE that includes 11 beautiful directed drawing projects! Click here to check it out!______________________________ALL THE INTERESTING DETAILS:This purchase includes 2 files: ✏️ Print and Go, "Perfect Star
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Grades:
PreK - 4th
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