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3rd grade engineering simulations
Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Resources | STEM | Science Experiments
Renewable and nonrenewable energy resources can be confusing and boring for students. This STEM energy unit includes everything you need to teach about renewable and nonrenewable resources in a fun and interactive way! Your students will engage in hands on STEM activities to illustrate how each resource works. This product will extend your students’ understanding with practical illustrations! This product is part of a 125 page RENEWABLE AND NONRENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE BUNDLE. The bundle includ
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3rd - 5th
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Earthquake Engineering STEM Challenge
Can you structure survive an earthquake?Students love completing this natural disaster STEM challenge! Students learn about what causes Earthquakes, as well as some current methods structural engineers are using to design earthquake resistant buildings.After learning about earthquakes students design, build, and test an earthquake proof structure using only the materials provided. In order to successfully complete this STEM challenge the structure must remain standing after going through an eart
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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STEM Design a Food Truck Project | Project Based Learning
STEM Creating a Food Truck/ Food Cart Business is a fun STEM activity that connects to many important economics concepts. Students will be introduced to entrepreneurship as they work with teams to create a food cart or food truck business. Students will name their cart, develop advertisements, and complete a business plan. Then design and create a model food cart/truck. **************************************************************Don't forget that leaving feedback earns you points toward FREE
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle
Virtual Field Trip - Candy Factory - Industrial Engineer - Mechanical Process
Let's take a Virtual Field Trip to become an Industrial Engineer for the Day at the Candy Factory! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to study a STEAM career when remote learning or in person learning when field trips aren't possible! Open your students' eyes and thoughts to the many jobs available in engineering!What is an industrial engineer? What might they do at the CANDY FACTORY? Where else do they work?Visit real candy factories like Jelly Belly in 360!!! See so many processes
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Virtual Field Trip Bundle #2-Distance Learning-Google
Wind and Water Erosion (Help Tiny Tim Build a Wind Block and Dike!) NGSS
This is a project based activity where students will help Tiny Tim (You know the turtle from the song.... There was a little turtle his name was Tiny Tim, he got into the bathtub...) by creating a wind block and a dike to protect his sand castle. After Tiny Tim didn't have such a great experience in the bathtub he moved to the beach, but the wind and water are eroding his house. Students will build a sand castle using sand and a dixie cup and will then have to build a wind block and dike to pr
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Grades:
1st - 4th
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Cookie Coal Mining Activity Pack
*Science*Math*Reading*With this pack, your students will learn about coal and its significance as a natural resource. Resources include a reading and response activity, interpreting data about US state's coal production, and finally a hands-on mining experience in which students will create a financial plan for their own mining excursion (in a cookie)!Pages Included:-Informational passage: About Coal Mining-Comprehension response: pros and cons; determine the meaning of words-Interpreting data—U
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2nd - 4th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
STEM- Build a Rollercoaster PROJECT (Potential and Kinetic Energy)
An outline for a STEM project that applies potential and kinetic energy lessons from science curriculum. Includes instructions, examples, and a worksheet to fill out and submit along with the project.Great for individual and group work. Can be assigned at school or for home.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-2
STEM Story Adventures - Growth Mindset Lessons -Virtual Field Trip Experience
Let's take a STEM Story Adventure Virtual Field Trip with our favorite book characters: The Good Egg, The Bad Seed, The Cool Bean, and The Couch Potato!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN, foster idea creation and growth mind-set, and introduce books in a new way to students!On this trip, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through jumping into 4 of our FAVORITE Stories by Jory John:The Good EggThe Bad SeedThe Cool BeanThe Cou
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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HALLOWEEN STEM ACTIVITY force & motion
Hit your science standards while having holiday fun with this student-centered STEM lesson. Your students have been tasked with helping a vampire hand out candy during daylight in this fall lesson. Students will use force and motion to design a prototype to launch the candy from a distance. This is designed so students can think beyond just a catapult. This fall elementary engineering project contains criteria and constraints, allowing for open-ended design while exploring science standards.
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Holiday Science Driven STEM and STEAM Activity Bundle
Crash Test: An Egg-cellent STEAM Challenge
Get ready for an Egg-ceptional real-life STEAM unit with "Crash Test: An Egg-cellent STEAM Challenge!" Not only will your students practice their engineering design and math skills, but they will also create a commercial for their unique safety designs!________________________________________________________________________________________________An amazing resource for teachers who want to encompass math and ELA skills with an engaging hands-on real-life STEAM challenge. Students will learn abo
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
3-PS2-1
, 4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
, 4-PS3-3
...
STEM • Engineering: Easter Egg Challenge (conductors, insulators, & heat)
Your students have been hired by the Easter bunny to help stop the chocolate from melting on his deliveries. In this STEM project students will use knowledge of conductors, insulators, and heat. This project contains criteria and constraints, allowing for open-ended design while exploring a specific standard. The materials list includes at least one item that doesn't work, so students can learn through trial and error. Includes:· Teacher guide · Projectable (or printable) scenario page· Includ
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Holiday Science Driven STEM and STEAM Activity Bundle
FREE STEM Activity | Nonrenewable Energy | Cookie Coal Mining Experiment
This Chocolate Chip Cookie Mining STEM Activity is a FREE sample from our Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy STEM Activities. It includes teacher directions and a student worksheet.See the description of the full resource below:Renewable and Nonrenewable energy resources can be confusing and boring for students. This STEM energy unit includes everything you need to teach about renewable and nonrenewable resources in a fun, interactive, hands on way! Your students will engage in hands on STEM acti
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3rd - 5th
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3D Printable Paper ARC DE TRIOMPHE Model - France French Diorama w/Instructions!
The Arc de Triomphe is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France and is located at the center of Place Charles de Gaulle and is shared between three arrondissements, 16th (south and west), 17th (north), and 8th (east). This arch honors those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.Create your own 3D model of the iconic Arc de Triomphe with intricate detail and step-by-step instructions. Also
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Grades:
1st - 6th
Tello Drone Simulator
This is the PowerPoint presentation that can be used with students to introduce programming and how programming will work for the Tello drone.This is a project-based learning exercise that uses the DJI Tello drone (https://www.ryzerobotics.com/tello) which is targeted for education, the Python programming language (http://pythonineducation.org/en/), and a free online simulator we developed. While we have used multiple different models of this project, the base requirement is for a single drone a
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
...
STEM- Build a Flying Machine PROJECT (Forces of Flight)
An outline for a STEM project that applies forces of flight lessons from science curriculum. Includes instructions, examples, and a worksheet to fill out and submit along with the project.Can be completed independently or in groups. Great for in class work and homework as well.
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-4
, MS-PS2-5
STEM Story Adventures - Meet the Questioneers -Virtual Field Trip Experience
Let's take a STEM Story Adventure Virtual Field Trip with our favorite STEM story friends: Ada Twist, Rosie Revere, Iggy Peck, and Sofia Valdez!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN, foster idea creation and growth mind-set, and introduce STEM careers to your students!On this trip, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through jumping into 4 of our FAVORITE STEM Stories:Ada Twist, ScientistIggy Peck, ArchitectRosie Revere, Enginee
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3rd - 5th
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STEM Engineering Challenge Project: Lighting Engineer
Your students have been hired to design stage lighting for a music concert. In this STEM project students will use reflection, refraction, and light traveling in a straight line. This project contains criteria and constraints, allowing for open-ended design while exploring a specific standard. The materials list includes at least one item that doesn't work, so students can learn through trial and error. Standards:NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1NGSS 3-5-ETS1-2SC.3.P.10.3 Demonstrate that light travels in a stra
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Wind Vs. Skyscraper Challenge
Grade 3 and 5 SEED standards have students design a prototype to decrease the impact of natural events on humans. So, have your students build a skyscraper that can withstand high winds! This lesson plan includes materials needed, instructions on how to test prototypes, planning guide, and reflection questions.
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Interactive 3D Shape Templates (from video)
Follow the directions to make these amazing interactive learning tools for your geometry class.When a student can see how each face comes together to form a shape, the learning and understanding goes farther!
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Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Measuring Mass - Halloween STEM Activity
Hit your science standards while having holiday fun with this student-centered STEM lesson. How can your team design and make a Halloween candy bag that can hold a certain mass of candy with only 3 inches of tape? This fall elementary engineering project contains criteria and constraints, allowing for open-ended design while exploring science standards. This resource is great for: Unit ProjectHigher-Order ThinkingDifferentiation5E – ElaborateAlternative Assessment Research-based strategies u
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3rd - 5th
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St. Patrick's Day STEM Activity: Physical and Chemical Changes + Solutions
Your students have been asked to help a leprechaun restore his tarnished gold. In this STEM project students will use knowledge of physical and chemical changes plus solutions. This project contains criteria and constraints, allowing for open-ended design while exploring a specific standard. The materials list includes at least one item that doesn't work, so students can learn through trial and error. Includes:· Teacher guide · Projectable (or printable) scenario page· Student guide page· STEM
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Holiday Science Driven STEM and STEAM Activity Bundle
STEM • Engineering: Popcorn Chef (mixtures and solutions)
Your students have been hired to create a new tasty popcorn recipe. In this STEM project students will use mixtures and solutions. This project contains criteria and constraints, allowing for open-ended design while exploring a specific standard. Includes:· Teacher guide · Projectable (or printable) scenario page· Student guide page· STEM group job assignments · STEM poster· Discussion questions· Reflection rubric Materials Needed: Teacher Materials:• Microwave• Package of small paper cups and
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
How does a Boat Float?
Students will conduct an engineering activity where they design a tinfoil boat that floats. They should continue to redesign the boat to hold an increasing number of pennies. Students will better understand the forces of gravity and buoyancy. Students will see how Archimedes experimented with buoyancy and displacement.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
CHRISTMAS STEM ACTIVITY forces
Santa has been working out, and he is now having trouble getting safely down the chimney. Students will use their knowledge of forces to create a device to slow down Santa’s fall. Friction devices, parachutes, or a pully system are some of the possibilities your students may come up with. This elementary winter engineering project contains criteria and constraints, allowing for open-ended design while exploring science standards. Includes:· Teacher guide · Projectable (or printable) scenari
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3rd - 5th
Types:
Also included in: Holiday Science Driven STEM and STEAM Activity Bundle
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