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Engineering Common Core 4.MD.C.5 resources
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
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 11th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Middle School Distance Learning: Digital STEM Activity Bundle
Mission to Mars: Middle School STEM Curriculum Unit
Mission to Mars STEM UnitLooking for a complete STEM curriculum that includes hands-on engineering design, real-world connections, science, and math connections all centered around one theme? Look no further with our Space Club: Mission to Mars curriculum! Read a detailed blog post overview here. 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. Space Club Mission Control
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Mission to Mars Semester STEM Unit + Mars Colony Project!
Mission to Mars: Elementary STEM Curriculum Unit (STEM Club, STEM Camp)
Mission to Mars: Elementary STEM UnitTransform your classroom into a team of astronauts on a Mission to Mars! This unit includes 10 engineering design challenges that follow a storyline - complete with instructional videos and editable handouts!This unit is perfect for an afterschool STEM club, summer STEM camp, STEM elective, or science classroom! Click for standards alignment and supply list. This STEM curriculum begins with Stage 1 team challenges that build teamwork and communication skills.
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - 5th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
...
Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Elementary Grades
Winter Snowman STEM Catapult Challenge (Angles and Ratios)
Have a snowball fight with catapults and ping pong balls! This winter STEM catapult challenge involves engineering, geometry, ratios, critical thinking, and teamwork in an engaging winter-themed activity your students will love! Updated to include digital STEM journals for distance learning! Using the engineering design process along with math skills, teams of students will build two catapult designs from common materials (popsicle sticks, rubber bands, newspapers, magazines, cans, and other rec
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
STEM Family Night Planning & Activity Guide
STEM Family Night Planning GuideThis all-inclusive planning guide has everything you need to host a successful STEM Family Night! The guide was created after experience hosting several successful Family Nights with over 350 participants. The activities have been tested by math and science teachers for both elementary and middle school participants and their families. We hope this guide will give you the confidence to host your own amazing STEM Night!14 Activity Guides:Bird FeederBlobs in a Bottl
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
Also included in: Bundle: STEM Family Night Planning Guide, Activity Instructions
Host a Virtual STEM/STEAM Family Night Planning & Activity Guide (With Spanish)
Everything you need to host an all-virtual STEM or STEAM family event! With instructional videos, timeline, sample schedule, editable flyers, printed & digital student handouts, and more this planning and activity guide will help you navigate the challenges of hosting a family event completely online! Tested with elementary and middle school participants and families, we hope this guide will give you the confidence to host your own amazing STEM or STEAM virtual event!*Updated to include han
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Grades:
K - 10th
Types:
Also included in: Bundle: STEM Family Night Planning Guide, Activity Instructions
STEAM Maker Challenge Cards & Extensions (A4 Size)
Maker Challenge Cards for STEAM and Language Development These cards include 6 challenges that can be done with a variety of simple materials, individually, in pairs, or in small groups. They can be used in many different ways, such as:A warm-up to begin classGroup collaboration projectsIndependent learning at a mini maker station during free choice timeActivities to introduce or expand on target language or topicsA hands-on experience that helps students make real-world connectionsEach challeng
Grades:
1st - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
Also included in: STEAM Maker Challenge Bundle (A4 Size)
STEAM Maker Challenge Cards & Extensions (8.5 x 11)
Maker Challenge Cards for STEAM and Language Development These cards include 6 challenges that can be done with a variety of simple materials, individually, in pairs, or in small groups. They can be used in many different ways, such as:A warm-up to begin classGroup collaboration projectsIndependent learning at a mini maker station during free choice timeActivities to introduce or expand on target language or topicsA hands-on experience that helps students make real-world connectionsEach challeng
Grades:
1st - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
Also included in: STEAM Maker Challenge Bundle (8.5 x 11)
STEM Challenge Bundle: Engaging Activities for Gifted and Talented
Your students will love these STEM challenges! They are perfect to add some fun while still addressing science standards. Students will use the engineering design process to ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve and reflect. Students will use simple recycled materials (easily adjusted for what you have on hand) to construct and test their own marble track, to construct and test their own boat that floats even when weight is added and to construct and test their own bridge.Product Includes:11
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
, 4-PS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 5-PS2-1
...
3-5 GATE STEM Full Unit - Land Speeders, Sailboats, Signal Flags, and Semaphores
Time: About 11 hours+
Level: 3rd grade (quite challenging), 4th, and 5th grade
Critical thinking plus! This unit will have the students engineering and building “sailboats, “land speeders,” and signal flags from scratch, designing, thinking metaphorically, exploring new areas of math, interpreting historical primary sources and blue prints, solving real world math problems, doing grid work, using graphic design, building background knowledge in physical science, writing a short informative pi
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
Also included in: Gifted and Talented COMPLETE 3RD 4TH GRADE PROGRAM Vol. 2 GATE 70+ Hours
Winter Sled and Slope STEM Challenge Using the Engineering Design Process
Your students will love this winter sled and slope STEM challenge! It is perfect to add some fun before winter break while still addressing science and math standards. Students will use the engineering design process to ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve and reflect. Students will use simple materials (easily adjusted for what you have on hand) to construct and test their own sled and slope. Product Includes:5 Preparation Pages for Teachers:- Sample timeline and preparation- Teacher tips-
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 5-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Edison's Toy Studio STEM design challenge
Are you ready to take your students’ engineering skills to a new level? Edison’s Toy Studio is a Project Based Learning unit designed to support electricity and engineering standards for 3rd-6th grade students. Working in small teams, your students will design and build battery-powered toys using components such as motors, switches, and LED light bulbs as well as cardboard and common craft materials. This is not a “cookbook” lesson plan. Each team’s project will be as varied as the interests and
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, MS-PS3-2
, 4-PS3-1
, MS-PS3-5
, 4-PS3-2
RAMPAGE! Discover Ramps and Simple Machines with the 5E Learning Cycle!
Guide students through a fun and engaging lesson about ramps using the 5E Learning Cycle! This activity would be an ideal, low-prep introduction to simple machines. This activity guides students through each step of the 5E Learning Cycle.Engage: Students will watch a video clip of the X Games Mega Ramp competition and record initial thoughts and predictions about how ramps work.Explore: Students will use teacher-selected materials (textbooks, folders, etc.) to engineer three ramps. They will rec
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
Weather Engineer Project STEM, Reading, Writing PBL/ Distance Learning
This cross-curricular project invites students to This cross-curricular project invites students to design and test building (engineering & science) that will withstand a type of severe weather that they have researched (reading). They also record data and identify geometry in their structure (math) and describe their work in a lab notebook (writing). This product also includes suggestions for extension activities across content areas. It is engaging for student and low prep for the teacher!
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
STEAM with Hansel and Gretel!
This project is a great way to introduce measuring with students of all ages. You can do basic measuring with K-1 with a ruler using inches and centimeters. Then increase the expectation with 2-6 using area and perimeter. If you want, you can even include volume depending on your students. Either way you implement, it is sure to be an engaging activity that students will love!!
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Grades:
K - 7th
Types:
Spaghetti Tower Write Up
Students will create spaghetti towers. This is a write up that students will turn in to explain their progress as they work through the project. Students will plan, design and reflect on their design practices.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
CCSS:
Designing Your Own Investigation-Free Preview!
These activities will help your students learn how to design their own investigations.
They are NGSS aligned. These investigations can be used for upper elementary, middle school students, and beginning high school levels.
It is important for students to learn how to design their own investigations. They can be used as Designing Investigations, Performance Tasks, Summative Assessments for Investigations or Explorations, or after learning the Scientific Method.
NGSS Standards
PS1, PS3.A, PS2,
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Grades:
4th - 10th
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