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Engineering Common Core RST.6-8.2 resources
Intro to STEM: Think Like a Scientist & Engineer!
A great way to introduce STEM into your classroom! Updated to include editable versions of all student handouts! How does a scientist explore the world? How can you think like an engineer? Students will explore these questions and more through a series of critical thinking STEM exercises. The packet includes 4 critical thinking challenges centered on STEM learning (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). These activities expose students to the real world of science and engineering with chal
Grades:
3rd - 10th
Types:
Also included in: Back to School (Stage 1 STEM) Bundle: 50+ Icebreaker Activities
PhEt Law of Conservation of Energy Skate park BASIC webquest
This is a great webquest activity for introducing the law of conservation of energy.Phet.edu is a great source of simulations for all fields of math and science. For this sim you will go to Energy Skate Park BASIC.You should spend some time playing around with the site before using it. You must also make sure your school's firewall will allow you to use HTML5 or Java applets. PHET.EDU MAY NOT WORK ON iPad!!! Please check with your IT department or run Phet.edu BEFORE purchasing this file!!! You
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-PS2-4
, HS-PS2-2
, MS-PS2-2
, HS-PS2-1
, MS-PS2-5
...
Also included in: Hands-on Science Semester Labs Bundle
Rocket Science No Prep Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet, and Activity
This lesson is a great introduction for space exploration units. This plan goes over the history of rockets, how they work, and how modern rockets help us explore the solar system. The worksheet follows the power point activity to keep students engaged. This lesson is designed for upper elementary through intermediate grade levels.
Key Terms Include:
- rocket
- thrust
- velocity
- orbital velocity
- escape velocity
All files can be found within the zip file. The worksheet, activity, and answe
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Types:
Erosion Activity and Project STEM Conservation NGSS Middle School MS-ESS3-1
This PDF resource is a fun, creative, and engaging NGSS middle school research and engineering project incorporating STEM that challenges students in 6 different erosion and soil conservation scenarios to save their house/land! In this PBL (problem-based learning) resource with worksheets, students research the type of erosion and brainstorm, design, build, and present a product to prevent or stop it. It teaches students about the effects of erosion on various places and how the uneven distribut
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ESS3-1
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
Also included in: NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle
Topographic Mapping Lesson with Worksheet, Power Point, and Map Reading Activity
This lesson goes over how topographical maps are constructed, what their symbols mean, and what we use these maps for. The worksheet follows along with the power point presentation to keep students engaged. The map reading activity gives a students a simple topographic map that they have to answer questions by interpreting the map. This lesson is designed for late elementary through intermediate grades.
Key Terms Include:
- topography
- contour lines
- contour intervals
- index contours
- scal
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 8th
Types:
Distance Learning: Waves in the Real World Presentations Project
The purpose of this project is to challenge students to make connections between longitudinal and transverse waves and their real-life applications. This project is a great extension after a unit on light vs. sound waves, wave characteristics, etc. that will get students building relevance and understanding on their content knowledge. They get to be the scientists, researchers, and hone in on an essential real-world skill: public speaking! This project challenges students to think outside the bo
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-PS4-1
, MS-PS4-2
, MS-PS4-3
Electromagnetism Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet, and Laboratory Sheet
This lesson is an introduction on the principles of electromagnetism. It first goes over how electromagnets are created using solenoids and the relationship between electricity and magnetism. It also goes over how we used electromagnets in our everyday lives. The worksheet follows the power point presentation. The laboratory teaches students how they can create their own electromagnet using classroom materials.
Key Terms Include:
Electromagnetism
solenoids
electromagnets
magnetic field
electri
Grades:
5th - 9th
Peeps Science Experiment and STEM Challenge - Easter Activities - Peeps Project
This Peeps challenge combines project-based learning using reading, writing, math, and science with STEM challenges. You get 30 pages of directions, graphic organizers, self-reflection sheets, and rubrics. Just print, assign your students to partners or small groups, and watch their creativity blossom! ✅ Students get graphic organizers to:budget the cost of their STEM projectdesign a Peeps catapultbudget, design, and build a home for their Peepsresearch animal adaptations for the biome their
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Space Technology on Earth No Prep Lesson w/ Worksheet, Power Point, and Activity
This lesson goes over the challenges that astronauts have when traveling through outer space. Scientists and engineers created technology that helped astronauts through these challenges and some of that technology even helps us on Earth's surface. The worksheet that is included follows along with the power point to keep students engaged. This lesson is designed for late elementary through intermediate grades.
Key Terms Include
- Vacuum
- Microgravity (Zero Gravity)
- Space Spinoff
- Communicat
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Types:
Computers No Prep Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet and Binary Activity
This lesson introduces students to the basics of a computer. This includes how a computer reads the binary system, what a computer is made of, and how they are programmed. This lesson is designed for late elementary through middle school students.
Key Terms Include:
- Binary System
- Byte
- Bit
- Input
- Output
- Central Processing Unit
- Random Access Memory
- Read Only Memory
- Software
- Programming
All files can be found within the zip file. The worksheet and binary activity can be found
Grades:
5th - 10th, Higher Education
Types:
Robotics Curriculum for High School (Grade 7-12 )
Our Robotics Curriculum is designed to revolutionize the way educators engage and inspire their students. With technology advancing at a rapid pace, it's essential for students to develop the skills necessary to thrive in the 21st century, and our curriculum is the perfect tool to make that happen.What sets our Robotics Curriculum apart is its hands-on approach.This interactive experience not only captures their attention but also fosters a deeper understanding of complex STEM concepts.Educators
Grades:
8th - 10th, Staff
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
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
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
Also included in: NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle
Future City- City Planning & Engineering
This is the ultimate starter guide for any teacher participating in the Future City Competition or a city planning/civil engineering unit for middle school-age children. As an educator that has participated in the Future City Competition for over 15 years, starting this project with your students can be so overwhelming. I put together 4 slide decks that are essential, foundation skills to know to be successful in the Future City Competition or any city planning/civil engineering unit of study. T
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-1
Cell Parts Organelles Analogy Project NGSS Middle School MS-LS1-2 TEKS 7.12D
Looking for a way for students to MODEL cells, cell parts/organelles and functions in a creative way using the NGSS standards or TEKS 7.12D? Then, this is the resource for you! It even includes an example and a rubric!! This 5 day mini-unit addresses the Next Generation Science Standard MS-LS1-2. Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways the parts of cells contribute to the function and Texas TEKS 7.12D: Differentiate between structure and function in plant a
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Grades:
5th - 9th
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-2
Also included in: NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle
STEM Project: The Great Wall Of China | Project-Based Learning (PBL)
What is the Great Wall of China? What was the purpose of the Great Wall? How was it built? Enjoy this fun project with your students and teach them the wonders of the Great Wall of China via this engaging STEM project.This interactive lesson will help students to learn about the Great Wall of China and how it was built.Students will have the opportunity to creatively think for themselves and critically analyze the Great Wall.What's Included:Word Search ActivityFact SheetReading Comprehension Act
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
Experimental Design Practice: 4 Experiment Analysis
In this assignment, students mark the text to identify experimental design elements such as independent variable and control group. Then, students analyze the experiments by answering some critical thinking questions. Next, they pick an experiment and create a sample data chart for the experiment. If students have received instruction on experimental design, this activity could be used as a checkpoint assessment or a sub plan.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
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CCSS:
Building an Energy Efficient Home Project - Google Doc link included!
Model building is a key science skill, but can be a challenge to see through in the classroom! Provide an opportunity for your students to work through the engineering design process, complete research, communicate their findings and build a model with this project about energy efficiency and using renewable resources! Hands-on science can be challenging, but make it easy with this all inclusive project. Included: teacher plans with pacing, student worksheets for research - planning - supply
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Grades:
6th - 9th
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-3
STEM Project: Stonehenge & The Summer Solstice | Project-Based Learning (PBL)
What is Stonehenge? How was Stonehenge built? What's Stonehenge's relationship to the summer solstice and the winter solstice? Enjoy this fun project with your students and teach them the wonders of design & engineering via modelling Stonehenge.This interactive lesson will help students to learn about Stonehenge and how it may have been built.Students will have the opportunity to creatively think for themselves and critically analyze how Stonehenge was designed and built.What's Included:Word
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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Electric Circuits No Prep Lesson w/ Power Point, Worksheet and Circuit Activity
This lesson goes over how resistance, voltage, and current are related in regards to a circuit. It also goes over how circuits are constructed using power sources, wires, and resistors. The worksheet follows the presentation and the label activity lets students learn how circuits are labeled by professionals. This lesson is designed for late elementary through middle school.
Key Terms Include
- current
- voltage
- resistance
- power source
- conductive wire
- switches
- Ohm's Law
- Series Circ
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Grades:
5th - 8th, Higher Education
STEM Project: Building Boats | Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Why do boats float? What is Archimedes' principle? What affects the ability of objects to float in water? Enjoy this fun STEM project with your students and teach them the wonders of engineering and physics by looking at how boats float.This interactive lesson will help students to learn about the different forces acting upon boats and how we build boats.Students will have the opportunity to creatively think for themselves and critically analyze how boats are designed and built.What's Included:B
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
Also included in: STEM Projects: Building Projects | Project-Based Learning BUNDLE (PBL)
Walking Dead Water Filter Lab
With shows like "The Walking Dead" and others, students are interested in how to survive the Zombie Apocalypse. One thing they will need is an improvised water filter to clean dirty water. This type of water filter was seen in a episode of "The Walking Dead". It's also featured in survival shows. You will need plastic water bottles, sand, gravel, coffee filters, marbles, and any other medium you think can be used to filter water. I do NOT recommend using charcoal or ash, because when wet they ar
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-2
, HS-ESS3-1
...
Also included in: Hands-on Science Semester Labs Bundle
STEM Design for Learning: Designing Weather Instruments
A Webquest for Real World Project-Based Learning
The Weather Station WebQuest is a great way to introduce students to the world of weather measurement and invention. The webquest and design process supports critical thinking and collaboration as students form teams and make decisions about weather instrument design. The final product is a weather station with models representing best efforts in inquiry, research, design, collaboration, and decision making.
WebQuest project-based learning teac
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Grades:
5th - 8th
STEM Projects: Flight | Project-Based Learning BUNDLE (PBL)
These Flight Projects will inspire students to study concepts used in flight around the world. This BUNDLE contains lessons related to Hot Air Balloons, First Flight, and The Jet Age.Hot Air Balloons:Word Association ActivityFact SheetReading Comprehension ActivityHow Hot Air Balloons Work WorksheetThe History Of Hot Air Balloons WorksheetDraw It Out ActivityCrosswordBe The Engineer ActivitySTEM ProjectReflection ActivityTeacher's GuideFirst Flight:Word Search ActivityFact SheetReading Comprehen
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
STEM Projects: Social History & Engineering | Project-Based Learning BUNDLE
These History Projects will inspire students to study concepts used in engineering around the world. This BUNDLE contains lessons related to Archeology, Creating Canals, Irrigation, The Great Wall Of China, and The Trojan Horse.Archeology:Word Search ActivityPrefixes WorksheetFact SheetReading Comprehension ActivityArcheological Steps WorksheetCarbon Dating ReadingCrosswordArcheological Digs (STEM Project)Reflection ActivityTeacher's GuideCreating Canals:Word Association ActivityFact SheetReadin
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
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