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Engineering Common Core W.8.4 resources
Deserted Island Survival STEM Challenges
Are you looking for a fun and engaging activity for your students? Deserted Island Survival STEM Challenge is a unit centered around a fictional story of Suzanna Airfly who's plane crashed on a deserted island. Your students will complete five different challenges to help Suzanna survive. Each challenge encourages students to define the problem, plan a design, build, test, and reflect. I have included a rubric for each challenge. I have also added a narrative writing extension where students
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
STEM Design for Learning: Solar Cars, Boats, Planes, and Rovers Webquest Project
A Webquest for Real World Project-Based Learning Students become solar designers in this interactive STEM webquest that guides critical thinking and collaboration within the topics of solar energy and engineering. Working in teams, students choose to learn about either solar planes, cars, boats, or rovers and use what they have learned to design their own model of a solar powered vehicle. WebQuest project-based learning teaches children how to use essential skills for obtaining information and a
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-PS3-3
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-PS3-5
...
littlebits STEM Challenge & Editable STEAM Award Certificates
This music project is an inquiry-based challenge for creative sound exploration. This S.T.E.A.M kit is a hands-on activity that encourages teamwork in the classroom, and includes encouraging certificates that are easy to edit in Google Slides. To do this activity, teachers need access to littleBits™ technology to help students:⭐ Gain STEM / STEAM skills⭐ Practice real-world applications⭐ Express creativity⭐ Develop a foundation for long-lasting learningFeatures of this low-prep resource:Works fo
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
...
Sphero littleBits™ Function Cards for STEM, STEAM
This hands-on activity that encourages critical thinking and problem solving is a great addition to any makerspace. This activity is designed to help students:⭐ Gain STEM / STEAM skills⭐ Consider real-world applications⭐ Develop a foundation for long-lasting learningThis resource is a great introduction to using littleBits™. It is designed so that each page of cards is a new focused exploration of these building blocks.Features of this low-prep resource:Works for classrooms in grades 4-12Can be
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
...
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
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
STEAM + littleBits STEM: Kinetic Sound Sculpture Art Show! Team Project
This artist inspired STEM / STEAM project is an inquiry-based challenge for creative sound exploration. This is a hands-on activity that encourages teamwork in the classroom. It uses littleBits™ technology to help students:⭐ Gain STEM / STEAM skills⭐ Practice real-world applications⭐ Express creativity⭐ Consider how their artwork is displayed in a collective show⭐ Develop a foundation for long-lasting learningFeatures of this low-prep resource:Works for classrooms in grades 4-12Can be used in gr
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
...
The Outsiders STEAM BUNDLE: Product Rebranding
This resource is meant to be used alongside a novel study on The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.Students choose (or are assigned) a product that they must rebrand for either the Greasers or the Socs. They’ll consider questions about what would make a product more appealing to one group over another? What colors and logos would make it appealing?First, students follow through with the design and engineering process, designing, prototyping, making, and evaluating. Next, students create a persuasive adve
Grades:
7th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
The Outsiders Themed Bundle
This bundle is meant to be used alongside a novel study on The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.Included packs involve product re-branding (STEAM), persuasive adverts for product re-branding, non-chronological reports on gangs, as well as an activity where students re-write a scene from the Outsiders as non-violent.Links to editable files are available with download.
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
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