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Engineering lessons $5-10
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
Grades:
1st - 5th
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Thanksgiving STEM Challenges & Activities BUNDLE - Dinner Table, Turkey Hideout
These Thanksgiving themed STEM/STEAM activities are perfect to engage your elementary engineers in November! Three STEM challenges and one Bonus Brainbuilder are provided and can be completed as stations or in isolation.Includes the following LOW PREP STEM Challenges:Mayflower ShipDinner TableTurkey HideoutBonus Brainbuilder: Mini Magnetic ParadeCheck out my Video Tour and Demo of all components on YouTube below!LOW PREP THANKSGIVING STEM CHALLENGES VIDEOIncludes the following components for EAC
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Valentine's Day STEM Activities / Valentine STEM Challenges BUNDLE (February)
Check out my Video Tour and Demo of all components on YouTube below!LOW PREP VALENTINE'S DAY STEM CHALLENGES VIDEOThis Valentine's Day themed STEM/STEAM package is perfect to engage your elementary engineers in February! Three STEM challenges and one Bonus Brainbuilder are provided and can be completed as stations or in isolation.Includes the following LOW PREP STEM Challenges:House of CardsCandy BoxAir MailBonus Brainbuilder: Candy DispenserIncludes the following components for EACH CHALLENGE:D
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Winter STEM Bins® Teambuilders - Christmas, Holiday, Snow STEM Activities
★ GRAB MY NEW STEM BINS TEAMBUILDERS GROWING BUNDLE!★ Winter STEM Bins® Teambuilders are low prep STEM Activities that are designed to foster student collaboration and build your classroom community during December, January, and February!Both lower grade (K-1st Grade) and upper grade (2nd-5th Grade) versions are included!★ CLICK HERE FOR SUPPLY LISTThe following STEM Bins® Teambuilders are designed to accompany my STEM Bins®, found at the following link:★STEM BINS8 winter themed Challenges are p
Grades:
PreK - 5th
Types:
Fall STEM Bins® Teambuilders - Halloween, Thanksgiving, Autumn STEM Activities
★ GRAB MY NEW STEM BINS TEAMBUILDERS GROWING BUNDLE!★ Fall STEM Bins® Teambuilders are a wonderful STEM Activities to foster student collaboration and build your classroom community during October and November!Both lower grade (K-1st Grade) and upper grade (2nd-5th Grade) versions are included!★ CLICK HERE FOR SUPPLY LISTThe following STEM Bins® Teambuilders are designed to accompany my STEM Bins®, found at the following link:★STEM BINS8 fall themed Challenges are provided for you to set up in s
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Grades:
PreK - 5th
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End of the Year Escape Room Engaging Upper Elementary Activity
Are you looking for an Escape Room experience for your elementary students to end their school year? This will be perfect! This breakout includes a scavenger hunt, a maze, and a secret code. As tasks are completed students find a code to open a locked box. Yes, a STEM Challenge is included!What are the Tasks?For the first task:Teams begin with a Summer Words Scavenger Hunt paper leading to the lock code. (The Scavenger Hunt is editable in PowerPoint and Google Slides.)For the second task:Teams h
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Grades:
4th - 5th
Types:
End of Year STEM Project Forces Motion Newtons Laws Assessment Bottle Rockets
This product is one of the most engaging and meaningful activities I do all year long! What kid wouldn’t want to build and launch rockets!?! Just take a look at an email I received from a former student about her memories of the bottle rocket lab and how it changed her life: Hi Mr. Williams,“How is Oak Crest lately?I was in your physical science class a loooooong long time ago (2008) and I thought I'd let you know that your bottle rockets project was what first got me into space propulsion. It w
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 10th
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
, MS-PS2-1
STEM Challenges Tower Problem-Solving BUNDLE Set 1 featuring Index Card Towers
Are you looking for easy prep STEM? You have found the perfect bundle- 3 towers to try. Your students will love building the biggest, tallest, and most creative towers and you will love the simple supplies. How tall will your towers be?Please note: This package contains three challenges. Each may be purchased separately.The three challenges each features building a tower. Please check the previews of each.In Build a Tower with Spaghetti students will have spaghetti, tape, string, and one large m
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
STEM Challenges Bridges Bundle 3 Activities
Can you build a bridge with only a few supplies? Yes, you can! Push your tables close together to make a gap for a bridge. Students will get to work with simple materials and one goal. Build a bridge that will cross the gap and work! Please note: This package contains three lessons. Each may be purchased separately. Just click on the titles!➡️Bridges with Index CardsStudents build simple platform bridges using index cards as the only supply. The final platform must hold weight. It’s a simple ta
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Simple Machines | Basic Lessons and Activities | Wheels and Levers
Teach background knowledge on levers, pulleys, inclined planes, screws, wedges, wheels, and axles with these ready-to-use activities. Everything you need to teach the basics of simple machines is ready with just a few moments of prep.This resource is part of our Simple Machines Unit.This engaging resource includes:step-by-step instructions for each activity.Interactive notebook templates are included for each of the lessons so your students can build a resource guide. These have variations so yo
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
STEM Projects - Roller Coasters, Ferris Wheels, & Water Slides Challenge Bundle
These Amusement Park STEM activities will be a big hit with your students. All are filled with problem-solving and fun. You will love the very detailed teacher's guides and photos! These STEM challenges can be completed at any time of year! Get ready for roller coasters, Ferris wheels, and water slides!This package contains three challenges. Each may be purchased separately. Just click on the titles.What are the challenges?In Roller Coasters students have specific supplies and must design and co
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
STEM Challenge Bundle featuring Newton's Laws of Motion with Newton's Cradles
Do your students struggle to understand Newton's Laws of Motion? Here’s a set of three challenges that all involve those laws! Students will be involved in total hands-on learning as they tackle the second and third laws specifically and designing bottle cars, egg cars, and Newton’s cradles! Fabulous and fun!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM bundle in a bundle of 6 projects.Some specifics about each design challenge:Bottle Car Challenge featuring Newton’s 3rd LawStudents will use materials
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Starter STEM Activities Engineering Design (Take Home STEM)
From catapults to cars to an egg drop challenge, this is your guide to getting started in STEM! Each activity has an in-depth student activity sheet along with a guide through the engineering design process. Materials are cheap, but the learning is fun, hands-on, and engaging! These low-prep engineering challenges are also great for sub plans in a STEM classroom!STEM for Distance Learning: You can also get the whole family involved with STEM learning by using these as take-home STEM challenges!
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
STEM Activities & Engineering Design Process & Criteria & Constraints MS-ETS1-1
Do you need to teach Identifying Criteria and Constraints? This is an excellent unit for STEM Engineering. Students will learn about criteria and constraints and will identify them in three engineering challenges and in several engineering scenarios. Students will compare two engineering solutions to see how well they meet the criteria and constraints. This resource is aligned with MS-ETS1-1 and MS-ETS1-2. This unit includes:A slide show on criteria and constraintsA strategic notetaking guide3 S
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-1
Storybook STEM {Back to School STEM Activities} - Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
Save BIG and receive 2 full months for FREE with the All Year Bundle!★STORYBOOK STEM ALL YEAR BUNDLECreated by Brooke Brown and Katie King, Storybook STEM provides early childhood teachers with weekly all-in-one units to cover essential skills in reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, math, science, and engineering.This special back to school edition of Storybook STEM for Kindergarten and First Grade accompanies the following books:⇒The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn⇒Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melo
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Grades:
K - 1st
Types:
Valentine's Day STEM Bins® Teambuilders - Valentine's Day Party STEM Activities
★ GRAB MY NEW STEM BINS TEAMBUILDERS GROWING BUNDLE!★ Valentine's STEM Bins® Teambuilders are low prep STEM Activities that are designed to foster student collaboration and build your classroom community in February. They are also perfect for Valentine's Day party stations!The following STEM Bins® Teambuilders are designed to accompany my STEM Bins®, found at the following link:★STEM BINS6 Valentine's Day themed STEM Activities are provided for you to set up in stations or complete as a weekly c
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Grades:
PreK - 5th
Types:
Holidays Around the World STEM Centers and Activities
Celebrate Christmas and Holidays Around the World with STEM! Engage your students in hands-on learning with 9 holiday STEAM centers!The perfect resource for elementary classrooms, school-wide STEM nights, and STEM clubs. It combines the magic of holidays from all over the world with the excitement of STEM education, fostering critical thinking, art, engineering, problem-solving, and creativity. Why STEAM centers?STEM centers expose students to a lot of different ideas, materials, and challenges
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
{Tacky the Penguin} Storybook STEM - Winter STEM Activities, Winter Games
Save BIG and receive 2 full months for FREE with the All Year Growing Bundle!★STORYBOOK STEM ALL YEAR BUNDLECreated by Brooke Brown and Katie King, Storybook STEM provides early childhood teachers with weekly all-in-one units to cover essential skills in reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, math, science, and engineering.This special Tacky the Penguin edition of Storybook STEM accompanies the following books:⇒Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester⇒Tacky and the Winter Games by Helen LesterEach
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Types:
STEM Challenge - Electrical Circuits - Copper Tape Engineering Activities
Students will love these STEM Activities! In these STEM Challenges on circuit electricity, students will create paper circuits using copper tape. Students will use STEM engineering skills while creating all types of conductive tape circuits using copper tape, coin batteries, and LED diodes to complete the challenges. Great for science lessons on current electricity, STEM camps, and after-school STEM programs. Each STEM challenge can be done independently, though they do build in complexity.This
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
...
Also included in: 8th Grade Science Arizona Science Standards Full Year Science Lessons
STEM Introducing the Engineering Design Process Activities
This kit includes several activities that can be used to introduce or review the Engineering Design Process.
Activities Include:
Engineering Sort Activity
(learn about what engineers do by completing a cart sort)
“Before-During-After” Note Taking Sheet
(record what is already known, what is learned and what questions remain)
Engineering Spotlight
(research several aspects of various types of engineering)
Jigsaw Poster Design Task
(design a poster to represent steps of the Engineering Design
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
STEM Projects Building Models - Mazes, Boats, and Cars Challenges
If you are looking for a trio of challenges full of building fun, this set is perfect for you! These 3 student favorites are also bestsellers! Building boats, building cars, and building mazes are highly engaging and you will see such great problem-solving!➡️ Click here to save 20% on these 3 challenges in a bundle of 6 projects.➡️ Save even more with a MEGA Bundle of 60 Challenges!STEMWhat are the challenges?In Building Cars students will have specific supplies and must design a car that rolls
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
Pumpkin Catapult STEM Challenge & Games - Halloween STEM Activity
***SAVE BIG WITH THE HALLOWEEN STEM BUNDLE!***This low prep, Halloween themed STEM/STEAM activity is perfect to engage your elementary engineers in October! With a focus on force and motion, this activity is always a fun way to begin the school year.Includes the following components for PUMPKIN CATAPULT STEM ACTIVITY:Detailed Lesson Plan with Standards, Supply Checklist, and Suggested Read AloudsDigital Google Slides Notebook for Paperless Recording and Interactive DisplaysKey Visual Vocabulary
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
International Dot Day STEM Centers for The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
Celebrate Dot Day! Engage your students in hands-on learning with 6 International Dot Day STEAM centers and STEM activities inspired by The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds!Perfect resource for elementary classrooms, school-wide STEM nights, and STEM clubs. It combines the magic of The Dot with the excitement of STEM education, fostering critical thinking, art, engineering, problem-solving, and creativity. Why STEAM centers?STEM centers expose students to a lot of different ideas, materials, and challen
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Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
Summer STEM Challenge Engineering Design Process Build a Rubber Band Car
Do your students love STEM Activities? Your students will love making a rubber band car to demonstrate potential and kinetic energy! This is a great STEM Activity using the engineering design process. Students will design and test their prototype and redesign in this STEM activity. Rubber band cars are fun and engaging and illustrate various force and motion concepts. ✅This STEM Engineering Unit Includes:Phenomena⚡Engineering Design ProcessLesson PlansScaffolding for Students Who Need ItDirectio
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-PS3-5
, MS-ETS1-3
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