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Engineering Design Process Worksheets, Activities, and Rubrics
STEM without the Engineering Design Process is like making a pizza without the crust. I mean, why even bother? STEM challenges *need* a solid foundation to provide the best learning experience and growth opportunities for your students. The EDP is the foundational process that should be guiding ALL your STEM activities.If you are new to teaching STEM or the engineering design process, this resource has everything you need to understand the EDP and how to implement it with your students. If you a
Grades:
2nd - 6th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Science Fair Assistant: Letters, Rubrics, Timelines and more | 100% Editable
About this ProductThe resource includes a collection of documents to help teachers plan and execute a Science Fair. This product contains the following editable word documents (.docx):• 2 Announcement Letters to Parents and Students• 3 Recruiting Letters to Parents, PTA and Judges• 3 Thank you Letters to Students, Parents and Judges• Student pacing timeline for a primary research project• Student pacing timeline for a secondary research project• Science Fair presentation schedule time-slot works
Grades:
3rd - 10th, Staff
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Also included in: Science Fair Bundle | Printable, Digital & Editable
Invention Convention - Student Led STEM Project
Looking for a fun way to wrap up your engineering unit? This project brings inventions to life and captures imaginations as students answer the question: What does it take to invent something new?Your students will be guided through the engineering design process of designing as they solve a problem with technology! This project guides students through the following steps in a 16 page booklet:To Do Checklist Define a Problem Brainstorming SolutionsPre Conference Form with TeacherDevelop a ModelM
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: Engineering - FULL UNIT
RUBE GOLDBERG AND SIMPLE MACHINES UNIT-Rubric, Digital Scavenger Hunt, Task Card
Here are three resources introducing simple machines and then having the students create Rube Goldberg machines as part of a force and motion unit. Please look closely at the descriptions of each of the three products. There is a digital or printable simple machine scavenger hunt that the students can use around their home or at school. There is a task card simple machine set and then a structured layout on how to have the students build their own Rube Goldberg machines with rubrics included. Ar
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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Genetic Condition Brochure Project (Gene Mutations)
Are you teaching genetics with your middle school students? This project is a great research extension project for any genetics unit. Have each student research and report on one genetic condition that arises from a genetic mutation. This project has the students designing their own brochures and presenting their findings to their peers. (The project sheet gives a short description of the importance of genes and mutations, but assumes some background on what genes are/do)
This teaching bundle
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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An introduction to 3D Printing
Includes: PowerPoint, 3D printing videos, 3D printing examples, 10 week program, rubric, worksheets, 3D printer anatomy, safety tips and more
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Staff
Design Your Own Workout - Physical Education and the Muscular System
Part of a BUNDLE: Check out - Create Your Own Cookbook and Design a Workout BundleThis resource combines health, physical education, and science so that students can learn about how exercising affects our muscular system. The resource includes the following: -Teacher Pages (1-3)-Muscular System (4-6)-Smooth /cardiac muscles (4)-Skeletal Muscles (5-6)-Types of Exercise (7-10)-Endurance (7)-Strength (8)-Flexibility/Balance (9)-Exercise Brainstorm (10)-Exercise Research Assignment (11-13)-Exercise
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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Also included in: Create Your Own Cookbook + Design a Workout (BUNDLE)
Paper Roller Coasters
Paper roller coasters is sure to be a project students will love! It is an engineering project that requires collaboration, problem solving, exact measurement, and a knowledge of physics. Students will explore and put to test Newton's Laws of motion while building their vertical paper roller coaster made out of card stock, tape, and a foam board for the base. You will be amazed at your students creativity in designing and problem solving. I love how cost efficient this STEM project is, using onl
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Grades:
5th - 9th
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Taking Flight with Paper Airplanes
In this lesson students learn about the motion and design of paper airplanes. They learn about the following science topics: force, aerodynamics, drag, thrust, gravity, and lift. As an introduction to flight students learn about the Wright Brothers and discuss how airplanes have changed over time and the impact the invention of the airplane had on society as a whole. Then students begin to explore with paper airplanes, leading to many questions about how to build them to get the longest flight p
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Middle School Level Research Paper Helps & Google Slides Presentation
Middle School Level Research Paper Helps & Google Slides PresentationInclusionsGrading RubricCriteria ChecklistResearch Paper Outline TemplateHints and Things to Remember ListResearch Paper ExpectationsEditing ChecklistNote Taking SheetPossible Topics ListResources to Get Started List
Grades:
5th - 8th
Cookie Cutter 3D Printing
Students will learn how to use the FREE online software program Tinkercad to make their own 3D printed cookie cutters. They use the engineering process to guide their instruction. Students test out their products with modeling clay before using real cookie dough! This project is complete with teacher lesson plans, student handouts, and rubric. It hits the NGSS standards for engineering and technology for grades 3-5 and middle school. The only thing you will need is a 3D printer!
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
...
Rock Cycle Story - Science/Creative Writing
Are you teaching the rock cycle and in need of an authentic assessment that integrates writing?
This is a rock cycle writing project that students love! The students will plan and write a story told from the perspective of a rock going through the rock cycle. Their stories should be creative but also scientifically accurate!
Included -
- clear directions that are divided into parts
- planning sheets to ensure that students write stories that include three accurate changes
- a short exam
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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Science Fair Packet - Complete & Comprehensive
14 page packet
Editable Word Document
Page 1 - Project Agreement Cover Sheet (parent & student signature)
Page 2 - Science Fair Timeline
Page 3 - Question & Hypothesis Form (with clarification that it is not a demonstration or a model)
Page 4 - Materials List (with examples of good/specific examples...and bad/not specific examples)
Page 5 - Variables (Independent, Dependent, Controlled) with explanation
Page 6 - Trial Design (time management and planning)
Page 7 - Trials Record Keeping
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Teaching Growth Mindset and Perseverance Within STEM Challenges
How do you teach students to not give up or shut down when STEM Challenges seem too hard? It's one thing to tell them to have a growth mindset, never give up, and keep trying and another thing altogether to teach them to actually do that!Growth mindset is a skill that has to be taught. Like most everything else, talking the talk means nothing if you don't walk the walk!This bundle focuses specifically on helping your students understand how to handle frustration and failure productively during S
Grades:
2nd - 8th
NGSS: SEP: Formative Assessment Rubrics and Student "I Can Statements"
This product contains formative assessment rubrics for each of the 8 NGSS Science and Engineering Practices and a rubric for the Engineering Design Standards for middle school students and sample “I can” learning targets for each SEP. I do not use these rubrics for final grades but rather as guides for planning instruction and goal setting with students. The NGSS are written as a grade band for grades 6-8 and represent what students should be able to do by the end of the 8th grade. The rubrics
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in: NGSS and 5E NGSS Professional Development BUNDLE
Countries 'Travel Expo' Research Project
Embark on an exciting educational journey with the "World Explorer Project: Trifold Brochure Presentation"! This comprehensive resource invites students to step into the role of travel ambassadors, diving deep into the cultural, geographical, and historical aspects of a country of their choice. Designed for middle school classrooms, this project fosters research skills, creativity, and public speaking through engaging, hands-on activities.Product Includes:Editable PowerPoint Version: Customize t
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
Weather Forecasting Report- News Meteorology Project for Weather Unit
This is a great project for the end of your weather unit. Students can show their understandings of different weather phenomenon like fronts, radar, temperature, pressure systems and how they all work together. Included: An easy fill in the blank outline for a report that the students will use when interpreting a weather map just like a meteorologistTips for teachers using thisOutline for how to use it in classRubric for easy grading and an outline for the students to know they are on trackSign
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Grades:
6th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-4
, MS-ESS2-6
, MS-ESS2-5
Human Body System Project
This 2-3 class period activity focuses on students researching one body system of their choice. This free choice project is an engaging way to enter into the study of the human body. The purpose of this activity is for students to understand that every system in our body has a structure and a function. All of the parts of the system help the system function properly. Another important part of this project is to have students make connections between systems in the body that are interdependent. N
Diorama rubric criteria sheet
This is a rubric criteria sheet for a diorama, (a model or environment created inside a shoe box). It has a 5 point scale. The indicators on this rubric are APPEARANCE, REQUIRED ELEMENTS, CONTENT, LABELLING, KNOWLEDGE, CREATIVITY AND DESIGN.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Winter Animal Research Activities for Agriculture & Science
This research fun bundle leans into the excitement of the holiday season with four Animal activities. Included is a Pet-Safe Holiday Food Research activity with Poster and Presentation options, True False or Opinion Partner Activity, Ugly Winter Animal Sweater and a Compare and Contrast Santa Writing Prompt that asks students to help Santa out by compiling a list of goodies he should bring to Children who also ask for a kitten or a puppy for Christmas.Bonus: Christmas Word find for early finishe
Grades:
6th - 12th
Interactive periodic table project
This is a two part project. Students are given a small pizza box in which they have to create a square for their element to be a part of the class periodic table. The at-home portion of the project is the creation of the square. The in class project is to create a commercial to "advertise" the element assigned. Each box cover is then transformed into a "QR" type code using an augmented reality app such as
Aurasma.
Includes 2 rubrics: 1 for the at home portion and a 2nd for the in-class p
NGSS 5-ESS2-2 Distribution of Water 5th Grade
Your students will enjoy this lesson on Earth’s Systems Distribution of Water. It is a 5E lesson plan which contains many engaging activities to teach students about earth’s water resources and build their graphing skills. This lesson aligns with NGSS 5-ESS2-2. Describe and graph the amounts of saltwater and freshwater in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth. Each section and activity contain its own set of detailed Teacher Notes to provide you with ad
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
NGSS:
5-ESS2-2
Also included in: NGSS Fifth Grade Science Curriculum Bundle | Phenomena-Based Lessons!
Energy and Matter in Organisms Bundle (Bellwork, Lab, Projects, and Review)
5th Grade Energy and Matter in Organisms BundleSupplement your unit on photosynthesis, producers, consumers, food chains, and introduction to ecosystem dynamics with this bundle of warm up, review, lab, and project activities.Includes:Bellwork - 22 warm up questions, ready to display in classLeaf It to Me! - Leaf investigation lab to help students recognize structure/function of leaves as it relates to photosynthesisWhere Did You Get That Energy? - Challenges students to create a series of food
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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NGSS:
5-LS2-1
, 5-PS3-1
, 5-LS1-1
Fidget Car Challenge (3D Printing Project)
Students will learn how to use the FREE online software program Tinkercad to make their own 3D printed fidget cars. They use the engineering process to guide their instruction. This project is complete with teacher lesson plans, student handouts, rubric and puzzle piece organizer. It hits the NGSS standards for engineering and technology for grades 3-5 and middle school. The only thing you will need is a 3D printer!
Grades:
5th - 8th
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