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Critical thinking projects on sale
STEM Project Cardboard Arcade | Caine's Arcade Challenge
Newly updated, now includes digital and printable versions! This STEM project gives students the opportunity to create an arcade out of cardboard! It is a highly engaging activity that will take your students through the Engineering Design Process! It also incorporates optional math concepts such as computation, determining area/perimeter, and identifying/creating polygons. It is simple to use just print and the students can begin building using recycled materials. Be ready for your student
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Challenges Bundle
Cardboard STEM Mini Golf Course Challenge | Putt Putt Project
Make teaching fun with this engaging, hands-on STEM challenge. This design a putt-putt golf course engineering project, will have your students excited to come to school! Upper elementary students will use a print and go engineering notebook to research, plan, build, and share their mini golf course holes. This design challenge has a quick and easy setup because your students will create it with cardboard and recyclable materials. It is the perfect activity for special days, end of the schoo
Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Bundle - Structures and Forces, Ecosystems, Flight, and Electricity
This science bundle contains four complete science units, targeted for middle years. The units are ready to go with very little preparation required by the teacher.This resource includes:Structures and ForcesInteractions Within EcosystemsFlightElectricity*SIGN UP AS A FOLLOWER OF “OFF THE PAGE” AND GET NOTIFICATIONS OF ANY SALES FROM OUR STORE AS WELL AS ALERTS OF NEW PRODUCTS. Check out all the products from our store Off the Page.MATHAdding and Subtracting DecimalsAdding and Subtracting Fracti
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Grades:
5th - 8th
STEM Choice Board With Everyday Items | STEM Challenges
This digital STEM choice board gives students the opportunity to select up to 20 different challenges! Each challenge uses everyday items that can be found around the house. The choice board is simple to use, just share the link and students can select their challenge, and begin building. Your students will each create their own models, post pictures or describe and then evaluate their designs. This product includes:Teacher Direction PDF PageDigital Student STEM Choice Board-just share the link
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
...
STEM Challenge Fingerboard Skate Park | Cardboard Skatepark STEAM Project
Make teaching fun with this engaging, hands-on STEM challenge. This design a fingerboard skatepark engineering project, will have your students excited to come to school! Upper elementary students will use a print and go engineering notebook to research, plan, build, and share their skate park. This design challenge has a quick and easy setup because your students will create it with cardboard and recyclable materials. It is the perfect activity for special days, end of the school year, fun
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Back to School STEM Challenge | Getting to Know You Activity | Design Project
This STEM challenge gives students the opportunity to create an item that describes themselves! This highly engaging activity is aligned with the NGSS and will take your students through the Engineering Design Process! It is simple to use just print and the students can begin building using recycled materials. This is perfect for back to school because students can share their item with the class as a personal introduction. *This challenge asks students to use recycled materials to design a
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Growth Mindset STEM Bundle | STEM | Social Emotional Learning
STEM Activity Math Multiplication Challenge | Math PBL | Math Extension
This math STEM project gives students the opportunity to use the Engineering Design Process and their multiplication skills! It is a highly engaging activity where the children use multiplication creature and power-up cards and recycled materials to ultimately create a playable game. This math learning opportunity is teacher friendly because it includes rubrics, parent letters, and a printable student journal to meet your needs. My students love this extension because they use their multiplica
Grades:
3rd - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
...
Also included in: STEM Math Activities Bundle | Math PBL | Math Extensions
Minute to Win It STEM Challenges | STEAM Games
What is more fun than a STEM Minute to Win It challenge? This STEAM set has 10 engaging activities! It’s so easy to use, print the challenges and gather the everyday materials. Students will have a blast taking part in these quick activities or the activities can take longer as mini engineering challenges. The included teacher’s guide provides a detailed overview and materials list for each of the 10 challenges. Students will use collaboration and problem solving skills during each of the
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Teaching Line of Reasoning: A Whodunit Activity Unit (Bundle)
This is a unit about teaching Line of Reasoning (Line of Argument) that can be expanded at the teacher's discretion to include a presentation and a paper that practices both utilizing evidence and line of argument, or alternatively can also be collapsed into a mini-unit of just teaching Line of Reasoning (Line of Argument). It is structured as an investigation for students to explore how a Professor at an elite school is murdered and by whom. It includes a presentation, all the evidence (which
Grades:
9th - 12th
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50 Maker Labs - science technology engineering art math makerspaces
PREVIEW AVAILABLE!LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? CHECK OUT OTHER STEM RESOURCES IN MY SHOP!50 Maker Labs does what no other STEM or STEAM book does: It gives you activities tied to a different STEM-related careers. Each of the 50 activities included has a unique career attached to it, like Radiologist, Sports Medicine, Optician, Robotic Engineer, Aerospace Engineer, Astronaut, Forester, or Landscaping Architect!Each activity is perfect for a science lab or makerspace. They're great in the classroom, daycare
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Types:
My Place in the World Flip Book, Geography Activity, Craft Activity
♥♥♥ Manage the educational needs of children at home or in school with this Geography Flip Book. Our My Place in The World, Geography Flip Book is a fun project for kids to develop geographical awareness. Kids can draw and write about themselves, their planet, continent, country, town, etc. By developing a sense of place, children can begin to understand and build their relationships with other people and the environment.♥♥♥ You will get 23 PDF pages: 1 cover page and 22 worksheets.******You wil
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Not Grade Specific
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Famous Building Structure STEM Challenge | Early Finisher Project STEAM Activity
Make teaching fun with this engaging, hands-on STEM challenge. This early finisher engineering project will have your students excited to come to school! Upper elementary students will use a print and go build notebook to plan, build, and evaluate the famous building they choose to recreate. This design challenge is easy to set up because your students will create with your favorite building material such as Legos, Keva planks, 3Dux, cardboard, recyclable materials, etc. It is the perfect ac
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
My Hobby Project Template & Example (PPTX & PDF)
Engage your students in a fun, mini project about their hobbies! Students can write about reasons they pursue their hobby, people that inspire them, facts about their hobby, and more. Teachers and students can edit the PDFs or PPTXs to their liking. This activity was made using free content from Canva. Do not resell or send this product to others that have not paid for it. You may use it for personal use, teaching students, etc. Please reach out to us if you have any questions. :)Our English 2.0
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1st - 12th
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Back to School STEM Activity | STEAM Challenge Beginning of the Year
Are you wondering how you are going to learn your students' names this school year? This back to school STEM challenge is your answer! Students will use engineering to design a unique name tag that they can wear for the beginning of the school year. Use this project to discuss classroom material expectations while the students create their designs. Students will use problem solving skills to create their name tag. As the final step of the engineering process students will share their cre
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Ultimate STEM and STEAM Activities Bundle - Teacher's Top-Rated Resources
Get all of the most popular STEM resources in one bundle! These low prep STEAM activities include 3 STEM challenges, 1 Genius Hour project, and 2 student journals. Hands-on STEM challenges are easy to set up because they use recyclable materials and walk students through the Engineering Design Process. The Growth Mindset Journal and Engineering Maker’s Journal can be used for whole group lessons, early finisher activities, engaging homework, or for print-and-go substitute plans. The Genius H
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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STEM Activity Math Geometry Challenge | Math PBL | Math Extension
This math STEM project gives students the opportunity to use the Engineering Design Process and their geometry knowledge! It is a highly engaging activity where the children use geometry and recycled materials to create a map of an area around the school. This math learning opportunity is teacher friendly because it includes rubrics, parent letters, and a printable student journal to meet your needs. My students love this extension!This product includes:Teacher Directions PrintableRubricsParen
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
...
Also included in: STEM Math Activities Bundle | Math PBL | Math Extensions
50 Food Science Labs - science technology engineering art math edible science
PREVIEW AVAILABLE!LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? CHECK OUT OTHER STEM RESOURCES IN MY SHOP!50 Food Science Labs does what no other STEM or STEAM book does: It gives you 50 activities tied to food! Each of the 50 activities included has a unique spin on playing with your food!Each activity is perfect for a science lab, camp activity, or sensory lab. They're great in the classroom, daycare, science camps, interactive media centers, library, or science labs.Each of the 50 Food Science Labs comes with a food pr
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3rd - 12th
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Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery Unit (Bundle)
This is a unit about teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER) that can be expanded at the teacher's discretion to include a presentation and a paper that practices utilizing evidence, reasoning, and argument, or alternatively can also be collapsed into a mini-unit of just teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER). This unit can also be used to teach the concept of Line of Reasoning for the AP Lang and AP Seminar Classes. It is structured as an investigation for students to explore the murder of a
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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STEM Math Challenge Elapsed Time | PBL Math Project | Hands-On Activity
This math STEM project gives students the opportunity to use the Engineering Design Process and their elapsed time skills! It is a highly engaging activity where the children plan a trip to a carnival. They will also create a 3D model of a carnival attraction. This math learning opportunity is teacher friendly because it includes rubrics, parent letters, and a printable student journal to meet your needs. My students love this extension because they use their measurement knowledge to create rea
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery Unit
This is the accompanying teaching sequence for the unit “Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery.” It includes a mystery to solve, all the evidence (which can be turned into manipulatives), rubrics for presentations and writing, teaching instructions, graphic organizers, and solutions. It does not include the "Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery" PowerPoint presentation which can be purchased separately or as part of a bundle.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Yearlong STEM Challenges | STEAM Activities for the Entire Year
Your students will stretch their creative thinking and problem solving abilities as they complete the Roll a STEM Challenges. Each page has a different challenge, there are 15 pages to last the entire year. Select a page and students will roll to first determine what they will build (there are 6 options). Then students roll again to determine how many materials they will use. Student love that everyone is building something different and is using different materials. What's Included15 Roll
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2nd - 5th
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Cardboard Create a Gingerbread House STEM Project | STEAM Challenge
Make teaching fun with this engaging, hands-on STEM challenge. This design a gingerbread house engineering project, will have your students excited to come to school! Upper elementary students will use print and go student handouts to research, plan, build, and share their creation. This STEAM challenge has a quick and easy setup because your students will build using only cardboard and tape. It is the perfect activity for special days, Christmas celebrations, fun Fridays, winter parties, or
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Design, Play, Learn! End-of-Year STEM Board Game Project (Grades K-5)-Activities
Spark End-of-Year Creativity with a Custom Board Game Project (Grades K-5)!Foster critical thinking, writing, and reading skills with a fun and engaging end-of-year STEM activity!Learning Through PlayReal-World Application: Students apply reading, writing, and critical thinking skills to create a board game, bridging the gap between academics and practical application.Creative Expression: Students unleash their creativity by designing a unique game with custom components, questions, and rules.ST
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Grades:
K - 5th
Gifted and Talented Choice Boards - Year-Long Activities for Fast Finishers
These no-prep printable AND Google Slide™ choice boards will make differentiation simple and stress-free. Included are 72 different activities that your students will LOVE working on when they finish early or need an additional challenge.Prep couldn't be easier. Simply print and go, or use the Google Slide™ version for a virtual option. Each month, switch the choice board out to give your students fresh ideas. You also get a blank template to print out and write your own ideas. Or, for an added
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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