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Science Common Core 7.EE.B.4 resources
STEM Drag Device Parachute Challenge (Engineering Design Activity)
Drag Device STEM Parachute Activity Students use the engineering design process and explore the forces of gravity and air resistance to design a drag device to slow down a payload. This challenge uses a ping pong ball to represent a rover landing on Mars. The rover must remain inside an uncovered cup during drop and impact testing. This hands-on activity is an engaging design challenge that allows students to work in teams, apply the engineering design process, and connect math topics to real-wo
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
 ...
Also included in:Â Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
Halloween STEM Activity: Candy Grabber STEM Activity
Fall or Halloween STEM Activity - updated with digital STEM journals and teacher slides!**Note: this challenge is identical to the Valentine's Day Candy Grabber Challenge but with a Halloween and fall theme!**This engineering design challenge is perfect for a fun and educational STEM Halloween project! Note: the word "Halloween" is not in the product - the pages are in black and orange with a candy graphic. Students will work in teams to design and build a device that uses the power of levers to
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in:Â Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
Bridge Engineering STEM Challenge - Women in STEM History Activity (Digital)
This engaging STEM challenge is a fun way to incorporate the engineering design process into your classroom or afterschool program! Students use the engineering design process and explore compression and tension forces in bridges while building their own bridge! This challenge also highlights Emily Roebling, the first woman field engineer who was instrumental in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. History, science, engineering, literature (optional), and math-- it is all included along with
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Women in STEM History Engineering Challenges Bundle
Bird Nest STEM Challenge (Biomimicry Engineering Activity)
Bird Nest Engineering Design Challenge Students will dive into the engineering design process with this hands-on STEM challenge building a nest to safely catch a falling egg. A follow-up activity teaches biomimicry by relating what was learned in building a bird nest and applying it to designing a landing pad for a space capsule. As a student-driven assignment, the purpose of the teacher is to act as a facilitator. You will provide the structure to the project, but students will take an active r
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in:Â Middle School Distance Learning: Digital STEM Activity Bundle
Hidden Figures Movie Guide/Worksheet | NASAMathmetician African American Women
I used this worksheet to accompany viewing the movie Hidden Figures with my middle schoolers. Questions follow along with the story, hitting major plot points and raises issues of the Civil Rights Movement around the 1960's. Perfect to culminate a unit on space science, and the space race. Cross curricular topics including a historical look at women in the workplace, and struggles of people of color in the south mid-century. This is a perfect fit for showing during Black History Month/African-Am
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Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
NGSS:
MS-PS2-4
, MS-PS2-2
, MS-PS2-5
, MS-PS2-1
STEM Valentine's Day Challenge: Candy Grabber Math & Engineering
Valentine's Day STEM ActivityThis engineering design challenge is perfect for a fun and educational STEM Valentine's Day challenge! Students will design and build a device that uses the power of levers to pick up candy from a distance. Included teacher instruction slides and printed or digital student journals. **Note: this challenge is identical to the Fall Halloween Candy Grabber Challenge but with a Valentine's Day theme!Supports Distance Learning: Editable Google Slides for a digital STEM Jo
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in:Â Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Botany STEM Challenge - Plant Anatomy & Engineering Women's History Activity
Perfect for Earth Day! In this extensive Botany STEM Challenge, students create window greenhouses and observe plant growth. Then they use the engineering design process to build a plant transportation device to safely carry their saplings home! This challenge also highlights Katherine Esau, a pioneer in Botany. History, science, engineering, and math-- it is all included along with teacher instructions and student handouts. Click here for an editable STEM journal to use with distance learning,
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Grades:
1st - 7th
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Also included in:Â Women in STEM History Engineering Challenges Bundle
Ultraviolet Light Shelter STEM Challenge (Solar Space Science & Engineering)
Ultraviolet Light Shelter Engineering Design Challenge: Updated with digital journals! Students are on a mission to protect an astronaut from ultraviolet light over-exposure in this engaging STEM challenge. Using UV-sensitive beads, students explore how different materials absorb UV light and use the engineering design process to build a UV-safe shelter. This design challenge allows students to work in teams, apply the engineering design process, and connect science topics to real-world applicat
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
Also included in:Â Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
Start the year with our most popular fall STEM challenges! These STEM activities are great for back to school, celebrating the fall season, and connecting to Halloween and Thanksgiving themes! 5 Halloween Themed Engineering ChallengesSpider Parachute Halloween Engineering Challenge: Design a parachute to save a spider! This is a fun Halloween STEM activity that your students will love with a version for distance learning!Haunted House Paper Circuit Halloween STEM Activity: What’s more spooktacku
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
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Thanksgiving Turkey Nest Challenge Engineering Activity
Thanksgiving Turkey Nest STEM ChallengeStudents will practice the Engineering Design Process with this hands-on STEM challenge building a turkey nest to safely catch a falling egg. A fun twist on the classic egg-drop challenge, this activity is an exciting way to foster critical thinking and team-building skills! An included bonus activity adds an additional theoretical design challenge and writing topic. Students must brainstorm and design a device to protect the newly laid turkey eggs from pre
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
Also included in:Â Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
Spider Parachute Halloween STEM Activity
Design a parachute to save a spider! This is a fun Halloween STEM activity that your students will love with a version for distance learning! When some spiders are born, they make parachutes out of their silk in order to safely drop from their mother’s web. They release a few strands of silk that form a triangular-shaped parachute that catches the breeze and lifts them in the air! But in our challenge today, one of the baby spiders is unable to deploy their parachute and needs your help to get d
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
 ...
Also included in:Â Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
Newtons Second Law F=ma or FMA Word Problems Worksheet Part 1
This 2-page worksheet product is designed to introduce upper middle school and lower high school physics students to the skill of solving F=ma word problems from Newton's second law of motion. Students learn about the basics of the F=ma equation, how to use a formula triangle to solve for the 3 different variables, what 4 elements to include for a complete answer, and how incorporate significant figures in their final solutions. This worksheets includes 10 leveled word problems that are equally
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-PS2-2
, HS-PS2-1
Distance Time or DT Graphs Physics Worksheet Set - 2 Worksheets
An 8-page, 2-worksheet product that covers the topic of distance-time graphs or D-T graphs and how to interpret them. Worksheet (A) features a 1-page reading covering the primary features of D-T graphs and 12 review questions. Worksheet (B) features 26 review questions that aim to extend student understanding.Topics Covered by Both Worksheets:Definition of a D-T graphHow D-T graphs are structured (time on X-axis; distance on Y-axis)Interpretation of straight vs. curved lines on D-T graphsInter
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Motion Speed and Acceleration Physics Unit on Speed Acceleration & Velocity
Math Toolkit: A Math Review and Lab Measurement Practice - Physics Unit Bundle
What is the Math Toolkit and Why do I need to include this unit in my physics or physical science course? The Math toolkit Unit is designed to help your physics students review essential content in their math, problem-solving, unit converting, and laboratory practice skills before digging into all that great content. This is a great unit to start the year out with to ensure your students have all the prerequisite knowledge they need to be successful in the class. Teaching and Planning Made EasyA
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-ETS1-1
, HS-ETS1-4
Space Rover STEM Engineering Design Challenge (Middle School STEM)
Mars & Moon Rover STEM Activity: Engineering Design Challenge with Math Extension Includes editable digital and printed STEM journals, instructional video, and teacher slides. NASA needs your help! Your mission is to use the engineering design process to design and build a rover to transport rock samples on the Moon or Mars (both versions included). This hands-on activity is an engaging design challenge that allows students to work in teams (or individually), apply the engineering design pro
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 4-PS3-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
Also included in:Â Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
A Long Walk to Water Project
The set of resources will engage students to think critically about their water consumption habits. Through investigation, data collection, analysis, and reflection, students will consider the importance of water and how their own water use may affect the environment. It is an active inquiry into the daily habits that they might take for granted but that can have a big impact on the environment. All the activities also develop skills aligned to Common Core State Standards, such as close reading,
Balloon Rocket Lab Investigation: Newton's Laws of Motion
Students who have been exposed to the Newton's Laws of Motion will love this interactive lab! This lab requires students to analyze what they already know about Newton's Laws and apply them to this lab investigation. As always, I try to have my students have a part in the decision process of the lab activity. By deciding on the independent variable of this activity, they test their ability to use what they have learned to predict the outcome of the activity. A proper use of the Scientific Method
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
Calculating Acceleration Word Problems Worksheet Bundle With 3 Worksheets
This bundle is a set of 3 worksheets that covers basic and more advanced acceleration word problems. I created these 3 resources to be used during a typical middle school or early high school physical science unit on Motion and Forces.All 3 worksheets feature a summary of how to use the linear acceleration formula , a description of the 4 required elements for word problems that each solution should include for full points, as well as sample questions and answers.NOTE: Significant Figures Inclu
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
Calculating Acceleration Word Problems Worksheet Part 1
A 4-page worksheet that introduces acceleration calculations through 6 basic word problems. Page 1 provides a summary of how to use the linear acceleration formula , a description of the 4 required elements that each solution should include for full points, as well as an example question and complete answer.Pages 1-2 feature 6 leveled word problems, equally divided between solving for acceleration (a), time (T), and velocity (V) variables. One of the word problems involves metric conversions a
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
Also included in:Â Calculating Acceleration Word Problems Worksheet Bundle With 3 Worksheets
Christmas STEM Activity: Santa's Transportation Device
Get your students in the Christmas spirit by helping Santa and his elves move presents! This is a perfect STEM activity for the Christmas holidays that includes a storyline about transporting presents to Santa's sleigh! Activity Overview: Santa needs your help! The elves built a really heavy present that they are unable to move! Your mission is to design a way to transport the heavy present from Santa’s Workshop to his sleigh. Students will learn about circuits and use a coin cell battery and vi
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 4-PS3-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
Also included in:Â Christmas STEM Challenges Bundle: Elf, Santa, and More!
Middle School Maths Science Project: Coral Reef Task Force
The 'Coral Reef Task Force' needs the help of your students! Learn science, maths, and humanities concepts in an integrated real-world project.This integrated task combines science, maths, and humanities concepts in an engaging real-world scenario. Students join the 'Coral Reef Task Force' as scientists working to make recommendations about improving the health of the reef ecosystem. The three stages of the project include discovering more about the reef ecosystem (Science), analyzing data about
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Grades:
7th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-LS2-3
, HS-LS2-7
, MS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-5
, MS-LS2-4
 ...
PHET Circuit Simulation Worksheet
Using the PHET simulator on building circuits and need a worksheet to go with it? This is the one! In this activity, students will learn how to make parallel and series circuits, how to draw circuit diagrams and discuss the relationship between current, voltage, and power. I used this when I INTRODUCED circuits and circuit drawings to my students, so they were learning as they went! The first sheet was my introduction to the lesson. I had students draw two circuits, and then we discussed the dif
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
Math Adventures with Tennessee Lizards: Two-Step Equations Worksheet | Printable
Embark on a mathematical journey through the enchanting world of Tennessee's lizards with our comprehensive "Math Adventures" worksheet! This dynamic resource strengthens students' skills in two-step equations and offers exciting brain breaks and writing activities to enhance their learning experience.From calculating the growth rate of Blue-tailed Skinks to determining the cost of lizard care supplies, each question on the worksheet presents a stimulating challenge inspired by real-life lizard
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Grades:
7th
Chemistry Lab: Exothermic and Endothermic Chemical Reactions Experiment
In this lab students measure the temperature change during two chemical reactions - one exothermic, and one endothermic. Students investigate the relationship between heat flow and temperature and complete "fill in the blank" style worksheets as they progress through the lab. The end result is a complete lab report following the scientific method.This lesson is self-contained and the experiment does not require any additional planning on the teacher's part. This lab from Roots and Wings Educati
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Grades:
7th - 11th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, HS-PS1-4
, MS-PS1-2
, MS-PS1-6
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