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6th grade engineering thematic unit plans

Preview of Amusement Park Design Project

Amusement Park Design Project

Created by
Patricia Watson
Design your own Amusement Park! This fun unit consists of 16 worksheets that will challenge students in their creative thinking, research skills, design and engineering abilities.Digital option available! Please note, some worksheets transfer nicely into a digital version but many are designed to be completed on paper or as a hands on STEM/STEAM activity.The package includes:1. Unit title page2. Student title page3. Park research worksheet (internet access for students recommended)4. Art activ
Preview of SPIES!  A GATE Adventure 18+ Contact Hours - Challenging and Engaging!

SPIES! A GATE Adventure 18+ Contact Hours - Challenging and Engaging!

Your students will ask to stay in from recess for this. It is the most popular unit I've taught in 32 years, and it is packed with challenging critical thinking.We imagine students are training at the school for spies: mini survivor challenges, mini crossbows, a jewel heist, footprint mysteries, memory games, cipher disks, case files, messages hidden in gel caps. This unit is STEM and critical thinking at its coolest and finest, and we’ve thrown in reading, speaking and listening, and a social-
Preview of Electricity & Magnets Unit {Digital & PDF Included}

Electricity & Magnets Unit {Digital & PDF Included}

Are you looking for engaging lessons and activities that have to do with electricity and magnets? Look no further! This Electricity and Magnets Unit provides everything you need! Save time planning and your students will love completing the hands-on activities. To take a closer look at some of the activities included in this unit, check out the preview! What will students investigate through these detailed lesson plans? Conductors and insulatorsOpen and closed circuitsStatic electricityBasic con
Preview of Gifted and Talented Projects and Activities | STEM Activities and Challenges

Gifted and Talented Projects and Activities | STEM Activities and Challenges

Need a creative and fun way to share information about being GIFTED with your gifted learners? This is a creative and differentiated resource for gifted students in grades 4-6. This "Outta the Box" Classroom Competition has been used as part of a Monthly GATE Pullout Program, but could also be part of your gifted curriculum that supports teaching students about their unique social and emotional characteristics. This 2+ hour workshop can be done on a Fun Friday or within the week during a GATE ro
Preview of Salmon Life Cycle Unit

Salmon Life Cycle Unit

Created by
Project Learn
This unit provides everything you need to teach the life cycle of salmon. There are links to videos, reading passage, STEM activity, outdoor activity, poke cards for review, flip book and more! The unit plan outlines what to teach and when. Students will be engaged and love learning about salmon. Learning about the salmon life cycle is so fun! Students love it!Included in this resource:•Detailed Unit plan - 6 days•Salmon Life Cycle Text•Salmon KWL•The Salmon Show Note Catcher•Salmon Pyramid Text
Preview of STEM "Career Fair" Project Based Learning Now with a Lapbook!

STEM "Career Fair" Project Based Learning Now with a Lapbook!

Now including a STEM Careers Lapbook!!!This pack will help introduce students to STEM careers! This project based learning activity includes teacher suggestions and resources, student research sheets, project/writing planning worksheets, and materials to conduct a mock "career fair". This project can easily incorporate Reading/ELA standards and skills. Students will have a blast researching high interest careers in the STEM disciplines and will have the opportunity to role play in their chosen
Preview of Innovation Celebration PBL, Design Your Own Invention, Project-based Learning

Innovation Celebration PBL, Design Your Own Invention, Project-based Learning

Created by
The PL Coach
Project-based learning allows for students to engage in solving a real-world problem or answering a complex question. They demonstrate their knowledge and skills by creating a public product or presentation for a real audience. Students have choice throughout the course of the project, including how to show mastery. Students reflect on progress and engage in the feedback process. PRINT AND GO!!!Throughout is project, students will complete the design thinking process to create an invention that
Preview of Roller Coaster STEM Model Building Contest Project for Engineering and Physics

Roller Coaster STEM Model Building Contest Project for Engineering and Physics

This project includes 6 sections including research, exploration, design, build, showcase, and reflection. It takes students step by step through designing a functioning marble roller coaster with a theme and building it. It comes with multiple rubrics to grade each section and a set of reflection questions at the end. This project can be lengthened or shortened by requiring more detailed projects. When my students did this project, it took about 10 days to make detailed, functioning rollercoast
Preview of STEM Activities BUNDLE | Project Based Learning | Team Building

STEM Activities BUNDLE | Project Based Learning | Team Building

Here’s a creative and fun way to share the importance of CRITICAL THINKING and TEAMWORK in the classroom! These "Outta the Box" Classroom Competitions can be done on a Fun Friday or throughout the week anytime you want to take time out for building students' creative thinking skills.By purchasing this BUNDLE, you are saving 30% off each individual resource!Based on the theme, students read tidbits of information and then set about creating a hands-on challenge or coming up with a creative verbal
Preview of Twelve Days of Christmas from the Teacher

Twelve Days of Christmas from the Teacher

Created by
The Seeds We Sow
The month of December, in the classroom, can be a rough one for both teacher and students. Why not help yourself get through the month and add some fun, engaging, and time-filling activities with this "Twelve Days of Christmas" activities from the teacher set?This Twelve Days of Christmas Activities set is jam-packed full of fun for the intermediate classroom! Each of the twelve days' activities is coordinated with the lyrics from the Christmas carol, "Twelve Days of Christmas." Your students wi
Preview of Squid Dissection Spiral Review STEM Activities

Squid Dissection Spiral Review STEM Activities

Created by
Wanna Science
Are you looking for fun and engaging end of year science review activities? Squid Spiral Review STEM lesson will give your students opportunities to review vocabulary and concepts they learned earlier in the year. Your students will review Classification, Adaptations, Food Chain/Webs, and Basic Anatomy through the learning about fascinating Cephalopods! After your students have learned about cephalopods through short video clips, their interactive notebook and the PowerPoint, they will dissect
Preview of Engineer YOUR Name: Project Based Learning -  STEM/STEAM Challenge

Engineer YOUR Name: Project Based Learning - STEM/STEAM Challenge

Created by
I Heart STEAM
In this challenge, students will dig into learning what it means to use the 4C's during a project. (Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Creativity. Once teams are created, students will have to collect data on the letters in each member's first name. Students will then create the exact amount of letters needed to create a unique and creative representation of each group member's name. To complete the challenge, each student must take a photo of their name. This activity is perfe
Preview of Design A Video Game on Scratch

Design A Video Game on Scratch

Children will begin by playing different video games online to evaluate what makes them fun and engaging for their audience. They will then analyse the mechanics of the games and then plan a game of their own remixing a game on Scratch based on their criteria. Children will then use conditionals, operators, and variables on Scratch to make their own game.Lesson plans, editable rubrics, and classroom examples from Year 6 are provided, as well as links to additional support on the Scratch website.
Preview of Project Based Learning - Ping Pong Trick Shot Challenge

Project Based Learning - Ping Pong Trick Shot Challenge

Created by
I Heart STEAM
This product is designed for a class to compete in teams against each other creating the MOST AWESOME Ping Pong Trick Shot in the style of Dude Perfect! It is completely STEAM integrated with "I can" statements for each area. Students will collect data and follow the Engineering Design Process throughout the challenge. Dude Perfect is a super popular Youtube channel. The Dude Perfect team uses the Engineering Design Process in every creation they create! Awards for teams have been included.Incl
Preview of Origami Frog Obstacle Course Enrichment - Blended Learning Choice Board STEAM

Origami Frog Obstacle Course Enrichment - Blended Learning Choice Board STEAM

Can you safely navigate your origami frog through the obstacle course? The Frog Obstacle Course has elements of STEAM, blended learning, thematic units, and problem-based learning wrapped together to make something 100% so cool! Here we have kid-built engineering, standards-based independent challenges, and hands-on learning adaptable for your class, grade level, or group. But wait . . . you have to earn your spot on the “frogstacle course” by completing independent, standards-based activit
Preview of CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES STEM | Winter Holiday December Team Building Group Work

CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES STEM | Winter Holiday December Team Building Group Work

Have fun and encourage critical thinking creativity, and problem-solving with these 6 Christmas and Winter Holiday STEM & STEAM Challenges! Directions and supplements for each activity are included. Christmas & Winter Holiday STEM Challenges Included:•Flying Reindeer•Christmas Dinner Table•Snowball Fight Catapult•Cloudy with a Chance of Snowballs-without “Snow Bucks” (aka Reverse Egg Drop)•Cloudy with a Chance of Snowballs-with “Snow Bucks” (“Snow Bucks” are used to buy supplies)•Trash t
Preview of FRANCE Activity Book: Hands-on Activities, Experiments, Models & Culture Studies

FRANCE Activity Book: Hands-on Activities, Experiments, Models & Culture Studies

Created by
Savy Activities
Learn about the country of France by identifying major landmarks, cities and other geographical locations. Create detailed 3D paper models of the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe, with step-by-step instructions and paper pieces. Examine the architecture of France by making a Notre Dame themed suncatcher, experimenting with reflection based on Versailles and matching unique gargoyles. Follow the history of France, identifying major historical events and discover incredible inventions such as a th
Preview of STEAM Wars Unit

STEAM Wars Unit

These 4 STEAM project stations are fantastic for reviewing, introducing, teaching or assessing knowledge about (Science) different types of energies, (Math) adding decimal numbers, using (Technology) QR codes, using the Engineering process. All you have to do is print the materials, make copies of the student booklet and you’ve got a great lesson or classroom transformation! This will require little to no planning, except planning where the stations will be in your room and gathering material
Preview of STEM, STEAM Invention Mash-Up Challenge - Project Based Learning

STEM, STEAM Invention Mash-Up Challenge - Project Based Learning

Created by
I Heart STEAM
Where do companies get ideas for new products? Have you ever asked yourself, "Why didn't I think of that?" Forced connections is an idea creation strategy used by companies to create new products. Brainstorm teams are given unrelated items and asked to create products with characteristics of both items. The Invention Mash-Ups Challenge gives students the chance to practice this strategy while creating a product model. Students will create a model and share their product with others. Let the crea
Preview of Code Your Name Bracelet Making STEM Challenge

Code Your Name Bracelet Making STEM Challenge

Are you introducing coding to your classroom? Look no further than this binary code STEM challenge!This challenge allows students to learn about Binary Code and apply their knowledge to a bracelet making craft in which they code their names using Binary Code! Each bead color will represent a 0 or 1 & don't worry- this download comes with an easy to read Binary Alphabet Guide for students to paste into their notebooks. Perfect for the first week of school, too! The first week of school should
Preview of IB MYP Phone Stand Unit

IB MYP Phone Stand Unit

Statement of Enquiry: Designers find opportunities from markets and trends to influence the form and function of successful products.In this outstanding, creative scheme of work, students are given a brief to design a phone stand that benefits a particular user, retailer (client) and charity. Students research peoples interests (surveys, user persona) and apply this research to influence and justify the form and function of their own product. They make and evaluate various prototypes of their pr
Preview of Bridge to Terabithia STEM Challenge

Bridge to Terabithia STEM Challenge

Created by
Kel's Klass
Combine technology and engineering tasks and connect to the literature units that you are completing in class. STEM activities were easily incorporated when using the setting of the literature you are reading. This STEM challenge is building a bridge, using only newspaper and masking tape, that will hold a doll/stuffed animal for a set amount of time. Students go through the design loop process and create a prototype and test their work, to see if improvements and adjustments need to be made. In
Preview of Toothpick Bridge Building-Truss R' Us STEM project

Toothpick Bridge Building-Truss R' Us STEM project

Created by
STEMfully Yours
The toothpick bridge building STEM project has a new spin. This resource includes a 30 page google document that can be edited for your classroom needs.Students form engineering groups and assign the following jobs: accountant, project manager, architect, and carpenter. Groups must work within the design constraints, including maintaining a budget. Classroom materials are minimal per group including: 500 toothpicks, small cup of wood glue, waxed paper, & graph paper. This is a highly
Preview of AROUND THE WORLD STEM & STEAM BUNDLE Bins Challenges Countries Culture Earth Day

AROUND THE WORLD STEM & STEAM BUNDLE Bins Challenges Countries Culture Earth Day

***BUNDLE & SAVE!*** Have fun and encourage critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving with this Around the World STEM Bins & Challenges BUNDLE! Included 4 STEM Bins AND 6 STEM/STEAM Challenges with a brief challenge description, supplies needed, supply limits, criteria to “win” the challenge, testing directions, and time limit. Supplements to do challenges are also included (list of countries, suggested website links, parent supply letter, judging sheet, supply “order form”.)Wha
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