Halloween STEM Activity: Candy Grabber STEM Activity
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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 pick up candy from a distance. After completing the project, use the provided handout to discuss the real-world STEM career as a prosthetist. Our students have loved this activity, and we know yours will too!
Included in this product:
- Detailed teachers guide with links to resources
- Editable teacher slides
- Grading Rubric
- Handout teaching the concept of levers
- Editable student handouts to guide them through the engineering design process
- Student recording sheet for each step of the process
- Math connection problems including areas, percentages, and graphing (With an answer key) in both customary and metric units
- Related STEM career connection
Recommended Materials
- Wooden paint stirrers or 12β square dowel sticks
- Tape (Duct works best)
- Plastic straws
- Single-hole punch
- Corrugated cardboard (like from a cardboard box)
- String
- Scissors
- Brass fasteners (long works best)
- Rubber bands
- Paper clips
- Sandpaper
- Toothpicks
- Testing materials: Candy variety (lollipops, candy hearts, chocolate candy, etc.)
- Container (Tupperware, box, etc. to drop candy in)
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