Middle School STEM Movie Guides | Engineering, Science, and Robotics Activities

Looking for no-prep, independent middle school STEM activities?  How about easy STEM sub plans? Or the perfect STEM movie for a class incentive? Keep your students engaged and extend their STEM learning with these middle school STEM movie guides!

All of the STEM in the Middle movie guides include before, during, and after activities to keep your students engaged and learning throughout the entire "movie day." This means you are free to catch up on grades, hold conferences, hang out with your students, or take a much-needed sick day.

What’s included in the middle school STEM movie bundle?

With this resource, you will get access to ALL of my current and future STEM-themed movie guides, including:

• A Plastic Ocean (2016)
• Concussion (2015)
• Design Squad (2008)
• Dolphin Tale (2011)
• Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
• Dream Big (2017)
• Fern Gully (1992)
• Good Night Oppy (2022)
• Hidden Figures (2017)
• Hugo (2011)
• More Than Robots (2022)
• My Octopus Teacher (2020)
• NOVA Wonders Can We Build a Brain? (2018)
• One Strange Rock (2018) - Episodes 1-10
  • Gasp
  • Storm
  • Shield
  • Genesis
  • Survival
  • Escape
  • Terraform
  • Alien
  • Awakening
  • Home

• Rise of the Robots (2016)
• Science Fair (2018)
• Spare Parts (2015)
• The Biggest Little Farm (2018)
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
• The Pollinators (2019)

*As additional movie guides are added, the price of the bundle will increase accordingly. By purchasing the bundle at the current price, you will receive future movie guides for free.

Each of the middle school STEM movie guides also has:

✔ Printable, Google and Easel versions of the student activities and worksheets

✔ Discussion questions to set the tone for learning and uncover student misconceptions

✔ 10-20 comprehension questions to keep students focused on STEM concepts throughout the film

✔ Activities for further learning and exploration of STEM concepts after the movie 

✔ An answer key

Materials needed:

• Digital or printed copies of the student worksheets
• Various streaming services to access the films

How can the middle school STEM movie guides be used in your classroom?

• Extend your students' learning on particular STEM topics
• Keep your students on task while you catch up on grades or other tasks
• Leave for a low-prep and engaging STEM sub plan
• Plan a STEM movie day incentive
• Allow your students to work independently while you hold conferences
• Assign a movie guide for extension, homework, or extra credit activities
• Use the resources for fun virtual learning lessons

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