STEM Activities BUNDLE - Simple STEM with plates, popsicle sticks, and cups
Meredith Anderson - Momgineer STEM Activities
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Grade Levels
2nd - 8th
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
NGSS3-5-ETS1-3
NGSS3-5-ETS1-1
NGSS3-5-ETS1-2
Formats Included
- Zip
Pages
100+
Meredith Anderson - Momgineer STEM Activities
14.7k Followers
What educators are saying
I used this with 3rd-5th students at the end of the year. Students' favorite activity was definitely the popsicle stick catapult activity. I will be using this resource again this year!
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This bundle includes resources to keep your students actively engaged in STEM all year long. The bonus file includes an overview for using the resources as well as some extra options for planning, recording, and tracking.There are over 110 STEM challenges included in this bundle.1) Start with the SPrice $165.00Original Price $267.50Save $102.50
Elementary STEM teachers, this bundle has hundreds of activities (300+!) for your STEM classes! With a mix of quick STEM challenges, STEM center activities, and more in depth engineering design challenges, you will always have something new to do!This bundle includes everything in both the K-2 and 3Price $269.00Original Price $402.00Save $133.00
Low prep STEM projects that students LOVE! ❤️ This BUNDLE contains FIVE SETS (30+ activities!) of Simple STEM resources. Use for STEM class, sub plans, STEM family night, or a STEM club!✅ What You'll Get ✅Suggested Material ListsSTEM Challenge Tips: General tips for any STEM challenge.Teacher Notes:Price $24.00Original Price $25.00Save $1.00
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Description
STEM doesn't have to break the bank! These LOW PREP challenges use simple materials. Did I mention they are easy enough to leave with a sub?
Students will have access to 15 guided STEM challenges plus additional open-ended activities.
This works well for upper elementary and middle school STEM teachers. Though it is marked grades 2+, younger students can also attempt basic challenges with the task cards or tinker with the materials, while upper grades can work on directed challenges.
What You'll Get
- Suggested Material List
- STEM Challenge Tips: General tips for any STEM challenge.
- Teacher Notes: includes terminology and differentiation ideas.
- Sample pictures of completed projects.
- Paper plate, popsicle stick, and plastic cup STEM decor
- Recording page for each of the 15 main STEM challenges that guide the students through the engineering design process
- Roller coaster (force and motion)
- Paper plate transformation (dimensions, creativity)
- Airborne plates (force and motion, drag, gravity)
- Basket or container (dimensions)
- Tower (structures, measurement)
- Area puzzler - use craft sticks to make the largest area possible (math concepts)
- Craft stick catapult (kinetic and potential energy)
- Bridge span design (weight, buckling, deflection)
- Craft stick bomb (kinetic and potential energy)
- Marble run (force and motion, mechanical design)
- Plastic cup telephone (sound)
- Sound amplifier (sound)
- Cup rollers (torque, friction, force and motion)
- Transfer device (simple machines, gravity)
- Anemometer (velocity, weather)
- Generic Organizers to use with any of the above challenges or the additional task card challenges.
- STEM spinner page - spin a design challenge (great for independent work).
- Calculate the cost worksheets to create Bill of Materials
- Self-evaluation and rubric options
Why Teachers Love It
- Uses readily-available, budget-friendly materials
- Easy enough for a sub to use!
- Meets NGSS Standards
- Gets students thinking creatively and outside the box
What Teachers Are Saying
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "My students loved the challenges using such simple materials! I used Paper Plate Transformation on the second day of school to get them thinking and talking. We were able to tie in a discussion on thinking outside of the box and the importance of making a plan."
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Great idea for use with items commonly found in the classroom. Love the task cards."
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "My 4th & 5th grade students loved these STEM activities. They were very engaging but very inexpensive."
Total Pages
100+
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
N/A
Last updated Jul 30th, 2018
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
NGSS3-5-ETS1-3
Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
NGSS3-5-ETS1-1
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
NGSS3-5-ETS1-2
Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
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