Thanksgiving Activities for STEM Science

This Thanksgiving science activity is a fall STEM inquiry-based activity aligned to NGSS 3-5 ETS 1-1 and 1-3. Students will build on their inquiry thinking skills to design a way to trap Timothy the turkey to save him from becoming the next Thanksgiving meal for the Pilgrims. This Fall holiday activity will integrate perfectly into your science curriculum and engage students to design and engineer a Thanksgiving solution to Timothy's problem.

Like this Thanksgiving science activity? Check out other November science activities here.

Students will be able to:

• Work collaboratively to create a trap to save a turkey
• Create, design, and engineer a prototype using given materials
• Answer inquiry questions
• Reflect on their design and participation in the NGSS STEM activity

This Thanksgiving science activity includes:

• Sneak Peek into My Classroom: 2 pages of tips and ideas to use in your classroom
• Group expectations sheet
• Student materials sheet
• 4 page STEM activity for students to design their turkey trap, record observations, and answer comprehension questions
• Rubric

This Thanksgiving STEM activity is aligned to:

• NGSS Engineering Design 3-5 ETS 1-1: Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
• NGSS Engineering Design 3-5 ETS 1-3: 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.

Check out this feedback from happy teachers:

• We had a very intense competition using this resource!
• Great simple machines STEM challenge for my 4th graders! Thank you so much!!!
• My students loved this activity! Thank you!
• I love some of the products that the students created with this STEM activity. It was easy to use, and the kids had a lot of fun building the traps. Thanks.

How to Use this Activity in Your Classroom:

• Have students work in small groups to brainstorm their design and engineer a solution to save Timothy.
• Assign this activity as a homework assignment and have students present their solutions to the class before Thanksgiving break.

Other holiday science activities you might be interested in:

• November Science Activities
• Red Ribbon Week activity
• Veterans Day activity
• Save the Snowman STEM Activity
• Build an Igloo Hands on Activity

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