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Higher education Autumn engineering activities
Back to School (Stage 1 STEM) Bundle: 50+ Icebreaker Activities
Back to School Icebreaker STEM Bundle! Need back to school icebreakers or games that get students moving, communicating, working in teams, and building relationships? Here are 50+ of our favorite basic activities that are low-cost and low-prep for any classroom or subject!Working as a team, they will learn lessons in communication, innovation, hidden assumptions, and creativity that are central to the engineering process. Use as a warm-up, icebreaker, team building activity, or basic STEM and en
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Physics and Engineering Project Bundle
Here are all the projects that I do with my Regular, Honors, and AP Students. Each project comes with worksheets that are differentiated depending on your level of student. Each of these projects can be done without any calculations, however it was intentionally made for students that have a basic understanding of physics, algebra, and geometry. Every year these are the projects I provide to my students who often tell me that physics has become their new favorite class!Here is the Material and E
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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HS-PS2-2
, HS-PS3-1
, HS-PS2-1
, HS-ETS1-1
15 Mystery Puzzles - Brain Teasers - STEM Project - Team Building - GT
Have fun with your students while they solve these Mystery Puzzles! This set of puzzles is interactive in Google Slide or it can be downloaded and printed on paper. You choose! Great for developing critical thinking skills!Great for distance learning!Included is a PDF version and a Google Slide version of the Following:15 Digital interactive Mystery Puzzles and their answers. Your students will learn and have fun at the same time. This project can also be used as a center activity with an i
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Prosthetic Leg Engineering Design STEM Challenge
Prosthetic Design STEM ChallengeAfter learning the history and uses of prosthetic legs, students use the engineering design process to build a prosthetic leg that is interchangeable for multiple people. This design challenge is followed by a research extension to design a prosthetic leg for an animal. Lesson Sequence: Introduce real-world careers of biomedical engineers and show a video on fabricating a prosthetic legRead about the history of prostheticsLearn important concepts related to prosth
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5th - 9th, Higher Education
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MS-ETS1-2
, 4-LS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Socratic Seminar: The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, Standards Aligned
This Socratic seminar contains a great message for the beginning of the school year! Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills. Introduce your students to Socratic seminar with this easy-to-implement, step-by-step resource. This 32-slide PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar to include pre and post activities featuring the poem “A Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. This resource includes a well-organized protocol fo
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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STEM Stack Cup Challenge
Challenge your students with this fun team building activity! Students cam demonstrate team work by trying these stack cup challenges! This is an easy prep activity with minimal teacher set up. All you will need is plastic cups, string, and rubber bands. This is powerpoint that you can display from the projector. This product includes a rule page, a STEM meaning review, six different challenges that your students can try, and a "what did you learn slide"! PLUS there is a bonus slide where studen
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Mouse Trap Car Project: Energy and Motion | Physics and Engineering
There is nothing better to solidify the students understanding of Energy than to have them build and test out their mouse trap cars. Many times, students look forward to this project all year. This project allows students to visualize how elastic potential energy converts to kinetic energy. Students are always astonished to see concepts they are learning about come to life as we work on this project.Even though I allow the students to build the mouse trap car however they like, I have included a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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NGSS:
HS-ETS1-3
, HS-PS3-2
, HS-PS3-1
, HS-ETS1-1
Also included in: Physics and Engineering Project Bundle
Fall Word Search Puzzle Activity Page with Coloring | Autumn Puzzle
Fall word search puzzle / coloring page activity worksheet. Combines a challenging word find activity with mindfulness coloring to provide an engaging and relaxing learning activity. Contains 48 words in a puzzle for older kids, teens and adults. The Fall Equinox occurs between September 21 and 24 in the Northern Hemisphere. Reinforce vocabulary, spelling and learning with a fun printable wordsearch puzzle. Also great for games nights and class parties. The perfect solution when you need an
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Toothpick Bridge UNIT BUNDLE - STEM, Physics, and Engineering Project!
Get students engaged with this project based learning toothpick bridge activity! Students will use this project to apply what they have learned about Newton's Laws and Forces by designing and constructing a bridge out of toothpicks and glue. They will conduct research using various online resources (which are included in this resource) and create a blueprint that illustrates their bridge design. From there, students will construct and test their bridge!This resource can be used as a STEM project
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-PS2-2
Intro to STEM Bundle: Icebreaker & Teamwork Activities
Want to introduce STEM to your classroom? Here are 45 of our favorite basic (Stage 1) STEM challenges that are low-cost and low-prep for any classroom! Activities are perfect as back to school icebreakers or games that introduce STEM while getting students moving, communicating, and working in teams! BACKGROUNDBefore tasking students to complete rigorous engineering design challenges, educators should start with Stage 1 STEM activities. Click here to learn more about the Stages of STEM. Through
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Crash Course Engineering COMPLETE SERIES ~ Distance Learning
Distance Learning - #DistanceLearning46 complete Episode Guides for the entire Crash Course Engineering YouTube Series!Perfect for STEM classrooms!Each guide comes with two versions (with and without timestamps), and a complete answer key.This product easy to use, no-prep product is a perfect last minute lesson plan, review activity, extra "filler" to keep on hand, substitute lesson plan, or homework assignment.Plus it's only $0.75 per episode!-Answer key included for every episode guide-Questio
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
3D Print Your Own Articulated Animal | A Tinkercad Tutorial
In this step-by-step tutorial students will learn to design and print their very own articulated creatures using Tinkercad. Articulated animals (i.e. snakes, lizards and octopuses) are some of the most popular items people choose to 3D print because not only are they fun to play with, they are also an amazing demonstration of what 3D printing is capable of. By learning to create their own animals, students will learn to truly understand how the articulation works and will be able to design any
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: 3D Print Your Own Summer Projects - Level 2 Bundle
Balsa Wood Bridge Project STEM
Great project infusing physics with engineering. Students will research and use the skills necessary as an engineer while using their knowledge of physics. Many times, students look forward to this project all marking period. Everything is fully editable.Students Will:- Write A Research Paper On Their Bridge- Make A Blue Print of Their Bridge- Test Out The Efficiency Of Their Bridge (Efficiency = mass carried/mass of bridge)Instructions: - Simple Video Instructions Are Given For How To Break The
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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NGSS:
HS-ETS1-3
, HS-PS2-2
, HS-PS2-1
, HS-ETS1-1
Also included in: Physics and Engineering Project Bundle
Visual Puzzles Illusions - 29 Brain Teasers - STEM Project - Team Building - GT
Have fun with your students while they solve these Visual Puzzles or Illusions! This set of puzzles can be used in Google Slides or it can be downloaded and printed on paper. You choose! Great for developing critical thinking skills and team building activities!Great for distance learning!Included is a PDF version and a Google Slide version of the Following:29 Digital interactive Mystery Puzzles and their secrets. Your students will learn and have fun at the same time. This project can also
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5th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Orthographic Drawing Worksheet | Isometric to Orthographic Drawing Exercises
Have your students get start drafting engineering drawings by practice taking an isometric view of an object and transforming it to an orthographic view!! Students are given a 3-D isometric view of an object and must draw the 2D orthographic view of the top, front, and side of the object and then use those drawings to construct full orthographic drawing with the side and top views all aligned with the frontal view. For a powerpoint on how to draft using isometric and orthographic drawings check
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Isometric and Orthographic Spatial Visualization Bundle
BACK TO SCHOOL STEM ACTIVITY: Spaghetti Marshmallow Challenge
Don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity for your students to work collaboratively, problem-solve, show creativity and use their math skills! This Spaghetti Marshmallow Challenge cost me less than $2.00 for all supplies but delivers such a big bang for the buck! Fun for students K-12 (they say that the kindergarteners actually build the highest!). Enjoy!
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Black History Inventors Posters Set
Looking forward to reinforce your teachings in Technology or Black History Studies? Here is the Black History Inventors posters set. Excellent for Black History Month Bulletin Board or just use as an instructional element for discussion or activity generator. It will do more than just decorate.Can be used reinforce a lesson, as a review or as an introduction aid.This Product includes the following 12 inventors:Alexander Miles Dr. James E. WestDr Patricia BathElijah McCoy Granville T. Woods Geor
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Accounting Class Journalizing & Posting Digital Activity Review | Pamela's Pies
This Pamela's Pies Accounting Mini-Simulation Digital Activity is perfect for your Accounting 1 Class after learning beginning Accounting concepts. There are two parts to this activity.Part 1 is to be completed after students learn to create a chart of accounts and after they know how to journalize in a general journal.Part 2 is to be completed after students learn to post.**BOTH GENERAL JOURNAL APPROACH & MULTI-COLUMN VERSIONS INCLUDED****Teacher's Keys and Rubrics are included for both pa
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Understanding Veterans Day- Social Narrative for Students with Special Needs
Veteran's Day is such a meaningful holiday in the classroom. Teach students about this holiday with this social narrative! Holidays can be a fun celebration in the classroom and in the student's lives. Teaching about holiday's and the meaning behind them can help students to understand why schedules may change during holidays! This bundle includes 27 holidays throughout the year! This social story comes in three formats:Full pager (black/white & color)Small book (black/white & color)La
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Holiday Bundle- Social Narratives for Students with Special Needs
Full Year of 3D Printing Mega Bundle! -- Projects to 3D Print for Every Season
This huge mega bundle includes projects to keep you and your students 3D printing the entire year! From fall to winter to spring to summer, each project includes a step-by-step design tutorial, as well as a video guide. This mega bundle provides you with everything you need to teach your students (or yourself) how to design:SpringValentine Cards (Level 1)an Easter Egg (Level 1)an Egg Cup (Level 1)Stained Glass (Level 2)a Spring Scene (Level 2)an Action Figure (Level 2)a Self-Watering Planter (Le
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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Significant Digits Popcorn Lab/Activity
When my students struggled with accuracy and precision and just plain fought me about writing values with units and significant digits, I knew I had to do something. This activity works! When students are done, they understand why we write values the way that we do and why significant digits or figures are so important. There's some laughter too and a lot of that early in the year grumpiness vanishes.
This activity reinforces the differences between accuracy and precision and how many signif
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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STEM Volcano Hazard Design Project- Engineering
This is a STEM activity that deals with engineering the lava and the volcano design while setting up a town that will need to be protected from the eruptions.Students will follow the Washington State End of Course Assessment format for Design Applications. They will design their projects around two problems: Problem 1: Build a model of a volcano that will erupt and will not cause damage on your model town. Build the town in the area least likely to get damage.Problem 2: Create lava that will h
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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MS-ESS2-2
Lab Activity Effect of Sunspots on Satellites (Claims Evidence Reasoning Task)
A short lab activity for astronomy or earth space science. Students make a double line graph of the number of sunspots and the number of crashed satellites in a given year. Then they look for patterns and write a science conclusion utilizing claim, evidence, reasoning scaffolding framework.
Grading rubric and sample student responses are included
This lab activity blends well into a unit on electromagnetic waves, planetary mechanics, or the Sun's influence on Earth.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Shapes Scarecrow Craft
Autumn has arrived and we have a fun fall themed scarecrow craft that kids will love to make that addresses a variety of fine motor, bilateral integration, visual motor coordination, and praxis skills. We have included a FREE Printable template/pattern for this scarecrow craft. This trace, cut, and paste craft is a great way to help younger children learn shapes while practicing tracing and scissor use skills.Older children can be expected to plan, sequence, and execute the steps needed to compl
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PreK - 10th, Higher Education
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