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High school problem solving creative writing laboratories
Engineering: Straw Rockets
Straw Rockets are quick, simple and lots of fun for the students. This STEM activity takes about one hour to assemble and one hour for outside launching fun. This engineering activity can be used from grade 3 through 12. This lesson could also be used in March for Women's History Month as an activity to go along with the Sally Ride story. The headings include: Teacher Notes, Introduction, Materials, Procedure, Patterns, Pictures and Conclusion Questions.
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3rd - 12th
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Middle School/Upper Elementary Scientific Method and STEM Fair Unit
This unit was designed as a way to incorporate STEM into a more traditional Science Fair model with connections to STEM careers. Students are encouraged to choose a topic that they are deeply interested in and they learn how to connect scientific thinking to concepts outside of science class. They are also introduced to future STEM careers and community resources. The unit is directly aligned to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the Common Core.
In order to help students achieve t
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4th - 11th
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250 STEM Labs - 5 books in 1 - stem challenges physics projects experiments
PREVIEW AVAILABLE!LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? CHECK OUT OTHER STEM RESOURCES IN MY SHOP!Want to never have to buy another collection of STEM ideas? This set has all you'll ever need. It's all 5 of my STEM Labs books with 50 projects in each! Get this money-saving bundle for your whole school! Recommended for grades K to 6 and up! These projects really focus on the engineering and design process. They don't have pictures of what you're supposed to build or recipes to follow to do a complete activity. The
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K - 12th
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Egg Drop Challenge! Science Inquiry & Scientific Method! FUN & CREATIVE! STEM!
`This is a week-long science inquiry project that requires students to collaborate, innovate, and use critical thinking skills. Students absolutely LOVE THIS and it truly motivates them to work together and think outside the box. The Egg Drop Challenge is basic: can you drop an egg from 3 meters without it breaking by designing a device to hold the egg with a list of materials that are already determined. The students really get into the competitiveness of this project and come up with really in
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5th - 12th
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FORCE AND MOTION DESIGN BRIEFS
This is a collection of content applications that address the most common science areas found in middle and high school settings. Each challenge is introduced with a context statement and a brief scenario that helps to set the stage for introducing the dilemma. The challenge invites the students to solve the problem while adhering to specific limitations and rules.While possible procedures are provided for all the design briefs, they should never be considered the only procedures. The rationale
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5th - 11th
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Mr Circuit Lab 1 Basic Electronics Manual with access to online training
Congratulations! You have found the best product for teaching electronics technology to HVAC, AUTOMOTIVE, ROBOTICS, DRONES, and STEM classes. This lab has been the gateway to many people entering the fields of science, physics, electronics and related fields.License: This is an introductory offer to print one copy of the lab manual. There are Price Lists enclosed to order complete labs and the parts necessary to complete all the experiments. Any questions, please call me at 805-295-1642The Mr
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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50 Sports Themed STEM and Engineering Challenges MEGA Pack
PREVIEW AVAILABLE!LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? CHECK OUT OTHER STEM RESOURCES IN MY SHOP!50 Sports STEM Labs is a set of 50 sports-themed STEM Labs based off of 5 major sports: baseball, basketball, football, ice hockey, and soccer. This book offers materials lists, guidelines, and graded assignment suggestions. It also includes some blank pages for journaling and planning in the process. Get all those fabulous Sports Labs STEM Packs in one cool volume!This is the kind of thing you'll want to print, hole-
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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STEM and Engineering Challenge MEGA pack #1 with 50 learning activities
PREVIEW AVAILABLE!LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? CHECK OUT OTHER STEM RESOURCES IN MY SHOP!THOUSANDS OF COPIES SOLD - NOW GET VERSION 2.0!!!I've redesigned and cleaned up all of my 50 stem labs in this new version. What's new? They're in full color with updated designs. Grading suggestions have been redone. Old typos and errors have been cleared up. Directions have been cleared up. Materials lists have been added. More teacher options have been added. Forms and Journal pages have been added!This is the kind
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Chemical Reactions Differentiated Chemistry Lab (Law of Conservation of Mass)
These chemistry labs give students the opportunity to run a chemical reaction to test the Law of Conservation of Mass in a guided lab report format. Available in printable and digital fillable versions, two differentiated versions are included. The Law of Conservation of Mass Lab version focuses on chemical reactions while the more advanced Single Replacement Reaction Lab version also incorporates the activity series.WHY IS IT HELPFUL?Divided into guided lab report sectionsJust a few easy mater
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-PS1-7
, HS-PS1-2
Also included in:Â Chemical Equations & Chemical Reactions Differentiated Chemistry Bundle
Engineering Team Tower Building
This activity is great for the beginning of the year for any science class and at any level. It’s the first activity I do before I start doing labs because it really emphasizes teamwork and what it takes to be a productive, responsible, cooperative, hard working and patient group member for labs and activities. The only materials you need are 1 cup, 1 piece of tape (I give them 6 inches of masking) and 1 piece of paper. Before I give them the materials I have them write down the 5 most important
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3rd - 12th
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Weathering and Erosion of Rocks (DI and Professionally Submitted!)
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Weathering and erosion made EASY and FUN! Colorful, LARGE pictures, and logical tutorial. Kids will love it!
Weathering note organizer covering the processes of mechanical and chemical weathering.
Mechanical weathering processes include:
-ice wedging, frost action, plant and root action, abrasion, spheroidal weathering, exfoliation, and w
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4th - 9th
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Technology : Questions to Ask Students and Answers
Technology is the combination of knowledge, tools, techniques, and processes used to create goods and services, as well as to solve problems and facilitate daily life. It encompasses a wide range of fields, such as computer science, communications, electronics, robotics, artificial intelligence, and many others...
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6th - 9th
The Chemistry Project Part 2a: Matter
All chemistry explores matter. This unit explores some basic properties of matter with three Investigations and an Activity. All are done with easily obtainable supplies. My results are written up at the end of the unit.Along with the Investigations are a variety of pencil puzzles and chemistry trivia. The answers are at the end of the unit.The unit includes a Chemistry Story. This one is about flour as it is used in the Activity in this unit and will be used in future units.This is the first un
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4th - 10th
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CO2 Car Packet (A True MST Project)
This packet covers all the phases of the CO2 car project. Topics includes CO2 car research, thumbnail sketching, design, journaling, science, physics, math, vocabulary, evaluation of a product, and logo design. It is a can't miss project. My students love it so much that when they move on to the next grade they want to come back and race. Also, a great cross-curricular project to use between Math, Science, Technology (MST).
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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From the Minors to the Majors (includes Claim, Evidence, Reasoning option.)
Students love this activity!!This activity has been designed to evaluate how well students can follow directions, collect, display, and analyze data. Activity Goal:To determine through collecting, displaying, and analyzing minor league baseball cards which player deserves to be drafted to the major leagues.The only necessary material is one or more minor league baseball cards/student. **Minor League baseball cards are rather inexpensive and are available on Amazon and Ebay. You may also wish t
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning [CER] Bundle (NGSS Aligned)
Internet Dating Thief
This is a forensic science lab focusing on the concept of using deductive reasoning to solve a crime. Students will use critical thinking skills sort related evidence from unrelated evidence and determine who did it. Students can be grouped in teams or individually. Teacher answer sheets are included. No additional supplies needed.
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6th - 9th
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Chemistry Halloween Candy Problem Solving
Halloween themed problem solving. Use dimensional analysis to setup and solve problems with a Halloween candy themed activity. Printable student handout, full answer including step by step solutions, and key/teacher copy included. Students will be given data/information and conversion factors as they setup and solve step by step dimensional analysis style problems. Students will need to measure, weigh, and record data for objects using the correct number of significant figures based on the prob
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9th - 12th
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I'M IMPRESSED - A DESIGN BRIEF
This challenge is one in a series of investigations that concentrates on forensic science (in this case, specifically, tool marks) and the process skills associated with pursuing such inquiries. This challenge presents an opportunity for students to develop a reasonable procedure for creating and comparing tool impressions. It is anticipated that students will make and record accurate observations, draw reasonable inferences, and write data-supported conclusions. It should be noted that students
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Grades:
5th - 9th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in:Â Forensic Science Design Briefs
SUSPICIOUS SALINE - A DESIGN BRIEF
This challenge is one in a series of investigations that concentrates on forensic science and the process skills associated with pursuing such inquiries. This challenge presents an opportunity for students to develop a reasonable procedure for ascertaining the salt concentration in a variety of solutions. It can also be used in conjunction with a chemistry unit on solutions or solution concentrations. Students will make and record accurate observations, draw reasonable inferences, and write data
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7th - 10th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-PS1-5
, HS-PS1-3
Also included in:Â Forensic Science Design Briefs
HAIRY SCARY - A DESIGN BRIEF
This challenge was crafted as an application activity for a unit on microscope study or as a research/problem-solving quest with a forensic twist focusing on the structure of different kinds of hair. It should be noted that students may not find irrefutable evidence in this forensic investigation. It is for this reason that a variety of interpretations may be valid and should be accepted so long as these contentions are supported by data.
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-4
Also included in:Â Forensic Science Design Briefs
TOOTH TROUBLE - A DESIGN BRIEF
This challenge is one in a series of investigations that concentrates on forensic science (in this case, specifically, teeth marks) and the process skills associated with pursuing such inquiries. This challenge presents an opportunity for students to develop a reliable procedure for gathering data then continues by asking students to verify if the human attribute being observed could be used as a personal identifier. It is also anticipated that students will make and record accurate observations
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Grades:
5th - 9th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in:Â Forensic Science Design Briefs
SLOPPY COPY - A DESIGN BRIEF
This challenge is one in a series of investigations that concentrates on forensic science (in this case, fingerprinting) and the process skills associated with pursuing such inquiries. It should be noted that students may not find irrefutable evidence in this forensic investigation. It is for this reason that a variety of interpretations may be valid and should be accepted so long as these contentions are supported by data.
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in:Â Forensic Science Design Briefs
WEIGHTLIFTING - A DESIGN BRIEF
This design brief was developed to serve as an application of student understanding following a unit on simple machines. There are six basic simple machines (lever, wheel and axle, inclined plane, wedge, pulley, and screw) and, by definition, each of these devices reduces the amount of effort required to perform a task. It should be anticipated that student engineering teams will select different ways of solving this problem. Regardless of what simple machine groups select, the goal remains the
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, HS-PS2-2
 ...
Also included in:Â FORCE AND MOTION DESIGN BRIEFS
OLD HANDS, NEW TOOLS - A DESIGN BRIEF
This design brief was developed as an application challenge for students following a unit on simple machines. Students will be expected to identify the location of the resistance and the effort on their selected tools, as well as a method to alter the tool, thereby increasing its mechanical advantage.
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, HS-PS2-2
 ...
Also included in:Â FORCE AND MOTION DESIGN BRIEFS
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