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Free engineering laboratories
Save Fred! Engineering and Design Challenge
Fred is a gummy worm that is not such a great swimmer and has fallen off his boat! Can you help save him? The challenge is to work with your teams using only the tools provided (paperclips) to flip Fred's cup back over, get Fred's life preserver on, and get him back in his boat! An introductory engineering and design challenge activity that I have used with great success in second through 8th grade classes. The engineering process is emphasized, focusing on the ideas of iterations and constr
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1st - 8th
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Water Drops on a Penny Introduction Science Process Experiment K-2, 2 levels
Water Drops on a Penny Introduction Science Process Experiment
2 levels of a worksheet are included: For younger grades: do just the 1st page.
Older grades will be able to do the 1st and 2nd pages OR do the 1st and 4th and 5th pages.
Several options for inquiry here!
Check out these other SCIENCE INQUIRY activities!
Scientific Method Inquiry Challenge-save a gummy worm w/ simple materials
Surface Tension Science Inquiry experiment: float a paper clip scientific method
Surface tension Scien
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K - 2nd
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STEM / STEAM Posters
These posters are the perfect addition to any STEM or STEAM classroom! Featuring Melonheadz clipart, each letter includes an appropriately themed kid and will serve as a great visual reminder of each STEM/STEAM strand for your littles.
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PreK - 5th
STEM Design Cycle ~ FREE Graphic Organizer
Let me start by saying that we use the design cycle on a daily basis in all content areas. I make the graphic organizer poster-sized and it hangs up in our classroom all of the time. We use post-it notes to show our thinking and where we are in the cycle at any given moment!
Students also have their own copies of the design cycle organizer to use during our STEM challenges and other STEM activities. Learning how to use the design cycle is a process for the students, let them find their way
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Grades:
K - 8th
NGSS Space Engineering Design Project
What is more interesting than space, astronauts, and CANDY?In this project, students will learn about the engineering design cycle. They will learn about how astronauts must have specially designed food packages to use in space. They will go through the engineering design process to design, build, and refine a package that will allow astronauts to eat M&Ms in space. This activity is number 5 of 5 in a mini engineering unit. It is aligned tothe NGSS Engineering Design Standards (3-5-ETS1 and
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4th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
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Also included in:Â NGSS Engineering Design Mini Unit Bundle (3-5-ETS1 and MS-ETS1)
Engineering Design Process Chart and Worksheet
A free package illustrating and explaining the Engineering Design Process for kids. Ideal for STEM class (science tech engineering math) or maker space projects.
Included in the Package:
Flowchart of the Engineering Design Process (1 page)
Explanation of each step of the design process (6 pages)
Student worksheet for one of the key step (1 page)
Cover and copyright page (2 pages)
This is a process that works for all STEM projects.
Ideas for STEM projects:
Back to School STEM Challenge Ideas
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1st - 12th
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Building Catapults: Project and Lab Report Outline with Rubric
My Physics students’ favorite project is building a catapult –it’s almost a rite of passage for Physics students! Here is a free, editable template to organize a project in which students will:
• research and design a projectile launcher (catapult, ballista, trebuchet, etc.) that converts either elastic potential energy or gravitational potential energy into kinetic energy to launch the projectile
• document the building process
• calibrate the launcher to hit targets at various distances
• des
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10th - 12th
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Renewable Energy STEM Challenge Design a Sailing Ship Lab Using Wind Power
For this STEM Challenge, students must design and test a sailing ship in a tub of water to deliver a marshmallow passenger safely to the other side using a handheld fan as wind. This is the perfect science lab experiment to complete around Thanksgiving as you learn about the voyage of the Mayflower and the Plymouth colony. It also works well as part of a unit on wind power and renewable energy. This resource includes: teacher directions, discussion questions, and extension activities3 slides of
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3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS3-1
Also included in:Â STEM Challenges Bundle of Hands-On Science Lab Activities PRINT and DIGITAL
FREE Elementary STEM Activity Exit Ticket, Grading Rubric, & Score Chart
Do you need a way to assess your students' mastery of STEM concepts and overall impact of STEM labs? Want to keep that data organized in student score charts? Look no further. Use this exit ticket formative assessment, grading rubric and score chart to guide you! You can also completely edit the text in this resource—customizing it for your specific needs! Just open the file up in Adobe Acrobat Reader and edit away! You can download Acrobat Reader for free here: https://get.adobe.com/reader/
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Not Grade Specific
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Egg Drop Challenge Editable STEM Lab End of Year Activity
Looking for a fun and engaging STEM activity for the end of the year or after state testing? If so, then the Egg Drop Challenge Editable STEM Lab End of Year Activity is the answer! Challenge your students to design an apparatus to save their egg from disaster after being dropped from a specified height. You can use a stairwell, the school bleachers, a school window… any height at all. This 3-page lab is completely editable and includes an editable scoring rubric AND an Award Certificate for the
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-PS2-2
, MS-ETS1-1
Elementary Soil Science (free for a limited time)
This unit on soil science contains a 16-page student section that covers soil components (clay, sand, and silt, loam, humus, soil texture (including the texture triangle), soil horizons, and movement of water through soil. Five discovery labs are embedded within the student hand-out: (1) soil make-up (visual inspection), (2) describing soil (by feel and settling), (3) the ribbon test for clay content (including an adapted method for small hands), (4) separating sand, silt, and clay by sedimenta
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3rd - 5th
VEX IQ Parts Labels - Complete Bundle
This is a COMPLETE BUNDLE OF VEX IQ PARTS LABELS. My robotics classroom was getting out of control and students were having a hard time finding parts. I made these labels to organize my parts. I suggest printing out the labels in color. Cutting them up, laminating them and then taping them onto your bins based on how you organize your parts.Because it's a google document you can scale the parts photos to meet the size of your storage. This particular file does not have a ton of labels. I plan to
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1st - 8th
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Science Experiment about Simple Machines - Inclined Plane
A simple science experiment about the Simple Machines that enables your students to investigate how they work and how they make our lives easier. It uses common, everyday objects to help your students investigate the properties of simple machines.
This hands on experiment lets your students investigate what an inclined plane and how it can be called a "machine".
This experiment is differentiated with activities to keep your fast finishers busy, and comes with full Teacher's Notes that expla
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3rd - 6th
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Engineering Challenges Experiment - Forces and Structures - Grade 9 MYP Science
A fun and challenging lab activity recommended for grade 9 physics that will have your students constructing bridges and towers using easily available materials. Students must consider not only forces and structural design, but also different materials and their costs in order to build efficiently. Questions can be answered in notebooks, while the data is recorded directly on the worksheets. Teacher preparation notes, as well as opportunities for discussion, reflection, and extension are include
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Grades:
8th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in:Â MYP Science Experiments Growing Bundle - Grade 6-10 Complete Collection
Engineering and Design Challenge: STEM Easter Activity!
This is an engineering and design scenario centered around a short story. Simply read the story to your students, provide them with materials, and away they go! Students solve problems through engineering and design in a new and engaging way. This colorful story provides the hook needed to explain the WHY in problem centered design!
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2nd - 8th
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4:07
FREE Elementary & Middle School STEM Activity Tutorial: Hoop Glider Competition
If you enjoy this free tutorial, you’ll love the complete STEM Activity Challenge! Each challenge comes with: Teacher Demonstration Video (tutorial), Teacher Instructions, Materials Lists, Student Worksheets, Grading Rubrics & an NGSS reference sheet.
*****It's a FREE resource (3-5th)!!!! Please click below to check it out!*****
Activity Challenge: Hoope Glider Competition {Grades 3rd, 4th & 5th}
Activity Challenge: Hoope Glider Competition {Grades 6th, 7th & 8th - $2.50}
In
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3rd - 8th
Simple Machine Virtual Lab #1- Levers
A few years ago, I put together some great hands-on simple machine labs that allowed students to construct simple machines and test their performance using some Vernier digital force sensors. I ran into a problem when students were absent and needed to make up the labs, so I created these virtual labs, in which I perform all the tests on video and ask the students to interpret the results and make observations as they work their way through the Google Forms. When the world drove us to completely
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Simple Machine Virtual Labs for Distance Learning
Pilgrim Boat Penny STEM Task
Looking for a fun way to incorporate STEM into your curriculum? Here is an easy and fun way to get your kids thinking. Challenge them to design foil boats that will float and then see which design holds the most pennies. After they have found the best design, challenge them to make a boat that can sail across the water carrying 10 pennies. Now they have to think of a way to design and attach a sail to their foil boats.
This is great for Engineering and Design as well as Force and Motion con
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K - 2nd
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Kinetic and Potential Energy Lab Investigation
Great for use at the beginning of a Kinetic/Potential Energy unit. Lab uses simple materials that most schools will have. Students will investigate how kinetic and potential energy are related to each other and how work will be affected according to the amount of potential (then kinetic) energy an object possesses. Can be adapted for lower grades and AP/Honors courses.
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7th - 12th
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Thermal Energy Lab (Design your own cooler)
Students complete this lab and show their knowledge of thermodynamics, heat transfer, insulation, and conductors. Students, over the course of a week, will draw and design a device that helps to stop the transfer of heat. They will begin the lab by brainstorming ideas for a design. They will also have an explanation sheet that says why they chose to use certain materials. Included in this lab are student directions, a student checklist, a grading rubric, and an explanation of each part of the la
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6th - 12th
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CRISPR Chimeras.
Introduce your middle level/Jr. High or Introductory Biology students to the latest biotechnology available. This models the use of 2016's breakthrough in genetic science with a basic, yet tangible example of using CRISPR (your scissors!) to cut and paste DNA.
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6th - 9th
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Solar Cookers 5E Lab
Update for distance learning: If students have cardboard boxes, foil and tape, and an optional thermometer, this can be be done at home. Students love this lab! This 5E can take 3-5 days depending on how many days you allow them to refine their designs. Students take cardboard boxes, rip them apart, tape and cover with foil into a shape that they think will heat water and/or cook. Student assessment questions lead them to discover how solar cookers can help people with contaminated drinking wat
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Unit 6: Energy Bundle for AP Environmental Science
How do Airplanes Fly? What makes paper airplanes fly?
These two readings have been complied using information from several online resources which are found at the bottom of the second page.
Use these two readings to accompany the research section of the Paper Airplane Lab on my TPT store.
**Reading comprehension worksheet to accompany the readings is available in my TPT store!**
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4th - 7th
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5:13
FREE Elementary & Middle School STEM Activity Tutorial: Aluminum Foil Boats
If you enjoy this free tutorial, you’ll love the complete Activity Challenge (for Elementary AND Middle School students). Each STEM Activity Challenge comes with: A Teacher Demonstration Video (tutorial), Teacher Instructions, Materials Lists, Student Worksheets, Grading Rubrics & an NGSS reference sheet.
*****Please click below to check it out!*****
Grades K, 1st & 2nd Activity Challenge: Aluminum Foil Boats
Grades 3rd, 4th & 5th Activity Challenge: Aluminum Foil Boats
Grades 6
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Not Grade Specific
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