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1st grade critical thinking resources for Microsoft OneDrive
STEM Challenges & Activities for the Year STEAM Team Building Summer No Prep
Looking to use STEM Challenges and activities in your elementary classroom? These hands on simple STEAM activities are low prep and use common classroom materials. These STEM activities are both digital and printable! There are STEM challenges and activities for the entire year for you to use - 48 challenges! You will find just what you need for Back to School, Team Building, Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer STEM fun! This STEM Bundle includes STEM challenges and STEM activities for the entire ye
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K - 5th
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Thanksgiving STEM Challenges 5 Fall Activities STEAM Turkey November Low Prep
These Thanksgiving STEM Activities are great for engaging your students. LOW PREP for any elementary classroom! Activities come with a GOOGLE slideshow, read aloud story & more! Infuse math skills with the response sheets.What’s Included in the Thanksgiving Stem Challenges Bundle:5 fun & simple activities all Thanksgiving themed and LOW PREP for your convenience!Thanksgiving STEM Activity 1: Apples Activities STEM ChallengeHow many apples can you balance? Challenge your students to desig
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K - 3rd
Team building 5 STEM Activities Growth Mindset STEAM Skills Challenges School
Start the year off right with this STEM skills bundle! This bundle includes 5 team building STEM Activities. Teach & review important skills: growth mindset, teamwork, getting to know myself, brainstorming. Tie in SEL too! This is a great whole group lesson that is printable & digital. ⭐Save money and get all five skills in one bundle!This bundle includes five essential STEM skills that will help your students succeed in any STEM activity. The skills included in this STEM bundle are:Bra
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1st - 4th
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STEM Challenge Bird House Craft Easy Earth Day April Spring STEAM Activities
Build a bird house this Spring for Earth Day! In this STEM challenge students will learn about bird nests and build a bird home using recyclable materials only. This activity is digital and printable. ★Grab all 5 SPRING challenge at $13.30 & save 30%. Click here to view the bundle!!!THE STEM CHALLENGE:Your students will design and build a bird house MATERIALS NEEDED:Use basic recyclable materials to create a bird house. You can even use reusable items like blocks, LEGO, magnets for younger s
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1st - 4th
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Apple Activities STEM Challenge Fall STEAM October Johnny Appleseed November
Celebrate Apple Johnny Appleseed Day with this fun fall STEM Challenge. In this engaging Fall STEM challenge students will design their own tower to balance apples. Use any materials you have!! Includes a digital & printable version! They will even incorporate math skills to answer questions. LOW PREP so set up is easy for you!This activity is included in my FALL BUNDLE. Use STEM all month long with the FALL BUNDLE! Click here to Save 30% with 5 activities!MaterialsI bought fake plastic app
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K - 3rd
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Back to School STEM Challenges No Prep STEAM Activities for the first day Easy
These Elementary Back to School STEM Challenges are great for engaging your students right from the first day. With 6 LOW PREP print and digital STEM activities including back to school STEM challenges has never been easier! Each of the back to school STEM challenges comes with a Google Slideshow, read aloud story and print and digital STEM activities that infuse math skills on the response sheets. These 6 fun and simple elementary back to school STEM challenges will get your students working on
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1st - 4th
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STEM Activities for the first day of school STEAM Challenges Getting to know you
Start off the year by reviewing STEM SKILLS. This STEM Activity will review the terms interests & talents. Students will get to know themselves by figuring out what their interests, talents & hobbies are. This is a great whole group lesson that is printable & digital. When people hear the word “talent,” they often think of an artistic area of expression such as drawing or playing a musical instrument. We also refer to people as being talented athletes or talented in science. Most exp
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1st - 4th
Halloween STEM Challenge Spookley The Square Pumpkin October Activities Stories
Do your students love Spookley The Square Pumpkin? The Halloween STEM challenge is a perfect pair. Include literacy with Simple STEM Stories. This is an easy-to-set up STEM activity that focuses on the popular story, Spookley. This challenge is printable and digital, with Google Slide & Seesaw activities. ★ Begin your lesson by reading Spookley The Square Pumpkin as a whole group. Introduce your class to the building challenge. Students will be challenged to create a square pumpkin. Review t
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1st - 4th
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The Pigeon Has to Go to School STEM Challenge Back to School Steam Activities
Do you want to include literacy with STEM challenges? Then Simple STEM Stories are perfect for you. This is an easy-to-set up STEM challenge that focuses on the popular story, The Pigeon HAS to Go to School. This challenge is printable and digital, with Google Slide & Seesaw activities. ★ Begin your lesson by reading The Pigeon HAS to Go to School by Mo Willems as a whole group. Introduce your class to the building challenge. Students will be challenged to create some kind of transportation
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1st - 4th
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The Recess Queen STEM Challenge Back to School STEM Activities Playground
Do you want to include literacy with STEM challenges? Then Simple STEM Stories are perfect for you. This is an easy-to-set up STEM challenge that focuses on the popular story, The Recess Queen. This challenge is printable and digital, with Google Slide & Seesaw activities. ★ Begin your lesson by reading The Recess Queen by Alexis O’neill as a whole group. Introduce your class to the building challenge. Students will be challenged to create a piece of playground equipment that everyone can ha
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1st - 4th
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Halloween STEM Challenge 3D Shapes October STEAM Activities Witch Fall Low Prep
This Halloween STEM challenge will get student to design their own haunted tower and use math skills to answer questions. Includes a DIGITAL version too! Students will review shapes with the slide show, and try building those 3D shapes.LOW PREP for any maker space or STEAM class. Great for lower elementary as a center or as a whole class activity. Set up is easy! Use foam balls or play doh and tooth picks!Looking for more Halloween challenges? Save 30% and receive ALL activities! CLICK HERE fo
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K - 3rd
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Finish the Drawing Thanksgiving STEAM Challenge Disguise a Turkey Trouble FREE
Looking for a critical thinking fall activity? Students will think outside the box to disguise a TURKEY! They will be challenged to finish the drawing & turn it into something new!Want more FALL STEM? Click here to view the Full Fall STEM Challenge Bundle with 5 activities! These activities will get students to think in a unique way. Use this as a warm up or entire lesson. Incorporate creative writing to create a full lesson. Includes printable & digital versions! Even incorporate writi
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1st - 4th
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Earth Day STEM Challenge Spring Activities Bird Feeder Craft Science Birds April
This Spring STEM challenge will show off your students' creative thinking skills!! Students will learn about birds and build a bird feeder using recyclable materials only. The digital slide show includes fun interactive activities about birds and what they eat. This is great for Earth Day & all April long!★Save 30% off by purchasing the year long bundle & all future challenges FREE!THE STEM CHALLENGE:Your students can create a bird feeder out of recyclablesMATERIALS NEEDED:Use basic recy
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1st - 4th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Love Monster Valentine's Day STEM Challenge February Activities Chocolate Box
This Valentine's Day, challenge your students to create their own chocolate box design. This is a perfect STEM Challenge for February. Include literacy by reading Love Monster and the Last Chocolate. This challenge is printable and digital, with Google Slide & Seesaw activities. ★ Begin your lesson by reading Love Monster and the Last Chocolate, by Rachel Bright as a whole group. Introduce your class to the building challenge. Students will be challenged to create their own chocolate box.
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1st - 4th
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Winter STEAM Challenge Snow Craftivity Snowman Art Activity December January
This Winter STEAM challenge craft is a perfect way to incorporate art, writing & creativity! Students will think outside the box to create a snowman or snowflake with a TINKER TRAY! Available in both printable + DIGITAL versions. Incorporate and expand writing with a creative story.Looking for more Winter challenges? Save 30% and receive ALL activities! CLICK HERE for the BUNDLE.LOW PREP for any maker space or STEAM class. Can be used as a center or as a whole class activity.A tinker tray i
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K - 3rd
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Team building STEM Activities Teamwork First week of school Intro to STEAM Skill
Start off the year by reviewing STEM SKILLS. This STEM Activity will review the skill of TEAMWORK. This is a great whole group lesson that is printable & digital. Teamwork is an important part of any STEM activity – and not just STEM! Teamwork allows each person to be an active part of the group. Teamwork gives each person a sense of ownership in the problem solving process. Of course, teamwork also gives students the opportunity to learn to work together. In this activity, students will dis
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1st - 4th
Fall STEM Challenge November STEAM Activities Leaf Machine Story
This Fall, challenge your students to create a leaf machine! This is a perfect STEM Challenge for October or November. Include literacy with this is an easy-to-set up STEM activity that focuses on fall leaves. This challenge is printable and digital, with Google Slide & Seesaw activities. ★ Begin your lesson by reading a book on fall leaves as a whole group. Introduce your class to the building challenge. Students will be challenged to create their own way to collect leaves.★ Review the Eng
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1st - 4th
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STEM Activities Growth Mindset Team Building Activities STEAM Challenges
Start off the year by reviewing STEM SKILLS. This STEM Activity will review the skill of GROWTH MINDSET. This is a great whole group lesson that is printable & digital. Growth Mindset is an important part of any STEM activity & not just STEM! Growth mindset means not giving up! Things can be hard at first, but it is important to keep trying. Growth mindset helps students think positively about their work.In this activity, students will discuss what a growth mindset means.Students will th
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1st - 4th
Tree Diagrams: What Are All The Possibilities (3 math activities)
There are 3 Math Station Activities in this packet for practice with Tree Diagrams through the use of manipulatives. Using a simple direction card on the outside of the bag, students will sort (factor) the picture cards into all the possibilities. They start with one pile (attribute) to build around. There are no extras so when all the cards are used, they know they are done.
1. Ice cream cones and different flavor ice cream scoops
2. Shirts and shorts
3. Coffee, Pie, Plates
At the end of
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1st - 4th
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Team Building Back to School STEM Activities Brainstorming Intro to STEAM
Start off the year by reviewing STEM SKILLS. This STEM activity will review the skill of BRAINSTORMING. Students will complete a task, plus encourage discussion questions! Tie in SEL too! This is a great whole group lesson that is printable & digital. ⭐GET ALL 5 SKILLS: Brainstorming, Teamwork, Interest & Talents, Communication & Growth Mindset. All are included in THIS BUNDLE.Brainstorming is an important part of any STEM activity – and not just STEM! Brainstorming allows students t
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1st - 4th
STEM Activities Team Building Activities STEAM Challenges Back to School
Start off the year by reviewing STEM SKILLS. This STEM Activity will review the skill of COMMUNICATION with a discussion & building activity. This is a great whole group lesson that is printable & digital. Communication is an important part of any STEM activity – and not just STEM! Communication allows students share their ideas clearly and listen to their teammates. Good communication means everyone in the group is heard and feels like their ideas are important. In this activity, studen
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1st - 4th
Brainwaves - Skills - PowerPoint - Back to School
Brainwaves - Skills PowerPoint is a presentation where you can explore:A poemReview or warm-up questions about knowledge. An introduction to skills.Exploring different skills.Discussion questions.I have created this resource as one of my first Back to School e-learning lessons with my new First grade class. (This resource goes with Brainwaves - Knowledge).Discover the importance of a growth mindset with your students. Explore how our brains work and how we are learning every day. ClassDojo has c
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K - 2nd
Brainwaves - Knowledge - PowerPoint - Back to School
Brainwaves - Knowledge PowerPoint is a presentation where you can explore:A poemParts of the brain Some of the functions of each part of the brain.General knowledgeI have created this resource as one of my first Back to School e-learning lessons with my new First grade class.ClassDojo has created a great video that fits perfectly with this resource:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zrtHt3bBmQPlease see the Video Preview to know exactly what to expect.This resource was created on MS PowerPoint so
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K - 2nd
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