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1st grade engineering Common Core 2.MD.A.1 resources
Goldilocks STEM Activity - Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM Design a Bed
Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM: Design a New Bed for Goldilocks! What do you get when you combine fairy tales and STEM? A fun, hands-on STEM tale! This fairy tale with a twist guides students through the engineering design process to create a new bed for Goldilocks. The storybook can be read aloud together. Students will complete it as they work through the STEM activity.⚙️ The STEM Activity ⚙️Your students will help Baby Bear build Goldilocks a new bed of her own! In this story, there is a
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
The Three Little Pigs Activity ⭐ Fairy Tale STEM Challenge ⭐
Spark curiosity, imagination, and fun with fairy tale STEM! STEM tales use a fairy tale that your students are likely already familiar with - a twist is added into the story that introduces an engineering problem. Can your students help the three little pigs solve the problem in the story? By adding in a story element, those students that might typically shy away from STEM activities may find joy in transporting themselves into a story to solve a problem. All students will follow the engineerin
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
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
Grades:
K - 5th
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Fairy Tale Activity - Hansel and Gretel STEM Challenge
*Best seller!* Can YOUR students help Hansel and Gretel outsmart the witch? They will need to use their math skills in this fairy tale with a STEM twist! The StoryYour students will help Hansel and Gretel cleverly outwit the witch to set themselves free and trap her instead! Students will need to use basic measurement skills for this project (either estimating dimensions or measuring linear dimensions). You will need STEM building materials such as cardboard, tape, straws, or pipe cleaners. You
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
STEM Activities and Makerspace Tasks for the Whole Year
My favorite lower elementary STEM center! These STEM tasks are designed for building bricks like LEGO ®. These challenge cards are easy to set up but highly rigorous. Not only will your students be working creatively to solve problems, they will be reading, writing, and using math skills. What You'll Get: Includes original set plus sets listed below!Basic STEM Mats SetTeacher instructions and sample imagesLetter to send home to parents, caregivers, and friends to ask for donations10 basic STEM M
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 4th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
STEM Activities for the Makerspace with Building Bricks like LEGO®️
The *perfect* makerspace task cards for building bricks! Reusable, print-and-go STEM mats encourage critical thinking skills and creativity, while providing hands-on building opportunities and practical math practice.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Lego engineering is the most favored activity in my second grade class. These mats are incredible. I pair up the students and give them each a tub of Legos and a mat. I just dumped all of the same colored blocks in a plastic food container and each color goes with a certai
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 5th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: STEM Activities and Makerspace Tasks for the Whole Year
Antarctica Shelter STEM Challenge - Engineering Design
Take your students on a educational journey to Antarctica with this complete lesson! Read the letter from fictitious travel guides explaining weather conditions and the hazards of living in Antarctica. Students will learn about "insulation" and "freezing point" as they complete introductory activities using dry ice (optional) and simulating animal blubber! An icebreaker activity facilitates teamwork as students must "cross the ice" to travel across the classroom while only touching sheets of p
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Grades:
K - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Explorers: Elementary STEM Curriculum + History Around the World
After the Fall Book Activities | Engineering Design Process
After the Fall book activities to guide students through the Engineering Design Process to accompany the story by Dan Santat. Great for Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd & 3rd grades. ==========================After reading the story, go through this After the Fall book activities and the Engineering Design Process with the following:STEM Challenge CardEngineering Design Task Checklist to keep track of workLearn More About Design & Video Links with ReflectionChecklist for ways students can improve
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 3rd
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Spring STEM Activities & Technology Resources | Bundle
Straw Rocket STEM Challenge (Forces & Motion)
** For 4th-10th grade Straw Rockets activity, see our product here**Rockets are always a student favorite! This STEM challenge pack includes a paper straw rocket activity, straw rocket engineering design challenge using a Pitsco launcher, student handouts, and extension problems on variable testing and test result comparison. Click here for an editable STEM journal to use with distance learning, including digital and printable versions.Topics covered in rocketry STEM challenge: Forces & moti
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Grades:
K - 3rd
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Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Elementary Grades
United States Roller Coaster STEM Challenge - Engineering Design
United States STEM Activity! Now includes digital journals.Take your students on an educational journey to Ancient Greece with this complete lesson! Learn more about STEM Explorers here.STEM Story: Read the letter from fictitious travel guides explaining early roller coasters as well as kinetic and potential energy.Science Connection: Demonstrate the effects of gravity and potential and kinetic energyEngineering Challenge: Design a roller coasterSTEM Careers: Structural engineer and neuroscienti
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Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: STEM Explorers: Elementary STEM Curriculum + History Around the World
Ancient Egypt Chariot STEM Challenge - Engineering Design (Digital)
Ancient Egypt Chariot STEM Challenge - Engineering Design with Digital JournalsTake your students on an educational journey to ancient Egypt with this complete lesson! Read the letter from fictitious travel guides explaining some of the structures, wildlife, and inventions found in Egypt. Then conduct an icebreaker activity building a pyramid out of cups. Students will test their skills deciphering a code using ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics before moving on to the highly engaging design challen
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: STEM Explorers: Elementary STEM Curriculum + History Around the World
STEM Challenge Build a Brick Race Car
Can you design a car that will travel the farthest distance when it leaves a ramp? This activity covers the Next Generation Science Standards of Engineering! There are three differentiated recording sheets:-One basic one for younger students where they circle the best result after two trials before redesigning their car-One on which students have three trials and need to find the median-Finally, one on which older students must find the average of three trialsA tips and suggestions page (incl
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 4th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
...
Ancient Greece Simple Machine Playground STEM Challenge - Engineering Design
Ancient Greece STEM Activity! Now includes digital journals. Take your students on an educational journey to Ancient Greece with this complete lesson! Learn more about STEM Explorers here. STEM Story: Read the letter from fictitious travel guides explaining the history of the Greek mathematician Archimedes and introducing simple machines. Science Connection: Students will learn about forces and the six simple machines as they complete demonstration activities and build a simple machine playgroun
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: STEM Explorers: Elementary STEM Curriculum + History Around the World
Ancient China Printer STEM Challenge - Engineering Design
Ancient China STEM Challenge - Engineering Design with Digital JournalsTravel to Ancient China with your students for an educational adventure with this complete lesson! Read the letter from fictitious travel guides explaining the invention of the Movable Type Printer in China. Students will learn about inventions and replication as they make their own movable type printers! This lesson also includes an extension activity with instructions to build and test a homemade compass which was also in
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Grades:
K - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Explorers: Elementary STEM Curriculum + History Around the World
Chile Solar Car STEM Challenge - Engineering Design
Explore the largest solar power plant in the world located in Chile as you take your students on an educational adventure with this complete lesson! Read the letter from fictitious travel guides explaining the importance of clean energy and the use of solar power. Students will learn about solar cars as they use them to complete a mission! They must make their solar car navigate the mountains and ocean surrounding the solar power plant using the engineering design process. Students also learn
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: STEM Explorers: Elementary STEM Curriculum + History Around the World
WINTER STEM: Engineering Design Process
This Winter Stem snow activity is high impact and low prep. In this Winter design challenge students are engaged in unplugged coding. You can use this resource with Bee-Bots, Dash, Dot, or any robot that will stand upright. This STEM activity is heavy on social emotional learning, communication, listening and speaking and problem solving. LOW PREP means you can implement tomorrow! I have implemented this STEM activity with multiple classes in the same grade and many different grades. THE KID
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Plants In Space STEM Challenge (Elementary)
Plants in Space Engineering Design STEM Activity: Students will learn about what plants need to survive and then build a mini greenhouse. Students are then tasked to use the engineering design process to design and build a device to support their greenhouse. Students will: Learn about an engineering problem they need to solve. Connect the problem to STEM careers and a real-world event. Gather materials and brainstorm ideas. Draw a design idea. Build and test their device. Students will keep maki
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Elementary Grades
Building Bricks STEM Challenges BUNDLE
Children love building with bricks! The task cards correlate with the NGSS Engineering Standards. Students naturally think about the properties of materials (color, size, and shape) that will best complete the challenge. They also take apart and rebuild to make their creation even better! This the perfect time to talk about steps in the engineering and design process! The cards can be used whole group, with partners, or at centers. They will also keep your early finishers engaged in a thou
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
England Pinhole Camera STEM Challenge (History + Engineering)
England STEM Challenge - Engineering Design with Digital JournalsTake your students on an educational journey to England with this STEM lesson! Read the letter from fictitious travel guides explaining the innovation of the light bulb in England which led to the use of light bulbs in homes and theaters. Students will learn about light refraction and camera obscure as the foundation of how optics work like our eyes and a camera. Then students will complete an engineering design challenge to build
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: STEM Explorers: Elementary STEM Curriculum + History Around the World
STEAM Maker Challenge Bundle (A4 Size)
This bundle includes all you need for 6 STEAM explorations that can be used in a variety of ways, from 15-20 minute challenges to multiple-period explorations.Designed with emerging English language speakers in mind, these activities can be used in mainstream as well as bilingual classrooms, with learners from various backgrounds and levels of ability. They are also designed to introduce or reinforce different language objectives, such as the use ofComparative and superlative adjectivesSimple pr
Grades:
1st - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
, 2-PS1-2
...
STEAM Maker Challenge Bundle (8.5 x 11)
This bundle includes all you need for 6 STEAM explorations that can be used in a variety of ways, from 15-20 minute challenges to multiple-period explorations.Designed with emerging English language speakers in mind, these activities can be used in mainstream as well as bilingual classrooms, with learners from various backgrounds and levels of ability. They are also designed to introduce or reinforce different language objectives, such as the use ofComparative and superlative adjectivesSimple pr
Grades:
1st - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
, 2-PS1-2
...
Properties of Solids with STEM Tower Building Challenge
This properties of solids challenge should be done after students have an understanding of properties of matter. Included in this product are a set of instructions for the challenge, two different planning sheets, a recording sheet for recording the properties of the objects used in the challenge, as well as a tips and suggestions sheet based on my experience.❤️Click Here to Follow Us!Related Products⭐ Tower Building Challenges and Recording Sheets⭐ BUNDLE of Brick Building STEM Challenges for
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
2-PS1-4
, 2-PS1-1
, 2-PS1-2
, 2-PS1-3
Also included in: MATTER Mega Bundle for Elementary Grades
The Great Pumpkin Drop
Get ready for an engaging STEAM unit with “The Great Pumpkin Drop.” Not only will your students practice their engineering design and math skills, they will also create an opinion letter based on their Great Pumpkin Drop results. An amazing resource for teachers who want to encompass math and ELA skills with an engaging hands-on STEAM activity. Students will learn about the structure of a pumpkin and then use that information to work in teams to build the ultimate Great Pumpkin Drop container.
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
...
Communicative Activities (for STEAM Maker Challenge Cards) (A4 Size)
STEAM Maker Challenge Cards Extension: Communicative Activities for Language DevelopmentBe sure to download the FREE Teacher Guide!These activities are further expansions of the STEAM Maker Challenge Cards.* They focus on developing oracy, design skills, critical thinking, and teamwork, alongside STEAM skills. After learners construct something--alone or in groups--they are guided to look closely at the product and think carefully about the experience. These tasks are followed by an interactive
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-PS2-2
, 2-PS1-2
...
Also included in: STEAM Maker Challenge Bundle (A4 Size)
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