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2nd grade engineering Common Core RI.3.3 resources
Build a Bridge STEM Challenge | Google Classroom
STEM Bridge Challenge is an engaging activity that your students will love while learning and researching bridges. Students research, design, and create bridges going through the Engineering Design Process. Children's Literature such as: Iggy Peck Architect, Twenty-One Elephants and Still Standing, Secret Engineer, and Where Is the Brooklyn Bridge? can be used to launch the STEM challenge and to integrate literature into your STEM. Researching famous bridges such as: The Brooklyn Bridge and th
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in:Â STEM Landmarks & Celebrations Around the World Activities
Winter Sports STEM Activity
This resource is one your kids will remember you for! Take engagement to the next level with these super fun STEM/ STEAM challenges teaching winter sports. Teach your students all about forces and motion with these STEM activities! Now you can integrate science, reading, math, and writing with these fun activities. You'll get five complete lessons that'll make lesson planning a breeze. This resource DOES NOT include videos as we encourage students to think creatively. I've included pictures for
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Also included in:Â STEAM Activities and Challenges Bundle
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade & More! : 2022 Version
Strike up the band and hold on to your balloons! It is Thanksgiving time and that means the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! Make the most of this special holiday by immersing your students in active learning, favorite picture books, design challenges, and technology activities... all centered around one of our favorite holidays! Set the stage for the parade by taking a look at how Thanksgiving became an official holiday. We usually focus on the Pilgrims and Native Americans at this time of the y
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
STEM Activities for Read Across America Week
Your students are going to love these Read Across America STEM activities and challenges! Now, you can integrate your reading celebration with math, history, and science! Materials are easy, and the activities are super engaging! This includes a Theodore Geisel 5E lesson to make planning simple.Click here to save BIG with the March STEAM bundle!! Here's what you'll get: objectives/standards5E lesson planextra resourcesKWHL chartTheodore Geisel reading passage with comprehension questionsanswer k
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
 ...
Also included in:Â STEAM Activities and Challenges Bundle
STEM: Plants and Food Waste
In this HUGE project based learning unit, you will receive lessons on composting, plants, gardening, food waste, pollution, and community service. The first unit is on the effects of food waste, the largest contributor to our landfills, then your students will grow their own garden using food scraps for the second unit. If you'd like to see these activities in action, check us out on Instagram @thebrainybee. With this bundle you will receive the following activities and more!
Unit Plans
Links
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Rube Goldberg Machines - 11 day Cross-Curricular Unit
Rube Goldberg was an engineer-turned-cartoonist who is best known for his comics with ridiculous inventions. This action-packed, engaging, and rigorous unit includes 11 days worth of lessons where students learn about Rube Goldberg, create a comic, design and build a machine, and then create a video summary of their learning. These lessons are great for gifted/talented students!This download includes: 11 detailed lessonsDifferentiated student worksheetsDesign Brief TemplateAn video alternative f
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Mardi Gras Activities
Your students are going to love these Mardi Gras STEM activities! Now, you can integrate Mardi Gras with math, history, and science!. Materials are simple, and the activities are highly engaging!This includes Mardi Gras lessons to make planning simple.Here's what you'll get: objectives/standards5E lesson planextra resourcesKWHL chartMardi Gras reading passage with comprehension questionsanswer keyoptional bookletteacher background infoSTEM planning sheet2 Mardi Gras STEAM activitiesreflection sh
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
 ...
Also included in:Â STEAM Activities and Challenges Bundle
Lunar New Year 2024 | Chinese New Year 2024
Your students are going to love these STEM activities and challenges! You'll start by sparking curiosity with a great book. Then, you'll feed their interest with 12 FUN chopstick challenges. Materials are easy and challenges are FUN! Here's what you'll get: objectives/standards5E lesson planextra resourcesKWHL chartChinese New Year reading passage with comprehension questionsanswer keyoptional bookletteacher background infoSTEM planning sheet12 chopstick challengesstudent scorecardsreflection sh
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in:Â STEAM Activities and Challenges Bundle
Martin Luther King Jr. STEM Activity with Reading Passage | MLK Activities
Celebrate the life of Dr. King with this engaging Martin Luther King Jr. STEM Activity. Students will learn about the March on Washington through reading and research. Then, they'll create a 3D map of the march. Spark critical thinking with this inspiring lesson about civil rights.I've included tons in this resource, and don't expect you to use everything. I did this so that you'll have an opportunity to pick and choose what works best for you and your students. This resource includes: objective
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 3-PS2-4
Also included in:Â STEAM Activities and Challenges Bundle
Pi Day Activities
Your students are going to love these Pi Day activities with STEM! Now, you can integrate Pi Day with math, history, and science! Materials are easy, and the activities are super engaging! This includes a Pi Day 5E lesson to make planning simple.Click here to save BIG with the March STEAM bundle!! Here's what you'll get: objectives/standards5E lesson planextra resourcesKWHL chartPi Day reading passage with comprehension questionsanswer keyoptional bookletteacher background infoSTEM planning shee
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
 ...
Also included in:Â STEAM Activities and Challenges Bundle
Wright Brothers & Kitty Hawk CLOSE READING 5 LEVELED PASSAGES Main Idea Fluency
LEVELED PASSAGES! CHOOSE EACH STUDENT'S READING LEVEL. ALL STUDENTS WILL HAVE SAME CONTENT, VOCAB, AND QUESTIONS!"Wright Brothers & Kitty Hawk Fun FACTS"ALL READERS COVERED! INFORMATIONAL TEXTDifferentiated CurriculumMain IdeaFluency CheckClose ReadingTDQ'sPicture with Annotation and ELA QuestionEXTRA TDQ's Sheet to print on the backALL-ON-ONE SHEET TO Save Time and Paper!Print-and-GoNO FLUFF-Save printer inkELA alignedUse for HW, whole/individual instruction, handoutsPerfect file for sub-pl
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Makerspace STEM: Earth Day STEM Activities Reduce, Reuse, Recycle & Read Aloud
Celebrate Earth Day and boost engagement with this fun, interactive Makerspace trash robot activity about environmental care (reduce, reuse, recycle). It includes close reading activities such as questions, vocabulary, main idea, and more, as well as a Makerspace STEM extension where students create their own robots out of trash! Makerspace in early elementary is filled with projects, designs, and ideas that inspire, motivate, and challenge children in the classroom or library. This makerspace
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
Groundhog Day Science Experiment with Reading Passages and STEM Activity
Your students are going to love these STEM activities and challenges! You'll start by sparking curiosity with a great book. Then, you'll feed their interest with 3 EXCITING activities. Materials are easy and the activities are highly engaging! Here's what you'll get: objectives/standards5E lesson planextra resourcesKWHL chartGroundhog Day reading passage with comprehension questionsanswer keyoptional bookletteacher background infoSTEM planning sheet3 Groundhog Day activitiesreflection sheetMater
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Types:
Also included in:Â STEAM Activities and Challenges Bundle
March STEM Activities and Challenges Bundle
Put some STEAM in your classroom with these FUN March STEM activities and challenges. These March activities are the perfect way to keep your students engaged in learning! Each lesson is differentiated to meet the needs of most elementary students. STEAM is STEM with the arts! Each lesson includes the arts! Click here to view year long STEAM activities bundle! This growing bundle will be complete before March 1.Topics will include:Read Across America Pi DaySt. Patrick's DaySpringThese activities
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
2-LS2-2
February STEM Activities
Put some STEAM in your classroom with these FUN February STEAM Activities. These February activities are the perfect way to keep your students engaged in learning! Each lesson is differentiated to meet the needs of most elementary students. STEAM is STEM with the arts! Each lesson includes the arts! This bundle includes:Groundhog Day STEM - Students learn about statistics and fractions with a fun math game. They also explore shadows and create a groundhog burrow.Valentine's STEM - Students creat
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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Simple Machines Unit for Grades 1 to 3
Need something to liven up your scientific study of simple machines beyond pictures in books? Need hands-on exposures? Need examples of basic tools and how they are used in the world? This unit can supplement your existing curriculum or stand alone as an introductory or basic resource. The teaching suggestions and great visual materials would, also, make a great unit at year’s end or adaptation for distance learning. The PBL project would work as homework or a classroom based assignment, too. He
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 2-PS1-3
 ...
Novel Study: Sydney and Simon: Full STEAM Ahead! (Print + DIGITAL)
This is a 90+ page, Common Core aligned, complete novel study for Sydney and Simon: Full STEAM Ahead! by Paul Reynolds. This NO PREP book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED.This fun STEM / STEAM chapter book (Lexile 740) is great for integrating science, math, art, and literature in your classroom. Reynolds does an amazing job of teaching science concepts
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2nd - 4th
Types:
Also included in:Â 3rd Grade Novel Study Bundle (Print + DIGITAL)
Makerspace STEM: Earth Day Activities Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Read-Aloud Bundle
Celebrate Earth Day and boost engagement with this fun, interactive Makerspace trash robot activity about environmental care (reduce, reuse, recycle). This BUNDLE includes both print and digital versions. This resource also includes close reading activities such as questions, vocabulary, main idea, and more, as well as a Makerspace STEM extension where students create their own robots out of trash! Combine literature and Makerspace/STEM Activities with this Recycle, Reduce, Reuse Bundle. (Print
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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iHeartSTEAM Hero Stories: Project Based Learning Bundle (Distance Learning)
iHeartSTEAM Stories Series is my favorite way to start any STEM/STEAM project-based learning unit..... with good literature. Each unit accompanies a book to introduce the STEAM Hero. The volume 1 bundle includes: Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Temple Grandin, Sarah Breedlove Walker, and Jane Goodall! The best! Don't worry if you don't have access to the read aloud. A complete comprehension story is included in every unit! Loaded with Design elements and STEAM!Included:Sarah Breedlove WalkerSarah Breedlove
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 4th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
Weather & Climate STEM Centers
Weather and Climate STEM Centers Pack covers tornadoes, challenges, world climates, south and north pole, topography, landforms, seasons, and anemometer experiment. The Resource Includes:1. Extreme weather- Tornadoes Background Knowledge and challenges2. Vocabulary3. STEM Challenge4. The World Climates5. South and North Pole6. Topography7. STEM Landforms Challenge 8. Seasons Activity Book9. STEM Anemometer Challenge*********************************************************************************
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle READ ALOUD Makerspace & STEM Activity Digital
Celebrate Earth Day and boost engagement with this fun, digital Makerspace trash robot activity about environmental care (reduce, reuse, recycle). It includes close reading activities such as questions, vocabulary, main idea, and more, as well as a Makerspace STEM extension where students create their own robots out of trash! Recycle, Reduce, Reuse Makerspace/STEM Close Reading and Project Distance Learning Version is a great way to take a closer look at the main idea, connections across text,
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
STEAM Life Cycle Activities | Project-Based Learning
This 2nd Grade STEAM Project will help students learn about life cycles through project-based learning. Background:I love teaching my students about life cycles, but wanted to create a STEAM project that would help my students develop ELA skills while solidifying their understanding of different life cycles. This set of activities is the result! Included: This product includes 4 connected lessons/activities that can be done in groups or individually. The goal is for students to help a zoo create
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
Literacy and Engineering: Snowflake Bentley
Challenge your students to think and problem solve as they work on this winter themed STEM challenge. Your students will work on character traits, making observations in nature, and problem-solving. This activity includes a suggested read aloud, lesson plan, graphic organizer, and a STEM challenge. The STEM challenge includes a design page where students must describe the problem, plan their design by sketching and labeling, evaluate their end product, and make suggestions for improvement. Thi
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
 ...
Bundle- Literacy and Engineering Winter Challenges
Challenge your students to think and problem solve as they work on this winter themed STEM challenge bundle. Your students will work on literacy skills, making observations, and problem-solving. These activities include suggested read alouds, lesson plans, graphic organizers, and STEM challenges. The STEM challenges include planning, sketching, labeling, recording observations, and reflecting. These activities are a great addition to learning centers and enrichment activities. The activitie
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
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