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4th grade physics resources for GATE
Fidget Spinner STEM Challenge Activities and Science Experiment
The ORIGINAL Fidget Spinner Stem Challenge & Science Lab! Discover the science of fidget spinners with this engaging and low-prep STEM activity. Practice scientific method with an exploration of variables, data collection, graphing, mean/average, and more...all while having fun!This self-paced, fidget spinner activity is print-and-go. Each activity sheet guides students through the project. STEM Challenge Overview:Students will use the included visual directions, graphic organizers, chart
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3rd - 6th
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Paper Airplane STEM Activity Project Template Challenge Low Prep Sub Plans
This is the PAPER AIRPLANE STEM ACTIVITY you are looking for! The paper airplane STEM challenge is a fun, hands-on, and EASY to implement force and motion exploration that uses paper. This is the challenge for you. ✅This activity can be used with ANY grade (students will need to be able to fold and crease paper). It's an excellent fine motor skills activity and always produces surprising results. If you are learning about force and motion or measurement, this challenge is perfect for you!✅ What
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Low Prep STEM Activities and Challenges 10 Engineering Design Process Projects
Low prep STEM activities that are highly engaging and follow the engineering design process! I've made it my mission to produce easy-to-implement and accessible challenges that have meaningful connections to STEM concepts as well as tie in with real world STEM careers.This bundle contains ⭐ 10 STEM challenges ⭐ you can do with readily available materials (low-cost and easy to prep). These are wonderful for team-building and can be used with a wide grade range. These can be used in the classroom,
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
Egg Drop STEM PBL Engineering Science Lab - 3rd - 6th Grade
"You all know the story of Humpty Dumpty and his epic fall. What you don’t know is that even though the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty back together, the FBI was able to. That is how Humpty Dumpty became a secret agent..."
Engage your students with this STEM/PBL engineering science lab to help design a device that will assist Agent Dumpty in surviving a jump from a second story window on his next case. Working in collaborative groups students will assess the problem, design a plan, crea
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3rd - 6th
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Roller Coaster Force and Motion PBL | Project Based Learning Science Enrichment
Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach about different force and motion or Newton's Laws of Motion? This project allows students to learn about friction, interia, gravity, speed, momentum, and much more by designing their own roller coaster!What is project based learning?Project Based Learning (PBL) is a hands-on way for students to learn as they design, build, and/or research a solution to reach the project's goal or a solution.The project is broken into parts so students can easily stay o
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-PS2-4
, 3-PS2-2
, MS-PS2-3
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Also included in: Science PBL | Project and Problem Based Learning Bundle
STEM Activities - 10 Low Prep STEM Challenges Careers Engineering Design Process
STEM activities and challenges your students will ❤️ love ❤️! This resource has 10 easy to implement STEM challenges that follow the engineering design process, and you can do with very little prep (not quite no prep but that's pretty much impossible with STEM)! Not only can these be used with a wide grade range, these were created to get students working in small teams, collaborating, and explore various STEM careers. I like to call these "10 STEM Challenges You Can Do TODAY!"✅ STEM Career Conn
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
Fortnite STEM Parachute Challenge and Activity
This STEM activity is a great group activity for your students and fans of Fortnite. The challenge in this activity is to design a more efficient parachute to jump out of the Battle Bus. The students need to work together to complete the challenge and experiment. This Fortnite activity is perfect for a back to school activity or all year around. You do not need to know what Fortnite is (your students will) to do this challenge, but this will earn you your kids respect and you will be that "cool
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3rd - 8th
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Sphero Basics: Movement Card Set
This card set describes the basic movement commands to program the sphero. This card set is designed for use with the SpheroEDU app.Great as a reference when doing any coding challenges with the sphero! Includes cards for the students and full pages for projection.
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2nd - 12th
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Also included in: Sphero Card Set Bundle 1
Halloween STEM Activities with Candy Corn Catapult and Tower
What's better than a low-prep candy corn STEM challenge? How about 2 of them! In these activities, students will need to use teamwork and perseverance. They will create a tower using just candy corn and one other material. They will also iteratively redesign a simple catapult to maximize the trajectory distance of the candy corn!✅ What You'll Get ✅Teacher instructions and lesson planEditable recording pagesDifferentiated recording page options that guide students through the engineering design p
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Grades:
1st - 6th
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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
...
Also included in: Candy Corn Science and Fall STEM Activities
Egg Drop STEM Challenge
**Newly Revised! Download for additional pages and NGSS alignment**Get your engineers thinking, planning, designing, and building with this STEM challenge. Students will work to create a device that keeps an egg safe when dropped from different heights. Eggs can be dropped off tables, countertops, or even the roof!This project is to be primarily completed at home, so that students may use materials from around their house.Depth and Complexity icons are embedded in student work pages.
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
STEM Challenge - Desktop Putt-putt Golf Elementary GATE and Middle School
Two fun, hands-on lessons here which teach physical science concepts such as momentum, friction, elastic and inelastic collisions, and Newton’s Laws of Motion! National core standards including physical science and expository writing? 21st Century Learning Skills? Critical Thinking? They’re all here too!
These two lessons will take two or more hours of instruction time and are appropriate for 4th grade GATE classes through regular 8th grade science.
These lessons are the quick and easy versi
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: KID CREATED GAMES Standards-based STEM and Math Games Bundle
Inertia And Gravity Experiment | The Laws Of Motion Grade 2 3 | Print or Digital
Investigate inertia and gravity in this hands-on experiment for 2nd and 3rd graders. Aligned with NGSS. Teachers will love its' ease of use, simple materials, and watching students get excited about science. Students will love uncovering the magic of the laws of motion. This investigation has it all to meet the standards.Digital and Distance Learning Approved. This is a great way to get students to use the scientific method at home. The only supplies needed are a container, cardboard, and pen
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2nd - 4th
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NGSS:
3-PS2-1
, 3-PS2-2
Lunar Landers: An NGSS-Aligned Engineering Challenge
Help students explore gravitational forces through this hands-on engineering challenge. Students can complete this project individually, in pairs, or in teams. We have done this project with materials in class and also as an at-home project. Both work great!The mission is to create a lunar lander that will protect the cargo onboard (an egg) and keep it crack-free. Students will put their lander through numerous trials (recording sheets included) as well as spend time reflecting and addressin
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
3D Smart Phone Holographic Viewer - Physics of Light and Reflection
This lab is super inexpensive and so much fun! Students construct a four sided plastic prism from transparency film to view hologram videos found on Youtube. This quick and easy activity is related to light and reflection and is a great follow up to the physics of mirrors. It’s also a great filler for one of those odd days where one glass is longer than the others or if you need to wow your supervisor.You can make four viewers per sheet of transparency. I simply gave a call out for them at m
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4th - 12th
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Marble Run Lab Sheet
This data sheet walks students through the design process of making a slow marble run.I included areas where they need to measure and average times.
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3rd - 6th
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Hockey Science - The Physics of Hockey - Easy Science Investigation!
Students investigate the force and motion used in hockey shots by experimenting with skinny sticks and small wooden circles for hockey sticks and pucks.
Your young scientists record data about taking shots from different angles and distances in a short booklet.
Links to a related video and suggested books are included in this product.
When we completed this activity I heard one of my students say - "That was so fun!" I'm sure your students will enjoy (and learn from) this activity, too!
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2nd - 5th
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Valentine's STEM Activities with ❤️ Hearts ❤️ Cardiac STEM Challenges
Try these Valentine's day heart-themed STEM challenges with your students! They will create a stethoscope to hear a heartbeat (or sound through earbuds or a speaker) and a paper heart tower that is easy to set up but tricky to master. Students will need to use trial and error as well as balancing skills to craft this tower!❤️ What You'll Get ❤️Teacher instructions and lesson planDifferentiated recording page options that guide students through the engineering design process, including editable o
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Grades:
1st - 6th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
STEM Paper Helicopter a Science and Engineering Challenge
This STEM science and engineering challenge will see students create a helicopter that rotates when dropped. It engages the students and challenges them to think about helicopter flight and what determines flight. This challenge looks at speed, direction, size, and use of wings.This pack contains everything you need. All you need to do is print it off and you are up and running. It can be used as either a group activity or an individual. I usually do it as a group as then you can allocate member
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3rd - 9th
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Also included in: STEM Flight Experiments with Science and Engineering Challenges Bundle
Christmas STEM Activities with Candy Canes - Chair & Crane
What's better than a low-prep candy cane STEM challenge? How about 2 of them! In these activities, students will need to use teamwork and perseverance. They will create a chair using 4 candy canes and other materials. They will create a crane that can pick up and move a candy cane!✅ What You'll Get ✅Teacher instructions and lesson planDifferentiated recording page options that guide students through the engineering design process, including editable options2 STEM activities: chair challenge and
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1st - 6th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
Also included in: Candy Cane Science and STEM BUNDLE
STEM Flight with Straw Rocket a Science and Engineering Challenge Activity
This STEM science and engineering challenge will challenge students concept of flight. The lesson begins with a technology challenge to construct a straw rocket with the materials given and then leads into questions about design, and launch angle. This pack contains everything you need (except straws). All you need to do is print it off and you are up and running. It can be used as either a group activity or an individual. I usually do it as a group as then you can allocate members various roles
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3rd - 9th
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STEM Flying Straw a Science and Engineering Challenge
This STEM science and engineering challenge will challenge students in what flight looks like. The lesson begins with a technology challenge to construct a paper plane with the materials given and then leads into the science lesson. This challenge looks at speed, direction, size, and types of wings.This pack contains everything you need (except straws). All you need to do is print it off and you are up and running. It can be used as either a group activity or an individual. I usually do it as a
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3rd - 9th
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Also included in: STEM Flight Experiments with Science and Engineering Challenges Bundle
Ground Effect Vehicle
Ground effect vehicles are able to move over smooth surfaces by gaining support fromt he movement of air pushing aginst the surface of the earth.Print out the attached worksheet ON CARDSTOCK1. Students need to cut out their GEV by cutting close to the blue line but NOT ON the blue line. 2. They can color the device if they would like. Color pencil and crayons ONLY. The ink from a marker could weigh down the device.3. They will then need to fold along the pink line.4. Add two clips- this is one o
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, HS-PS2-2
...
Fun Design Iteration Engineering Challenge Lesson: Make a Mini Basketball Game
Ready to get your class active, hands-on, and maybe a tiny bit rowdy? This is the engineering design project for you! In this lesson, students will work together to build mini basketball games. They will select from materials around the house or the classroom to construct the game using various materials as a ball, a hoop, and a launcher using a fulcrum. Each group will try at least three different configurations that will lead them to their final design. This teaches kids how to iterate their d
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Let it Snow!
This is a science lab that teaches students the difference between polymers and monomers. Age range from K-6th grade. Explore the scientific method, while expanding the vocabulary of each student by creating artificial snow that can be handled and manipulated. *will need to purchase insta snow polymer from online source.
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Grades:
K - 8th, Higher Education
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