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Computer science Common Core SL.3.1 resources
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Back to School STEM Activities Intro Booklet What is STEAM First Day of School
Are you looking for a way to introduce STEM to your class? This STEM introduction booklet is the perfect resource! Discuss the importance of science, technology, engineering, art, math, and the design process. The booklet is available in both English and Spanish, and it can be used in Google Slides or as a printable PDF.This booklet is a great way to start an open discussion with your students about STEM. It can help them to understand the different components of STEM and how they all work toget
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Build a Shelter STEM Project | STEM Survival Camp
You are sent off into the wild with limited supplies. You have to stay quite a few days, but need a safe place to sleep. How can you build a shelter that will withstand different types of weather? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore different weather patterns, shelter building tips, building a design and testing it under various conditions. Print-and-go and digital resources to guide creation and exploration while using the Engineering Design Process. Click here to re
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS3-2
Also included in: 5th Grade STEM Project Ideas | Growing Year Long Bundle
Robot Sleds | Dog Sled Race | STEM Activities for Winter
Robot Sleds where students go through the Engineering Design Process. A lesson where students create a sled for their robot and code to pull it through the Iditarod Dog Sled Race!______________________________STEM projects are a great way to encourage creativity, collaboration and critical thinking. With the tools that I created for you, it should save you time with prep and give you more time to provide an awesome experience for your kids. ______________________________A Engineering Design Proc
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Technology & STEM Activities for Winter | Bundle
Weathering and Erosion Science Experiments | Water Erosion Solutions STEM
Erosion happens naturally in our world by wind, ice, water and more. How can you create a solution that helps reduce the impact of water erosion? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore the difference between weathering and erosion, water erosion invention inspiration, building a design and testing it using soil and water. Print-and-go and digital resources to guide creation and exploration.==========================================STEM Challenges are a great way to enco
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 2-ESS2-1
Also included in: STEM Challenges for 2nd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
Cardboard Game Ideas | Not a Box Lesson Plan
A box isn’t just a box. After reading the story Not a Box by Antoinette Portis, students will be inspired with cardboard game ideas and create a marble maze. By going through the Engineering Design Process, students will explore different types of forces, changes in direction and speed, create thoughtful game rules, receive feedback and modify their design. _______________________________Even as a K-5 STEM teacher, I still value the importance of reading and comprehension. With my STEM & Sto
Grades:
1st - 4th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
Tips for Cyber Safety | #goldilocks | STEM & Stories
Teach the importance of internet safety and sharing information with this digital citizenship lesson. After reading the story, #goldilocks: A Hashtag Cautionary Tale by Jeanne Willis, students will learn the importance of sharing information online. By unplugged coding (no computers or robots are needed!), students will “code” the paper Goldilocks to collect the safe personal information with three different versions to play. Great for 2nd and 3rd grades._________________________Are you struggli
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Coding Lessons and Hour of Code Activities for Elementary Students K-5
Severe Weather Activities | Floods and Flooding Inventions STEM Challenge
Flooding can be an effect from severe weather like hurricanes, heavy rain and tsunamis. How can you create an invention that can prevent flooding? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore different floods that have impacted history, flood invention inspiration, building a design and testing it under flood conditions. Print-and-go and digital resources to guide creation and exploration.==========================================STEM Stations are a great way to encourage cre
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS3-2
Also included in: STEM Project Ideas for 3rd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
WEATHER & CLIMATE: NGSS for 3rd Grade (2024 Revision)
Use this open-ended project to study weather and climate.Revised: 1/21/2024(TPT GOOGLE VERSION of this product.)INCLUDES: Plan, How to search for Interactives, Standards, Note Taking Form, Rubric, Product Ideas for Students, a Google Version link, and much moreWRITTEN FOR 3RD GRADE~CAN BE MODIFIED FOR OTHER GRADES~Cover Science and Technology Standards~Students who demonstrate understanding can:3-ESS2-1. Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expec
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
NGSS:
3-ESS3-1
, 3-ESS2-1
, 3-ESS2-2
Mini Golf STEM Challenge Cardboard Properties of Matter
How can you use different properties of materials to change the way a ball rolls? Mini Golf courses have many different elements that will speed up, slow down and even stop the ball. How can you design a mini golf game that uses different materials that change the direction of the ball? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll research about properties of materials and mini golf inspiration. With this information, you’ll plan, build, modify and test a mini golf design. ===========
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 2-PS1-1
...
Also included in: STEM Challenges for 2nd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
STEM Magnet Activities MagLev Trains Makerspace Challenge
How can you show magnetic forces in action and use it make transportation even faster? MagLev, or Magnetic Levitation trains use this type of technology to move. How can you design a MagLev train that travels in a theme park? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll research about magnets and their forces, MagLev trains along with theme park inspiration. With this information, you’ll plan, build, modify and test a MagLev train and a theme park for it to travel through.STEM Challen
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 3-PS2-4
Also included in: STEM Project Ideas for 3rd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
Robot Snowflakes | Snowflake STEM Challenge | Sphero Lesson Plans
An Engineering Design Process lesson where students create a snowflake and code Sphero to trace the design! ==========================================STEM Stations are a great way to encourage creativity, collaboration and critical thinking. With the tools that I created for you, it should save you time with prep and give you more time to provide an awesome experience for your kids. Click here to read more about how I used this resource in my class!========================================A Engin
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Technology & STEM Activities for Winter | Bundle
UPDATED Grade 3 Programming Patterns Module
This purchase includes:• Launch Log [packet format]• NEWLY ADDED Worksheets for the entire Module• Vocabulary Cards for the Entire Module• NEWLY ADDED Essential Questions Card/PosterThis purchase does not include:• Access to Inkling, PLTW Presentations, PLTW-made Materials, etc.
Grades:
3rd
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Weather for 3rd Graders STEM Project | Green Screen Video
How does the weather and climate change in different locations in the world? Understanding this information helps inform people when and where they might want to travel to a place. How can you create a short video to inform others about the weather and climate from a location in the world? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll research about one location in the world and its weather and climate for each season and what people like to do for fun in this place. With this informat
Grades:
3rd - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-ESS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-ESS2-2
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Project Ideas for 3rd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
Wild Animals Activity | Protect the Food | STEM Survival Camp
You are sent off into the wild with limited supplies. You have to stay quite a few days and need to keep your food safe so that weather and animals can’t get to it. How can you create an invention that will keep your food safe while camping? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore current inventions for storing food, wild animal characteristics that impact invention design, plan, create and modify your invention prototype. This is one of 6 units I taught in my K-5 STEM cl
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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: Camping Theme Lesson Plans | Bundle | STEM Survival Camp
Natural Disaster Lesson Plans | Green Screen STEM Project
What are some of Earth’s events that naturally happen quickly? While humans can contribute to some of these events, most are considered natural disasters. How can you create a short video to inform others about a natural disaster? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll research about one natural disaster but learning about how it happens, where it happens and what people should do to stay safe. With this information, you’ll create a script and short green screen video and edit w
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 2-ESS1-1
...
Also included in: STEM Challenges for 2nd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
Roller Coaster STEM Potential and Kinetic Energy Roller Coaster
How can you show gravity, potential and kinetic energy in action? Roller coasters use these concepts to create thrilling experiences for the people riding the ride! How can you design a roller coaster that a marble can go through? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll research about gravity, potential and kinetic energy along with roller coaster inspiration. With this information, you’ll plan, build, modify and test a roller coaster design.======================================
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 5-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: 5th Grade STEM Project Ideas | Growing Year Long Bundle
Elementary School (Grades K-5) ELA Digital Citizenship Bundle (PowerPoint)
With the ever-changing climate of teaching due to the pandemic, this resource is perfect for any educator who wants to teach digital citizenship through distance learning and for those who will teach in a hybrid and/or traditional setting who want to teach these life-long skills. This includes 38 technology lessons for grades K-5 students which consists of digital citizenship lessons based off of the standards and guidelines set forth by Common Sense Media. You can do this whole-class with your
Grades:
K - 5th
Rube Goldberg Lesson | Ecosystems | STEM Challenge
In every ecosystem, there is the movement of matter between plants, animals, decomposers and the environment. How can you create a Rube Goldberg machine to show this movement? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore different ecosystems and food webs, Rube Goldberg Machine inspiration, building a design and testing it to show the transfer of energy from one living thing to the next. Print-and-go and digital resources to guide creation and exploration.=====================
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 5-LS2-1
, 5-PS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: 5th Grade STEM Project Ideas | Growing Year Long Bundle
Digital Citizenship EDITABLE Conversation Cards and Collaborative Poster
Get students talking about digital citizenship with these conversation cards and collaborative poster! Discuss the important topics of digital drama, privacy, online safety, media balance, copyright, and how to be safe & smart when using school technology. The text on both the cards and the poster's writing prompts is fully EDITABLE so you can customize them to your needs! This product includes 2 Google Slide decks - one for the cards and one for the poster. Please make sure you are able to
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Build a Car STEM Challenge Energy Transfer and Collisions
Exploring speed, energy and how energy is transferred can be a little tricky. However, you can explore these concepts through race cars. How can you design a race car that can roll through a race? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll research about energy transfer and speed along with race car inspiration. With this information, you’ll plan, build, modify and test a race car design.STEM Challenges are a great way to encourage creativity, collaboration and critical thinking. W
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 4-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: 4th Grade STEM Project Ideas | Growing Year Long Bundle
How to Create a Board Game | STEM Survival Camp
You are sent off into the wild with limited supplies. You have to stay quite a few days, but have no access to electricity or electronics. How can you create a game from the land to stay entertained? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore board game design, rule creation, building a game and testing it by receiving peer feedback. Print-and-go and digital resources to guide creation and exploration while using the Engineering Design Process. This is one of 6 units I taugh
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Project Ideas for 3rd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
Build a City STEM Challenge | Reading a Map Worksheets
Civil Engineers use GIS (Geographic Information Systems) to help them collect data about the Earth’s surface to make decisions when designing structures in a space. How can you plan and develop a community based on Earth’s features in an area? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore the role of civil engineers, what GIS is, and various digital maps, including Google Earth, of famous locations in the world. You will then build a city out of clay on a grid based on data, th
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS2-2
Also included in: 4th Grade STEM Project Ideas | Growing Year Long Bundle
Hand Sewing Makerspace Project Hiking Backpack STEM Survival Camp
You are sent off into the wild with limited supplies. You have to stay quite a few days and need to ensure you have all of the essentials that will fit in your backpack. How can you invent a purposeful hiking backpack that can be used in the wilderness? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore hiking backpack essentials, learn basic sewing skills, and create a prototype of your design.Click HERE to listen to a podcast episode all about STEM Survival Camp.This is one of 6 u
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Camping Theme Lesson Plans | Bundle | STEM Survival Camp
Birdhouse 3D Print STEM Project
How do birds find homes with the weather and humans impact their environment? Different habitats provide different resources for birds to help create their homes, but humans can help! How can you design a house to help birds in your area? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll research and compare/contrast about bird nests in nature and birdhouse design.With this information, you’ll create a 3D printed model of a birdhouse prototype. This model can help inspire making a life-siz
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 5-ESS3-1
...
Also included in: STEM Challenges for 2nd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
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