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Engineering Common Core 4.MD.A.2 resources
STEM Oil Spill Challenge - Earth Day STEM Activity
Oil Spill STEM Activity - Great for Earth Day! Learn about the effects of an oil spill on the environment through a hands-on engineering challenge! The goal of this challenge is to clean up all of the oil from the feathers and from the water in the time provided. Students will work in teams to devise a plan to get the oil spill cleaned up in a specified time of work. Distance learning update: Activity has been updated to accommodate distance learning including instructions on creating a material
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 5-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ESS3-3
...
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
The Ultimate Paper Airplane STEAM Project: 10 Day Engineering Design Challenge
Every year since I started teaching, I've done a paper airplane contest. When I first started around 10 years ago, it was a quick contest that lasted just a few minutes. Gradually, as my experience as an educator grew, this project began to grow into what it is today... A 10 day cross-curricular mega project! I always say that student engagement is the key to learning, and I can almost guarantee that your students will be engaged during these activities! They will be measuring, graphing, reading
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
What to Do with a Box Back to School READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge
Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy get back to hands-on learning in your classroom at the Beginning of the School Year!Explore what you can do with a cardboard box. Students imagine, design, test, and write about a unique invention of their own. After they have built it, they write a newspaper ad selling their new invention that will change the world!Connect to a Read Aloud: What to Do with a Box by Jane YolenThis STEM Project is a companion activity to What to do with a Box by Jane Yolen. Th
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Thanksgiving STEM Activities Opinion Writing and Reading Passages Science & Math
Have the most exciting lesson with these highly engaging Thanksgiving STEM Activities! Your students will be challenged to create a device to knock down the turkeys! I've included TONS of options so you can differentiate it to meet the needs of your classroom with these Turkey Math & Science Activities.Your students will get to explore all different subjects with opinion writing, math and science activities, and reading passages about Thanksgiving! This resource includes: How to use pageTeac
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, K-PS2-2
, K-PS2-1
Fishing for Math Fact Fluency STEM Challenge for Summer Math Review
Integrate STEM in your classroom with this super fun Fishing STEM Activity and Math Fact Fluency Fishing Game!Keep students engaged during summer school and help get them ready for the next grade! Engage students in a fun and creative way with this Math Fact Fluency STEM challenge! This activity would work great for Math Test Prep or Math Fact Summer Review. Students build a fishing pole to use in a Math Fact Fluency Fishing Game. They must use money to budget how much of each item to purchase b
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 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: Elementary STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA BUNDLE
STEM Spring Challenges! (Spring Break & Easter Activities)
Keep students motivated with the One Week Spring STEM Challenge! This activity is perfect to keep students learning during Spring Break or Easter holidays. This calendar is based on our popular Summer and Winter Break Activity Calendars. Activities are straightforward and accessible to students of all levels with little or no supplies needed. Activities provide hands-on learning that will ignite students’ curiosity in exploring the world around us. The daily activities will incorporate math conc
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Activity Calendar Bundle
The Ultimate Paper Airplane STEAM Project + Escape Room: 10 Day Challenge
Every year since I started teaching, I've done a paper airplane contest. When I first started around 12 years ago, it was a quick contest that lasted just an afternoon. Gradually, as my experience as an educator grew, this project began to grow into what it is today... A 10 day cross-curricular mega project! I always say that student engagement is the key to learning, and I can guarantee that your students will be engaged during these activities! They will be measuring, graphing, reading, analyz
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, HS-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
...
Alice in Wonderland | Reading and STEM Activities
Alice in Wonderland | Reading and STEM ActivitiesAlice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is a classic book that provides amazing characters, a fascinating fantasy plot, and wonderful opportunities for STEM integration. Whether the parent or teacher reads the book to the students or they read it on their own, this classic provides a rich experience with great literature. Each book chosen for this series includes:· An introduction to the author · A short synopsis of the time period in which the book
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
STEM Kid Constructions - TOPS! Cool Lessons from the Core
Tops are the tops! Let’s make our own and experiment!
Who would have thought we could blend so much science, engineering, and math into this simple little toy?
You’ve probably seen those valentines where you can punch out a circle and insert a pencil to make a top. Those are hugely disappointing. These tops, however, are COOL!
Anytime we do something cool in the classroom, we want to sneak in plenty of content with it, right? Such is the case here, and you’ll find Common Core State Standa
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
Types:
Also included in: Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
STEM/STEAM Project Based Learning 3rd-5th Grade Activity: Houseboat Engineering
This STEAM / STEM Challenge is a fantastic beginning of the year, team-building activity. Students are tasked with the challenge to design and build a Houseboat using the Engineering Design Process. This project is fantastic for 3rd graders, 4th graders, and 5th graders, and can be differentiated!Building a Houseboat STEAM Challenge includes:Classroom Set Up GuideTeacher's Materials Prep ListStep-by-step Eight-Day Lesson Plan (This can be modified to take longer or shorter amounts of time depen
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Project Based Learning STEAM CHALLENGES
3-5 GATE STEM Full Unit - Land Speeders, Sailboats, Signal Flags, and Semaphores
Time: About 11 hours+
Level: 3rd grade (quite challenging), 4th, and 5th grade
Critical thinking plus! This unit will have the students engineering and building “sailboats, “land speeders,” and signal flags from scratch, designing, thinking metaphorically, exploring new areas of math, interpreting historical primary sources and blue prints, solving real world math problems, doing grid work, using graphic design, building background knowledge in physical science, writing a short informative pi
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented COMPLETE 3RD 4TH GRADE PROGRAM Vol. 2 GATE 70+ Hours
STEM Kid Constructions MINI-GLIDER Upper Elementary GATE
Got a couple extra classroom hours? Kids bouncing off the walls eager for a vacation or a sunny day? . . . what to do? This!!!!
This STEM unit can go JUST A COUPLE HOURS OR SEVERAL HOURS—you choose.
Easily built inside two hours, these cool little mini-gliders fly very well. They’re about 100 steps up from any paper glider plans you might see, but you won’t have to break your piggy bank to purchase materials even for a large class.
Not just fun and games here: this little unit addresses
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Types:
STEM LESSON- Rube Goldberg Machine
This is Google Slides/PowerPoint STEM Lesson that can be used all at once or as a series of lessons. This Lesson explains the learning intention as WALT (We Are Learning To).This Lesson uses the LAUNCH cycle for STEM and design. There are 6 video examples of a Rube Goldeberg Machine (including some from films to engage students) and a series of questions for teachers to prompt students thinking. There is also a link to a reading about Rube Goldberg Machines that could be used as a reading compre
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 9th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Math STEM Activities | Math Tub
This STEM tub provides extensions to the upper elementary math standards. Students will be asked to build models of items that demonstrate math concepts such as perimeter, area, fractions, polygons, measurement, and time. You can extend students' learning by using the written reflection pages that are included. Watch students' engagement soar as they build models to demonstrate their understanding of their math standards!What's Included?*6 different STEM Tub Labels (6 in color, 6 in black &am
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
STEAM Project Based Learning Challenge - Building a Squirrel Home ENGINEERING
This STEAM Challenge is a fantastic beginning of the year, team-building activity. Students are tasked with the challenge to build a Squirrel Home using the Engineering Design Process. This project is fantastic for 4th graders, 5th graders, and 6th graders and can be differentiated! Building a Squirrel Home STEAM Challenge includes: Classroom Set Up Guide Teacher's Materials Prep ListStep-by-step Eight-Day Lesson Plan (This can be modified to take longer or shorter amounts of time depending on t
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Project Based Learning STEAM CHALLENGES
STEM Pumpkin Chunkin Catapult
Students will use the Engineering Design Process to guide them through the construction on a pumpkin catapult.
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Valentine's Day STEM Skimmers
Valentine Skimmers are a great way to integrate STEM into your classroom while bringing students a fun, competitive, enriching project with a Valentine theme.Students use the engineering/design process to construct wind-powered vessels that are able to bring as many candy hearts as possible across the finish line.A variety of materials can be used, giving students an opportunity to collaborate and design unique skimmers and redesign their skimmer for improved results.This activity allows your st
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Heat Energy Save Our Snowman STEM Engineering Activity Google Slideshow
Want a lesson that is laid out for you step by step on the smartboard? This is a guided lesson that will take you from start to finish as you teach your students all about heat energy and measuring the volume of a liquid. The big engineering question you will assign your students is, "Can you make a house that will insulate your "snowman" ice cube from the heat so he won’t melt?" This will all take place after you brainstorm and discuss insulators and conductors. Each slide tells you and the stu
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-PS3-2
Water Filter Challenge
Students design a water filter prototype to clean polluted water.
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-3
STEM Through the Months: October
"STEM Through the Months: October" gets you started for a great year of STEM Through the Months for Budding Scientists, Engineers, Mathematicians, Makers and Poets. This 63 page edition is part of the 166 page STEM Through the Months, Fall Edition, available on Amazon or CreateSpace Estore which includes September, October and November.
Designed for teachers and students, these activities help you make and create wonderful classroom experiences. Using monthly-themed events as a springboard and
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
STEM Spanish Hoop Glider Project/ Proyecto de Hoop Glider para STEM
Students will love this Hoop Glider experiment! Level up from the paper airplane! Students will create a Hoop Glider using the Engineering & Design Process and try to have the Hoop Glider with the longest flight distance. Students have restraints and opportunities use their creativity to better their Hoop Glider while also practicing analyzation and measurement skills. This project is all in Spanish with the exception of an extra slide of English directions as I teach in a Dual Language Sch
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
...
Egg Crash Challenge by Learn to Connect STEM
The Egg Crash Challenge by L2C is part of a series of activities that you can use for fun competition in your classroom. The Learn to Connect STEM Challenge series can be integrated into your instruction, implemented for fun end of the week activities, made part of a science club or used without the points and competition to engage your students in curriculum.
In this STEM activity the students will build background on car crashes by exploring Newton’s Laws, concepts of momentum, inertia, an
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Types:
Roller Coaster Challenge by Learn to Connect STEM
The Roller Challenge by L2C is part of a series of activities that you can use for fun competition in your classroom. The Learn to Connect STEM Challenge series can be integrated into your instruction, implemented for fun end of the week activities, made part of a science club or used without the points and competition to engage your students in curriculum.
In this STEM activity the students will build background on roller coasters by watching a video on the types of energy in roller coasters,
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 9th
Project Based Learning STEAM CHALLENGES
This STEAM Project based learning BUNDLE is a fantastic beginning of the year and team-building resource. Students are tasked with the challenge to build a Squirrel Home and Houseboat using the Engineering Design Process. This project is fantastic for 4th graders, 5th graders, 6th graders, and 7th graders and can be differentiated!Building a Squirrel Home STEAM Challenge includes: (27 pages)Classroom Set Up GuideTeacher's Materials Prep ListStep-by-step Eight-Day Lesson Plan (This can be modifie
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
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