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Free 3rd grade engineering homeschool curricula
STEAM/STEM: Engineering a Playground
Here's a fun, easily differentiable STEAM/STEM packet! Includes the 5 basic steps of the Engineering Design Process: ask, imagine, plan, create (and test), and improveThis is a 10 page document that includes:Journal CoverLetter from a Neighborhood Project ManagerEngineering Design ProcessAsk and Imagine Form2 Planning Form PagesCreate and Improve FormReflection Form Page (both guided and a blank one)This is meant to be a fun activity for parents to use in helping their students at home continu
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PreK - 12th
Rapunzel's Great Escape: A Fairy Tale Engineering Challenge (STEM/STEAM)
In this NGSS (STEAM/STEM) aligned Engineering Challenge, students are asked to rescue Rapunzel from the tower.
They are asked to plan, log their changes and then reflect upon their designs.
Children are only allowed to use tape, scissors, string and paper so there is MINIMAL PREP!
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Grades:
K - 4th
Gummy Bear STEM Challenge
STEM has become an important part of the classroom and there's no reason why young learners can't take part in the fun!
This Gummy Bear STEM Challenge has children listening to the classic fairy tale, The Gingerbread Boy. Then they listen to a slight adaptation of the fairy tale, called The Gummy Bear Boy, included in the pack The Gummy Bear Boy has a problem! He needs to get away from the little boy who created him and wants to eat him, but he comes across a river that he cannot cross witho
Grades:
PreK - 3rd
Electricity and Circuits Science Unit 1 For Special Education
Introduce basic concepts about electricity and circuits with this printable, hands-on activity set. Includes background info for teachers, so you can just print the pages and start the lessons with almost no prep! You can also just show the pages on a tablet, computer or phone screen. Each page has everything on it that you need to say and do with your student. To maximize your use of this unit, you will want to get an inexpensive circuits kit for kids (like the one pictured on the instructions
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Summer STEM Activities
There are 6 summer STEM activities in this freebie. It is perfect to use as a choice board, send home in a summer packet, or as a summer school/homeschool project. All activities only require simple household items to participate!
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Rainforests STEAM Choice Board Freebie
How to Save the Rainforests is an extremely important topic that should be used to teach our students about awareness for protecting one of the greatest resources on Earth. Learning about rainforests and their decline should be fun and engaging, but also cover the needed skills that students need to practice in the classroom. Students need to develop empathy for this problem our world faces. Use this choice board to introduce the topic to students!Do you love this choice board? Check out the ent
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 4-LS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Engineering Design Process Logbook
My class used this after our picture book unit on Rosie Revere, Engineer. However, it's great to use for any STEM project! Students can journal the process that they use to create their inventions.
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1st - 3rd
Nature of Science Complete Unit Planning and Pacing
A FREE resource to help you design and implement a comprehensive Nature of Science unit! This resource includes multiple pacing options to focus or broaden the scope of your course so to meet the needs of your students. Aligned with grades 3-5 and/or 6-8 NGSS science and engineering practice. About this Product:• Includes individual unit planning guides with multiple pacing options• Includes a course overview with THREE pacing options• Breaks down an entire year into units, themes and lessons •
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3rd - 9th
Flying Ghost STEM Challenge
Halloween is the perfect time to incorporate science, math, technology, and engineering! Students work independently then in groups against criteria & constraints to design and build a carrier to safely transport a "ghost" down a zipline. Low prep using items already in your classroom! ****************************************************************************************************************Customer Tips How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Brick (Lego) Engineering Level 1 Feebie
Included in this Freebie is the first lesson 'Foundations" in the Level 1 Brick Engineering set.The full curriculum pack is available for sale in my TPT store and includes the following:These Brick Engineering lessons will challenge your students with fun assignments that build problem-solving skills while teaching engineering topics to your students including lessons on simple machines. They even have a bit of history worked in. There are 10 lessons that will take about one hour each and 1 fi
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
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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Science Fair Projects | Elementary 3rd 4th 5th Grade |Scientific Method Activity
Fracking and Earthquakes: A Scientific Method Project Designed to Shape Future Scientists and EngineersTransform Science Fair Participation with a Project Rooted in Real-World Scientific InquiryAre you searching for a captivating and educational Science Fair Project that ignites curiosity, fosters critical thinking, and empowers young minds to engage in real scientific exploration? Look no further than the "Fracking and Earthquakes: A Shake-Up in Oil Country" project, meticulously designed by Sc
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3rd - 5th
Engineering Design Process Poster for STEM Challenges and STEAM Investigations F
STEM UP your classroom with this Engineering Design Process Poster you can use with any STEM challenge/STEAM challenge. Help your budding engineers develop perseverance and problem solving skills by participating in the engineering design process using various craft supplies and/or materials such as recycled items collected around the house. Build a community of critical thinkers within your classroom and help foster teamwork, communication, and collaboration skills as students work together to
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3rd - 6th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Engineering Challenge: Property of Strength
CLICK HERE for FREE lesson to accompany this activity sheet: https://youtu.be/oprJfdAbOpcIntroducing our exciting engineering challenge printable available on Teachers Pay Teachers! In this fun and engaging activity, students will put their engineering skills to the test by building a tower using 10 index cards and as much tape as they need. The goal is to construct a tower that is not only tall but also strong.Once the towers are built, students will have the opportunity to test the strength of
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Lego Club Lesson 1
Legos are an amazing way to teach a wide range of topics. Here is an example of the first lesson of a series of Lego themed classes.
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K - 6th
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Nano Crawler Maze Challenge- STEM with Hexbugs
Students will follow the engineer design plan to develop and build a nano crawler maze. Free for a limited time.
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Royal Gorge Bridge & Park | Virtual Field Trip | Suspension Bridge STEM Activity
Use this guide as a resource for your trip to the Royal Gorge Bridge & Park OR come along on a virtual field trip with us! Watch the corresponding video on our YouTube channel @ElementaryExplorers and then complete the activities. Included in this download is an educators guide to visiting the Royal Gorge Bridge & Park as well as two activity pages for students to complete as they learn about the bridge and surrounding area. Activities include a description of the 5 most common bridge ty
Grades:
1st - 12th
Engineering Design Mini Unit Planning Guide
A FREE and EDITABLE resource to help you design an introduction to Engineering Design Mini Unit. It includes multiple pacing options to focus or broaden the scope of your course and to meet the needs of your students. The guide aligns lessons with grades 3-5 and/or middle school NGSS Science and Engineering Practices.About this Product:• Includes a summary of topics, LOs and appropriate resources required for each lesson• Includes individual unit planning guide with differentiated pacing option
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
STEM Experiment: Egg Drop of Doom Chart
This *FREE* chart can be used as a recording sheet for the STEM experiment Egg Drop of Doom. The experiment directions can be found on my website Hands On Learning 4 All.com at http://www.handsonlearning4all.com/wp/?p=2483
If you would like more "hands-on" learning materials visit my TPT store at: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Veronica-Stanley-Hooper
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2nd - 9th
Engineering and Genius Hour: Build a Better Boat Planning Sheet
Build A Better Boat:Students will complete a engineering/science/genius hour activity where they learn about the science of flotation. Students will have the opportunity to design and create a small boat that can hold the most weight possible before sinking. This is the planning sheet.
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1st - 9th
Design Your Own Water Park - Engineering
Directions: As we demonstrated in our science activity, liquids take the shape of their container. It is time for you to be an engineer! Design your own water park and then write to tell what shape the water takes in two parts of your water park.Science lesson can be found here: https://youtu.be/PtiIDgwwihI
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Save the Crash-test Dummies Teacher Guide
Looking for a unique way to teach Newton's Laws of Motion and forces? Use something kids probably ride in every day-- a vehicle! Learning about physics and the history of car safety engineering is FUN, just ask a crash-test dummy. This action-packed teacher guide is bursting with activities for kids to do, questions to ask, and problems to solve. Don't forget to ask them, if they have what it takes to be a human crash-test dummy! I bet you'll get some interesting answers.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
NGSS:
3-PS2-1
, 3-PS2-2
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Secret Science of Sports Book Teacher Guide
STEM and Sports go together like a baseball and a bat! Check out this awesome guide to how science, technology, engineering, and math are a part of every sport that is played. Great interactive learning including hands-on activities. This free teachers guide is best used in conjunction with the book The Secret Science of Sports: The Math, Physics, and Mechanical Engineering Behind Every Grand Slam, Triple Axel, and Penalty Kick by Jennifer Swanson (Black Dog & Leventhal)
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Let's Build a Robot!
Get your student's creative juices flowing by offering a fun and interesting STEM activity! Students are able to use their creativity to build a robot from recycled materials, read some fun facts about robots, and fill out a word search with robot-related words.
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Stephanie Elkowitz Nature of Science Lessons Catalog
This download includes an Excel sheet of all my available Nature of Science lessons with learning objectives and links. Lessons are organized by subject and unit.Interested in a custom bundle? Visit www.stephanieelkowitz.com/custom-bundle for additional information. *********************************************************************************************************NATURE OF SCIENCE LESSONSUnderstanding the Nature of Science• What is Science?• Theory, Fact & Opinion • Scientific Method•
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
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