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4th grade engineering thematic unit plans
ONTARIO SCIENCE: GR. 4/5 Forces Acting on Structures & Pulleys and Gears Units
In this hands on, minds on unit both grades will be engineers exploring and building things. The 4s will look at how pulleys and gears are used in our daily lives to make work easier. They will learn the science behind both of these simple machines and have opportunities to experiment with these through hands on experiences. The 5s will look at the forces that engineers need to consider before building a structure. Force, load, tension and compression are all explored through hands on - mind
Grades:
3rd - 5th
STEM Force and Motion Unit: Roller Coasters
Roller Coaster Rally: A STEM Integrated Unit
What is more exciting than roller coasters?! Not much! Your students will be thrilled to begin this coaster themed STEM unit!
While teaching your students about force, motion, engineering design, graphing, analyzing data and more, your students will be working in “Design Teams” to complete 10 exciting and educational phases of the Roller Coaster Rally (See preview for a detailed look at the phases.)
Embedded in the unit, I’ve included mini-le
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Grades:
4th - 5th
Amusement Park Design Project
Design your own Amusement Park! This fun unit consists of 16 worksheets that will challenge students in their creative thinking, research skills, design and engineering abilities.Digital option available! Please note, some worksheets transfer nicely into a digital version but many are designed to be completed on paper or as a hands on STEM/STEAM activity.The package includes:1. Unit title page2. Student title page3. Park research worksheet (internet access for students recommended)4. Art activ
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Also included in: STEAM Project Bundle
SPIES! A GATE Adventure 18+ Contact Hours - Challenging and Engaging!
Your students will ask to stay in from recess for this. It is the most popular unit I've taught in 32 years, and it is packed with challenging critical thinking.We imagine students are training at the school for spies: mini survivor challenges, mini crossbows, a jewel heist, footprint mysteries, memory games, cipher disks, case files, messages hidden in gel caps. This unit is STEM and critical thinking at its coolest and finest, and we’ve thrown in reading, speaking and listening, and a social-
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
Science MEGA Bundle Grades K-5 Entire Year Science (NGSS Aligned)
I decided to put this MEGA BUNDLE together because I have noticed that several buyers purchase multiple SCIENCE ENTIRE YEAR Super Bundles for different grade levels. I’m guessing these buyers are science teachers at the elementary level, homeschool parents with multiple levels of kids, or principals purchasing for the school. This bundle includes all of my grade level super bundles for grades K-5 aligned to NGSS standards. Each grade level includes the activities bundles and the presentations
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Grades:
K - 5th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, 5-ESS2-2
, 1-ESS1-1
, 4-PS4-2
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Electricity & Magnets Unit {Digital & PDF Included}
Are you looking for engaging lessons and activities that have to do with electricity and magnets? Look no further! This Electricity and Magnets Unit provides everything you need! Save time planning and your students will love completing the hands-on activities. To take a closer look at some of the activities included in this unit, check out the preview! What will students investigate through these detailed lesson plans? Conductors and insulatorsOpen and closed circuitsStatic electricityBasic con
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Grades:
4th - 6th
NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, 4-PS3-2
Also included in: 5th Grade Science Bundle- Lesson Plans & Activities - ENTIRE YEAR!
Circuit Electricity NGSS 4-PS3-2
Students will learn about circuit electricity in this unit. Students will make an electrical circuit and learn the difference between a closed circuit and an open circuit. They will learn how to make an electrical switch using STEM engineering skills and design thinking. They will learn about conductors and insulators.Through STEM challenges your students will learn about closed circuits and open circuits, how to make an electrical switch, how circuit electricity works, how to make a series circ
Grades:
4th
NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, 4-PS3-2
Summer STEM / STEAM Ideas
This STEM and STEAM product shows you different ways you can incorporate Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math into your summer learning.
Teacher idea page and worksheets included in this set are:
Astronomy
-Phases of the Moon Handout (freebie in my store)
-Constellation Study Sheet
-Design a Rocket handout
-Moon Dough Recipe
Animals
-Build a Nest design page
-Animal Habitat design page
-Animal Habitat minibook
-Animal Graphs handout
-Animal Homes drawing page
-Bird Watching powerpo
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Grades:
K - 4th
Gifted and Talented Projects and Activities | STEM Activities and Challenges
Need a creative and fun way to share information about being GIFTED with your gifted learners? This is a creative and differentiated resource for gifted students in grades 4-6. This "Outta the Box" Classroom Competition has been used as part of a Monthly GATE Pullout Program, but could also be part of your gifted curriculum that supports teaching students about their unique social and emotional characteristics. This 2+ hour workshop can be done on a Fun Friday or within the week during a GATE ro
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4th - 6th
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Salmon Life Cycle Unit
This unit provides everything you need to teach the life cycle of salmon. There are links to videos, reading passage, STEM activity, outdoor activity, poke cards for review, flip book and more! The unit plan outlines what to teach and when. Students will be engaged and love learning about salmon. Learning about the salmon life cycle is so fun! Students love it!Included in this resource:•Detailed Unit plan - 6 days•Salmon Life Cycle Text•Salmon KWL•The Salmon Show Note Catcher•Salmon Pyramid Text
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Grades:
4th - 6th
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 5-LS2-1
, MS-LS1-1
, 4-LS1-2
, 3-LS4-2
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STEM "Career Fair" Project Based Learning Now with a Lapbook!
Now including a STEM Careers Lapbook!!!This pack will help introduce students to STEM careers! This project based learning activity includes teacher suggestions and resources, student research sheets, project/writing planning worksheets, and materials to conduct a mock "career fair". This project can easily incorporate Reading/ELA standards and skills.
Students will have a blast researching high interest careers in the STEM disciplines and will have the opportunity to role play in their chosen
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Grades:
3rd - 10th
STEM Bundle 110 Activities Back to School
Are you a classroom teacher looking for a way to integrate STEM or STEAM activities into your current curriculum? This is a bundle of STEM STEAM challenges to use throughout your school year. This bundle contains 110 activities for you to choose from and Completion Coupons to give your students once the activities are completed. We have tried to include activities that will supplement what you are already doing in your classroom. The activities are grouped by months, but you can obviously mov
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Innovation Celebration PBL, Design Your Own Invention, Project-based Learning
Project-based learning allows for students to engage in solving a real-world problem or answering a complex question. They demonstrate their knowledge and skills by creating a public product or presentation for a real audience. Students have choice throughout the course of the project, including how to show mastery. Students reflect on progress and engage in the feedback process. PRINT AND GO!!!Throughout is project, students will complete the design thinking process to create an invention that
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Balloons Over Broadway : A STEM Activity Packet
Need a picture book with integrated STEM Activities for Autumn?Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet, is a fabulous picture book for integrating literature, a beloved cultural tradition, and STEM activities. Our series includes activities to support reading, science, engineering, technology, and math. Teachers are saying :"We have tackled this challenge two falls now, and both groups found it completely engaging. They discovered various interesting engineering solutions for creating articula
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: November STEM Activities Bundle
STEM Challenges | 8 Reading Genres
STEM Challenges: 8 Reading Genres is a packet of plans and activities for 8 Weeks of Genre Challenges. Students will love learning about the different book genres as they explore, create, and engage in themed activities. Your students will want to try different genres after each week of fun activities! This product is great for classrooms, libraries, after school clubs, or summer programs! This packet contains weekly suggestions for 3 different activities, snack idea, sample invitations, printab
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Martin Luther King, Jr. STEM
Martin Luther King Jr. Activities - MLK STEM - The town wants to honor Martin Luther King Jr. by putting up a monument. The mayor needs the help of your student engineers to come up with some ideas for what the monument should look like. Your students will need to use their creative thinking to come up with a design using only the available supplies and sticking to the budget. This is a completely fun and new way to celebrate Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month or to study famous Amer
Grades:
K - 5th
Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Roller Coaster STEM Model Building Contest Project for Engineering and Physics
This project includes 6 sections including research, exploration, design, build, showcase, and reflection. It takes students step by step through designing a functioning marble roller coaster with a theme and building it. It comes with multiple rubrics to grade each section and a set of reflection questions at the end. This project can be lengthened or shortened by requiring more detailed projects. When my students did this project, it took about 10 days to make detailed, functioning rollercoast
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
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STEM Activities BUNDLE | Project Based Learning | Team Building
Here’s a creative and fun way to share the importance of CRITICAL THINKING and TEAMWORK in the classroom! These "Outta the Box" Classroom Competitions can be done on a Fun Friday or throughout the week anytime you want to take time out for building students' creative thinking skills.By purchasing this BUNDLE, you are saving 30% off each individual resource!Based on the theme, students read tidbits of information and then set about creating a hands-on challenge or coming up with a creative verbal
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Twelve Days of Christmas from the Teacher
The month of December, in the classroom, can be a rough one for both teacher and students. Why not help yourself get through the month and add some fun, engaging, and time-filling activities with this "Twelve Days of Christmas" activities from the teacher set?This Twelve Days of Christmas Activities set is jam-packed full of fun for the intermediate classroom! Each of the twelve days' activities is coordinated with the lyrics from the Christmas carol, "Twelve Days of Christmas." Your students wi
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Bridges Unit
This unit includes the following:
Bridge Schema Page
History of Bridges Research Page
Types of Bridges Research Booklet
-Beam
-Cantilever
-Truss
-Arch
-Suspension
-Moveable
-Famous Bridges
Design a Bridge Planning Page
Design a Bridge Blueprints Page
Presentation Slides for:
History of Bridges
Types of Bridges
-Beam
-Cantilever
-Truss
-Arch
-Suspension
Moveable Bridges
Famous Bridges
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Engineer YOUR Name: Project Based Learning - STEM/STEAM Challenge
In this challenge, students will dig into learning what it means to use the 4C's during a project. (Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Creativity. Once teams are created, students will have to collect data on the letters in each member's first name. Students will then create the exact amount of letters needed to create a unique and creative representation of each group member's name. To complete the challenge, each student must take a photo of their name. This activity is perfe
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K - 7th
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Also included in: STEAM Project Based Learning - Real World Challenge Problems Bundle
Fall STEM Bundle 29 Seasonal Challenges
Are you a classroom teacher looking for a way to integrate STEM STEAM activities into your current curriculum? This is a bundle of STEM STEAM challenges to use in the fall during September, October, and November.This bundle contains 32 activities for you to choose from. We have tried to include activities that will supplement what you are already doing in your classroom. The activities are grouped by months, but you can obviously move them around to suit the needs of your own classroom.You cou
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Gingerbread Christmas Activities | Christmas Themed Day | Christmas STEM
Gingerbread Christmas activities for an entire day of engaging lessons are all planned out for you with this fun product! Gingerbread activities for reading, writing, language, social studies, science, and math are all included. Now including an interactive digital version made for use with Google slides!Your students will LOVE all the hands-on activities. You will love having meaningful, standards-based activities AND an entire day of instruction planned out for you! This product is perfect t
Grades:
3rd - 4th
NGSS:
4-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-1
Also included in: Christmas themed days BUNDLE | Elf Activities | Gingerbread Activities
Spring STEM Bundle 43 Seasonal Challenges
Are you a classroom teacher looking for a way to integrate STEM STEAM activities into your current curriculum? This is a bundle of STEM STEAM challenges to use in the spring during March, April, May, and June. It includes Completion Coupons that you can give to your students when they complete and activity. This bundle contains 43 activities for you to choose from. We have tried to include activities that will supplement what you are already doing in your classroom. The activities are grouped
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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