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Famous Building Structure STEM Challenge | Early Finisher Project STEAM Activity
Famous Building Structure STEM Challenge | Early Finisher Project STEAM Activity
Famous Building Structure STEM Challenge | Early Finisher Project STEAM Activity
Famous Building Structure STEM Challenge | Early Finisher Project STEAM Activity
Famous Building Structure STEM Challenge | Early Finisher Project STEAM Activity
Famous Building Structure STEM Challenge | Early Finisher Project STEAM Activity
Famous Building Structure STEM Challenge | Early Finisher Project STEAM Activity
Famous Building Structure STEM Challenge | Early Finisher Project STEAM Activity
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"This was a great resource. My 2nd graders loved it. It was very teacher friendly and met my standards."
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gail p.
"This resource exceeded my expectations! It was clear, engaging, and ready to use—saving me so much prep time. My students were fully engaged."
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Deborah M.

Description

Make teaching fun with this engaging, hands-on STEM challenge.  This early finisher engineering project will have your students excited to come to school!  Upper elementary students will use a print and go build notebook to plan, build, and evaluate the famous building they choose to recreate.  This design challenge is easy to set up because your students will create with your favorite building material such as Legos, Keva planks, 3Dux, cardboard, recyclable materials, etc.  It is the perfect activity for special days, end of the school year, fun Fridays, early finishers, or to get in extra NGSS engineering experiences. 

Students will use creativity and problem solving skills to recreate their famous structure with building materials you already have in your classroom..

Here's what you'll get:

  • Printable student engineering notebook
  • Teacher directions
  • Examples of how to use
  • Famous building student cards

This resource provides a step-by-step student engineering notebook to walk your students through the project.  Use this STEM experience to increase student motivation and engagement in your classroom.  

Prep is quick and easy... Just print the student pages, display the building materials and you're ready for a fun and engaging class!

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Famous Building Structure STEM Challenge | Early Finisher Project STEAM Activity

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What others say

"This was a great resource. My 2nd graders loved it. It was very teacher friendly and met my standards."
star
gail p.
"This resource exceeded my expectations! It was clear, engaging, and ready to use—saving me so much prep time. My students were fully engaged."
star
Deborah M.

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Description

Make teaching fun with this engaging, hands-on STEM challenge.  This early finisher engineering project will have your students excited to come to school!  Upper elementary students will use a print and go build notebook to plan, build, and evaluate the famous building they choose to recreate.  This design challenge is easy to set up because your students will create with your favorite building material such as Legos, Keva planks, 3Dux, cardboard, recyclable materials, etc.  It is the perfect activity for special days, end of the school year, fun Fridays, early finishers, or to get in extra NGSS engineering experiences. 

Students will use creativity and problem solving skills to recreate their famous structure with building materials you already have in your classroom..

Here's what you'll get:

  • Printable student engineering notebook
  • Teacher directions
  • Examples of how to use
  • Famous building student cards

This resource provides a step-by-step student engineering notebook to walk your students through the project.  Use this STEM experience to increase student motivation and engagement in your classroom.  

Prep is quick and easy... Just print the student pages, display the building materials and you're ready for a fun and engaging class!

___________________________________

You may also like…

STEM Cardboard Arcade Engineering Challenge

Everyday Materials STEM Challenges

STEM Mini Golf Course Challenge

___________________________________

Want to discover all things STEM? Checkout my blog here.

Copyright © Design Education

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Report this resource to TPT
Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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Rated 4.83 out of 5, based on 6 reviews
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Mostly used with 3rd and 4th grades
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This was a great resource
Rated 5 out of 5
April 12, 2026
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This was a great resource. My 2nd graders loved it. It was very teacher friendly and met my standards.
gail P.
1,706 reviews • California
Grades taught: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Great Resource
Rated 5 out of 5
August 5, 2025
This resource exceeded my expectations! It was clear, engaging, and ready to use—saving me so much prep time. My students were fully engaged.
Deborah M.
657 reviews • Outside the United States
Grades taught: 3rd
Student populations: Autism, Learning difficulties, Mild to severe disabilities
Rated 5 out of 5
April 28, 2025
This is was a great way to engage early finishers!
Ms B's Class
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202 reviews
Grades taught: 3rd
Rated 5 out of 5
August 25, 2024
My students loved recreating these buildings in a pbl experience
julianna brunnet
(TPT Seller)
79 reviews
Grades taught: 4th
Rated 4 out of 5
June 14, 2024
Good resource. Very helpful while planning lessons for students.
Alexandra T.
415 reviews
Grades taught: 3rd, 4th
Rated 5 out of 5
August 29, 2023
Fantastic STEM resource. Students enjoyed doing the activity. No complaints from them...they loved every minute of it.
Lainie K.
319 reviews
Grades taught: 5th

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NGSS3-5-ETS1-3
Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
NGSS3-5-ETS1-1
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
NGSS3-5-ETS1-2
Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
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