Pumpkins & STEM | Reading Math and Engineering Activities Packet
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Let's have a STEM-A-THON with Engineering Challenges to Keep You on Track for the Year!Teachers are saying:"EVERYTHING I need to really get STEM started in my classroom THIS year! I could not have organized this any better!"The STEM-A-THON bundle includes 12 engineering activities. Activities usePrice $30.00Original Price $44.50Save $14.50
STEM the Holidays with seven engineering lessons for five different holidays. We know those days before a holiday or vacation begins can be a challenge. Students are excited and often are having trouble paying attention. Get them focused and on track with a fun STEM lesson that combines the holidayPrice $15.50Original Price $23.50Save $8.00
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Whether you need activities before Halloween, on Halloween or for the day after, we have a great hands-on packet that will work in every subject.
Perfect for Halloween or an autumn themed center!
Pumpkin STEM Extravaganza
Math,Reading,Writing, Engineering, & Maker Space Fun!
An Autumn Activity Packet!
Teachers are saying;
"These STEM activities make perfect centers for a fall celebration day! Thank you for your hard work!"
The Pumpkin Extravaganza packet has activities that can be integrated into math, language arts, engineering, science, and a maker space.
- Students will read, research, answers questions and write a summary
- Students will apply their knowledge of simple machines to an engineering challenge
- Students will tackle two hands on math problems.
- Students will create projects with Maker Space Pumpkin Task Cards
All with a fun pumpkin theme!
What is in the packet?
- NGSS and Common Core Standards List
- Teacher information and handy hints
- A set of interesting pumpkin research questions with websites and book references
- Six maker space pumpkin task cards
- A pumpkin math hands-on activity AND a pumpkin themed math challenge problem
- Our popular "Mini Punkin’ Chuckin’ Engineering Challenge" STEM activity packet
- An engineering design process poster
- A set of inquiry questions
- A rubric
- A set of student job cards
- An Introduction to the Design Process for the teacher
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*The “Mini Punkin’Chuckin Engineering Challenge” is also available as an individual lesson in our store and as part of our discounted “Engineering Halloween with STEM” bundle.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-STEM-Activities-1403744
What is the Punkin Chuckin” Challenge?
Autumn means Pumpkin Chucking time…. An awesome STEM activity. No pumpkin chucking catapults near your location? No problem…hold your own mini contest with this fun activity that reinforces knowledge of simple machines. Grab a bag of candy mini pumpkins, some spools or small plastic vials, and some paint stirrers and you are good to go! Our packet walks your students through the engineering design process from initial drawing to the test and launches.
“I love the combination of creation and reflection on the process of creating. This is a great holiday activity and good for the Common Core and NGSS! I also appreciate the incorporation of presentation at the end as we are beginning to use Google Drive to create presentations. This is so relevant to our class”
Teacher Review
Want other ideas? Do your students know about apple bobbing? We have a fun engineering activity that explains the history of the game and presents a challenge that has the students designing and building devices to grab the apples without getting wet or putting faces in the water
STEM and Bobbing for Apples
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/STEM-and-Bobbing-for-Apples-1495161
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