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Bring excitement to your classroom with this student-favorite STEM Challenge: delivering a "gift" in the most unique way—using a zip line! This thrilling activity is perfect for holiday fun, whether it’s Christmas, Valentine’s Day, or any time of year with the included generic forms. Students will love the hands-on challenge of designing, building, and testing their zip line delivery systems.
With minimal prep and maximum engagement, this resource is a must-have for holiday fun or any time of year!
What is the challenge?
- Students will use materials to make a carrier for a gift.
- The carrier will have to fly down a zip line holding the gift that is being delivered.
- The zip line as a delivery method is just part of the fantastic gift!
- Students must build the gift carrier, a way to attach the carrier to the zip line, and decorate it to be given as a gift for the occasion you have chosen.
➡️NOTE: This challenge can be used at any time of year. Pictures show our models at Christmas and Valentine's Day. IDEAS: Mother's Day, Father's Day, or Halloween. Use the editable form to change the constraints and requirements, and the possibilities are endless!
What is your prep?
You will also need supplies for this package. This includes copy paper, cardstock, construction paper, masking tape, straws, craft sticks, binder clips, paper clips, string, fishing line, and an item to use as the gift being delivered on the zip line.
The package specifically includes:
- Cover
- Teacher background
- Materials and preparation page
- 10-page Teacher's Guide
- Constraints list
- Bonus page of trivia questions about Valentine’s Day with an answer key
- 4 pages of photographs
- Student lab sheet
- Terms of Use page
- Also included are directions, photos, a lab sheet, and constraints for use at Christmas time!
- Student answer sheets are not included, but samples from student work are included in the teacher direction pages.
- The page count listed for this package includes everything.
- And there is even more! You will also find a scoring rubric that will work for either form of the challenge and an editable file that contains all the forms!
- AND MORE! An idea page and generic forms for using this challenge at any time of year are included.
This challenge will need 1 class session to complete. We completed it in one hour.
➡️ Click here for the Valentine's Day STEM Bundle
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Description
Bring excitement to your classroom with this student-favorite STEM Challenge: delivering a "gift" in the most unique way—using a zip line! This thrilling activity is perfect for holiday fun, whether it’s Christmas, Valentine’s Day, or any time of year with the included generic forms. Students will love the hands-on challenge of designing, building, and testing their zip line delivery systems.
With minimal prep and maximum engagement, this resource is a must-have for holiday fun or any time of year!
What is the challenge?
- Students will use materials to make a carrier for a gift.
- The carrier will have to fly down a zip line holding the gift that is being delivered.
- The zip line as a delivery method is just part of the fantastic gift!
- Students must build the gift carrier, a way to attach the carrier to the zip line, and decorate it to be given as a gift for the occasion you have chosen.
➡️NOTE: This challenge can be used at any time of year. Pictures show our models at Christmas and Valentine's Day. IDEAS: Mother's Day, Father's Day, or Halloween. Use the editable form to change the constraints and requirements, and the possibilities are endless!
What is your prep?
You will also need supplies for this package. This includes copy paper, cardstock, construction paper, masking tape, straws, craft sticks, binder clips, paper clips, string, fishing line, and an item to use as the gift being delivered on the zip line.
The package specifically includes:
- Cover
- Teacher background
- Materials and preparation page
- 10-page Teacher's Guide
- Constraints list
- Bonus page of trivia questions about Valentine’s Day with an answer key
- 4 pages of photographs
- Student lab sheet
- Terms of Use page
- Also included are directions, photos, a lab sheet, and constraints for use at Christmas time!
- Student answer sheets are not included, but samples from student work are included in the teacher direction pages.
- The page count listed for this package includes everything.
- And there is even more! You will also find a scoring rubric that will work for either form of the challenge and an editable file that contains all the forms!
- AND MORE! An idea page and generic forms for using this challenge at any time of year are included.
This challenge will need 1 class session to complete. We completed it in one hour.
➡️ Click here for the Valentine's Day STEM Bundle
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