Christmas projects included! Perfect for spur-of-the-moment, spontaneous STEM time! It's STEM Quick Challenges! Can you use a few supplies and build a structure? These challenges are quick, easy prep, easy materials, great fun, and can be used "quickly"! This is a money-saving bundle of twenty-two Quick Challenges!

➡️ NOTE: This bundle features 22 STEM Activities. Each can be purchased individually. Click on the titles to see the details.

What are the Challenges?

• Back to School Rules Challenge Students build a model of one of your classroom rules. Easy prep and great fun!
• Pom-Pom Blasters Students build a device that will propel pom-poms. The catapult can propel any soft object- candy, pom-poms, marshmallows, cotton balls.
• Spoon Tower Students build a tower with the constraint of having a plastic spoon atop the building. You can opt to have students build a realistic tower (like the Statue of Liberty) or just a tower holding a spoon aloft.
• Robot Models Students use materials to build a model of a robot that has a specific and realistic purpose of their choice.
• Parachutes Students use materials to build a parachute that will safely land a toy figure.
• Robotic Hand Students use the materials to build a movable model of a robotic hand. This challenge includes three different ways to complete the hand.
• Straw Maze Students use materials to make a maze of straws through which a marble can roll. Materials for the base can be cardboard or foam board.
• Spider Cages Students use materials to build a spider cage for 10 plastic spiders. They must also satisfy a few more rules to keep those spiders happy!
• Shark Traps Students use materials to make a shark trap that will capture a shark safely. The resource lists tips for ensuring students are creating a safe way to transport the shark.
• Volcanoes Students use materials to build a volcano model and test it with a chemical reaction. The added feature of this challenge is creating the best "lava flow" which will depend on how the chemical container is built.
• Platform Towers In this challenge there are six teams. Each team begins with a bin of materials and a set of task cards. Every team completes task 1 with a 4-5 minute time limit. Then they rotate! That’s right, they all move to the next table. This continues through 6 rotations.
• Ski Lift Chairs Students work in two smaller teams to create a ski lift chair and a skier. The two are combined and added to a lift line that will move them to the top of your "mountain".
• 🎅Toy Sleigh Zip Line Students design a sleigh that will hold toys and travel successfully down a zip line. For our zipline, we just used a long piece of fishing line.
• Animal Adaptations Students will design a 3-D model of an animal and its adaptations.
• Treasure Boxes Students will build a treasure box modeled after a pirate's treasure chest. A book suggestion is included.
• Paper Plate Mazes Students design the paths for the maze using a paper plate as the base. They also add barriers and bumpers to make the design interesting. So much fun!
• Build a Raft Students use two main materials to build a raft. After testing it in water they must improve the model to float longer while holding weight!
• Bottle Flipping Students flip four bottles and keep data tables of the results. After completing the experiment, students will use their data to design their own experiment with unusual materials in the bottles! So fun!
• Dream House Floor Plan Students use grid paper and specific directions to design the floor plan of their dream house. They complete a chart listing the area of every room in the house, determine the total area of the house, and then calculate the cost of the home.
• 🎅Candy Cane Mystery Build Students use a budget to purchase materials to build one of 6 structures and must make use of a candy cane in their model. Six challenge cards are included and students receive their "mystery" item randomly.
• Space Robots Students design a robot whose purpose is to perform an essential task needed by astronauts in space.
• Build an Anemometer Students use simple materials to build an anemometer. They will test the spins and improve the model as it catches the wind!

➡️A bonus Content Guide is part of this download!

➡️Each of the 22 challenges specifically contains:

• cover sheet
• teacher Background
• 2-5 pages of teacher directions
• set of Criteria cards for students (with and without background color)
• lab Sheet
• 1-3 pages of Photos
• scoring Rubric
• Terms of Use
• And, best of all, the forms are editable!

Note: Each of these challenges may be purchased separately. Just click on the titles within this product description!

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