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This resource is a fun team building activity where students work together to build the tallest tower that can hold an unopened water bottle using only 20 notecards. The handout guides students through the following process: Make a predictionReflect on the building process before creating an official designRecord procedures they used to build their towerCollect and graph the height data from every group in the classMake a conclusion about what is the best way to use the notecardsPDF & Editable

This download includes a reading passage over the phases of the Moon with 5 open ended questions along with a sheet that students will use to make their phases of the Moon models on. Editable Version Available with the Download Please leave a comment & rating to let me know how this activity worked for you & your students! Follow My Store By Clicking Here to get updates about new products!

This product is a 1 day lab experiment that guides students through 2 taste tests. In the first experiment, students test to see if they can identify the flavor of skittles while their eyes are closed and the second experiment uses the same method except they must pinch their nose also. Lab directions include Pre & Post questions to get the students analyzing the experiment. Skittles can be replaced by other candy like jelly beans, starbursts etc. PDF and Edible Version IncludedPlease l

This download includes the directions on how to make ice cream in a bag, a brief reading passage about the science behind making ice cream in a bag & a questions review with open ended questions & a states of matter chart. Answer Key IncludedEditable Copy IncludedPlease leave a comment and rating to let me know how this activity worked for you and your students! Follow My Store By Clicking Here to get updates about new products!

This is a 1 day project where students will make a home-made lava lamp from a plastic water bottle, vegetable oil, food coloring, & an Alka-Seltzer tablet. The lab worksheet provides all directions AND includes pre & post lab questions. It also includes a follow up that briefly explains the science behind how a lava lamp works and includes 4 questions for the students to answer when finished reading. Answer Key IncludedPDF Format & Edible Copy IncludedPlease leave a comment and rati

This lab starts off with background information about homeostasis and questions for students to answer. The next page has information about the heart, max heart rate, pulse rate, etc. Page 3 directs students to take their resting heart rate 3x then find the average. Then they engage in 3 minutes of vigorous exercise with 5 minutes of rest 3x. They will measure & record their heart rate immediately after exercise & after the 5 minutes of rest. The 4th page has students graph & analyz

This is a 3 day STEM Challenge where students will construct a bridge from spaghetti noodles & marshmallows. Day 1 - Research different bridge design & sketch a blueprint Day 2 - Construct your bridge Day 3 - Test bridge & calculate amount of force it could hold Handout includes a short reading passage over forces, directions for the activity, & questions throughout the activity. Please leave a comment and rating to let me know how this activity worked with your class! Follow My Store B

This project is a 2-4 day hands on activity that challenges students to build a crash test car on a budget. The supplies students are allowed to use are craft sticks, hot glue, rubber bands, straws, CD's, duct tape, wooden skewers, & paper. Each supplies has a cost & students must sketch a design & create a supplies list within the budget given. Below is a list of what students will do in the lab in addition to creating and building a design within a budget: Students will identify the

This is a fun creative way for students to analyze the function of a common plant or animal cell. The assignment is divided into 2 parts. In part 1, students compare 10 different organelles to different city parts & explain what that city part has in common with that organelle. In part 2, student create a map of their city that includes those 10 city parts (and other city parts if needed) with their city part label & the organelle they represent as a label. Handout IncludesExplanation of

This is a fun STEM project for kids of almost all ages. It takes about 1-2 weeks to complete depending on class time and how in depth you want the project to go. There are 2 different lab versions included. Old Lab Version (PDF)Includes all directions for students to build a mousetrap race car using easy to find materials. It also includes a 2 sided worksheet that engages students to think about some of the problems with their car and what the solutions are. New Lab Version (PDF)This versi

This download is a 3 page activity that directions students though the classic water drops on a penny lab. The front page includes pre-lab questions that challenge students to write a hypothesis & a prediction and includes the directions for each trial and charts for them to record their data. Trial 1 - Slowly drop water drops on penny Trial 2 - Quickly drop water drops on penny Trial 3 - Slowly drop soapy water drops on penny The second page includes a background information & questions

This is about a 2 week long PBL Project where students build their own board game from easy to find materials, research how much it would cost if they were to build more of them, and create a sales pitch to potential investors (aka peer students). Handout Packet Includes: Scoring Sheet/Rubric for the Game DesignBrainstorming Worksheet that guides them through each step of the projectScoring Sheet/Rubric for Presentation Included in the game design scoring sheet is a section for questions. Stude

This web quest is a single handout that is divided into 2 parts, Lunar & Solar Eclipses & Phases of the Moon. Students will be provided the URL for 3 websites to find their answers. Lunar & Solar Eclipse Section has 11 questions (10 open ended questions & a question over sketching models of a lunar & solar eclipse) Phases of the Moon Section has 10 questions (1-5 are open ended questions & 6-10 includes 5 modified T/F questions, students will need to choose which 3 are false and rewri

This lesson guides students through a debate over dropping the atomic bomb on Japan. Students draw from a pool of different perspectives to see what side they will represent: Japanese Survivor, U.S. Soldier, Manhattan Project Scientist, President Truman. Each perspective has a handout that includes detailed information about how people from that perspective responded to the dropping of the bomb. It includes some primary sources and very specific points of view for significant people involved

This is a fun lab for students to test their ability to control a reflex like blinking. It works by having the students wear safety goggles and having their partner toss a cotton ball toward their eyes while they try not to blink! It's ton's of fun! The lab handout includes the following: Pre-Lab Discussion Questions Claims About Blinking As A Reflex and Blinking With Both EyesHas Students Make A Prediction Record Personal Data & Calculate AverageCollect & Graph Classroom DataAnalyze Lab Sect

This product is a growing bundle of STEM Challenges/PBL Projects, traditional science labs/demonstrations/activities, & science related web quests/worksheets. Most of the lessons can be done individually and take around 1 day to 2-3 days each. All labs include the directions with follow up questions to engage students and promote learning and can be completed with cheap easy to find materials. You can buy the bundle now for a 40% discount and get all the new projects that will be added for

This is a fun lab for students to explore concepts such as speed, gravity, air resistance, & surface area by creating a penny parachute and testing its effectiveness. The download includes templates of shapes for students to use as guides as they create their penny parachutes. The lab works best when able to drop the penny parachutes from a 2 story hallway. The lab starts with a driving question: Does the shape of a parachute impact its ability to function effectively?The lab procedure

This is a 1-2 day experiment that introduces students to the 4 forces that act on any flying object (Lift, Thrust, Drag, Gravity) via a hands on project. It provides step by step directions for the students along with questions that promote students to analyze flight patterns. Super Easy & Cheap way to Fun Learning!PDF & Edible Copy IncludedPlease leave and comment and rating to let me know how this project worked with your class!

This is a fun teacher led lab that guides students through the classic chewing a low sodium saltine cracker until it becomes slightly sweet. It is a lab that the teacher leads students though and they complete in their notebooks. It starts with the question, "When Does Digestion Begin?" Then it follows the steps below. Overview of Lab1. Class Discussion (research) when we define key terms and discuss simple carbs vs. complex carbs 2. Write an IF-THEN Hypothesis that explains what we will do

These activities are excellent for beginning or end of year, end of a unit, end of state assessments etc. Most of them can be completed in a single day and some of them can be used more than once. Buy now and get a 40% Discount plus get access to future activities that will be added for FREE! Please leave a comment and rating to let me know how these activities worked with your students! Follow My Store By Clicking Here to get updates about new products!