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Halloween STEM Challenge Activities and STEM Improv Bundle

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

Halloween STEM Challenge Activities will keep your kids engaged in brain-busting work disguised as fun!This bundle includes the following 6 Halloween STEM activities:⭐ Halloween STEM Challenge: Bone Bridge® ⭐ Halloween STEM Challenge: Creature

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Halloween, Engineering

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, GATE, Centers

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Graphing with Candy: Tally, Pictograph, Bar Graph, & Line Plot

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

This activity helps teach/review basic graphing skills: tally marks, bar graphs, pictographs, line plots and answering questions based on data. I usually use Skittles® (because they don't melt) or M&Ms®, but any candies of different colors will

Subjects:

Graphing, Halloween, Valentine's Day

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2^nd

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Activities

CCSS:

2.MD.D.10

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Halloween STEM Challenge Activity - Bone Bridge®

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

The Bone Bridge® Halloween STEM activity is collaborative, brain-busting work disguised as fun! This challenge goes beyond Halloween. Connect it to the skeletal system, bridges/transportation, and/or forces (specific ideas provided in the resource).

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Halloween, Engineering

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, GATE, Centers

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Christmas STEM or Winter STEM Challenge Activity - Snowman Stretch

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

This Winter STEM Activity is a favorite every year and the perfect way to keep your kids engaged in brain-busting work disguised as fun right up until winter vacation!Snowman Stretch Christmas - Winter STEM Challenge Activity Overview: Working

Subjects:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter, Engineering

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Centers

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Christmas STEM Challenge Activities and Winter STEM Challenge Activities Bundle

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

Looking for fun Christmas or winter activities that incorporate science, technology, engineering, and/or math? Christmas-Winter STEM / STEAM Challenges sure to engage with brain-busting work disguised as fun!Christmas and Winter STEM Challenge

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Engineering

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Centers

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Back to School STEM Apple Activities Bundle

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

These Back to School STEM / STEAM challenges are a great way to build community, establish procedures, and get to know how your kids tick! Plus, they’re a great intro to forces and interactions and Newton’s three laws of motion.You want to start

Subjects:

Back to School, Autumn, Engineering

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, GATE, Centers

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Persuasive Writing Unit Bundle - How-to Lessons on Process

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

Teach students the elements of persuasive writing and help them breeze through their next persuasive essay! This unit breaks everything down about persuasive essays into easy steps and provides practice at each step. Your students will understand

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets, Lesson

CCSS:

W.4.1, W.4.4, W.4.5, W.4.10, W.5.1, W.5.1a, W.5.1b, W.5.1c, W.5.1d, W.5.4, W.5.5...

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Summer STEM End of the Year Challenge Activity - Wicked-Fast Water Slide

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

This summer STEM activity is the perfect end of year STEM Challenge to keep your students engaged through the very last day of school!The basic premise: In partners/groups, students will design and build a water slide built for speed, thrills, and

Subjects:

Summer, End of Year, Engineering

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities

$3.50

$2.80

365

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Halloween STEM Challenge Activity - Bat Wings Wanted

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

Halloween STEM activities keep your kids engaged & learning! Not doing Halloween activities this year? No problem! Just add this to a unit on bats, life science, or as a supplement to Stellaluna.Basic Premise:In this Halloween STEM Challenge,

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Halloween, Engineering

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, GATE, Centers

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$2.80

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Build a Boat STEM Challenge Mini Bundle - Print and Paperless Versions

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

It’s the end of the school year, so your end-of-year activities need to be on-point to keep kids engaged! This boat building STEM / STEAM Challenges is perfect for summer – or any time of the year! It brings the joy back to your classroom with

Subjects:

Other (Science), Critical Thinking, Problem Solving

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Centers

$8.96 $5.98

$4.78

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Quick Build STEM Activities Bundle - 45 pack

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

Quick Build STEM Activities are the perfect addition to any elementary or middle school classroom. Teachers who are limited on STEM time will love using these simple STEM activities in centers, makerspaces, choice boards, simple STEM sub plans and

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Math, Critical Thinking, Engineering

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities, GATE, Centers

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$15.98

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STEM Activities Mega Bundle with Easter STEM Activities

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

Super-charge your STEM class with 52 high-engagement, critical thinking, problem-solving, NGSS-aligned challenges to take you through the entire year! Modifications are included to make these activities engaging and challenging for students in

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Other (Math), Critical Thinking, Engineering

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities

$186.36 $95.00

$76.00

167

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Summer STEM End of the Year Challenges Activities Bundle

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

Summer STEM for the End of the Year!These summer STEM activities are the perfect end of the year STEM Challenges to keep your students engaged with STEM, through the very last day of school!Reinvigorate students with STEM! Are your students tired

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Summer, End of Year, Engineering

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities

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Thanksgiving STEM Activities Bundle

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

These Thanksgiving STEM activities will keep your students engaged right up until the break as they design and build devices to help the Wampanoag and/or Pilgrims meet their needs for transportation, shelter, food, and more. Modification suggestions

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Thanksgiving, Engineering

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Centers

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Halloween STEM Challenge Activity - Creature Catcher Spider Web

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

Halloween STEM activities are collaborative, brain-busting work disguised as fun! While spider web designs definitely come to mind, there are many ways to catch a creature. Let your students' imagination and creativity shine by leaving the challenge

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Halloween, Engineering

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Centers

$3.50

$2.80

313

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Christmas STEM Challenge Activity - Candy Cane Calamity

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

Christmas STEM Activities are perfect to engage your students in brain-busting work disguised as fun this winter!Candy Cane Calamity Christmas STEM Challenge Activity Premise: Working against a criteria/constraints list individually or in partners,

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Engineering

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Centers

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Thanksgiving STEM Activity - Pumpkin Picker

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

Looking for the perfect Halloween or Thanksgiving STEM activity to keep your kids engaged? The Pumpkin Picker STEM Challenge is the perfect fit for all your fall activities!The basic premise: Individually, or in partners/groups, students will design

Subjects:

Thanksgiving, Autumn, Engineering

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Centers

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$2.80

216

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Thanksgiving STEM Activity - Turkey Transporter

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

This Thanksgiving STEM activity will engage your students in brain-busting work disguised as fun.The basic premise: Individually, or in partners/groups, students will design and build a way to safely transport a turkey a given distance (e.g. width

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Thanksgiving, Engineering

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Centers

$3.50

$2.80

275

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Weather STEM Challenge | Spring STEM Activity

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

If you’re looking to apply learning in weather, climate, natural disasters, natural resources & more, this STEM / STEAM challenge is a perfectly engaging way to get the job done joyfully!The basic premise: Students work individually or in

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Spring, Engineering

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Centers

$3.98

$3.18

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Thanksgiving STEM Activity - Pilgrim or Wampanoag Shelters

By Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

This Thanksgiving STEM activity will keep your kids engaged!The basic premise: Individually or in partners/groups, students will design and build a shelter to protect one or more Pilgrims or Wampanoag people from wind, rain, and snow. Note: Pilgrim

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Thanksgiving, Engineering

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Centers

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505

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Hi! I'm the developer of Bone Bridge® STEM Challenges, and I pride myself on designing lessons for feel-good teaching moments. Please don't misunderstand me; this doesn't always mean "fun" teaching. (More about this in my "Teaching Style" section below.)

I was a classroom teacher for 10 years, and spent most of that time in Pasadena, California. My master's degree is in Design-Based Learning, which heavily informs my approach to STEM challenges. I've spent the last several years focused almost solely on developing multi-grade level/differentiated STEM challenges with supporting videos and PD because I've seen first-hand how dramatic using these types of cross-curricular, hands-on methods to deliver content can be in the classroom!

I'm pretty addicted to the power of STEM challenges at this point, but there are plenty of ways to engage students in higher-level thinking, and I'm all about any lesson that helps students become engaged, resilient, capable problem-solvers!

MY TEACHING STYLE

An effective classroom engages students in critical thinking and problem solving while stimulating creativity and curiosity. I teach using a hands-on, multi-sensory approach that nurtures and develops students' various talents and links content standards to meaningful experiences.

I believe in an academically rigorous, well-rounded, child-centered curriculum that fosters growth with high expectations and positive reinforcement.

Those moments when the students are fully engaged in rigorous content and actually enjoying it ... those are the feel-good teaching moments that make it easy to remember why you wanted to become a teacher in the first place. My aim is to fill my TpT store with resources that give teachers more of those moments and help reconnect you to your calling!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

- Teacher of Excellence Award (2010) Pasadena Rotary Club (One of five teachers selected in the Pasadena Unified School District)

- Altadena NAACP Teacher of the Year for San Rafael Elementary (2007)

- Pasadena Math Pipeline teacher; co-led district summer math trainings

- Successful grant writer
Pasadena Educational Foundation Grants
- 2004: Art Integration
- 2005: United Streaming Technology Infusion
- 2006: Digital Storytelling
- 2007: Math Magic
- LACOE Digital Voice Project Grant 2006

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction: Design-Based Learning

B.S. in Elementary Education

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Connect with me:
www.stemchallenge.com
www.feelgoodteaching.com
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Instagram
Facebook

Contact me directly: kerry@feelgoodteaching.com

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Specialty, Math, Geometry, Graphing, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Basic Principles, Biology, Earth Sciences, Other (Science), Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Physical Education, Engineering, Other (ELA), Life Skills, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management, Professional Development, Character Education, General Science, Physical Science, Problem Solving, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Autumn, Halloween, Winter, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Products For TpT Sellers, Earth Day, Summer, End of Year, Engineering, Women's History Month, Classroom Community

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