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STEM Stack Cup Challenge
Challenge your students with this fun team building activity! Students cam demonstrate team work by trying these stack cup challenges! This is an easy prep activity with minimal teacher set up. All you will need is plastic cups, string, and rubber bands. This is powerpoint that you can display from the projector. This product includes a rule page, a STEM meaning review, six different challenges that your students can try, and a "what did you learn slide"! PLUS there is a bonus slide where stude
PreK - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Engineering, Math, Social Emotional Learning
Christmas Tree Cup Stacking Challenge STEM Activity
Students love completing this Cup Stacking Christmas STEM activity!Watch your students develop teamwork as they work together to build a Christmas tree out of cups without touching the cups with their hands. It's a simple task that engages student creativity and problem solving skills. Amazing STEM project to do just before Christmas break or as a perfect addition to any holiday party or Christmas party. BONUS: Build a Christmas Tree STEM Center Included!For this STEM center, students use teamw
1st - 5th
Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+3
Also included in: December Holidays Christmas STEM Activities Bundle
Cup Rubber Band Stacking Challenge - Back to School Growth Mindset STEM Activity
Cup rubber band challange is the perfect back to school growth mindset activity STEM and design challenge for elementary 1st, 2nd, 3rd graders! Encourage creative thinking and experiment with teamwork and positive thinking Enjoy a great read aloud and video to get students thinking about empathy like a maze. This quick and easy activity only requires cups, rubber bands, and string. Included is: Full lesson plan and directionsStudent Cup Rubber Band Challenge directionsCup Rubber Band reflecti
1st - 3rd
Writing
Stacked for Success:The Ultimate Cup Challenge! STEM | Teamwork|Collaboration
A hands-on, high-energy collaboration lab that builds teamwork, problem-solving, and communication skills. Perfect for STEM, SEL, science, or back-to-school team building! Stacked for Success: The Ultimate Cup Challenge Collaboration Lab is an engaging, hands-on activity that promotes essential skills like communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and perseverance. Students work together to complete a series of increasingly difficult cup-stacking challenges using only string and rubber ba
Not Specific
Arithmetic, General Science, School Counseling
Alphabet A-Z STEM for PreK - Grade 1: Y is for Yarn
Looking for a series of STEM lessons that were specifically created for preschool, kindergarten, and first graders? Do you want STEM activities that challenge your little learners, but allow them to experience success? Each lesson in this series corresponds to a letter of the alphabet, making it a perfect fit for the youngest engineers! This resource is the twenty-fifth in the series "Little Hands...Big Ideas," designed especially for PreK - Grade 1. "Y is for Yarn" requires cooperation and
PreK - 1st
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
Also included in: Alphabet STEM A-Z for Pre-K Kindergarten 1st Grade Bundle
Défi STIM - Empilage de Verres en Plastique (French Stack the Cups)
This is an engaging French STEM challenge to get your students to collaborate to achieve each task cards. With only a rubber band, 6 plastic cups and a few rope pieces, the students must stack the cups and only the rubber band can touch the cups. There are 6 challenges to complete and the further ahead they get, the harder the challenge will be. Teams of 2-4 are recommended for this project and each team must receive the 6 task cards.
Not Specific
French, Science
No Hands Cup Pyramid - STEM Engineering Challenge
Are you looking for an exciting STEM challenge to do at any time during the school year? This challenge works great at the beginning of the school year!Can you make a pyramid of cups without touching them with your hands in the quickest time? No Hands Cup Pyramid ChallengeMaterials Needed: (per individual)- 7 or 10 cups - pencils, paper, rubber bands, etc. - timer STEM Challenges are a way to get your kids thinking and building at the same time! These challenges use minimal materials and can be
2nd - 6th
Engineering
Also included in: Cup Stacking STEM Engineering Challenges - Set of 3 Challenges
Cup Stacking Team Building Activity
A super fun activity to build team working skills that can be used anytime of the year. I enjoy it as a beginning of the year icebreaker activity. Teams must stack cups in different arrangements without using their hands. Instead, they are required to work tougher and use a rubber band with four strings tied to it to try and move the cups around. I guarantee there will be plenty of laughter and tears of joy/sorrow as students excitedly work towards accomplishing the three different challenges.
6th - 12th
English Language Arts, Science
Also included in: Cup Stacking Team Building Worksheet + Presentation
Back to School Science: Cup Stacking Collaboration Challenge
This Cup Stacking Collaboration Challenge directly supports NGSS Standards MS.ETS.1.1–1.4: Students will identify and investigate scientific problems with constraints, evaluate and analyze solutions using data, and develop and refine models through iterative testing. The purpose of this 45 minute, 5E investigation is to strengthen teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills by collaborating to design and test methods for stacking cups with limited tools. In this activity, students will w
6th - 8th
General Science, Other (Science)
Also included in: Back to School Science: Activity Bundle
STEAM Challenge Icebreaker: Cup Stacking
Get your students working together in a fun and unique way with the No-Hands Cup Stacking challenge! In this one-page activity, students must stack cups into a pyramid using only a rubber band and string – no hands allowed on the cups! This challenge emphasizes communication, coordination, and problem-solving, making it an excellent team-building exercise. It’s also a great icebreaker that gets students moving and laughing, helping to break down barriers and build a positive classroom environm
2nd - 12th
Engineering, Science, Visual Arts
Also included in: STEAM Group Challenges Bundle: 8 Exciting Activities for Team Building
Cup Stacking Challenge – Scientific Method Team-Building Worksheet
Turn a popular team-building activity into a powerful scientific method lesson! This Cup Stacking Challenge Worksheet guides students through each step of the scientific method while they race to complete a hands-on, high-energy challenge using cups, a rubber band, and strings. Students collaborate, predict outcomes, collect data, and analyze results — making the scientific method concrete, memorable, and fun. Note: This worksheet is my original creation. It uses the widely known “Cup Stacking
6th - 12th
General Science
Save Fred Teamwork Back to school 4 Team building Activities middle school
Looking for some fun and engaging teamwork activities during the first week of school? Set the tone of your class and help students learn how to work collaboratively and as a team with these four different team building activities that improve teamwork. Activities include Save Fred, stacking cups with a rubber band, using problem-solving skills to solve a puzzle, and working together to put pieces into a square shape and then giving them a new shape that has to be added to their square.Unders
6th - 8th
For All Subjects, Science
Quiet Collaboration Games | 20 Non-Verbal Team Challenges (Gr 3–6) |Brain Breaks
Make collaboration calm, focused, and fun. Quiet Collaboration Games gives you 20 ready-to-run team challenges where students must plan and execute with no speaking or writing words—only gestures, pointing, and symbols. Most games take 5–10 minutes, include clear setup, and end with a quick debrief to surface strategy and teamwork moves. Reuse simple classroom materials (cups, straws, tape, index cards, rubber bands, etc.) and track progress with printable team scoring sheets and a 4-cri
3rd - 6th
Character Education, Engineering, Physical Science
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