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Fairy Tale STEM Activities Rapunzel Engineering Design Process STEM Challenge
Once upon a time...Rapunzel decided she could rescue herself! Your students will work collaboratively while following the engineering design process in this fairy tale STEM activity. They will help Rapunzel build an escape path so she can get out of her tower and see the world. She can do it herself (with your students' help)! ✅ What You'll Get ✅ Instructions and sample images8-page story book that guides students through the engineering design process (Ask - Imagine - Plan - Create - Improve).
1st - 3rd
Engineering
CCSS, NGSS
RL.K.1
, RL.K.2
, RL.K.3
+13
The Ugly Duckling Fairy Tale STEM Activity Engineering Design Process Camouflage
Looking for a way to use rubber ducks in a hands-on activity that students will LOVE? How about by making a fairy tale EVEN better? Include a STEM activity as a twist, by adding problem-solving with purpose! In this story, based on The Ugly Duckling, your students will need to construct a convincing camouflage for swan. The StoryYour students will help the ducklings escort swan back to his swan family. To do it, they will need to camouflage themselves to avoid getting eaten by predators. They w
1st - 3rd
Engineering
CCSS, NGSS
RL.K.1
, RL.K.9
, RL.1.1
+7
Camping Day STEM Challenges | Problem Solving Activities
Camping day STEM challenges for elementary students. Includes 10 hands-on camp STEM activities with think sheets, problem-solving tasks, and no prep engineering design challenges.Make your camping day easy with these engaging STEM challenges designed for real classrooms. This resource includes 10 hands-on problem-solving activities that guide students through the engineering design process while building critical thinking and teamwork skills.This STEM camp resource includes structured lesson pla
1st - 2nd
For All Subjects
CCSS, NGSS
RL.1.1
, RL.2.1
, K-2-ETS1-2
+1
Also included in: STEM Camp Activities 1st & 2nd Grade | End of Year Camping Theme BUNDLE
Math Problem Solving BUNDLE | Enrichment & Extension Tasks | Grade 1, 2 & 3
The 60 challenging maths problem solving tasks in this bundle are perfect for enrichment activities and extension tasks in your Grades 1, 2 or 3 classroom. The activities aim to develop both problem solving and critical thinking skills. Each task card provides space for students to demonstrate their thinking which is great for providing insight into their calculations and processing. What's included in this bundle of Math Problem Solving Extension & Enrichment Tasks:➤ You will receive:60 Challen
1st - 3rd
Math
Engineering Design Process Worksheet Orgranizer ⚙️ FREE Sound STEM Challenge ⚙️
This Engineering Design Process graphic organizer is one of my most loved resources! If you have looked online for an EDP graphic organizer, you've probably seen this one pop up. It's been used and shared by thousands of teachers all over the world! In this STEM sampler pack you can try out a free STEM challenge or STEM sticks. What You'll GetA sound-based voice muffler STEM challenge with corresponding vocabulary cards so you and your students can "talk like an engineer"Engineering design proce
1st - 6th
Engineering
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Gifted Skills & Processes BUNDLE
The Gifted Skills & Processes BUNDLE provides teachers and students with a comprehensive set of exceptional abilities to target specific processes and domains for critical thinking and problem-solving for gifted learners. This resource can be downloaded and resized for classroom anchor charts, student interactive notebooks, or teacher reference sheets. Skills are a fabulous way for teachers and learners to engage cognitive processes while preparing for specialized assessments and evaluations. Th
PreK - 12th, Higher Education
For All Subjects
Community Problem-Solving Project Toolkit (Printable + Digital Templates + App)
Help students practice real-world problem-solving with a structured, kid-friendly project flow they can use in any subject. This toolkit guides learners through a simple process: Notice a community or classroom problem Ask questions and gather information Discuss respectfully using sentence starters Plan a solution with clear steps and roles Reflect on what worked and what to improve Perfect for building literacy, collaboration, SEL, and critical thinking without requiring a full PBL train
K - 12th
Applied Math, Civics, Reading Strategies
Gifted Skills-Cognitive & Thinking Processes Focus
The Gifted Skills Cognitive & Thinking Processes Focus provides teachers and students with target-specific domains and processes for cognitive and thinking skills in gifted learners. This resource can be downloaded and resized for classroom anchor charts, student interactive notebooks, or teacher reference sheets. Insight into how gifted and high-ability learners think helps teachers guide learning opportunities and instructional strategies. These skills are a fabulous way for teachers and learn
PreK - 12th, Higher Education
For All Subjects
Also included in: Gifted Skills & Processes BUNDLE
Problem solving Tiered support SEL regulation goals tips emotions RTI MTSS OT
If you support students with big feelings, tricky behaviors, or social challenges, this resource is your ready-to-go roadmap. These 23 in-depth handouts take the guesswork out of Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 interventions by offering practical strategies you can use today. Whether you're a teacher, OT, school counselor, or intervention team member, you’ll find targeted supports, real-life examples, and goals for the most common SEL struggles — from managing emotions and handling conflict to build
PreK - 2nd
Classroom Community, School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning
Also included in: Custom Bundle for Sarah
Try 3 Before Me: Visual Social Problem Solving & Conflict Resolution Choice Boar
Tired of constant interruptions and "tattling" during center time? Empower your students to become independent problem-solvers with the "Try 3 Before Me" Social Skills Choice Board! This visual, interactive tool shifts the focus from "Teacher, help me!" to "What can I try first?" This resource is perfect for Pre-K, Kindergarten, First Grade, and Special Education (SpEd) classrooms where social-emotional learning (SEL) is a top priority. By using tactile Velcro pieces, students are guided throu
PreK - 2nd
Character Education, Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning
Super Engineers Solve Big Problems!
A set of different scenarios that keeps your little ones engaged in hands-on activities. It has different scenarios related to designing houses or structures that can withstand environmental factors, such as hurricanes, tornadoes,earthquakes, storms... Each scenario has a suggested solution and tips for building its related model. It supports your engineering unit bringing it to real life. Suggestion: Each group or pair of students may receive one scenario that can be easily printed. They can s
1st - 5th
Engineering, Environment
Food Processing and Food Preservation techniques
Teaching idea - lesson plan to teach the topic 'food processing' and different methods of food preservation. Focus on the concept - change, process, storage, preservation - how food undergoes change before we consume it. Print the worksheet or assign it digitally to support children's thinking process. Thoughtfully designed well-illustrated learning material, learning engagements, worksheets. See the preview to understand what is included in this product. Do let me know if you have any questio
1st - 3rd
Science
Also included in: Where food comes from? farm to table -raw material to finished product
Protect the Egg! | Engineering Design Process STEM Challenge | Hands-On Science
Protect the Egg! | Engineering Design Process STEM Challenge | Hands-On Science for K–2Challenge students to think like engineers with this engaging Protect the Egg STEM activity! In this hands-on engineering challenge, students design and build a structure to protect an egg from breaking when it is dropped, while following the Engineering Design Process step by step. This activity encourages creativity, problem-solving, and critical thinking as students plan, build, test, evaluate, and impro
PreK - 3rd
Engineering, General Science, Writing
Fossil Huntress: Mary Leakey Paleontologist Engineering Design Process Activity
Bring science, literacy, and engineering together with this engaging hands-on STEM activity inspired by the book Fossil Huntress: Mary Leakey written by Andi Diehn. A free book that can be found on Epic Books! Students will learn about pioneering paleontologist Mary Leakey and her incredible fossil discoveries while designing and testing their own excavation tools. In this cross-curricular lesson, students use the Engineering Design Process to create a tool that can safely uncover hidden fossils
PreK - 5th
Archaeology, Engineering, Informational Text
Carefully solve each math problem and show your step-by-step working.
Description: Take Your Students’ Math Fluency to the Next Level with Volume 2 of Our Best-Selling Arithmetic Series!Building on the success of our initial collection, this "Math Mastery Volume 2" offers 50 brand-new, high-quality pages of open-ended math challenges. Specifically designed for Primary and Elementary students (Grades 2-6), this workbook focuses on reinforcing core arithmetic while introducing more complex multi-step problems that require critical thinking and precision. Instead
PreK - 8th
Applied Math, Mental Math, Numbers
Engineering Adapted Book | Engineers Solve Problems | Special Education & STEM
Engineering Adapted Book | Engineers Solve Problems | Special Education & STEM This Engineering Adapted Book introduces students to the engineering design process using simple language, clear visuals, and predictable sentence structure. Designed for special education, autism support, and emerging readers, this resource helps students understand how engineers think, plan, create, test, and improve solutions. With errorless options and picture-supported text, this adapted book is perfect for buil
PreK - 3rd
Engineering
STEM/STEAM Engineering Design Process Individual Posters
STEM/STEAM activities are a great way to provide students with engaging lessons that nurture higher level thinking skills and encourage real world application/connections.
These Engineering Design Process Posters are bright and colorful, with larger focus words and guided questions for promoting student success. Included in this unit:
*Engineering Design Process Posters
(5 individual color posters-ask, imagine, plan, create, improve)
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PreK - 8th
Engineering
Resident Expert {research process}
Here is a great quick printable to use in your classroom for research with your gifted students. A fun poem has been included to get the students excited about what they want to research. Download the preview to see every page included!
This can also be used for a regular classroom as well, but it was made to be used in my gifted and talented classroom.
Please let me know if you have any questions before purchasing! Thank you!
Ashley Sanderson
1st - 5th
For All Subjects
Engineering Design Process Poster Pack
This resource includes 4 sets of 6 posters. All files are .pdf Images are of a hand-drawn style to promote creativity. The steps of each set include: ❓ASK ☁️IMAGINE ✏️PLAN CREATE ↗IMPROVE Each step includes a question specific to that step to prompt student thinking and inquiry-based learning. ex. Create: What does your solution look like? All steps are .pdf and available in: ⭐️landscape ⭐️portrait ⭐️black and white ⭐️full color Ideas: Use the steps to create a bulletin board Use in various
K - 6th
Engineering
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Bug Board: Problem Solving Tool
The Bug Board is a problem solving tool that students can use to work on solving their problems without immediate adult intervention. It will ask the student to think about the nature of their problem as well as possible solutions. This is a great component to add to any conflict resolution process already being used in a classroom setting.
Students should be instructed on how to navigate the “Bug Board” and should be allowed to practice filling it out. Practice with use of I Messages should al
1st - 5th
Critical Thinking Using Sorting and Process of Elimination
There are four pages in the packet for activities and one that tells you the sorting rule.
All four worksheet pages could be done in 40 minutes but done best when spread over 2 periods/days. The activity involves a made up shape category with made up names (zainers and traibles) The students have to apply deductive reasoning to figure out what characteristics a zainer and traible have to have in order to be named one of those. The children really enjoy this! It teaches children what's involved
K - 3rd
Inquiry Process Student Reflection
After a unit of inquiry is finished or as you move between stages, students have the opportunity to reflect on the learning opportunities they participated in or created themselves. They can use this document later, during Exhibition, to decide which activities they thought were most effective in each stage of inquiry.
Teachers can also use this for self-reflection as well as planning.
K - 12th
For All Subjects
Kindergarten: Design Thinking Process (Template + 3 Lesson Plans/Activities)
Have you wanted to implement the design thinking process in your instruction and lesson plans? Included in this product is: 1) an editable 5-slide (Google Slides) template that incorporates the design thinking process: EmpathizeDefineIdeatePrototypeTest2) Three (3x) Google Slideshows that are templates in which students can fill in their information regarding the 5 steps listed above. Each of the 3 slideshows contains an informational text. Students must read this short passage and then answ
K - 2nd
For All Subjects
Design Process Poster and Workbook, Rubric Included
This process will assist your students with ALL building, engineering, STEM, and STEAM projects. You choose the challenge or goal and follow the process. You will use this resource again and again! Rubric for 1st and 2nd grade is included. Use the poster as a reference throughout the process.
1st - 2nd
Engineering
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