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Spring STEM Activity - Bean Bind Print and Digital Bundle
Looking for an Easter or spring STEM / STEAM activity sure to keep your kids engaged in collaborative, fun critical thinking & problem solving? The basic premise:Due to equipment malfunctioning at the bean factory, several types of beans are all mixed-up, putting the Easter Bunny in a bind! Individually or in partners/groups, students will design and build a device to sort the jelly beans from the mixed-up beans. (You can skip the story if it's too cutesy for your kids, or if you want to avoid E
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Sleigh Ride Fun! A Language Arts and STEM Lesson
Songs and stories about sleigh rides are everywhere...but lots of our young learners have no idea about what a sleigh really is! This lesson provides a short summary of a sleigh, a brief fictional story about a sleigh ride, and a short non-fiction article about sleighs. Each reading passage has a quick quiz to go with it! After reading the selections, students complete a Venn diagram comparison activity. Included is a STEM activity where students can create, evaluate, and modify a sleigh. T
2nd - 4th
Engineering, Reading, Writing
CCSS
RL.3.1
, RI.3.1
, W.3.8
+2
Easter STEM Challenge: Egg-hanced Paperless Version
Looking for Easter activities that your students will love but are more than just a craft or activity to pass the time? This Easter STEM Challenge (Easter STEAM Challenge) will keep your students engaged in brain-busting work disguised as fun! The basic premise: This is a classic egg-drop challenge with optional modifications. Individually or in partners/groups, students will design and build a device to protect an egg from cracking when dropped from a predetermined height. (You can skip the
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+6
Easter STEM Challenge - Carrot Carriage Print and Paperless Bundle
Looking for an Easter or Spring STEM / STEAM challenge activity to keep your kids engaged in collaborative, fun problem-solving? The basic premise:Individually or in partners/groups, students will design and build a carriage to hold cargo and roll downhill, made primarily of carrots. Resource includes:NGSS aligned standards, Grades 2 – 8Teacher Tips- Links to STEM Challenge "How-to" videos - Materials and timing - Criteria & Constraints (including modifications to increase difficulty for older s
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Spring or Easter STEM Activity - Egg Drop Print and Paperless Bundle
Egg-hanced is a STEM / STEAM lesson sure to engage and delight your students as a spring or Easter activity! The basic premise:This is a classic egg-drop challenge with optional modifications. Individually or in partners/groups, students will design and build a device to protect an egg from cracking when dropped from a predetermined height. Resource includes:NGSS aligned standards, Grades 2 – 8Teacher Tips- STEM Challenge How-to Video Links - Materials and timing - Criteria & Constraints (includ
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Easter STEM Challenge Activity - Basket Bounce Print and Paperless Bundle
Looking for an engaging STEM / STEAM Easter activity? Basket Bounce is loads of collaborative fun, coupled with critical thinking, problem-solving, and even a little P.E.! The basic premise:Individually or in partners/groups, students will design and build a basket that will hold and contain Easter eggs as they participate in a bouncy relay race. - Directions to conduct the race based on whether students design baskets in groups, partners, or individually are included. Resource includes:NGSS ali
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Black History STEM Activity - Functional Furniture Print and Paperless Bundle
This challenge was created as a way to celebrate Black History Month and/or Women’s History Month in science class. The premise is inspired by Sarah E. Goode’s 1885 invention of the folding cabinet bed. She was one of the first African-American women to obtain a patent for her invention! The basic premise:Working against a criteria/constraints list in groups, students will design and build multi-functional furniture, or furnish an entire apartment. Note: This resource includes both the printable
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Measurement, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Maker Mats (Creative Choice Boards for STEM, Enrichment, & Makerspaces)
Maker Mats are simple, creative choice boards that promote divergent thinking and creative expression. They are the perfect enrichment option for students and complement to a Makerspace or creative learning area in any classroom or media center. Simple, open-ended tasks guide imaginations and are appropriate for even the youngest learners. Students may use any creative materials available to them to complete tasks! Maker Mats may also be used as an alternative form of homework for families to
PreK - 5th
Art, Engineering
STEM Bins® Build & Write (OCTOBER) Halloween STEM Activities Printable + Digital
SAVE BIG WITH THE 10 MONTH BUILD AND WRITE GROWING BUNDLE!STEM Bins® Build and Write activities combine simple, interactive engineering tasks with engaging writing prompts for first through third grade. Each monthly set contains four seasonal building tasks, related video links, and three writing prompts per task. When combined with STEM Bins, Build and Write is perfect to incorporate into classroom literacy centers. The provided Google Slides and Seesaw versions for paperless or remote learn
1st - 3rd
Engineering, English Language Arts
Bone Bridge® Halloween STEM Science Activity for October Science & Fun Friday
The Bone Bridge® Halloween STEM Challenge blends engineering, creativity, and collaboration as students design and test skeleton bones bridges using simple materials. Kick off October science with a spooky, hands-on Fall STEM Challenge! Perfect for Halloween science, Fun Friday activities, early finishers, or anytime you need an engaging October STEM activity. Activity OverviewStudents work in partners or teams against a criteria & constraints list to engineer bone bridges that maximize
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Sled STEM Challenge Low Prep Friction Force and Motion STEM Activity Winter
In this force and motion STEM challenge, students will use the engineering design process to create a fast or s l o w sled. If you are studying force and motion or how friction can affect force and motion, this challenge is the perfect low-prep hands-on activity! *If you would like to make this into a holiday or Christmas challenge, you can call it Santa's sleigh! All other design criteria are the same. Students can even draw and color a "Santa" of their own to put on their sleigh. You will
1st - 10th
Engineering
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
+4
Creepy Carrots STEM Halloween Read Aloud and Activities STEAM Zipline Challenge
Creepy Carrots book activity for Halloween! Help! You need to create a zipline & carrier to get the creepy carrots out of the garden! This Halloween STEM challenge will get students to design a basket and zip line to help the characters escape. Includes print & digital. LOW PREP and easy for you this October. ⭐Are you looking for more zipline challenges? Save 30% and receive ALL activities! CLICK HERE for the full bundle!Your students will have so much fun with this activity. First read, Cree
1st - 4th
Engineering
February STEM Bins® Build & Write - Valentine's Day STEM Activities
SAVE BIG WITH THE 10 MONTH BUILD AND WRITE GROWING BUNDLE!STEM Bins® Build and Write activities combine simple, interactive engineering tasks with engaging writing prompts for first through third grade. This monthly set contains five seasonal building tasks, related video links, and three writing prompts per task. When combined with STEM Bins, Build and Write is perfect to incorporate into classroom literacy centers. The provided Google Slides and Seesaw versions for paperless or remote learn
1st - 3rd
Engineering, English Language Arts
STEM Bins® Build & Write (MARCH) - St. Patrick's Day STEM Activities
SAVE BIG WITH THE 10 MONTH BUILD AND WRITE GROWING BUNDLE!STEM Bins® Build and Write activities combine simple, interactive engineering tasks with engaging writing prompts for first through third grade. Each monthly set contains four seasonal building tasks, related video links, and three writing prompts per task. When combined with STEM Bins, Build and Write is perfect to incorporate into classroom literacy centers. The provided Google Slides and Seesaw versions for paperless or remote learn
1st - 3rd
Engineering, English Language Arts
November Fall Science Activity - Mayflower & Mishoon Thanksgiving STEM Digital
In this Thanksgiving science activity perfect for day before Thanksgiving break activities, kids will design and test water transportation for the Pilgrims and Native Americans - Wampanoag, creating their own Mini Mayflower or Mini Mishoon boats! This engaging November STEM activity combines science, history, and problem-solving as kids explore buoyancy, stability, and design principles in a fun, collaborative format. The Mini Mayflower / Mini Mishoon STEM Challenge:Working individually or i
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
February STEM Activity - Valentine's SEL & Science - Cupid Bow & Arrow Challenge
Valentine’s Day STEM activities should be more than a quick craft or filler activity. This Valentine’s SEL activity combines February STEM activities, hands-on science, and meaningful social emotional learning through an engaging engineering challenge students love. In the Cupid Bow and Arrow STEM Challenge, students work in teams to design, build, test, and improve a bow-and-arrow system for Cupid’s Valentine’s Day target practice. As they collaborate, test designs, and analyze results, stu
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Other (Math), Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Landforms Earth Science STEM Activity- Plate Tectonics, Rocks & Earth's Spheres
Bring Earth science to life with this engaging Landforms STEM activity. Perfect for teaching landforms, plate tectonics, and Earth’s spheres, this challenge invites kids to design and build the nonliving surface (geosphere and hydrosphere) of a fictional planet, Planetopia. Ideal for grades 2–8, this activity blends science, engineering, and creativity while building communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving. This Google Slides STEM challenge combines hands
2nd - 8th
Earth Sciences, Engineering
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Winter Holiday Ornaments STEAM Craft: Drag & Drop Google Slides + SVG File Guide
Get into the holiday spirit with this "Winter Holiday Ornaments STEAM Craft: Drag & Drop Google Slides + SVG Guide (K-3)"! This 15-slide Google Slides pack is perfect for early elementary (K-5), but can work with upper grades as well, featuring 4 unique ornaments—reindeer, snowman, tree with ornaments, and gingerbread—for a festive STEAM and Art project collaboration. Copy the ornament you want your class to work on in a separate Google Slide & assign in Google Classroom, making a copy for each
PreK - 12th
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, Visual Arts
Pilgrims & Native Americans Harvest Activity - Thanksgiving Fall Science & STEM
Pilgrims & Native Americans Harvest Activity – Thanksgiving Fall Science & STEM (Digital) Looking for meaningful Thanksgiving SEL and STEM activities to keep kids learning before break? In this Corn Cultivator STEM Challenge, kids take on the role of early Pilgrims and Native Americans, designing and building creative tools to help plant and harvest crops during the fall harvest season. This digital version for Google Slides™ blends Thanksgiving science, engineering, and social-emotional lear
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Earth Day STEM Activities | Reduce Reuse Recycle Project & Reading
Earth Day STEM activities with a reduce reuse recycle project, reading comprehension, and close reading passages. Includes text dependent questions, engineering design, and hands-on STEM challenges for elementary students.Celebrate Earth Day with meaningful, hands-on learning that blends STEM, reading comprehension, and environmental science—without adding more to your plate. This Earth Day resource combines close reading passages, text-dependent questions, and a creative engineering design ch
1st - 2nd
Close Reading, Earth Sciences, Engineering
CCSS, NGSS
RI.1.1
, RI.1.2
, RI.1.4
+9
Black History in Canada | STEM Challenges
Integrate the history and culture of Black Canadians into the curriculum with these STEAM (or STEM) Challenges. These challenges feature reading passages about significant Black Canadians, places, events, and topics. Try these tasks in your classroom, library learning commons, Makerspace, or at home. There is no set material list so put out whatever you have available and let your students get to work! Includes:printable PDF versionGoogle Slides™ version for digital use, such as distance learni
1st - 3rd
African History, Engineering
Also included in: Black History in Canada Mega Bundle | Canadian Black History
Turkey Hideout Trouble Thanksgiving STEM Challenge Turkey Trap How to catch
Keep your students engaged and learning in the days before Thanksgiving break with this fun Thanksgiving STEM Challenge. This is a great alternative to the popular Disguise a Turkey activity that kids have completed for years. Instead of disguising the turkey, students are challenged to hide the turkey. This Turkey STEM challenge will get your students designing a safe hiding place for a Turkey this November. Your students will love stepping up to this challenge and creating a creative hidin
K - 3rd
Engineering
STEM Activities Zipline December Reindeer Gingerbread Man Christmas Holiday
Help! You need to create a zipline & carrier to get the gingerbread or reindeer moving! This Holiday STEM challenge will get students to design a basket and zip line to help the characters escape this December. Includes print & digital. LOW PREP and easy for you! ⭐ This STEM challenge is INCLUDED in the HOLIDAY BUNDLE. Get 5 challenges for the price of 3. CLICK HERE for the full Holiday bundle!This Build a Zipline Christmas STEM Challenge includes everything you need to complete this STEM
1st - 4th
Engineering
5 Little Pumpkins STEM Challenge Halloween STEAM Activities Five October Fall
This Halloween STEM challenge can be paired with Five Little Pumpkins & will get students building a gate to hold 5 small pumpkins. With low prep, this challenge is perfect for any maker space or STEAM class. Get ready for some spooky STEM fun! This activity is included in the Halloween bundle. Save 30% when you buy all activities at once. CLICK HERE for the full Halloween bundle!Materials - to add extra fun purchase mini pumpkin erasers or props. Otherwise, use orange pom poms! INCLUDED IN TH
PreK - 2nd
Engineering
CCSS, NGSS
SL.K.1
, SL.K.1a
, SL.K.1b
+7
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