Percent Increase and Decrease Quiz

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STEM Bobsled Olympic Lesson

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Students are to work in groups or pairs and design a bobsled. Students will be provided with a toilet paper role, two popsicle sticks, two pipe cleaners, and 1 foot of masking tape. If students wish to brings small things from home, that is okay. Allow students to think through their design. Allow a trial run, and then allow modifications for improvement after the trail run. Hold a final event and display the gold, silver, and bronze winners for this event. This event is fun and engaging.

1st - 8th

Engineering, Graphing, Measurement

CCSS

2.MD.A.1

Engineering a Bird Nest

Created by

Lisa Williams

In this engineering lesson, students will be challenged to use both natural items (twigs, leaves, grass) and man made items (clay, string, yarn, etc) to build a nest that can withstand both wind (fan) and rain (spray bottle). It is uploaded in Word in case you want to change the supplies, and to change the standard number.

1st - 3rd

Engineering, Science

Egyptian Engineering Challenge - Build A Shaduf

Created by

Adrienne Kravchak

This STEM task asks students to recreate an ancient Egyptian shaduf. It follows the engineering design cycle, asking students to imagine, plan, create, evaluate, and improve.

2nd - 3rd

Ancient History, Engineering

Valentine's Day STEM Challenge

Created by

Alison Stern

This Valentine’s Day STEM Challenge includes an editable letter to the students explaining their challenge, math problems to let students know how much materials will be provided for the challenge, and a target to test their designs.

2nd - 4th

Engineering, English Language Arts, Math