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Back to School After Winter Break Activity - Fun Winter STEM Challenge Activity
Re-engage students after winter break or fill the week before Christmas break with meaningful learning! This Winter STEM activity is the perfect mix of creativity, engineering, and geometry practice, ideal for back from winter break, January STEM projects, or even a day before winter break activity. ❄️ Frosted Forest STEM Challenge OverviewIn this challenge, students design and build the iciest tree in the frosted forest by constructing branches and attaching triangular icicles. It’s a f
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Geometry, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Back to School After Winter Break Activity - Fun Winter STEM Challenge Activity
The Winter Waiter STEM Challenge is a hands-on Winter STEM activity perfect for the first day back from winter break, the week before winter break, or anytime your students need a burst of creativity and movement! In this challenge, kids design and build a stable waiter’s tray to carry “snowy” 3D solids during a relay race, testing balance, stability, and problem-solving skills in a fun, energetic way. It’s ideal for after winter break activities, winter math centers, or January STEM project
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Geometry, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Daily Math Challenge
Updated 2/13/14
This 56 page digital file contains 50 math challenges with answer keys. These could be used as a warm-up or a problem of the day. I use them as a warm-up with my gifted class. It gets the kids thinking and problem solving. The math challenges include:
mental math
math analogies
mystery number
logic puzzles
find the order
shape puzzles
patterns
Thanks for stopping by!
3rd - 6th
Geometry, Math, Other (Math)
After Winter Break Winter STEM Challenge Activity - Print & Digital Bundle
Winter STEM challenges are a powerful way to channel student energy into focused, hands-on problem solving. The Frosted Forest STEM Challenge blends geometry, engineering, and critical thinking into an engaging design task that works for a wide range of grade levels. In this challenge, students work in partners or small groups to design the iciest tree possible using triangular icicles and a clear set of criteria and constraints. The result is a highly engaging STEM activity that feels playful
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Geometry
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
3D Shape STEM Challenge
Thank you for your interest in my 3D Shape STEM Design Challenge! I am looking forward to using this project in my classroom again this year. The students last year really enjoyed interacting and working together to figure out this design challenge! What you get.... STEM Design Challenge Powerpoint to equip your students with all they need to know to build a structure using only 3D shapes! You will need.... -various items in the shape of:cones, cylinders, cubes, spheres (we had parents start co
K - 3rd
Engineering, Geometry
CCSS
K.G.A.2
, K.G.A.3
, K.G.B.4
+1
Area/Perimeter (3MDC5, 3MDC6,3MDD8,4MDA3) Math Challenge
This math challenge requires students to design a new business district for a downtown city. As they add dimensions to their businesses, they must calculate the area of each business and stay under a specified budget. They then must write a letter to the mayor of their city defending their business plan!
Note: This is specific for Hagerstown, MD, but please feel free to modify it for your town!
3rd - 5th
Geometry, Measurement, Other (Math)
CCSS
3.MD.C.5a
, 3.MD.C.6
, 3.MD.C.7
+4
Fun Winter STEM Activity – Winter Waiter 3D Solids Geometry, Math & SEL
This challenge blends winter STEM, winter math, 3D geometry, and SEL skills into a hands-on activity that feels playful while delivering deep learning. The Winter Waiter STEM Challenge asks students to work in teams to design and build a waiter-style tray that can safely transport “snowy” 3D solids through an indoor relay course. Students test, analyze, and redesign their trays while working within a clear set of criteria and constraints. Winter STEM challenges are an effective way to chann
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Geometry, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Math Geometry -- Drawing 3-D Solid Figures--Vertices, Faces, Edges
What a great challenge activity for your gifted and talented students, or those students who learn best by drawing the shapes themselves. A good review of counting faces, vertices and edges.
2nd - 11th
Geometry
Also included in: Geometry and Symmetry Bundle
Triangles - Describing, Counting and Estimating
This PowerPoint slideshow has 23 geometric challenges to help students with estimating: 8 slides explain about corners and edges, the “tri” in triangle, and the types of triangles (equilateral, isosceles, scalene or a right triangle)13 slides give students a chance to count the triangles in overlapping configurations, 10 more slides increase the complexity and difficulty level 10 final challenges give your students a chance to apply what they’ve learned by comparing two problems side-by-side,
2nd - 6th
Geometry, Math
Also included in: Counting BUNDLE
Which One Doesn’t Belong? Math Bundle | Perimeter, Area, and Volume Task Cards
✨ Stop wasting time hunting for meaningful math challenges—this Which One Doesn’t Belong? Math Bundle has everything you need to engage students in deep thinking about perimeter, area, and volume!This bundle of task cards and extension activities helps students build conceptual understanding of measurement while encouraging higher-order reasoning. With perimeter, area, and volume WODB challenges at their fingertips, teachers can spark rich math discussions, address misconceptions, and push st
3rd - 5th
Geometry, Measurement
CCSS
3.MD.C.5
, 3.MD.C.6
, 3.MD.C.7
+13
Toothpick Puzzles
These puzzles and just a few toothpicks for each student and you have an excellent activity to challenge student thinking. Consider using this resource with your intellectually gifted students. Maybe pose a puzzle in the morning and talk about solutions later in the day or the next day. As students become familiar with the puzzles, they can pose new ones for classmates! The thirty-two puzzles are included three different formats - choose the one you like best: ♥ Small cards can be printed t
3rd - 6th
Geometry
Polygon Fun!
Perfect math center, small group or partner activity to reinforce polygon skills! Have students scan the QR Code at the top to link to a video retelling of Marilyn Burns "The Greedy Triangle." This a You Tube link that has been filtered using www.viewpure.com. So there are no ads to distract your kiddos. After a mini-lesson on polygons, have them work with a partner to complete the chart. Extension: Have them hunt around the classroom or at home for find interesting polygons. This would make a g
K - 3rd
Geometry
Which One Doesn’t Belong? – Area and Perimeter Task Cards | 3rd Grade Math
Looking for an engaging way to get your 3rd graders thinking deeply about area and perimeter? These Which One Doesn’t Belong? Math Reasoning Cards transform routine practice into exciting critical thinking challenges! Perfect for advanced learners, small groups, or math centers, each card encourages students to compare, justify, and explain their reasoning—building conceptual understanding alongside problem-solving skills. This resource includes 10 ready-to-use WODB task cards featuring recta
3rd
Geometry, Measurement
CCSS
3.MD.C.5
, 3.MD.C.7
, 3.MD.C.7b
+7
3D Clay Shapes
Really hone in on understanding all pieces to our 3D shapes with this activity. Students will use the worksheet to record their counts after creating 3D shapes with clay and toothpicks. As a challenge, have your early finishers use those shapes to create a castle. My students love this activity, and it's amazing to hear 2nd graders using such vocabulary correctly.
PreK - 8th
Engineering, Geometry, Visual Arts
Geometry City Map
Have your students showcase their knowledge of geometry in this fun project! Students are required to use the rubric to design their own city map, using shapes and lines in their city. Requirements are color coded for easy assessment. Students self check requirements before teacher grades. My students had a BLAST doing this!
3rd
Geometry
CCSS
3.G.A.1
Construction Site Math Perimeter & Area PBL 3rd Grade
Description Make practicing area and perimeter fun and engaging with this hands-on Construction Site Math activity! Students become Junior Construction Engineers as they rotate through problem-solving stations to design building lots, calculate measurements, and solve real-world construction challenges. This resource includes 4 construction job tasks that give students meaningful practice with finding perimeter, determining missing side lengths, and calculating area. With low prep and clear
3rd
Basic Operations, Geometry
Figure Patterns Worksheets | Visual Patterns Logic Puzzles Grades 1-3
Build visual pattern recognition, spatial reasoning, and critical thinking with this no-prep Figure Patterns Worksheets pack for Grades 1-3. Students will practice identifying shape patterns, size changes, shading patterns, position changes, rotations, grid logic, dot patterns, figure analogies, odd-one-out problems, and mixed visual reasoning challenges. This resource is designed for clear, practical classroom use. It includes student-friendly directions, answer spaces, worked examples, indepen
1st - 3rd
Geometry
Also included in: Pattern Recognition Math Bundle | Number & Figure Patterns Worksheets
Kid STEAM Construction for GATE 3rd - 7th Grades BUILD A WORKING CAPSTAN
Maybe all you folks on the coast know what a capstan is, but we land-locked folks haven’t a clue. OK, so I know now . . . a capstan is an interesting combination of simple machines often used on the high seas, a fun construction project full of little building skill challenges, and a great tool for a hands-on geometry experiment.
In this lesson, we discover what a capstan is using primary source photos, build a scale-model capstan, experiment with it, and gather data to make this a true STEAM
3rd - 7th
Engineering, Geometry
STEAM Marble Park Enrichment -- Whole Class and GATE - Math - Engineering
This school year Portable Gifted and Talented is filling up the portable with whole-class enrichment lessons. The lessons are designed to be used by a gifted resource teacher in a “push-in” model or for classroom teachers who want to reach all levels of ability in an engaging way. Great fun and challenging thinking! This enrichment is designed for whole-class 4th and 5th grade or gifted and talented and high ability 3rd grade students. Success in this unit will rely on hands-on application o
3rd - 5th
Engineering, Geometry
CCSS
4.NBT.B.5
, 5.NBT.B.5
, 3.OA.B.5
+2
Also included in: KID CREATED GAMES Standards-based STEM and Math Games Bundle
Fun Day Before Winter Break or Back to School After Winter Break Activities STEM
These two day before or after winter break activities blend Winter STEM, creativity, collaboration, and engineering design with hands-on winter fun! Keep kids learning, laughing, and problem-solving as they practice critical thinking, communication, and teamwork through engaging STEM and SEL-rich experiences. This bundle combines Winter STEM Improv (a no-prep creative challenge perfect for sub plans, early finishers, and morning slides) with the Winter Waiter STEM Challenge (a hands-on winter en
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Geometry, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
+4
MATHS, GEOGRAPHY, ART AND TRIVIA - Where in the World is Waldo?
MATHS/GEOGRAPHY/ART/TRIVIA This workshop is designed to start the learning process of Longitude and Latitude. Notorious art thief Waldo has escaped from prison leaving the whereabouts of his most famous heist - The Salvator Mundi - a mystery. But he's sneaky, leaving mathematical clues to his whereabouts everywhere he goes. Your students will need to solve the clues using their mathematical prowess in; - Area - Coding (Caesar Shift) - Early algebra - Pascale's Pyramid, and - Time zone calculati
2nd - 4th
Algebra, Geography, Geometry
Iggy Peck, Architect: Literacy, Geometry and Engineering Unit
The students will be introduced to Iggy Peck, Architect through a story map and character traits ditto. They will begin to explore what an architect does and look at bridge design, focusing on geometry. The students will have 3 hands-on labs to complete this unit: "Which paper column can hold the most books?", "Build a truss bridge using craft sticks" and "Bridge building STEM challenge using EDP." The unit has 3 videos that will help the students better understand the key concepts of archit
1st - 5th
Engineering, Geometry, Informational Text
800 No Prep Prompts | Math | Halloween | Mega-Bundle | K-12
🎃🧮 HALLOWEEN MATH MEGA BUNDLE (ALL 4 SETS)🎯 TitleHalloween | Math | Mega Bundle | 800 No-Prep Prompts | Word Problems, Logic, Geometry & Probability | K-12📋 Detailed DescriptionOverview: Get all 4 Halloween Math Sets together in one MEGA BUNDLE featuring 800 unique no-prep prompts — Word Problems, Logic & Puzzles, Geometry, and Data/Probability — perfectly designed for Halloween week or October math enrichment. How It Can Be Used: 🎃 Daily themed bell-ringers or STAAR review 👻 Cross-grad
K - 12th
Algebra, Geometry, Other (Math)
STEM Kid Constructions - TOPS! Cool Lessons from the Core
Tops are the tops! Let’s make our own and experiment!
Who would have thought we could blend so much science, engineering, and math into this simple little toy?
You’ve probably seen those valentines where you can punch out a circle and insert a pencil to make a top. Those are hugely disappointing. These tops, however, are COOL!
Anytime we do something cool in the classroom, we want to sneak in plenty of content with it, right? Such is the case here, and you’ll find Common Core State Standa
3rd - 7th
Engineering, Geometry
CCSS
4.MD.A.2
, 4.MD.C.6
, 5.MD.A.1
+6
Also included in: Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
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