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Gifted and Talented COMPLETE 3rd 4th Grade Introductory Program - 45+ Hours
Every other teacher in your building probably has a handy curriculum to follow, a set of textbooks as resources . . . so why not you, the Gifted and Talented Teacher? Here is a complete first year GATE program adaptable to 3rd or 4th grades--all tried and tested, Common Core Standards based, and successfully implemented using best practices in gifted education. SEE THE BIG PREVIEW FOR MORE -- 33% off Individual Purchase Prices You get 263 pages of materials guaranteed to produce 45+ hours of con
3rd - 4th
Engineering, English Language Arts
Arctic Dogsled Racing Design Challenge - STEAM for Upper Elementary
Here’s an applied engineering challenge in which—just like in the real world of engineering—a poor design means limited success or even failure.
In the Iditarod Sled Challenge, students apply their background knowledge of physical science and use logic and imagination to construct a miniature sled that will deliver “serum” to Nome, Alaska, just like Balto once did.
Use this challenge in conjunction with your study of the arctic or the Iditarod--or as a stand-alone engineering challenge for the
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Physical Science
Also included in: Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
STEM Kid Engineering and Construction -- Hoop and Launcher Game GATE
Kid-built in a few hours . . . this 7 inch tall basketball hoop can be assembled and re-assembled. We’re not going to toss a ball to make baskets with this project. Oh, no . . . we are making a little catapult to launch marshmallows at the hoop! Oh, yes! Sweet!
Use this building project as a challenging independent study for upper elementary, as a whole-class engineering project, or use it to make math and science applications like percentages, measurements and geometry, action/reaction, tr
3rd - 6th
Applied Math, Engineering
AIR -- An Incredibly Cool STEAM Unit for Upper Elementary!
Balloon cars, hovercrafts, gliders, prototypes, zip-lines and air rockets, helicopters and more . . .
Here is a full unit with more than 20 hours of critical thinking and hands-on activities designed specifically for all 21st Century Learners and nonverbally gifted learners. STEM teachers: this unit guides students through the engineering process time and time again—elementary style!
Not only is this unit packed with critical thinking opportunities and rich in deeper understanding of physica
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Physical Science
Also included in: Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
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!
STEAM -- Snap n' Shoot Marshmallow Soccer Game
Kid-built in a few hours . . . this goalie, net and goal, and cool marshmallow “snapper” is a complete kid-built soccer game. We don’t have to use our imagination here! Our snapper really shoots the marshmallow ball, and our goalies really defend.
Use this building project as a challenging independent study for upper elementary, as a whole-class engineering project, or use it to make math and science applications like percentages, measurements and geometry, action/reaction, trajectory, etc.
3rd - 6th
Applied Math, Engineering, Physical Science
CCSS
5.NF.B.3
Also included in: KID CREATED GAMES Standards-based STEM and Math Games Bundle
Origami Frog Obstacle Course Enrichment - Blended Learning Choice Board STEAM
Can you safely navigate your origami frog through the obstacle course?
The Frog Obstacle Course has elements of STEAM, blended learning, thematic units, and problem-based learning wrapped together to make something 100% so cool!
Here we have kid-built engineering, standards-based independent challenges, and hands-on learning adaptable for your class, grade level, or group.
But wait . . . you have to earn your spot on the “frogstacle course” by completing independent, standards-based activit
3rd - 6th
Engineering, English Language Arts
CCSS
6.G.A.1
, RI.4.2
, RI.5.2
+8
Also included in: KID CREATED GAMES Standards-based STEM and Math Games Bundle
STEM Kid Constructions -- Rubber Band Swing Ride
Another STEM unit that is very popular with my students. We teachers are a sneaky sort, though . . . because this unit is packed with challenging critical thinking activities, math, physics, and engineering—even a GATE social-emotional lesson. If you’ve purchased any of my STEM design lessons and units before, you know what to expect. If you have not, please read the reviews!
Use this for your advanced groups, or send students off on an independent investigation.
Level: Extra challenging f
3rd - 7th
Engineering, Math
CCSS
4.NF.B.4c
, 5.NF.B.6
, 6.G.A.1
+2
Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
Toy Car Golf Math STEAM Design - Gifted and Talented GATE 2nd-4th 9 Hours
Engaging math and engineering with ramps and toy cars! Your students will go home and share the news about how absolutely cool school seems now. My mathematically gifted 2nd graders were VERY Challenged by this unit, and I would not hesitate to use it for 3rd grade GATE or in 4th grade as an enrichment for the whole class. Schoolhouse Rock Math: We’re using Zero My Hero and 5’s Multiplication to learn multiplication, repeated addition, and patterns to calculate areas of rectangles—a very adva
2nd - 4th
Engineering, Math
CCSS
3.MD.B.3
, 3.MD.B.4
, 3.MD.C.5
+9
Also included in: KID CREATED GAMES Standards-based STEM and Math Games Bundle
STEM in Action: Bird Wings and Gliding-Upper Elementary Gifted and Talented GATE
This lesson is perfect for the teacher who wants their students to explore and find answers rather than go out and get them.
In this engaging discovery and prototyping STEM lesson, students explore how the shape of a wing affects gliding. Students construct a very simple but effective glider and then modify the glider as they explore answers to the question with experimentation and class synergy.
You’ll get everything you need to start today:
--pedagogy to help make the lesson a success
--a
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Physical Science
STEM Kid Engineering -- Span the Gorge Secret Spy Adventure Challenge
In the Span the Gorge Secret Spy Adventure challenge, students launch their careers as secret spies and then solve an engineering challenge to save the day.
A vintage primary source postcard launches the mystery for our 21st Century Learners. Students will use logic interpretive skills (which include translating vintage cursive handwriting) and Internet and Computer Technology skills to “crack a code” and solve a mystery. Next, in a collaborative effort (Common Core skills in Language), stude
3rd - 6th
Engineering
WWII Airplane Fighter Gliders - GATE STEM + Reading 3rd-7th Grades
Yes, we get to throw little gliders around the classroom. This is the sneakiest, most evil sort of teacher trick: learning standards and being challenged academically while having fun!
This unit is perfect for a Friday or the day before a vacation. Start it in the morning, and run across the entire curriculum throughout the school day. Or take pieces out of the unit here and there over the course of days and weeks . . . as the components can work as “stand alone” or as a cohesive trip acr
3rd - 7th
Engineering, Math
CCSS
5.NBT.A.3
, 4.NF.B.4
, 5.NF.B.3
+9
STEM Kid Engineering and Construction - Roman Polyspastos Crane
It’s kid-built with some guidance in a couple hours and the envy of friends—the ancient Roman polyspastos crane with treadwheel.
Do you have a young engineer who needs an independent study project, a talented builder in home school, or need an engaging summer project for your nonverbally gifted child? If you have an engineering classroom and understand the value of hands-on exploration, the Roman Polyspastos Crane project is right for you. While building with kits or Legos or K’Nex is good, n
3rd - 8th
Engineering, Physical Science
STEM Engineering for Elementary GATE - Wind Power, Windmills, and Wind
Two challenging but age-appropriate engineering projects highlight this unit. If you’ve taught my other STEM units, however, you know they’re not simply building projects. We’re thinking, learning science concepts, developing explanations, applying math and non-fiction reading skills, and bringing a wide variety of areas into a unit. But let’s not take lightly how cool it is to build and experiment with a cool mini glider and a working windmill!
As usual, we have ready-to-print activity shee
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Environment
CCSS
3.MD.B.3
, 4.NF.B.3d
, RI.4.1
+5
Desktop Zip Lines -- GATE STEM for Upper Elementary
Students not only study physical science, they design with it, build with it, they write about it, calculate with it, and they live it.
It’s the engineering process in miniature as our engineering teams design and then build desktop ziplines from scratch. Students will draft plans, build zipline towers, choose the best zippy materials, and assemble their ziplines. Hey, it’s incredible fun . . . but it’s not just fun and games here! Students will use their ziplines to collaborate on a physica
3rd - 7th
Engineering, Geometry
Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
LEGO Engineering STEM Activities | Building Bricks Engineering Unit | Worksheets
LEGO Engineering STEM Unit | Ages 5–10 Bring hands-on STEM learning into your classroom, co-op, or homeschool with this LEGO-style Engineering Unit designed for elementary students ages 5–10. Students learn how real engineers design, build, test, and improve their ideas through fun, engaging building challenges using building bricks. This unit is print-and-go, flexible for mixed ages, and perfect for STEM clubs, enrichment classes, and homeschool groups. ⭐ WHAT’S INCLUDED ✔ 8–9 weeks of e
K - 5th
Engineering
Earthquake Tower STEM Worksheets Bundle – Editable Version | Grades 3–8
Looking for editable STEM worksheets to run an earthquake engineering challenge across multiple grade levels? This Earthquake Shake Tower Editable Worksheets Bundle includes customizable student worksheets for Grades 3–5 and Grades 6–8, making it easy to differentiate the same engineering challenge for upper elementary and middle school classrooms. Teachers can edit text, reduce writing, adjust language, or adapt worksheets for different learners while maintaining a structured, hands-on eng
3rd - 8th
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Physical Science
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
+3
Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express READING + STEM Elementary GATE
If you’ve come to know my units, you’ll find the same sort of critical thinking and hands-on exploration and creativity here . . .
Come all the way across the curriculum from READING to STEM activities in this hands-on unit. My advanced group 2nd graders loved this! I would use this for advanced 1st graders in their second semester or 3rd grade as well. I don’t think it would be a stretch to say 4th graders would enjoy it as well.
“Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express” is a Reading Rainbow
1st - 4th
Engineering, Informational Text
3-5 GATE STEM Full Unit - Land Speeders, Sailboats, Signal Flags, and Semaphores
Time: About 11 hours+
Level: 3rd grade (quite challenging), 4th, and 5th grade
Critical thinking plus! This unit will have the students engineering and building “sailboats, “land speeders,” and signal flags from scratch, designing, thinking metaphorically, exploring new areas of math, interpreting historical primary sources and blue prints, solving real world math problems, doing grid work, using graphic design, building background knowledge in physical science, writing a short informative pi
3rd - 5th
Engineering, Math
CCSS
3.MD.C.5
, 3.MD.C.5a
, 3.MD.D.8
+10
Also included in: Gifted and Talented COMPLETE 3RD 4TH GRADE PROGRAM Vol. 2 GATE 70+ Hours
Earthquake Tower STEM Worksheets – Editable Version | Grades 3–5
Looking for editable STEM worksheets to run an earthquake engineering challenge in your Grades 3–5 classroom? This Earthquake Shake Tower Editable Student Worksheet Packet gives teachers the flexibility to customize student pages while guiding learners through the engineering design process as they design, test, and improve a tower built to withstand simulated earthquake shaking. This resource is ideal for teachers who want to reduce writing, modify language, or adapt worksheets for differ
3rd - 5th
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Physical Science
NGSS
4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
+2
Also included in: Earthquake Tower STEM Worksheets Bundle – Editable Version | Grades 3–8
Arctic Antarctic Collection - 21st Century Hands-on STEM+ 69 pages of Lessons
Save 33% off individual purchase prices.
See the big preview for this big collection of hands-on, Common Core lessons for 21st Century Learners.
Included are the following:
STEM Kid Engineering--Arctic Dogsled Design Challenge
STEM Kid Engineering--Halley IV Antarctic Research Station
Whales--3D Art Project and Math Application
"Julie of the Wolves" Independent Reading Guide
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Science
STEM Kid Construction COLLECTION 110+ Pages 20+ Hours
Save more than 33% from individual purchases with this collection of popular STEM lessons! Combine engineering, science, and math in meaningful, hands-on activities and lessons in your classroom. THIS IS THE SOMEWHAT SMALLER VERSION OF AN EVEN LARGER BUNDLE. I use these STEM lessons with my 3-5 GATE groups, but they are suitable and adaptable up through 7th grade. Younger kids will need more guidance, and older kids will find plenty of challenge in these STEM projects. See the big preview. You
3rd - 7th
Engineering, Physical Science
The Clubhouse - Deep Creativity, Design, STEAM, Critical Thinking, and GATE
Because we are evil teachers with evil, cackling laughs, we will entice and engage students like the witch in Hansel and Gretel with a metaphorical candy house. Oh, this looks like all fun and games, but that’s not how we evil teachers do things! You know that STEM activity going around where you have a certain amount of time to build a tower out of notecards? This activity takes the notecard tower activity to about level 44. At Portable Gifted and Talented, we love to build stuff, and we love p
1st - 12th, Adult Education
Engineering, Performing Arts
Pesticide Resistance CER | Ag Theory | GATE Middle School
📘 Full Length Standard Aligned DBQ CER Style Worksheet - Claim Evidence Reasoning | Pesticide Resistance Case Study Worksheet | Evidence-Based Reading Engage your students in high-level critical thinking and evidence-based analysis on the subject of Agricultural Theory, with this Full Length DBQ CER Style Worksheet. This resource is designed to help students analyze real-world topics, interpret informational texts, and support answers with evidence—all while staying accessible for gifted &
3rd - 6th
Biology, Engineering, Informational Text
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