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Groundhog Day STEM Groundhog Day Science Groundhog Day Art & Shadow Activities
Celebrate Groundhog Day with a hands-on STEM challenge that’s creative & educational! Perfect for grades 2–8, this activity combines science, art, and engineering & math to explore the fascinating world of light and shadows. Students will love experimenting with angles and distances to create groundhog shadows, while adding a unique twist with “street art” shadow tracing. What’s the Groundhog Graffiti STEM Challenge all about?Students work individually or in teams to: Design and manipulate
2nd - 8th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Visual Arts
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Animals & Plants Adaptations Virtual Field Trip | Fun Science Digital Resource
Animal & Plant Adaptations computer activity: This fun Virtual Field Trip takes your students into the wild to see how animals and plants survive and thrive through fascinating adaptations! From the desert to the rainforest, students will discover how living things survive and thrive in different environments by using their special features and behaviors. Using 2 interactive choice boards, students will explore:CamouflageMigrationHibernationDefense MechanismsPlant structuresSurvival behaviorsInc
3rd - 5th
Basic Principles, General Science, Other (Science)
NGSS
4-LS1-1
, 5-LS2-1
, 3-LS4-3
+1
Groundhog Day STEM - Groundhog Day Science - Groundhog Day Shadows Art & Science
This Groundhog Day STEM challenge engages students in exploring light, shadows, and design through hands-on experimentation and creative shadow art. Bring Groundhog Day to life in your classroom with this versatile STEM and science activity combining both printable and digital Google Slides™ resources. Perfect for grades 2–8, this resource is packed with NGSS-aligned lessons, editable templates, and extensions for a variety of classroom settings. How It Works:Students work individually or i
2nd - 8th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Visual Arts
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Flying Santa Straw Rocket: STEM Activity Grades 1-5
Flying Santa Straw Rocket STEM Activity: Grades 1-5
1st - 5th
Basic Principles, Engineering
Halloween Reading ESCAPE ROOM | Haunted House Science Monster Mansion Theme
Unlock the science behind haunted houses with this Halloween Reading Escape Room, perfect for upper elementary and middle school students! In this engaging, print-and-go literacy challenge, students will explore how architecture, chemistry, art, and logic come together inside a mysterious Monster Mansion. Add this Monster Mansion Escape Room to my Monster Mansion Project-Based Learning Activity for the ultimate hands-on learning experience that blends architecture, science, and literacy! Mo
5th - 8th
Basic Principles, Close Reading, Informational Text
CCSS
RI.5.1
, RI.5.4
, RI.6.1
+5
Day AND Night Spinning Wheel Craft for Kids | Printable Science Activity
🌟 Designed for easy printing, tracing, coloring, cutting, and assembling, this craft gives students a fun, interactive way to visualize how the world changes from daytime to nighttime. ⭐ Low‑Prep & Print‑and‑ GoJust print the A4 pages, and students can immediately begin tracing/writing, coloring, cutting, and assembling their wheel. ⭐ Engaging The spinning wheel format helps students see and manipulate the transition between day and night — perfect for early elementary and ESL learners wh
PreK - 3rd
Astronomy, Basic Principles, Environment
NGSS
1-ESS1-1
Women in STEM Women's History Month Poster Set STEM Classroom Decor
Celebrate inspiring innovators with this Women in STEM poster set for your classroom.These STEM innovator posters introduce students to trailblazing women in science, technology, engineering, and math while helping them see the many paths available in STEM. Perfect for bulletin boards, classroom displays, Women’s History Month, and STEM career exploration, this printable set adds meaningful representation and motivation to your learning space. What’s IncludedA printable Women in STEM poster set
K - 5th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Science
Preschool & Pre-K Animals and Habitats STEM Sequencing Activities
Stories for Sequencing: Animals & HabitatsBring animal habitats to life with these engaging sequencing activities for preschool and pre-K! This comprehensive resource includes projectable visuals and hands-on sequencing cards that teach children about animal behaviors, life cycles, and how animals prepare for their needs. What's Included: 28 pages of teacher slides with projectable four-step visual stories5 pages of printable sequencing cards (one set per story) Complete teacher instructions wi
PreK - K
Basic Principles, Earth Sciences, Environment
Benjamin Franklin Spinner Craft, Biography Activity, Presidents’ Day Lessons
Looking for fun Benjamin Franklin activities for kids? This printable Benjamin Franklin spinner craft helps young learners explore early American history through an engaging hands-on activity. Perfect for social studies lessons, biography units, Presidents’ Day activities, and homeschool history, this interactive learning wheel makes it easy for students to discover key facts about one of America’s most influential historical figures. Students color, cut, and assemble the spinner to reveal impor
PreK - 3rd
Basic Principles, Coloring Pages, U.S. History
Groundhog Day Math Measurement & Science Activities – Light and Shadows
Make Groundhog Day meaningful with hands-on math, measurement, and light and shadow activities that get students experimenting, predicting, and thinking like scientists. This Groundhog Day activities resource includes three engaging shadow investigations where students explore how light source angle, distance, and object placement affect shadows. Kids create, test, measure, and record data as they work within constraints. Perfect for Groundhog Day math, science centers, and inquiry-based le
3rd - 5th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Measurement
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
St. Patrick's Day Science Activity
A fun, hands-on, and low-cost St. Patrick's Day themed science experiment. Students will learn about chemical reactions while dissolving their St. Patrick's Day geodes and will get to take home their uncovered treasures. Resource comes complete with an activity page, a special take-home card for the uncovered treasures, full experiment instructions and teacher notes.
PreK - 6th
Basic Principles, Chemistry, General Science
You vs A.I.-Design new Valentine's Day Neoglyph & Neologism| Create then ask AI
Looking for a safe and unique way to use artificial intelligence with your grades 3-8 students or homeschoolers, but want students to do their own creative work as well? Looking for Fun FrAIday (that's Friday with some A.I. in it 😉) project that is also a creative design lesson AND for Valentine's Day? You found it with this fun Neoglyph and Neologism (Symbol and Word) Design Challenge for grades 4,5,6,7,8! Students will pit their design skills against A.I. by first researching Cupid a
3rd - 8th
Basic Principles, Computer Science - Technology, For All Subjects
Earth Day Activity: Dandelion Analysis T-Chart Activity
This simple and low-prep Earth Day activity has students analyze pros and cons of dandelions to decide if they are "intolerable intruders" or "favorable flowers." They will cut out 10 statement cards and place them on a t-chart under intolerable or favorable. The final piece is to write an opinion about if dandelions are favorable or not. This can be used as a simple CER activity! This lesson is also found in the Earth Day Activities Bundle.
5th - 8th
Basic Principles, Environment, General Science
Engage Students with a Paper Heart Catapult STEM Engineering Project
Tired of Valentine's Day lessons that are more fluff than substance? Looking for a way to ignite genuine curiosity and critical thinking in your classroom? Introducing the Paper Heart Catapult STEM Challenge | Valentine Engineering Activity! This engaging, print-and-go resource transforms Valentine's Day into a memorable learning experience, empowering your students to explore the Engineering Design Process while having a blast. Save precious planning time with a complete, easy-to-implement a
3rd - 5th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Writing
Pumpkin Look & Find Sensory Bin Activity
Bring autumn to life in your classroom with this Pumpkin Look & Find Sensory Bin Activity!Students explore a fall-themed sensory bin filled with pumpkins that hide surprise images inside. Using a flashlight, they shine light through the pumpkins to reveal what’s hidden — turning discovery into a hands-on, light-based learning experience. This activity encourages curiosity, fine motor coordination, vocabulary growth, and observation skills through play. Instead of a worksheet, students use a Lo
PreK - K
Basic Principles, Vocabulary
You vs A.I.-Design new St. Patrick's Day Neoglyph & Neologism|Create then ask AI
Looking for a safe and unique way to use artificial intelligence for St. Patrick's Day with your intermediate or middle school STEM students or homeschoolers, but want students to do their own creative work as well? Looking for Fun FrAIday (that's Friday with some A.I. in it 😉) project that is also a creative design lesson? You found it with this fun Neoglyph and Neologism (Symbol and Word) Design Challenge for grades 4,5,6,7,8! Students will pit their design skills against A.I. by fir
3rd - 9th
Basic Principles, Computer Science - Technology, For All Subjects
Valentine Centers Craft | Edible vs Inedible Sorting Activity | Printable
Make Valentine’s Day learning fun with this Edible vs Inedible Sorting Activity!Students will love sorting adorable Valentine-themed picture cards into edible (things you can eat) and inedible (things you cannot eat) while building vocabulary, practicing classification, and sparking meaningful classroom conversations. This resource is perfect for PreK, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade—great for centers, small groups, morning tubs, early finishers, and ESL/EAL support. Plus, it includes two car
PreK - 2nd
Basic Principles, Coloring Pages, Vocabulary
Christmas Scissor Skills Worksheets | Cutting Practice for Pre-K & Kindergarten
This Christmas Scissor Skills pack includes 20 fun cutting worksheets for preschool and kindergarten. Students will practice cutting along different types of lines while developing fine motor skills. Make cutting practice fun this holiday season with these Christmas-themed scissor skills worksheets! This printable activity pack is designed for preschool and kindergarten students who are learning how to cut with scissors safely and confidently. Children will follow clear cutting paths from the bo
PreK - K
Basic Operations, Basic Principles, Writing
Pumpkin Mix Up: Exploring Properties with our Senses
Pumpkin Mix Up! Exploring Properties of Matter✨Get ready for some delicious fall science fun! In this hands-on investigation, students will explore how different ingredients have properties that we can observe, describe, and compare. Using their senses (safely!), students will look closely at each ingredient before mixing everything together to create their own pumpkin dessert in a bag.Students will become real scientists, observing, recording, predicting, and discussing what changes happen w
K - 5th
Basic Principles, General Science, Physical Science
CCSS, NGSS
W.K.2
, SL.K.1
, SL.K.1a
+6
Do You Believe in the Yule Cat? Winter Science & Geothermal STEM Activity w/ AI
❄Looking for a Volcanic Activity --> Human use of Geothermal Energy Fun FrAIday (that's Friday with some A.I. in it 😉) STEM activity that check multiple boxes including Science, Artificial Intelligence, Winter Holidays, and Reading & Summarizing Skills? Looking for a safe way to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) in your technology lessons or science activity with your upper Elementary, Intermediate and Middle School students or homeschoolers, but want your students to do some
4th - 8th
Basic Principles, Computer Science - Technology, General Science
NGSS
MS-ESS2-2
, MS-ESS3-3
, 3-5-ETS1-2
+2
Do You Believe in Aliens? Fun Space Science Activity- STEM w/ A.I. Chatbot
👽Looking for an Astrobiology Fun FrAIday (that's Friday with some A.I. in it 😉) project that checks multiple boxes including Space Science, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Beliefs vs Evidence, and Reading & Summarizing Skills, and also contains a space themed lesson? Looking for a safe way to incorporate artificial intelligence in your technology lessons or science activity with your upper Elementary, Intermediate and Middle School students or homeschoolers, but want your students
4th - 9th
Basic Principles, Computer Science - Technology, General Science
NGSS
5-ESS1-1
, MS-ESS1-3
, HS-ESS1-2
Do You Believe in Father Time? New Year's Science Activity w/A.I.-Measuring Time
❄Looking for a January Fun FrAIday (that's Friday with some A.I. in it 😉) STEM project that checks multiple boxes including Measuring Time with Atomic Clocks, Satellite Science, Artificial Intelligence, New Year's, and Reading & Summarizing Skills? Looking for a safe way to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) in your technology lessons or science activity with your upper Elementary, Intermediate and Middle School students or homeschoolers, but want your students to do some critical
4th - 9th
Basic Principles, Computer Science - Technology, General Science
CCSS, NGSS
RI.4.1
, RI.4.2
, RI.4.3
+39
Candy Corn Investigations - Science Lab Skills Practice for Fall Fun
Want to have your students practice lab skills while having some holiday fun? Try out these candy corn activities. The first activity has the students try to determine the mass of a single candy corn. Definitely have a range of acceptable masses for a single candy corn for the package that you have. The second activity has students trying out different liquids (I typically use hot and cold water, ethanol, white vinegar, and apple cider vinegar) to determine which best dissolves a candy corn.
4th - 7th
Basic Principles, General Science, Measurement
Bat STEM and Science For Littles
Bats...Bats...Bats! Have your young learners add STEM to their day! From pre-school to second grade these differentiated STEM challenges with a variety of different record sheets and challenge level of difficulty will allow you to choose what level is right for your students. Three STEM stations perfect for preschool to second grade: Build a bat caveBuild a batThis pack includes: station cardsdifferentiated record sheetsbook listecholocation science sheets writing connectionsletter recognition a
PreK - 2nd
Basic Principles, Engineering
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+1
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