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Decoding Resistors Create-A-Poster
My Create-A-Poster series takes several Engineering/STEM skills and turns them into a project for students to create a poster/infographic that teaches that skill to the reader. The Create-A-Poster project is a great way to assess student understanding of the skill. These projects are also very easy to drop in the lesson plan for sub days! I was so thankful I had these in my Sub Day Library a few years ago when my husband and I were in the ER and needed something quick and easy for me yet meaning
5th - 12th, Higher Education
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, Physics
NGSS
MS-ETS1-1
STEM Activity for Centers - Sub Plans - Early Finishers | Analyze This vs. That
Analyze This vs. That is an easy STEM activity to implement & gives students practice with critical thinking - one of the 4 C's of Engineering! Use in sub plans, centers, as bell ringers, or for early finishers.This short STEM activity takes as little as 5 minutes and prepares students to get their brains in STEM mode while you buy yourself a few minutes to prepare materials and collect your thoughts at the start of class! Students will view two designs that solve a similar problem. Studen
2nd - 5th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-1
Christmas STEM Brain Teasers – Fun Day Before Winter Break Activity Bell Ringers
Bring energy and creativity to the day before winter break with Christmas STEM Improv Brain Teasers! This quick, low-prep activity helps kids practice creativity, problem-solving, and flexible thinking through fast-paced, imaginative design prompts. It’s part STEM challenge, part creative brain break, and all fun, perfect for bell ringers, sub plans, early finishers, or centers during December. How It Works1️⃣ Kids randomly select from three Christmas-themed categories: 🎁 Object🎄 Material
3rd - 6th
Engineering
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
Fun Day Before Thanksgiving Break Activity - SEL November STEM Harvest Activity
This Pumpkin Harvest STEM is the perfect Day Before Thanksgiving Break Activity. Packed with SEL, science, math and more, students will love the festive theme while practicing engineering, problem-solving, and critical thinking. In this activity, students design and build a device to harvest pumpkins from a field as efficiently as possible. Success is measured by how quickly, or in how few moves, they can collect pumpkins and deliver them into a container. With its focus on efficiency, desi
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Day Before or After Winter Break Activity - Snowman Science Winter STEM Activity
Looking for a fun, low-prep STEM activity for the day before or after winter break? The Snowman Stretch STEM Challenge is perfect for keeping kids learning and laughing while practicing science, technology, engineering, and math skills in a festive, wintry theme. In this hands-on Winter STEM and Science activity, kids design and build the tallest free-standing snowman possible—or, for an extra challenge, the snowman with the greatest volume or surface area. It’s an ideal way to mix creativ
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Other (Math), Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Fun Halloween Early Finishers, Sub Plans, Morning Work - STEM Improv Activity
Halloween STEM Improv is an engaging Halloween STEM activity perfect for Halloween science or STEM sub plans, early finishers, morning meeting activities, warm ups, and October STEM stations. With 336 possible design combinations, students stretch their imagination, practice problem-solving, and develop planning skills -- all in a no-prep format that works for any October science or STEM lesson. ➡️ How It WorksStudents randomly select an Object, Material, and Function from Halloween-themed
3rd - 6th
Engineering
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
Beginning of Year Science Back to School STEM Activity Elementary Team Building
Perfect for Back to School STEM | Beginning of the Year Science, Grades 2–8The Apples Aloft Tower STEM Challenge is ideal for first week of school science activities, offering an engaging way to introduce your students to STEM practices, teamwork, and the engineering design process. Whether you're planning for back to school STEM activities in elementary or a middle school fall science unit, this tower-building challenge helps set classroom expectations, spark creativity, and build community
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Measurement, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Engineering Design Process Journal | STEM Early Finisher Reflection
Are you looking for a way to have your students participate in lessons about the Engineering Design Process? This student journal is the answer! It comes in two formats: printable and digital. Students will focus on various parts of the process and practice using each portion and reflect on its importance. This product can be used for early finishers, for review, morning work, with a substitute, homework, etc. What’s Included?Teacher Directions how to download the electronic version Color D
2nd - 5th
Engineering
First Week of School Science Activities Beginning of Year Science Team Building
Back to School STEM Activities – Perfect for the First Week of School!Looking for easy-to-implement, STEM activities for the first day of school? This two-activity resource helps you kick off the school year with collaboration, creativity, and science and engineering practices that build classroom culture and critical thinking from Day One. These challenges are ideal for team building activities the first day of school, beginning of the year science activities, or Fun Friday activities. A
3rd - 6th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
+4
Would You Rather Questions | Thanksgiving & Fall Morning Slides This or That
Start your November mornings with engaging, low-prep Would You Rather Thanksgiving and This or That fall morning slides! These fun, interactive prompts are perfect for morning meetings, brain breaks, or community-building discussions in 1st-3rd grade. Students love sharing their opinions while practicing critical thinking and communication skills—and you’ll love having an easy, ready-to-use Thanksgiving morning activity that keeps your classroom calm, connected, and focused. ❤️ Why Teac
1st - 3rd
Classroom Community, Engineering, Writing
CCSS, NGSS
W.2.1
, K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
No Prep STEM Activity for STEM Sub Plans or Early Finishers Science Sub Plans
STEM Design Domino is the ideal solution for STEM sub plans, early finishers, choice boards, Fun Friday activities, and low-prep STEM centers because it's packed with 432 easy STEM design activities that require minimal prep & deliver maximum engagement!This flexible, print-and-go resource helps students practice critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving with no building supplies required. All you need is paper, pencil, and a domino or die (or even just a random number generator), makin
2nd - 5th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Halloween Early Finishers, Sub Plans, Fun Morning Work - October Science & STEM
Halloween Quick Build STEM Challenges are quick, flexible, and low-prep making them perfect for October Morning Work or Warm Ups, Sub Plans, Centers, Early Finishers Activities & Choice Boards. Students will love building spooky creations like a spider catcher, a bat branch, and a throne of bones, all while practicing critical thinking, problem-solving, and STEM skills. Activities Overview:A Quick Build in STEM is like a “quick write” in ELA. Students pick a challenge and rapidly draft and build
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Math
Mars STEM Escape Room: A Digital Breakout Activity - Easy-Prep Engineering Build
Kids love space! This Mars Escape Room is a fun activity to spark their curiousity! With clickable clues and simple setup to get started, students search for objects that contains a clue and then solve the STEM challenge. Each puzzle provides a letter to the password that will help students escape! This activity allows your students to collaborate and practice overcoming obstacles! This resource also has students build a catapult out of easy-to-find materials as part of a clue! This escape ro
5th - 8th
Engineering, Science
Christmas STEAM & Winter STEAM | Reindeer STEM Activity & Winter Holiday Game
The Reindeer Relay Christmas STEM Challenge is a festive day before winter break activity that combines creativity, engineering, and teamwork! This digital Google Slides™ version engages kids in Christmas SEL and STEM learning as they design and test reindeer antlers for a fun classroom relay game. Students apply problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills while exploring concepts like balance, stability, and structure. Along the way, they’ll practice critical thinking, creativity
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Halloween Read-Aloud STEM Challenges | 10 Story-Based Engineering Projects
Bring Halloween learning to life with these 10 hands-on STEM challenges inspired by popular Halloween read-alouds! Each activity connects to a story students love and challenges them to design, build, and solve problems using creativity and critical thinking. Perfect for October STEM stations, small groups, or a full week of festive fun, these story-based engineering projects keep engagement high while reinforcing real science and engineering practices. 🧠 Why Teachers Love This Resource:✅ 1
1st - 3rd
Classroom Community, Engineering
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
Candy Corn Tower STEM Challenge |STEM Activity for Grades 2–5
Looking for a fun and educational way to celebrate Fall in your classroom? This Candy Corn Tower STEM Challenge is the perfect blend of spooky fun and hands-on learning! Students in Grades 2–5 will work collaboratively to build the tallest free-standing tower using just candy corn and toothpicks — no glue, no tape, just STEM thinking and teamwork. Use this activity during October for a Halloween-themed science center, enrichment project, or STEM Friday. It’s great for practicing the Engine
2nd - 5th
Classroom Community, Engineering
Also included in: Seasonal STEM Challenge Bundle | August - December (Grades 2–5)
Valentine's Day Social Emotional & Measurement February STEM Candy Box Activity
Looking for a Valentines social emotional learning activity that also builds measurement, engineering and math skills? This Candy Box STEM activity and math challenge is designed for use in Google Slides classrooms. Students collaborate, communicate, and problem-solve as they design the smallest possible candy container that meets specific criteria and constraints. The activity feels like a puzzle or game, but it is grounded in measurement, spatial reasoning, and SEL skills like teamwork and p
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Other (Math), Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Day Before Winter Break Activity - Last Week Before Christmas Break - SEL & STEM
The Sled & Slope or Santa's Sleigh & Slope STEM Challenge keeps kids engaged before winter break! It's a hands-on winter science and engineering activity that brings together STEM and SEL skills, perfect for your last week before Christmas break or first week back after winter break. In this Winter STEM activity, kids design and build a sled or sleigh and ramp that can transport “people” or “gifts” the greatest distance possible. They’ll use creativity, critical thinking, and teamwork to test
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
First Week of School Science Back to School STEM Activity First Day Teamwork Fun
Looking for back to school STEM activities for the first week of school that combine hands-on engineering with critical thinking and team-building? The Apples Afar Cantilever STEM Challenge is a student favorite for the first day of school or fall-themed science units. This collaborative activity tasks students with designing and building a cantilever to suspend an apple as far from the edge of a desk as possible. It’s an engaging way to introduce the engineering design process, encourage
2nd - 8th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
10 Quick STEM Challenges for Pairs Low-Prep Teamwork Tasks with Simple Supplies
Need fast, engaging STEM activities that work perfectly for pairs and only take 10 minutes to complete? This set of 10 Quick STEM Challenges for Pairs is your no-prep solution for promoting teamwork, creativity, and critical thinking — using only basic classroom supplies! These hands-on challenges are designed for 2 students per team, making them ideal for stations, early finishers, or any time you need an easy-to-run, high-impact STEM activity. ✅ What’s Included: 10 unique 10-minute STEM
1st - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Robotics
Day Before Winter Break Activity Fun Christmas SEL Winter Science STEM Challenge
This fun Christmas or winter activity blends science, technology, engineering, math & SEL. The Frozen Fortress STEM Challenge engages kids in brain-busting work disguised as fun, perfect for the day before winter break, after break, or any winter SEL or STEM lesson! ❄️ Frozen Fortress Challenge OverviewWorking against a criteria & constraints list in partners or groups, kids design and build a snowball fortress wall to meet two main criteria: Greatest area (or just height or length for younger
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Other (Math), Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
10 Quick STEM Challenges for Groups Low-Prep Teamwork Tasks with Simple Supplies
Looking for quick, hands-on STEM activities that get your students thinking, building, and collaborating — without breaking the bank or taking hours to prep? This set of 10 Fast & Fun STEM Challenges is perfect for upper elementary and middle school students working in groups of 4! Each challenge takes just 10 minutes, uses common classroom supplies (like paper clips, index cards, tape, and tennis balls), and sparks critical thinking, creativity, and teamwork. ✅ What’s Included: 10 unique
1st - 8th
Classroom Community, Engineering, General Science
Kindness STEM Challenges & Activities Kindness Week | Kindness is My Superpower
Bring kindness to life with hands-on STEM challenges that teach empathy, problem-solving, and creativity! This engaging resource combines beloved picture books—like Kindness is My Superpower, Be Kind, and The Invisible Boy—with 10 interactive STEM challenges that help students build, design, and create ways to show compassion. Perfect for World Kindness Day, Kindness Week, Random Acts of Kindness, or any time you want to strengthen your classroom community through social-emotional learni
1st - 3rd
Classroom Community, Engineering, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS
RL.2.1
, K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
+1
Make Your Own Planet Elementary STEM Project GoogleSlides
Make your own planet! Created specifically for gifted and talented 3rd and 4th grade students, this fun space STEM project will help your students become an expert on our place in space, and then apply everything they have learned to create their own planet - literally! Provided as a self-paced googleslides activity, this elementary STEM project works best over a block of four classes (in person or distance learning), approximately one hour each: Day 1: Students will become an expert on our plac
3rd - 4th
Astronomy, Engineering
NGSS
3-ESS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 4-ESS2-2
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