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Earth day wind turbine windmill and FREE Earth Day fact sheet and pledge sheet
Wind energy technology! Earth Day crafts for kids. Learn about clean energy with wind power through the technology of wind turbines. A fact sheet is also included with this craft for kids to learn all about it. The blades are formed by gentle cuts, hole-punching, and gathering together to fasten with a brad in the center. Step-by-step instructions with pictures are included. Learn all about Earth Day with a FREE Earth Day history fact sheet. Get them involved with a FREE Earth Day Pledge Sheet
K - 3rd
Engineering
Earth Day STEM Activity & Earth Day Science - Sustainable City - New Earth
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Earth-Day-STEM-Challenge-New-Earth-City-Print-and-Paperless-Bundle-5402773
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Botany STEM Challenge - Plant Anatomy & Engineering Women's History Activity
Perfect for Earth Day! In this extensive Botany STEM Challenge, students create window greenhouses and observe plant growth. Then they use the engineering design process to build a plant transportation device to safely carry their saplings home! This challenge also highlights Katherine Esau, a pioneer in Botany. History, science, engineering, and math-- it is all included along with teacher instructions and student handouts. Click here for an editable STEM journal to use with distance learning,
1st - 7th
Applied Math, Engineering
CCSS
6.G.A.1
, 6.G.A.2
, 6.G.A.3
+12
Also included in: Women in STEM History Engineering Challenges Bundle
Bird Beak STEM Activities and Pollination STEM Challenge Animal Adaptations
Learn about bird beaks and pollination while reading a story! Get ready for a STEM adventure with Beth the budding ornithologist. Students will choose which challenges Beth should try as she watches birds. Students will learn about pollination, bird beaks and feeding behaviors, and other fun facts about various birds. Based on their choices, they will encounter different STEM challenges. Materials Needed: In addition to containers of water, you can use any materials you have, but I recommend in
2nd - 5th
Engineering
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 2-LS4-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
+1
Solar Oven STEM: Literature Connection Iqbal & His Ingenious Idea
STEM Solar Oven Challenge connects great to the book Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea by Elizabeth Suneby and Rebecca Green. This activity is a Great Book for Earth EARTH DAY or any other sunny day! Solar Oven STEM Challenge and Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea Flipbook is a packet of literacy activities that your students will love and be engaged in while reading the book. Lapbooks are great for keeping your students accountable and focused during book clubs and discussion groups. Other products
4th - 6th
Engineering, Literature
CCSS
RL.4.3
, RL.5.5
Also included in: Inventions STEM Activities Bundle - Engaging, Hands-On, and Educational!
3D Paper Globe Template, Globe Gores Template, Task Cards & Engineering Design
3D Paper Globe STEM Challenge | Earth Day Activity | Precision Globe Gores Template | Engineering Design | Task Cards, Vocabulary & Google Slides Bring learning to life with this engaging 3D Paper Globe STEM Challenge, perfect for an Earth Day activity or any geography lesson. Students design and build their own globe using precision globe gores templates while exploring the engineering design process in a simple, hands-on way. This resource blends science, geography, and STEM, helping stud
PreK - 9th
Engineering, Geography, Social Studies
Farming & Sustainability STEM Bundle | Grow, Design & Protect the Environment
🌱 Farming & Sustainability STEM Bundle | Grow, Design & Protect the Environment (Grades K–3)Bring real-world science and engineering into your classroom with this engaging Farming & Sustainability STEM bundle! This collection of hands-on activities helps students explore how food is grown, how water is used efficiently, and how farming can protect the environment. Through these interactive challenges, students become young engineers and environmental thinkers—designing, building, testing, and i
1st - 9th
Biology, Engineering, Environment
Earth Day STEM Activities Solar System Life Cycles Measurement Gifted & Talented
Celebrate Earth Day with STEM activities that touch on life cycles, the solar system, and geography while getting hands-on engineering design practice. These make great centers for fast finishers in the month of April and include measurement, sorting, reading, and writing skills, too. ✅ What You'll Get ✅ Instructions and sample imagesLetter you can send home to parents, caregivers, and friends to ask for donations6 Earth day themed STEM MatsAlternate STEM Mats for those outside the United State
K - 4th
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Measurement
Also included in: STEM Activities Task Cards with Measurement Skills Building Bricks
Spring Rain Gauge STEM Investigation | Build & Test a Weather Measurement Tool
Stop Doing Bottle Crafts.Start Running Real Scientific Investigations. Turn spring rain into structured scientific thinking. In this hands-on Spring STEM activity, students design, calibrate, test, and improve their own rain gauge while analyzing measurement accuracy and conducting fair trials. This is not a craft. This is an Earth Science engineering investigation. ✅ What Students Actually Do✔ Learn how rainfall is measured by depth, not volume ✔ Plan and design a rain gauge with clear criter
3rd - 5th
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Environment
NGSS
3-ESS2-1
Earth Day STEM Activities Upcycled Birdhouse STEM Challenge and Close Reading
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. Perfect for Earth Day or any time of year, this Upcycled Birdhouse Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by including a high interest close reading passage and assessment that pair perfectly with the fun engineering design challenge. Integrating ELA into your STEM challenges has nev
3rd - 5th
Close Reading, Engineering
Earth Day STEM Challenge - New Earth City Print and Paperless Bundle
Earth Day is the perfect time for the New Earth City STEM / STEAM challenge activity, but any other time of the year will do! The basic premise:It is Earth Day, and the year 2035. Earth has become overcrowded. The students are part of a pioneering crew tasked with setting up the first city (New Earth City) on Planetopia, a fictional name for a recently discovered Earth-like planet in a distant solar system. Part of the mission is to set up the city to prevent or address the problems we are havin
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Earth Day STEM + Writing Lab | Engineering Design Challenge
Bring hands-on STEM and meaningful writing together with this engaging Earth Day lesson! Students become engineers and problem-solvers as they design, build, and explain solutions to real environmental challenges. This complete 40-card lesson guides students through the engineering design process—from identifying environmental problems to creating and improving solutions—while strengthening writing skills through structured drafting, revising, and editing. Students will explore real-world i
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Environment, Writing
Wangari's Trees of Peace READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM in your classroom and promote conservation and peace in your school with Wangari's Trees of Peace Read Aloud STEM Challenge!Students learn about Wangari and the Green Belt Movement in Kenya. They create their own Tree of Peace, and write about how they can promote peace themselves. Excellent resource to use on Earth Day or Arbor Day! Take students through the Engineering Design Process!Students design, build, and test their own Tree of Peace! After they have completed their STEM a
2nd - 5th
Engineering, Science
CCSS, NGSS
W.1.2
, W.2.2
, W.3.2a
+14
Earth Day Activity The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind READ ALOUD STEM Challenge
Integrate Real World STEM in your classroom and engage kids by learning about Wind Power!Teach about Green Energy with this Earth Day Science Activity! Students learn about the how wind power works. They design, build, and test their own windmill using the Scientific Method. Connect to a Read Aloud: The Boy Who Harnessed the WindThis STEM Project is a companion activity to The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Bryan Mealer and William Kamkwamba. The book explores the true story of a boy who built
2nd - 5th
Engineering, English Language Arts, Science
CCSS, NGSS
W.1.2
, W.2.2
, W.3.2
+17
April STEM STEAM Challenge: Earth Day Edition
Earth Day is the perfect day for reducing, reusing, recycling, and STEAM! The challenge? Build a "litter bug" out of litter. The bug must balance on 6 legs, and all legs must come from the thorax. All your students will need is a little litter and a lot of creativity!
Included in this pack are:
-- Printable student challenge card
-- Teacher materials list
-- Pre-Activity guide
-- Engineering Design Process flow-chart for student record keeping
-- Self-assessment/Reflection page (differenti
K - 5th
Engineering, Science
Earth Day STEM Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Earth Day Activity - This STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards and encourages critical thinking, budgeting, and engineering skills. Oh no! People are throwing away too much trash! Your students need to reuse some things from the trash to make something new and useful. What will they come up with? This Earth Day STEM will get your students using their critical thinking skills to solve this challenge! Students must stick to a budget and use the available supplies.
Suggested Plan of
2nd - 6th
Engineering, Environment
Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Hamster Family STEM | Insulation Engineering Challenge | Grades 2-3 | Hamster
The Fluffball family is FREEZING. 🐹🥶They need a warm shelter — and they need YOUR students to build one. 📦 What's Included (11 pages):📝 Teacher Guide (also FREE in sampler!)✅ 3-period lesson plan ✅ Materials list per group ✅ NGSS standards alignment ✅ Differentiation guide (4A vs 4B graph) ✅ Hamster Bux tips ✅ Key teaching moments ✅ Illustrated by hand — yes, the hamster professor is real 🐹👓 ❓ Ask — Fluffball's Letter"Dear Scientists, my family is SO cold this winter. We need YOUR help to
2nd - 3rd
Engineering, Environment
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+2
Science Activity: Making Solar Energy Designs - Renewable Energy STEM Challenge
No prep needed! In this activity, students will think of and draw objects with a solar panel attached so they would not need to be powered by traditional energy sources.
Science Practice:
Designing Solutions
Make Models
K - 12th
Engineering, Science
Earth Day Game Earth Day Project Spring Planet Earth STEM Task Cards Teamwork
Looking for Earth Day STEM activities that get your students building, problem-solving, competing, and thinking creatively? This Earth-Friendly Outta the Box Classroom Competition is a hands-on, high-engagement STEM experience perfect for Fun Fridays, science blocks, or an Earth Day celebration. Students learn about landfills, water towers, recycling, and creative conservation through a mix of engineering challenges, figurative language tasks, and team-based problem solving. Designe
4th - 6th
Engineering, General Science
CCSS, NGSS
SL.4.5
, SL.5.5
, SL.6.5
+1
Also included in: STEM Activities and Challenges Bundle | Earth Day and Outer Space
Paper Tube Upcycle STEM STEAM Challenge, Earth Day Craft Recycling Project
With this STEM STEAM art challenge, children are encouraged to think outside the “paper tube,” and craft something new. Use at your classroom makerspace or as a family homework project for Earth Day while learning about trash and recycling during a unit for preschool, kindergarten, first grade or second grade. Children will learn that upcycling and repurposing an object, is not only fun and useful, but a really great thing to do for our environment. This STEM STEAM challenge series was des
PreK - 3rd
Engineering, Environment
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-ESS3-3
Earth Day STEM Challenge Spring Activities Bird Feeder Craft Science Birds April
This Spring STEM challenge will show off your students' creative thinking skills! Students will learn about birds and build a bird feeder using recyclable materials only. The digital slide show includes fun interactive activities about birds and what they eat. This is great for Earth Day & all April long! ★ Save 30% off by purchasing the year long bundle & all future challenges FREE!THE STEM CHALLENGE:Your students will create a bird feeder out of recyclablesMATERIALS NEEDED:Use basic recyclab
1st - 4th
Engineering
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+3
Earth Day STEM Challenge: Recycling Plastic Bag Project | + Entrepreneurship
🌍 Looking for more than a basic STEM challenge? This Earth Day unit takes students beyond building—students design, test, AND turn their invention into a business! Students become entrepreneurs! Engage your students in a meaningful, real-world STEM challenge inspired by the powerful story One Plastic Bag! Students will design, build, test, and improve a product using recycled plastic bags—then take it one step further by turning their invention into a business. This is more than a STEM activ
2nd - 6th
Economics , Engineering
CCSS, NGSS
RL.4.3
, RL.5.5
, W.3.10
+5
Wildlife Crossing STEM Challenge - STEM Build a Bridge Projects Grade 5
Engage your students with this Wildlife Bridge STEM Challenge—a hands-on engineering project that combines science, problem-solving, and creativity. Students learn how wildlife crossings protect animals and drivers while applying the engineering design process to build their own model bridge. Includes a two-page informational text passage on wildlife crossings and step-by-step student design pages. Perfect for STEM lessons, environmental science units, or engineering challenges in upper el
5th - 7th
Engineering, Informational Text
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
STEM Challenge Bird House Craft Easy Earth Day April Spring STEAM Activities
Build a bird house this Spring for Earth Day! In this STEM challenge students will learn about bird nests and build a bird home using recyclable materials only. This activity is digital and printable. ★ Grab all 5 SPRING challenge at $13.30 & save 30%. Click here to view the bundle!!!THE STEM CHALLENGE:Your students will design and build a bird house MATERIALS NEEDED:Use basic recyclable materials to create a bird house. You can even use reusable items like blocks, LEGO, magnets for younger stud
1st - 4th
Engineering
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