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Spring STEM Bins® Stations STEM Activities Centers, St. Patrick's Day Easter
Spring STEM Bins® Team Building Stations are low prep STEM Activities that are designed to foster student collaboration and team building, as well as build your classroom community in March, April and May. Includes St. Patrick's Day / Leprechaun STEM, Easter Egg STEM, Basketball STEM, Flower & Pollination STEM, Weather STEM, and more!Both lower grade (K-1st Grade) and upper grade (2nd-5th Grade) versions are included!★ CLICK HERE FOR SUPPLY LIST★ GRAB MY STEM BINS TEAMBUILDERS BUNDLE!★ The foll
PreK - 5th
Basic Principles, Engineering
Social Studies Leveled Daily Curriculum {LEVEL 0.5}
This year-long social studies curriculum focuses on teaching social studies skills and concepts. This resource is designed for special education students and autistic learners as it is visual-based and features a step-by-step progression of skills. It includes a non-writer version (requires only pre-writing skills) for seamlessly differentiated instruction. This curriculum includes embedded assessments allowing for data-based decision making and accurate progress monitoring. Simplify your social
PreK - 5th
Basic Principles
Science Leveled Daily Curriculum {LEVEL 0.5}
This year-long science curriculum focuses on teaching science skills and concepts. This resource is designed for special education students and autistic learners as it is visual-based and features a step-by-step progression of skills. This curriculum includes embedded assessments allowing for data-based decision making and accurate progress monitoring. Simplify your science instruction and planning with this daily activity-based curriculum, utilizing over 180 engaging activities that promote s
PreK - 5th
Basic Principles
End of the Year & Summer STEM Bins® Team Building STEM Activities Stations
#SizzlingSTEM End of the Year & Summer Spring STEM Bins® Team Building Stations are low prep STEM Activities that are designed to foster student collaboration, as well as build your classroom community in May, June, and July! These activities are perfect for the last weeks of school, last day of school, and Summer School!Both lower grade (K-1st Grade) and upper grade (2nd-5th Grade) versions are included in printable and Google Slides formats!★ GRAB MY STEM BINS TEAMBUILDERS ALL YEAR BUNDLE!★
PreK - 5th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Measurement
Level 1 Functional Literacy Leveled Daily Curriculum FILE FOLDER ACTIVITIES
Elevate functional literacy skills with this resource offering hands-on and engaging file folder activities for the Functional Literacy Leveled Daily Curriculum Level 1, specially crafted for special education. Perfect for extension, independent work, homework, or guided practice, each of the 8 units features 4-6 file folder activities, totaling over 35 resources. Level 1 focuses on vital skills like non-identical matching, personal information, calendar concepts, number and color words, disc
PreK - 5th
Basic Principles
Scientific Method Variables Shuffleboard Game Interactive Print & Digital Gr.5-9
Teach experimental design and scientific method variables with this hands-on interactive STEM activity for grades 5-9. Includes 13 scenarios in print & digital formats to engage students in learning independent, dependent, and control variables. No prep.Engaging Scientific Method Variables Game for Interactive LearningTransform your science lessons with this innovative shuffleboard game that makes learning about experimental design fun and interactive. This engaging scientific method lesson use
5th - 9th
Basic Principles, Physical Science, Science
CCSS, NGSS
RI.3.4
, RI.4.4
, RI.5.4
+20
First Grade STEM Challenges and Activities
These challenges are designed specifically for first grade students and align with crosscutting NGSS science and engineering standards! Six challenges are provided, two for each of the major science content areas: Waves: Light and Sound, Structure, Function, and Information Processing, and Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles. Pages 5-9: Musical Instrument Pages 10-14: Communication Code Pages 15-19: Super Animal Pages 20-24: Tree-mendous Roots Pages 25-29: Shadow Clock Pages 30-34: Earth and Sun
1st
Basic Principles, Engineering, Science
STEM Favorites ULTIMATE BUNDLE - STEM Activities & Stations for the Entire Year
SAVE OVER $100! This HUGE Discounted Bundle has ALL of my Best-Selling STEM Activities all in one place! These favorite STEM Resources are standard-aligned, teacher designed, and student approved! STEM All Year Bundle – 36 seasonal STEM challengesSTEM BinsSTEM Bins Teambuilder Stations – 7 seasonal setsSTEM Bins Speed Builds – 19 setsIntroducing STEM & Back to School Activities + Read AloudsSTEM Classroom Management ToolkitHop Scotch CodingBot Basics Robot Stations
K - 5th
Basic Principles, Engineering
Kindergarten STEM Challenges and Activities
These challenges are designed specifically for Kindergarten students and align with crosscutting NGSS science, engineering, and math standards! Six challenges are provided for the following major science content areas: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions, Energy, Earth's Systems, and Earth and Human Activity Pages 5-9: Racecar Ramp Pages 10-14: Pompom Catapult Pages 15-19: Shady Spot Pages 20-28: Season Suitcase Pages 29-33: Home Sweet Home Pages 34-38: Trash to Treasure Each challeng
Kindergarten
Basic Principles, Engineering, Science
Third Grade STEM Challenges and Activities
These challenges are designed specifically for third grade students and align with crosscutting NGSS science, math, and engineering standards! Six challenges are provided to cover major science content areas: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions, Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits, Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity, Earth's Systems, and Earth and Human Activity Pages 5-10: Magnetic Maze Pages 11-15: Marshmallow Catapult Pages 16-22: Genetic Links Pages 23-27: Super
3rd
Basic Principles, Engineering, Science
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 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
Parts of the Brain Nervous System Activity Teamwork The Human Body Systems
🧠 Spark curiosity and teamwork with this Brain & Nervous System STEM Challenge! Perfect for grades 4–6, this resource blends science content with team-building activities to create a fun and engaging classroom competition. Students work in teams to complete hands-on builder challenges and creative talker challenges, all themed around the brain and nervous system. What’s Inside ✅ Teacher Quick-Start Guide + Script ✅ Student handouts for TALKER & BUILDER challenges ✅ BARFS strategy poster
4th - 6th
Anatomy, Basic Principles, Engineering
CCSS, NGSS
CCRA.SL.1
, MP1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
+2
Fifth Grade STEM Challenges and Activities
These challenges are designed specifically for fifth grade students and align with crosscutting NGSS science, math, and engineering standards! Six challenges are provided to cover major science content areas: Matter and its Interactions, Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions, From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes, Earth's Place in the Universe, and Earth's Systems Pages 5-9: Balloon Car Pages 10-14: Candy Chemistry Pages 15-19: Perfect Parachute Pages 20-25: Plant Essenti
5th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Science
Fourth Grade STEM Challenges and Activities
These challenges are designed specifically for fourth grade students and align with crosscutting NGSS science, math, and engineering standards! Six challenges are provided to cover major science content areas: Energy, Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer, Earth's Systems, and Earth and Human Activity Pages 5-9: Pinball Machine Pages 10-14: Nifty Night Light Pages 15-21: Brick by Brick Pages 22-27: Map a Mountain Pages 28-32: Solar Snack Pages 33-37: Shaky Struct
4th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Science
Push and Pull STEM
This Pushes and Pulls engineering STEM activity engages students' problem solving skills, engineering thinking, and math skills for Force and Motion. They will love creating a way to successfully move the rocks! This STEM activity targets the NGSS Standards for Force and Motion.
In this Pushes and Pulls Engineering challenge the truck broke down, but the rocks still need moved! Students will build a way to move the rocks using the available supplies, but be sure to stay on budget!
Please
K - 3rd
Basic Principles, Engineering
Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Buoyancy Density Science Lab Boat STEM Activity Challenge Archimedes Principle
💧If you are studying buoyancy, density, or Great Explorers, this is the perfect complementary STEM and science activity for you. Students will first conduct a science experiment with aluminum foil and water, and then challenge themselves to design and create a boat. ✨ About This Challenge ✨ This STEM activity provides a great introduction to the Engineering Design Process. While learning about density, buoyancy, and the Archimedes' principle, your students will construct their own cargo s
3rd - 7th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Science
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
+3
Engineering Design Process Posters and Mini Clip Chart
Teach the Engineering Design Process and set up your meaningful makerspace with posters!Excellent resource for any makerspace! There are 6 posters for each step of the Engineering Design Process, as well as a single poster with all 6 Steps. The Mini Clip Charts:Mini Clip Charts can be used with students in small groups or for a whole class lesson where you want students to follow along as you go through the six-step Engineering Design Process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Experiment, Improve. Mi
K - 5th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Science
Marble Maze STEM
Balls and Ramps STEM - The toy company wants to sell a marble maze. They need designers to come up creative ideas for a new marble maze. Your students need to design a marble maze on a cardboard box lid using the available supplies while sticking to a budget. They will use their creative thinking, engineering design and math skills for the STEM challenge. This STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards.
Suggested Plan of Implementation:
Prior Week: Send home the parent letter requesting
K - 5th
Basic Principles, Engineering
Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Makerspace Project Ideas
Over 50 STEM Project Ideas!52 open-ended STEM project ideas that are perfect for your Makerspace, STEM Center, or STEM Lab! With so many ideas to choose from, students will always have motivation to keep making throughout the year! Simply print the light bulbs on colored paper, cut out, laminate, hole punch, and attach to a ring for easy student access. Blank light bulbs are included as well for students to contribute their own STEM project ideas! *Please note that this resource is NOT editable!
1st - 5th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Science
Also included in: Setting up your MakerSpace Bundle
SPUD GAMES! Low-Prep Classroom Olympics with Potato-Themed Events, Medals & MORE
Looking for classroom olympics, classroom games, end of year activities, low prep activities, fun classroom activities, stem day activities, hands on learning, team building activities, classroom competition.... or do you just plain love a good potato? WELL SAY NO MORE! Get ready to roll, lift, spin, stack, and SPLASH (optional 😉) with SPUD GAMES—a hilarious, low-prep classroom Olympics-style event your students will talk about all year! This low-cost, high-fun activity transforms simple m
4th - 12th
Basic Principles, Other (Science), Reading
FREE Summer STEM!
This FREE half-sized Summer STEM booklet is perfect to keep your little engineers engaged over summer break! Eight summer-themed challenges are provided in a choice board format, along with student recording sheets and a final reflection sheet. Open-ended challenges can be completed using common household materials and materials found in nature.
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K - 4th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Science
Montessori Color Tablets, Boxes 1 & 2 (Color Matching & Writing Practice)
Thank you for your interest in the Montessori Color Boxes 1 & 2 material! This material is a printable version of Color Boxes 1 & 2, both standard Montessori Sensorial materials. The children lay the color tablets on the rug or table in random order and then match them. It is a great opportunity to practice naming each color and writing the color words. This printable material is perfect for home schooling families or Montessori classrooms that do not own Color Boxes 1 & 2. For durability,
PreK - 1st
Basic Principles, Reading, Writing
Blank Science Experiment Journal Template | Digital & Print | Grades 3 4 5 Labs
Are you looking to design hands-on experiments with your upper elementary students? Help students learn the scientific method by creating investigations on the topic of their choice. This blank lab report template includes a student-editable Google Slides document and a printable version. We will guide you step by step to help students think like scientists. Great For3rd, 4th, and 5th gradeFlexible Learning in the ClassroomTeachers creating experiments from their curriculumHomeschool Science
3rd - 6th
Basic Principles, General Science, Graphing
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
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