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Cranberry Catapult STEM Challenge — Thanksgiving Engineering, Data & Measurement

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Turn Thanksgiving week into a high-engagement STEM engineering challenge. Students design and build a simple cranberry catapult, test three trials, measure distance in centimeters, graph results, and reflect on force, motion, and the engineering design process. Includes a Safety Rules poster, score/data sheets, a 10-point rubric, discussion prompts, extension ideas, and a 5-question mini-quiz. Perfect for science, engineering, or a holiday STEM day; works great for whole-group, stat

3rd - 6th

Engineering, Graphing, Measurement

Floating Love Boats Valentine STEM Challenge, Foil Boat Buoyancy Lab (K–3)

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Innovative Sparks

Cupid’s candy delivery boats are sinking, and your students are the rescue team. In Floating Love Boats, kids design aluminum foil “love boats” and test how many candy hearts they can load before the boat finally goes down. It’s hands-on, hilarious (in the best way), and sneaks in real science like buoyancy, stability, and the engineering design process without anyone realizing they’re learning. Students build, test, record results, then redesign and try again. You get instant engagement, mean

K - 3rd

Engineering, General Science, Other (Math)

CCSS, NGSS

1.MD.C.4

, 2.MD.D.10

, K-2-ETS1-2

Winter Olympics STEM: Curling Target Push (K–2) Force, Motion, Math Activity

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Innovative Sparks

👉 This activity is part of the Winter Olympics STEM Bundle. Grab the full unit and save $4.25Bring the Winter Olympics into your classroom with Curling Target Push: Slide to Score! This K–2 STEM activity turns desks into mini curling rinks as students slide a coin or bottle cap “stone” toward a target, then measure, score, and compare results. It’s hands-on, fast to prep, and packed with real learning, kids explore force and motion by testing gentle, medium, and strong pushes, then use math

K - 3rd

Engineering, Measurement, Other (Math)

CCSS, NGSS

1.MD.A.1

, 2.MD.A.1

, 1.OA.A.1

Also included in: Winter Olympics STEM Unit Plan (5 Days, 5 Challenges, Save $4.25)