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Roller Coaster Project - Energy, Force, and Motion
Students explore energy, force, motion, potential energy, kinetic energy, gravity, friction, unbalanced and balanced forces with this project based learning activity. Includes a reading passage, flash cards, a quiz quick check, project build day guideline, and draft page for a roller coaster.
1st - 12th
Engineering, General Science, Physics
Pi-Day Catapult — Optimize Angle & Tension (Predict vs. Measure) | MS–HS NGSS
Description (NGSS included) Celebrate Pi-Day with a data-driven projectile challenge! Students tune angle and tension on a simple launcher, then predict vs. measure range and compute percent error. Teams graph Range vs. Angle (and optional Range vs. Pullback) and explain results with CER. 🧠📈 🔬 Investigate: hold one variable constant to fairly test the other. 🧮 Model: use a calibration shot or R ≈ (v²·sin(2θ))/g to predict. 📊 Analyze: compare predicted vs. measured; percent error
3rd - 12th
Engineering, General Science, Physics
Musical Jars Science Experiment – Sound, Pitch & Frequency
Bring science and music together in this engaging hands-on activity! Students explore how sound, vibrations, and pitch work by tapping glass jars filled with different amounts of water to create musical notes. This resource includes: ✅ A clear, step-by-step experiment guide ✅ Observation questions for student reflection ✅ Easy-to-understand science background on sound waves, pitch, frequency, and loudness ✅ A 10-question multiple-choice quiz (with answer key) to check understanding ✅ Visu
3rd - 5th
Informational Text, Physical Science, Physics
Riding Freedom Novel Study – A Cross-Curricular Journey
Bring Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Inspiring Story to Life for Grades 3-12Discover the true story of Charlotte Parkhurst, America’s first female stagecoach driver, through this immersive, multi-disciplinary novel study. Perfect for homeschoolers and classroom teachers, this guide blends literature, history, and STEM with empowering real-world connections. Why This Study Stands Out:✅ Gender Equality & Grit – Explore 19th-century gender roles through Charlotte’s groundbreaking achievements ✅ STEM Meets
3rd - 12th
For All Subjects, Novel Studies, Physics, U.S. History
CCSS
4.MD.A.2
, 7.RP.A.3
, RL.3.3
+10
Egg Drop STEM Activity End of Year STEM Challenge Force and Motion Engineering
Are you looking for an end of year STEM challenge that's always a crowd pleaser? This classic STEM challenge appeals to kids of all ages, and is an excellent way to explore force and motion, drag, and iterative design and testing. Will the eggs break or survive the drop in a device created by your students? If you have thought about trying a STEM challenge but weren't sure where to start, this is a great challenge to start with. ✏️ What materials will I need? ✏️ Use a variety of easy-to-find
3rd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Physics
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Theme Park STEM 10 Day Project BUNDLE | Roller Coaster & Carnival Ride Activity
Theme Park Engineering Project BUNDLE | Roller Coaster & Carnival Ride STEM Challenges Build an unforgettable STEM experience by combining two engaging, classroom-tested projects! This Theme Park Engineering Bundle includes both the Roller Coaster Design Challenge and the Amusement Park Ride STEM Project, giving students the opportunity to plan, design, and build an entire theme park — from thrilling marble roller coasters to creative rides that spin, swing, or drop! Each project follows
3rd - 12th
Engineering, Physical Science, Physics
Magnet Maze STEM Challenge: Forces and Motion Activity Friction | Grades 2-6
The Magnetic Maze: Complete Forces STEM Challenge Turn your classroom into an engineering lab! This engaging, hands-on STEM project challenges students to design, build, and test their own Magnetic Maze using simple materials. It is the perfect unit to explore forces causing movement in a highly memorable way. This complete resource is structured for success across a wide range of grade levels and includes: STEM Building Project: Detailed instructions for the hands-on maze creation.Design & Pla
2nd - 6th
General Science, Physics
Introduction to the Periodic Table - Fun, Interactive, and Hands-On
If you're looking for a slam-dunk chemistry lesson, this is it! This one is sure to have your class raving about how much they love science! (Who wouldn't after a lesson that ends in chocolate chip cookies.) This lesson is 100% written. Instructions are clear and printables are finished for a super interactive, engaging, and memorable lesson about elements and the periodic table. Appropriate for upper elementary and middle school ages. Start by making a model of two different elements using Play
3rd - 8th
Biology, Chemistry, Physics
Paper Airplane STEM Challenge | Forces & Motion Engineering Activity
Make science and engineering come alive with this engaging Paper Airplane STEM Challenge! Students will explore forces and motion while designing, testing, and improving paper airplanes through a fun hands-on engineering activity. This resource combines nonfiction reading, comprehension, CER writing, engineering design, and data collection all in one low-prep printable packet. Students will learn about thrust, gravity, drag, lift, and redesigning while thinking like real engineers! Perfect for:
3rd - 5th
Engineering, General Science, Physics
NGSS
3-PS2-1
, 4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
+9
Things That Go STEM Activities | Force & Motion Engineering Projects for Kids (G
🚗 Things That Go STEM Activity Pack for Kids 13 Hands-On Engineering Challenges for Motion & ForceGet kids building, testing, and exploring real science with this exciting “Things That Go” STEM Activity Pack! These hands-on engineering projects focus on motion, force, and design—perfect for engaging elementary learners in meaningful STEM learning. From balloon cars and zip lines to bottle rockets and wind-powered vehicles, kids will love creating projects that move, fly, spin, and zoom! This
1st - 5th
Engineering, Physics
STEM Challenge: Lever Games & Sports Physics | Simple Machines Project Arcade
Turn your classroom into a high-tech sports lab!How does LeBron James sink his game winners? How does Serena Williams serve her way to Grand Slam Championships? PHYSICS! In this Levers in Sports & Games STEM Challenge, students explore how professional athletes use their bodies and equipment as biological and mechanical levers to dominate the field. This hands-on engineering resource challenges students to move from "passive learners" to "Arcade Architects." Using the Engineering Design Proce
3rd - 8th
General Science, Physics
Sailboat STEM Challenge – Forces, Motion & Speed Engineering | Grades K–8
In the Paper Sailboat Speed Test STEM Challenge, students become marine and mechanical engineers as they design and build a paper sailboat that uses wind power to move as fast and as far as possible across water. Through hands-on experimentation, students explore how wind force, sail shape, surface area, drag, and stability affect speed and motion while applying the Engineering Design Process. This exciting, low-prep STEM challenge is perfect for STEM labs, science classrooms, engineering u
K - 8th
Engineering, For All Subjects, Physics
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Science | Electric & Magnetic Forces Unit | NGSS | 4 Weeks | Elementary
Engage Grade 3 students with this 4-week NGSS science unit on magnetism, static electricity, and electromagnetism! Hands-on experiments, investigations, and STEM challenges build understanding of physical science and magnetic forces. 📖 Product Overview Empower young scientists to explore the invisible world of forces with this 4-week NGSS-aligned science unit: Electric and Magnetic Forces! Aligned with 3-PS2-3, 3-PS2-4, and 3-5-ETS1-1, this resource combines hands-on exploration, inquiry-b
2nd - 4th
Basic Principles, General Science, Physics
NGSS
3-PS2-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-4
Also included in: NGSS | Science BUNDLE | 5 Complete Units + Experiments | Elementary
Objects at Rest and in Motion – Science Choice Board-Low Prep! Editable!
Product Description: Objects at Rest and in Motion – Science Choice BoardThis engaging, student-centered choice board is designed to help elementary and middle school learners explore how and why objects move. Through hands-on investigations, real-world observations, creative challenges, and data collection, students gain a strong foundational understanding of objects at rest, objects in motion, and the forces that affect them. Perfect for units on force and motion, STEM stations, science center
2nd - 11th
Physical Science, Physics
NGSS
MS-PS2-2
, MS-PS2-1
Marshmallow Catapult STEM Challenge | Low-Prep Engineering Activity DIGI & PRINT
Marshmallow Catapult STEM Challenge | Low-Prep Engineering Activity Bring physics to life with a quick, hands-on challenge that puts concepts in motion. Students design and build a catapult to launch a marshmallow (or small object), exploring energy transfer, force, and projectile motion. This low-prep STEM activity is safe, engaging, and perfect for encouraging creative engineering. Learning Goals: Understand how potential and kinetic energy create motion.Apply the engineering design process: p
2nd - 6th
Engineering, Other (Math), Physics
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Across the Divide: An Engineering Design Challenge
Bring real-world engineering and creativity to your classroom with this hands-on “Across the Divide” design challenge where learners must solve a canyon crisis problem! Bring real-world engineering and creativity to your classroom with this hands-on canyon crisis design challenge! Students take on the role of engineers tasked with helping a village reconnect with its school across a dangerous canyon. Using the Design Thinking process—Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test—they brainsto
K - 8th
Engineering, Physics
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+3
Popsicle Stick Catapult STEAM Activity
Get your students excited about physics and engineering with this hands-on Popsicle Stick Catapult STEAM Challenge! Students will design, build, and test their very own mini catapults using simple materials like popsicle sticks, elastics, and a spoon. As they experiment, they’ll explore key scientific concepts like force, energy, and motion, while also applying creativity and problem-solving skills to improve their designs. The included worksheet guides students through predicting, testing, mea
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Measurement, Physics
STEM Engineering Mini Challenge Bundle – 14 Quick Activities | Grades K–8
Transform your classroom into a hands-on engineering lab with this STEM & STEAM Engineering Challenge Mega Bundle featuring 14 highly engaging, classroom-tested design challenges! This bundle is packed with low-prep, high-impact projects that build critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and real-world problem-solving skills using the Engineering Design Process. Perfect for STEM Labs, Science Classrooms, Makerspaces, PBL Units, After-School Programs, Sub Plans, and Summer STEM Camps,
K - 8th
Engineering, For All Subjects, Physics
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
, 3-5-ETS1-1
+1
STEM Challenge: Build a Pasta Bridge | Engineering Activity Grades 3–8 | PDF
Get your students excited about engineering with this Bridge Building STEM Challenge using pasta and glue!This hands-on activity helps students explore real-world engineering principles like tension, compression, and structural stability while working in teams to design, build, and test their own bridges. Designed for Grades 3–8, this resource is easy to implement and perfect for STEM centers, end-of-unit projects, or enrichment activities. What’s Included: Teacher Guide (with safety tips
3rd - 8th
Other (Science), Physical Science, Physics
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-1
Winter STEM Challenges • Low-Prep Engineering Project Inquiry-Based Activity
Looking for a hands-on winter STEM activity that is easy to prep, filled with student excitement, and uses simple, reusable materials? This Bundle is the perfect addition to your science block, engineering unit, makerspace, or holiday activities! 1. Elf Snowball Launcher 2. Toy Delivery Zip Line 3. Santa Crash Kit With just simple supplies every classroom has, students design, build, test, and improve their own device to solve a winter problem This activity encourages creativity, critical
3rd - 7th
Engineering, Physics
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+6
PINBALL MACHINE - STEM Project - Science - Simple Machines, Forces, Energy
The Pinball Physics STEM Challenge: Launch Into Action!Turn your classroom into an engineering lab with this highly engaging, hands-on STEM Design Challenge! Perfect for Grades 2–6, students will design, build, and test their own functional pinball machines using simple, accessible materials (like cardboard, clothespins, recyclable materials). This complete resource is your all-in-one kit for teaching core science concepts through play and problem-solving. What’s Included in This Complete STEM
2nd - 6th
Engineering, General Science, Physics
Haunted House Simple Machine STEM Project | Scare Contraption | Halloween STEM
Halloween STEM Project! Savings Alert! This resource is also included in the following bundles:STEM Project BUNDLE | Traps | Holiday | Life Science | Water Filtration | SolarThis STEM project incorporates Halloween with engineering! Students will create a scaled model of a contraption that can be used in a haunted house to make a “ghost” pop up and scare a passerby. Students can only use items off of the approved materials list to create their scare contraption, and designs must include at lea
2nd - 9th
Engineering, Other (Science), Physics
Leprechaun Trap STEM Project | Simple Machines | How to Catch a Leprechaun
St. Patrick's Day STEM, Leprechaun STEM, Science Savings Alert! This resource is also included in the following bundle:STEM Project BUNDLE | Traps | Holiday | Life Science | Water Filtration | SolarThis STEM project incorporates St. Patrick's Day with engineering! Students will use simple machines to create a trap to catch a Leprechaun (Literacy Connection: How to Catch a Leprechaun by Adam Wallace). The Leprechaun should not be harmed from the trap, should be safely caught and must have a space
2nd - 12th
Engineering, General Science, Physics
Jupiter's Great Red Spot Tornado Bottle Lab | Project | Hands-on Activity
Bring Jupiter’s Great Red Spot to life with a hands-on tornado bottle lab students will love!Explore this massive storm through an engaging STEM activity that makes learning stick.Students are invited to experience Jupiter’s Great Red Spot in a single-class, hands-on activity to investigate one of the most powerful storms in our solar system. In this experience, your students will conduct a hands-on Tornado Bottle Lab to model Jupiter’s massive, long-lasting storm system. Through observation, ex
3rd - 8th
Astronomy, Basic Principles, Physics
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