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Halloween STEM Challenges & Activities - Pumpkin Catapult, Fall Party Stations
These Halloween themed STEM & STEAM activities are perfect to engage your elementary engineers in October! They are also perfect for Fall Party Activities. Three STEM challenges and one Bonus Brainbuilder are provided and can be completed as stations or in isolation. Check out my Video Tour and Demo of all components on YouTube below!LOW PREP HALLOWEEN STEM CHALLENGES VIDEOIncludes the following LOW PREP Halloween STEM Activities and Challenges:Pumpkin Catapult and 6 Pumpkin Catapult Games (Stat
K - 5th
Engineering, Science
Pumpkin Activity Halloween STEM - Thanksgiving STEM & Science October & November
The Fall Science Pumpkin Picker STEM Challenge is the perfect Halloween STEM or Thanksgiving STEM activity to keep students engaged this October & November and fits right in with your fall STEM activities.In this challenge, students will design and build a device to efficiently harvest pumpkins from a field, measuring success by how quickly or in how few moves the pumpkins can be collected and deposited into a harvest container. Use candy pumpkins, candy corn, or even just crumpled orange pa
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Fun Halloween Science & Fall Science Halloween STEM Activity Candy Corn Catapult
The Treat Toss Catapult STEM Challenge is a hands-on Halloween STEM activity perfect for October. This challenge introduces students to simple machines (levers) while keeping them engaged in Halloween science and fall STEM activities they’ll love. In this activity, students work in teams to design and build their own candy corn catapults / launchers meeting a criteria and constraints list while competing for longest launch distance or best target accuracy. You can substitute candy pumpki
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
October STEM and Halloween STEM Activities and Challenges with Close Reading
October STEM and Halloween STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The OCTOBER STEM Design Challenge COLLECTION is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. Included you will receive FOUR OF MY BEST SELLING STEM CHALLENGES that will seamlessly allow you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with high interest nonfiction reading passages that
3rd - 6th
Close Reading, Engineering
Bone Bridge® Halloween STEM Science Activity for October Science & Fun Friday
The Bone Bridge® Halloween STEM Challenge blends engineering, creativity, and collaboration as students design and test skeleton bones bridges using simple materials. Kick off October science with a spooky, hands-on Fall STEM Challenge! Perfect for Halloween science, Fun Friday activities, early finishers, or anytime you need an engaging October STEM activity. Activity OverviewStudents work in partners or teams against a criteria & constraints list to engineer bone bridges that maximize
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Halloween STEM Challenge Activities Spider Web STEM Challenge - Fall & October
Halloween STEM Challenges are a great way to celebrate Halloween while still challenging your students to think critically. Cut down on your planning time during this busy season - grab this easy to prep activity! Use Fall and October STEM activities to cover standards and give your students super fun Halloween STEM activities they will love. This ready to go Fall and October STEM Activities | Spiderweb Halloween STEM Challenge is just what you need to keep your 2nd through 5th grade students e
2nd - 5th
Biology, Engineering
Halloween Read Aloud & STEM Activity | Skeleton Craft Q Tip, ELA & Comprehension
Bring your Halloween lessons to life with this engaging Halloween read aloud and STEM + ELA activity pack! Pair the story A Skeleton for Dinner with comprehension, vocabulary, and writing-in-response activities — then launch a hands-on STEM challenge and Q-tip skeleton craft your students will love. This resource blends reading comprehension + STEM problem-solving + art into one low-prep, high-engagement October activity. Perfect for Halloween literacy centers, whole group lessons, or even n
1st - 2nd
Anatomy, Close Reading, Engineering
CCSS
RL.1.1
, RL.1.3
, RL.1.4
+7
Halloween STEM Activities Digital – October Science Stations & Early Finishers
Halloween STEM + Science Digital Activities Bundle (6-Pack) Keep your students engaged this October with six Halloween STEM activities in one discounted EDITABLE Google Slides™ digital bundle. These ready-to-go resources are perfect for Halloween early finishers, October science stations, spooky science Fun Fridays, or sub plans when energy runs high. Every activity is NGSS-aligned, editable, and designed for grades 2–8. With clear criteria & constraints lists, teacher tips, and student refl
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Spooky STEM Challenge: Maze or LEGO Build — Computational Thinking & Evaluation
Bring computational thinking to life with this hands-on, spooky-themed STEM challenge!Students choose between designing a Spooky Maze or building a Spooky LEGO Creation, using Post-its to plan, evaluation questions to reflect, and computational thinking skills to guide their process. Perfect for upper elementary through high school, this open-ended activity blends creativity, logic, and problem-solving — no coding experience required! Because computational thinking isn’t age-bound, students at
Not Specific
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, Instructional Technology
Spider STEM For Young Learners Pre-School to Third Grade
Spiders...Spiders... and More Spiders! Have your young learners add STEM to their day! From pre-school to third grade these differentiated STEM challenges with a variety of different record sheets and challenge level of difficulty will allow you to choose what level is right for your students. Three STEM stations perfect for preschool to third grade: Spider draglineSpider WebsItsy Bitsy Spider Down the Water SpoutThis pack includes: station cardsdifferentiated record sheetsbook listqr code vid
PreK - 3rd
Engineering, Math
Pumpkin Science Activities 2nd - 5th Grade October or Halloween STEM Challenge
Fall is here and your teacher life just got a little busier with Fall activities you need to plan. Use Fall STEM activities to cover standards and give your students super fun Fall STEM activities they will love. This ready to go October STEM Activities | Pumpkin Boat Fall STEM Challenge | Water Displacement is just what you need to keep your 2nd through 5th grade students engaged and excited for learning during the months of September to November. Challenge your students to design and build a
2nd - 5th
Engineering
Also included in: October STEM Activities | Fall STEM Challenges BUNDLE
Maker Space Task Cards (Halloween Edition)
Maker Space Task Cards: Bits & Pieces. This is a great pack for teachers just starting out with hands-on STEM, STEAM or Maker Space. These task cards are perfect for a mobile makerspace or media center. Place the cards in a tub with the materials and let students create! All of these task cards have a Halloween theme!
This is also included in a Bundle! Maker Space Task Cards Holiday Bundle
Also included in the bundle:
☞ Christmas Maker Space Task Cards
☞ St. Patrick's Day Maker Space Task C
3rd - 5th
Engineering
Also included in: Maker Space Task Card Bundle Holiday Edition
Pumpkin Problem: Engineering Design Activity
This is a fun engineering and design activity that is perfect for Halloween and Fall. Students will hear about a problem facing a local pumpkin patch. The farm has experienced a lot of wet weather and the pumpkins that are sitting on the ground are beginning to rot and be eaten by bugs. Students are challenged to design and build something that will raise pumpkins to help protect them. They will use the Engineering Design Process to plan, build, design, test, and modify their ideas. They will ha
2nd - 4th
Engineering
Five Little Pumpkins Halloween - STEAM STEM
This package includes directions, goals/targets, planning page and material list for the Five Little Pumpkins Build a Fence Halloween STEAM lesson. Real World Problem:We read the book Pete the Cat, Five Little Pumpkins. Amazon Link for the BookWe need to build a fence/gate to hold the five little pumpkins. Amazon Link for Artificial PumpkinsStudents used the materials provided to create their own fences! The students followed the design process to plan, build, test and improve their ideas in or
K - 6th
Engineering
Also included in: Halloween 4 Lesson STEM Bundle - STEAM
Halloween October Science Fall STEM Activities – Early Finishers STEM Challenges
Make October unforgettable with these fun Halloween STEM Activities - in both print and digital versions! From bats and spiders to Halloween ghosts, candy catapults, skeleton bone bridges, and more, this bundle brings spooky fun into your classroom while reinforcing real science and engineering concepts. With six hands-on challenges designed for grades 2–8, you’ll have everything you need for Halloween science stations, October STEM, Fun Friday activities, and Halloween early finishers act
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Halloween STEM Activities - Halloween Science - Halloween Fun Friday Activities
Six Halloween STEM Activities perfect for Halloween Science, Fun Friday Activities, Fall Science & October STEM Centers and classroom parties this fall! Students will design spooky inventions, building a bone bridge, bat wings, spider web engineering, ghost pulleys and more! ⭐ Included Halloween STEM Activities:Bone Bridge® (Bones Activity) : Build a spooky bridge of skeleton bones for length, strength, or capacity.Bat Wings Wanted (Bat Activity): Construct bat wings in this paper-airplane twi
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Fall STEM Bins® Team Building Activities: Halloween STEM, Fall Party Stations
Fall / Halloween STEM Bins® Teambuilders are a wonderful STEM Activities to foster student collaboration and build your classroom community during October and November! Themes include Halloween, Bats, Spiders, Pumpkins, Scarecrows, Football, and Leaves. Perfect for Fall Party Activities or Team Building Stations!★ GRAB MY STEM BINS TEAMBUILDERS BUNDLE!★ Both lower grade (K-1st Grade) and upper grade (2nd-5th Grade) versions are included!★ CLICK HERE FOR SUPPLY LISTThe following Fall STEM Bins
PreK - 5th
Engineering
Halloween STEM Challenge October Science - Bone Bridge® Skeleton STEM Activity
Make October unforgettable with the Bone Bridge® Halloween STEM Challenge that combines creativity, engineering, and Halloween science as students design spooky skeleton bridges. Perfect for October science lessons, STEM centers, or early finisher activities, Bone Bridge® gets kids collaborating, problem-solving, and thinking like engineers while having Halloween fun. Activity OverviewStudents work in pairs or teams to design and construct a bridge using simple classroom materials and a crite
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Halloween STEM Activity: Candy Grabber STEM Activity
Fall or Halloween STEM ActivityThis engineering design challenge is perfect for a fun and educational STEM Halloween project! Please note: the word "Halloween" is not in the product - the pages are in black and orange with a candy graphic. Students will work in teams to design and build a device that uses the power of levers to pick up candy from a distance. After completing the project, use the provided handout to discuss the real-world STEM career as a prosthetist. Our students have loved thi
3rd - 9th
Engineering
CCSS, NGSS
6.G.A.1
, 6.G.A.2
, 6.G.A.3
+24
Also included in: Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
Halloween STEM Activity - Fall Science Activity - Fun Friday Bone Bridge® STEM
This Bone Bridge® Halloween STEM Activity is an engaging challenge that brings together Halloween STEM, Halloween science, and fun making it perfect for fun Friday activities, fall centers or classroom party alternatives to keep students excited, collaborative, and focused during October. In this challenge, students work in partners or groups to design and build a bridge using skeleton “bones” (cotton swabs, craft sticks, and more). Their goal? To create the longest, strongest, or most stabl
2nd - 8th
Engineering
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Fun Halloween STEM Activity - Halloween Science - Spider Web STEM Fall Activity
Engage your students in a thrilling Halloween Science experience with the Spider Web STEM Challenge, Creature Catcher —a perfect activity for October and Fall! In this hands-on challenge, students will work in groups to design and build a device to catch as many "creatures" as possible. Using a criteria and constraints list to guide their designs, students will explore problem-solving, engineering, and the science behind spider webs in a fun, open-ended activity. Not doing Halloween STEM
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Candy Corn Science Experiment Scientific Method STEM Activities Challenges
This is a bundle of a candy corn science experiment to dissolve candy corn plus 2 STEM activities: candy corn tower challenge and catapult optimization activity. Candy Corn ScienceWhich liquids will dissolve candy corn? Try it and find out! This science experiment has been provided with differentiated and editable options so that you can use the experiment that works best for your students. There are two ways to do this experiment: find out which liquids will dissolve candy corn, or which dis
1st - 5th
Engineering, Science
Ghosts in the Graveyard - October Science STEM Activity Halloween Early Finisher
Bring October science to life with the Ghosts in the Graveyard STEM Challenge, a spooky science activity that teaches pulleys, problem-solving, and teamwork. This digital version for Google Slides™ makes it easy to use in 1:1 and paperless classrooms, perfect for October STEM activities, Halloween early finishers, centers or classroom party alternatives.In this engaging October STEM activity, students work in teams to design a pulley system that transports cotton ball “ghosts” from the ground
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Halloween Science Activity - Ghosts in the Graveyard Fun Friday October STEM
Engage your students in spooky science this October with the Ghosts in the Graveyard® STEM Challenge! In this Halloween science activity, students design and test a pulley system that transports cotton ball “ghosts” through a haunted graveyard. It’s hands-on, collaborative, and perfect for grades 2–8. If you’re not planning Halloween-themed STEM this year, no worries! A bonus “Grapes in the Vineyard” version is included so you can run this pulley challenge any time of year.Halloween STEM Activ
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
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