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Valentine Straw Rocket STEM Challenge, K-3 Heart & Cupid Rockets

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Cupid’s delivery system is failing, and your students get to be the engineers who save Valentine’s Day. Valentine Straw Rocket STEM Challenge is a hands-on, low-prep engineering activity where kids build simple straw rockets, decorate them as heart or cupid rockets, then launch, measure, and redesign to improve distance and accuracy. It’s the perfect February STEM center, whole-group challenge, or fast-finishers activity that feels like play, but quietly nails real science and math skills. S

K - 3rd

Engineering, General Science, Measurement

CCSS, NGSS

K.MD.A.1

, 1.MD.A.1

, 1.MD.A.2

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

Created by

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

Cookie Coal Mining Activity Pack

Created by

YourCreativeClassroom

*Science*Math*Reading* With this pack, your students will learn about coal and its significance as a natural resource. Resources include a reading and response activity, interpreting data about US state's coal production, and finally a hands-on mining experience in which students will create a financial plan for their own mining excursion (in a cookie)! Pages Included: -Informational passage: About Coal Mining -Comprehension response: pros and cons; determine the meaning of words -Interpreting d

2nd - 4th

Basic Operations, Engineering, Informational Text

CCSS, NGSS

2.MD.D.10

, 3.MD.B.3

, 2.NBT.B.7

Also included in: Boho Themed Literacy BUNDLE

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)

Earthquake Engineering STEM Challenge

Created by

Carly and Adam STEM Activities and Challenges

Can you structure survive an earthquake?Students love completing this natural disaster STEM challenge! Students learn about what causes Earthquakes, as well as some current methods structural engineers are using to design earthquake resistant buildings. After learning about earthquakes students design, build, and test an earthquake proof structure using only the materials provided. In order to successfully complete this STEM challenge the structure must remain standing after going through an ear

2nd - 5th

Engineering, Informational Text, Science

NGSS

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, K-2-ETS1-1

Also included in: Natural Disasters Activities STEM Challenges BUNDLE Earthquakes and Volcanoes

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