Percent Increase and Decrease Quiz

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How does a Boat Float?

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Students will conduct an engineering activity where they design a tinfoil boat that floats. They should continue to redesign the boat to hold an increasing number of pennies. Students will better understand the forces of gravity and buoyancy. Students will see how Archimedes experimented with buoyancy and displacement.

3rd - 6th

Engineering, Science

NGSS

3-5-ETS1-3

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

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Innovative Sparks

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)

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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)

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