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First Day Jitters Back to School READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your classroom during the first week of school or on the First Day of School!Help students process "First Day Jitters" with STEM! Your students will love designing and building their unique and personalized Back to School Lunch Box! The Engineering Design Process:In the First Day Jitters STEM activity, students follow the six step Engineering Design Process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Experiment, Improve. Students plan, design, and execute their own idea
1st - 5th
Engineering, Science
CCSS, NGSS
W.1.5
, W.2.5
, W.3.4
+13
Iggy Peck Architect Back to School READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge
Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your classroom!Engage students with a real world STEM activity where they learn about how engineering and architecture work. Students design, build, and test their own bridge using Legos or Duplos (depending on grade). The Engineering Design Process:In this STEM activity, students follow the six step Engineering Design Process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Experiment, Improve. Connect to a Read Aloud: Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea BeatyThis STEM Project
1st - 5th
Engineering, Literature, Science
CCSS, NGSS
W.1.3
, W.2.3
, W.3.3
+7
Also included in: The Questioneers Andrea Beaty Read Aloud STEM Activities Bundle
STEM Challenge: Paper Towers - Building the tallest structure
Fun, hands-on and engaging low prep STEM challenge. Here students design their own tallest structures and test them! Students also learn about the tallest buildings in the world and the real-world problems engineers face when designing these spectacular structures! *** Now GOOGLE SLIDE links are provided and can be shared in Google Classroom with editable text boxes for students' answers .***This resource includes the following:• Background information for teachers about the tallest structure
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Math, Science
Winter Hashtag Block Activities STEM Task Cards Engineering
Make winter math and STEM time more engaging with these Winter Hashtag Block Puzzles.This set of winter-themed hashtag block task cards invites students to build cozy seasonal images while practicing counting, spatial reasoning, and problem-solving. Perfect for elementary math centers, morning tubs, early finisher activities, and makerspace challenges, these low-prep puzzles turn simple hashtag blocks into a powerful hands-on learning tool. What Students DoUse hashtag blocks to recreate winter
K - 3rd
Engineering, Math, Other (Math)
Tiny House STEM - Floor Plan Design
Tiny House Floor Plan and Budget STEM Challenge- The Tiny House Movement has people building small houses. The demand for Tiny Living homes is big! Have your students design a livable floor plan for a Tiny Home. They must stick to a budget and meet certain requirements. Learning has never been so fun!
This STEM focuses on solving a real-world science problem with engineering. It meets NGSS Standards.
Please check the preview to see what is included!
This STEM activity includes:
"The Pro
2nd - 5th
Applied Math, Engineering
Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Playground STEM Challenge - Design a Playground
All kids love recess and the playground! What better way to get them excited about the playground this year than having them design and engineer their own playground! After reading the story My Dream Playground students are asked to engineer their own dream playground. They will be asked to design and engineer their dream playground with at least five playground features! They will test each of their playground features with a building block figure! Their playground features have to work!
K - 5th
Engineering
Also included in: STEM Bundle for Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
STEM Challenge Task Cards Engineering Design Process Activities Science
STEM Challenge Task Cards and engineering activities for fall, winter, spring and summer. This is a MEGA BUNDLE of the following seasonal STEM resources: Fall STEMWinter STEMSpring STEMSummer STEMYou will receive 12 main STEM challenges (3 for each season) plus over 20 additional task card challenges! These activities are highly engaging and appropriate for a wide range of grades. Please see each individual file linked above for a more thorough preview. ✅ Fall STEM ✅ Fall STEM activities in
3rd - 6th
Engineering
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
If I Built A Car Back to School READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge
Integrate STEM lessons, Writing, and Literacy in your 1st Grade through 5th Grade classroom at the Beginning of the School Year! Perfect for STEM Club, Liberians, and Makerspaces!Teach students everything they need to build a car. Your students will love designing, building, testing, and writing about their very own car. Will it fly? Will it float? Will it have a robot driving it? The only limit is your own imagination! Connect to a Read Aloud: If I Built a Car by Chris Van DusenThis STEM Projec
1st - 5th
Engineering, Science
CCSS, NGSS
1.G.A.1
, 2.G.A.1
, W.1.5
+16
Block Area Play Building Famous Structures from Around the World
Hello Teachers, Print, laminate, and put these visuals on a ring for your block area for your students to recreate using blocks of any kind. I once had teams of two recreate a structure of their choice and compete with each other, and that was a lot of fun. You can also display them on a wall or the back of cubbies that face the block area, so they are in view at all times.
PreK - K
Engineering, For All Subjects, World History
Cup Stacking - Differentiated Challenge Cards
Get your students thinking, building, and problem-solving with this engaging set of 80 leveled Cup Stacking Challenge Cards! Perfect for STEM centers, early finishers, relay race components, Morning Bins, team-building activities, and indoor recess, these hands-on tasks encourage critical thinking, fine motor skills, and collaboration. This resource is designed with progressive difficulty levels to support all learners—from beginners to advanced stackers! THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:• 80 Illustrated
K - 3rd
Classroom Community, Engineering
Fairy Tale STEM Activities Goldilocks, Rapunzel, Robin Hood Kindergarten 1st 2nd
These fairy tale STEM activities and challenges are the perfect way to introduce STEM to your elementary students. Students will follow a story with a STEM twist, then use the engineering design process to solve a problem. Teacher Reviews⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I used this with our Fairy Tale ELA unit. My students absolutely loved the activities! They would get excited every time they knew we would be working on one! Great resource!" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I used this with my 1st/2nd grade G/T pull-out groups. We spent weeks
1st - 3rd
Engineering
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+3
Robot Hand STEM Project: Anatomy of a Hand Engineering Design Challenge
With only straws, string, tape, and paper, students create a movable hand to pick up objects! This STEM challenge guides students through learning about the anatomy of a human hand and how to design and build their own hand. Students will be amazed at the ability of their paper hand to pick up and move objects! Storyline: This challenge includes a Mission to Moon or Candy Grabber storyline to set the stage for the engineering design lesson. Instructional Video: The lesson comes with an instruc
4th - 9th
Biology, Engineering, General Science
CCSS, NGSS
6.RP.A.1
, 6.RP.A.2
, 6.RP.A.3
+5
Also included in: Mission to Moon: Year-Long Middle School STEM & Engineering Curriculum
Paper Roller Coaster STEM Challenge
Who knew that NGSS science and McGraw-Hill Wonders ELA could be integrated so easily. This Engineering STEM challenge has your students designing a low cost themed, highly entertaining roller coaster. Students and teachers have a hard time walking away from it. This packet integrates the NGSS and ELA standards, while incorporating the 21st Century strategies. Roller Coaster STEM Challenge works well with the McGraw-Hill Wonders Grade 4 Unit 1 curriculum. You will need to save up toilet paper a
4th - 5th
Engineering, Physics
Glow Day STEM Challenge | Cup Stacking
This resource is an exciting and engaging center activity designed for primary-grade students. During this challenge, students will use their problem-solving skills to build towers out of cups. This hands-on activity will help students learn about engineering, physics, and design as they work collaboratively to create a stable structure that can withstand the weight of the cups. The challenge will also encourage innovation as students experiment with different designs to create the tallest and m
PreK - 2nd
Engineering
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
Also included in: GLOW DAY BUNDLE | First Grade
STEM Engineering Challenge Pack ~ Pet Rock Playground Challenges ~ Set of Five!
Who doesn't love Pet Rocks and Playgrounds?
Most elementary teachers are more comfortable and knowledgeable about themes, so I have decided to create STEM challenge packs based on specific themes, like Playground Designs and Pet Rocks!
This engineering challenge activity pack is one of many that I have created to use in my classroom! I sometimes place these challenges, one per table, and the students rotate around the room in order to complete them. There are no right or wrong answers, many
1st - 6th
Engineering, Science
Balloon Car - Newton's Laws of Motion at Work - Physics Project
This lab is super inexpensive and so much fun! Students construct a “car” that runs on the power of a single balloon expelling air. Most of the materials are scavenged – water bottles, bottle caps, straws, etc. The activity takes 120 minutes including testing, data collection, and completing the lab questions for the easier version ad 150 minutes for the advanced version. This is real science with real calculations.
My files include a simple version for lower grades (calculating average vel
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Engineering, Physical Science, Physics
STEM Engineering Challenge Pack ~ Oregon Trail Challenges ~ Set of Five!
Most elementary teachers are more comfortable and knowledgeable about themes, so I have decided to create STEM challenge packs based on specific themes, like the Oregon Trail!
This engineering challenge activity pack is one of many that I have created to use in my classroom! I sometimes place these challenges, one per table, and the students rotate around the room in order to complete them. There are no right or wrong answers, many different solutions will work! You could also rotate these c
1st - 6th
Engineering, English Language Arts, Science
Play Dough - 8 Quick One Minute STEM Engineering Challenges
Are you looking for a fun and engaging set of 8 quick STEM challenges using play dough? This pack includes 8 challenge sheets and a score sheet! Each challenge should be completed in just one minute! CHALLENGE # 1 Can your team create the highest number of play dough balls? Materials (per person on team):-container of play dough -timer CHALLENGE #2Can your team create the longest play dough snake measured in inches? Materials (per person on team):-container of play dough -tape measure -timer
2nd - 6th
Engineering
Simple Machines Science Activities Interactive Notebook Experiments Vocabulary
Make simple machines easy to understand and fun to teach! This Simple Machines Interactive Science Notebook is packed with hands-on activities that help students explore levers, pulleys, wheels and axles, inclined planes, wedges, and screws in an engaging, student-friendly way. Designed with busy teachers in mind, this resource includes interactive notebook activities, simple experiments, a vocabulary think journal, and clear visual aids to support comprehension and retention. Students act
1st - 2nd
Engineering, Physical Science, Science
Also included in: Primary Science BUNDLE Matter, Plants, Weather, Simple Machines
Index Card Tower: Engineering Challenge Project ~ Great STEM Activity!
Engineering Challenge:
Using 100 index cards and 12 inches of tape, can you make a tower that is at least two feet tall that can hold a small stuffed animal?
Materials: (per group)
100 index cards (lined or unlined, 3x5 size)
12 inches of scotch tape
One small stuffed animal (beanie baby size)
Scissors
This packet contains all the information you need to make this a great engineering activity in your classroom! Lab sheets, student and teacher instructions, and challenge signs are all inclu
2nd - 7th
Engineering
Craft Sticks - 8 Quick One Minute STEM Engineering Challenges
Are you looking for a fun and engaging set of 8 quick STEM challenges using wooden craft sticks? This pack includes 8 challenge sheets and a score sheet! Each challenge should be completed in just one minute! CHALLENGE # 1 Can your team toss the highest number of craft sticks into a cup from a distance of two feet? Materials (per team):-100 craft sticks -cup and masking tape -tape measure -timer CHALLENGE #2Can your team make the highest number of alphabet letters using craft sticks? Materials
2nd - 6th
Engineering
Pipe Cleaners - 8 Quick One Minute STEM Engineering Challenges
Are you looking for a fun and engaging set of 8 quick STEM challenges using pipe cleaners? This pack includes 8 challenge sheets and a score sheet! Each challenge should be completed in just one minute! CHALLENGE # 1 Can your team build the highest number of different 2D shapes using pipe cleaners? Materials (per team):-20 pipe cleaners -scissors -timer CHALLENGE #2Can your team build the highest number of pipe cleaner stick people? Materials (per team):-20 pipe cleaners -scissors -timer CHALL
2nd - 6th
Engineering
Sloth Marble Maze STEM Activity
Your students will be so excited and engaged while completing the sloth marble maze STEM challenge! Students will use the engineering design process to create a race track for their marble (the sloth) to see how slowly it can move along their track. My students loved this activity! They complete with each other to see which marble takes the longest time to go through their maze. Students will build with simple, easy to find materials - straws, tape, and cardboard (or whatever you have) t
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Science
NGSS
3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
+2
Elementary STEM Challenge: Balloon Powered Car Engineering Activity | 3-5
⭐ NGSS Aligned STEM Activity | Printable, Digital, & Fully Editable | Updated for 2026Engage your students with this high-interest engineering challenge where they explore Newton’s Laws and motion. In this hands-on lab, students build a balloon-powered car using simple materials to test how far and straight their vehicle can travel. They also make modifications to improve performance. It is the perfect addition to any Elementary Physical Science, Engineering Design, or Forces and Motion unit.
3rd - 5th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
+2
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