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Preview of Creativity Challenges and Activities Morning Work, Brain Breaks, STEM Sub Plans

Creativity Challenges and Activities Morning Work, Brain Breaks, STEM Sub Plans

Unlock creativity in your classroom with NO PREP Finish the Picture Activities!The goal of creativity challenges is to help students think in different ways. The ability to generate unique thoughts and ideas is known as divergent thinking. Perfect for STEM Sub Plans! When students are thinking outside the box it results in creative solutions. In a creativity challenge, students are presented with a problem that they have to solve using their creativity. Typically these challenges are short last
Preview of STEM Engineering - Landforms PDF & Powerpoint {Elementary Grades}

STEM Engineering - Landforms PDF & Powerpoint {Elementary Grades}

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Ivy Taul
STEM Engineering is not just for big kids! Your students will love this STEM design brief where they get to plan, create, and reflect on creating a landform. You will love it because the PDF includes detailed teacher directions, parent letter about the project, session outline, and more! The powerpoint introduces the STEM project to students in a kid-friendly way PLUS reviews important vocabulary that will be needed throughout the project. If you are new to STEM, I highly suggest that you down
Preview of Push and Pull STEM

Push and Pull STEM

This Pushes and Pulls engineering STEM activity engages students' problem solving skills, engineering thinking, and math skills for Force and Motion. They will love creating a way to successfully move the rocks! This STEM activity targets the NGSS Standards for Force and Motion. In this Pushes and Pulls Engineering challenge the truck broke down, but the rocks still need moved! Students will build a way to move the rocks using the available supplies, but be sure to stay on budget! Please
Preview of The Questioneers Andrea Beaty Read Aloud STEM Activities Bundle

The Questioneers Andrea Beaty Read Aloud STEM Activities Bundle

Inspire creativity, curiosity, perseverance, and problem-solving with this Andrea Beaty Read-Aloud STEM Challenge Bundle.This bundle of 7 hands-on STEM and science activities pairs perfectly with our favorite Andrea Beaty books and helps students connect literacy with real-world engineering, design, investigation, and reflection. Students will build bridges, create flying machines, design community spaces, explore science concepts, celebrate teachers, and think like architects, engineers, scient
Preview of If I Built a House READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge End of the Year Activity 3D Shapes

If I Built a House READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge End of the Year Activity 3D Shapes

Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your classroom at the End of the School Year!Teach students everything they need to build a house using 2D Shapes and 3D Shapes! Your students will love designing, building, testing, and writing about their very own house! Connect to a Read Aloud: If I Built a House by Chris Van DusenThis STEM Project is a companion activity to If I Built A House by Chris Van Dusen. The book explores all the elements needed for an amazing house! Take students through the
Preview of Everything You Need for a Treehouse READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity

Everything You Need for a Treehouse READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity

Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your 1st Grade through 5th Grade classroom, makerspace, STEM Club, and library!Learn everything you need to build a treehouse! Your students will love designing, building, testing, and writing about their very own treehouse! Connect to a Read Aloud: Everything You Need for a TreehouseThis STEM Project is a companion activity to Everything You Need for a Treehouse by Carter Higgins. The book explores all the elements needed for an amazing treehouse! Take
Preview of The Big Orange Splot Back to School READ ALOUD STEAM™ Activity

The Big Orange Splot Back to School READ ALOUD STEAM™ Activity

It's time to get back to hands-on learning. Integrate STEAM, Writing, and Literacy in your classroom during the first week of school or on the First Day of School!Help students get to know each other better with STEAM! Your students will love designing, building, and writing in their unique and personalized Big Orange Splot House! This activity is super easy to implement. Just print the house templates and let students begin designing and building their houses! Put them all together for an All
Preview of Winter STEM Bundle

Winter STEM Bundle

Winter STEM Engineering Challenges - The children need a sled! The snowman is melting and needs a shade! The groundhog needs a burrow! The Eskimo needs a shelter from the cold! Your students will turn on their creative minds to solve these winter problems while learning some facts, using math and engineering skills, and having fun along the way! These STEM activities will help you and your students beat the winter blues. Each of these STEM challenges meet several NGSS standards. They are p
Preview of Natural Disasters STEM

Natural Disasters STEM

Weather Hazard STEM Bundle - Oh no! The family bought property near a fault line and needs an earthquake resistant home. The weather forecast is for dangerously high winds. The family needs a safe place to go. The city is building an observation tower that will be susceptible to lightning and needs a lightning rod. A heavy flood is coming and the house needs a flood barrier. All of these problems need your young student engineers to solve them! This STEM bundle meets many different NGSS s
Preview of Mayflower STEM -  Thanksgiving STEM

Mayflower STEM - Thanksgiving STEM

Thanksgiving STEM - Mayflower STEM Challenge - This boat building STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards and encourages critical thinking, budgeting, and engineering skills and is a perfect Thanksgiving activity. Oh no! The Pilgrims need a boat to travel to the New World. The Pilgrims have a limited budget so the students must use the available supplies to build a ship for the 102 passengers. The strength of the ship will be test by adding 102 pennies (passengers) to see if the Mayflowe
Preview of Wright Brothers - Airplane STEM

Wright Brothers - Airplane STEM

Airplane STEM Challenge - The Wright Brothers need a new design for their glider. They need ideas from your students to complete the challenge. Did you know that the Wright Brother's inspiration to fly was because of a toy helicopter that flew with rubber band power that their father gave them? Your students will enjoy learning some facts about the Wright Brothers while completing a challenge of building a Wright Flyer of their own. Students must use the available supplies and stick to a budg
Preview of STEM Activities Bundle

STEM Activities Bundle

STEM Challenges - This STEM Bundle is on sale for 50% off! This HUGE STEAM challenge bundle challenges designed for use throughout the entire year! Your students will solve a given problem while learning to cooperate with other students. The challenges incorporate a budget aspect for "buying" the needed supplies. Each STEM challenge encourages creative thinking. Your student engineers must use the available supplies while sticking to a budget for each STEM activity. Suggested Plan of Impleme
Preview of Weather Hazard STEM: Flooding

Weather Hazard STEM: Flooding

Flood Barrier STEM - Oh no! The weather forecast is for heavy flooding in the area. You need to build a flood barrier or flood resistant shelter to keep the family safe! This STEM challenge is designed to encourage creative problem solving. Students must design a shelter with the available supplies that is resistant to flooding while sticking to a budget. The shelter will be tested with water in a pan to see if the design was effective as a flood barrier. This STEM is perfect for areas aff
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