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Apple Drop - STEM Engineering Challenge
Are you looking for a great STEM challenge for the first month of school?Can you create a platform using straws that can withstand the highest apple drop? Apple Drop ChallengeMaterials Needed: (per pair or team)- straws (I usually give 20-30 straws per team) - 2 pieces of cardboard (cut up your boxes) - scissors and tape - an apple - tape measure STEM Challenges are a way to get your kids thinking and building at the same time! These challenges use minimal materials and can be used as a way to i
2nd - 6th
Engineering
Also included in: Apple STEM Challenges - Set of 5 Engineering Challenges
March Madness Basketball STEM Activity Build a Hoop and Ball Game
Integrate STEM in your classroom with a basketball STEM activity!Get your students pumped up for basketball and STEM! Design and craft an amazing basketball shooter and goal combined into one cup and ball game! Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas for creating a basketball shooter and goal. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't. The Engineering Design Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After t
K - 3rd
Engineering, Physical Science, Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
Gingerbread Man Activities Science STEM Winter Holiday Party Force & Motion
Get ready for a STEM adventure with the gingerbread man! Students will read the story and choose the gingerbread man's path as they go. Based on their choices, they will encounter different STEM challenges along the way. These interactive gingerbread man STEM activities are perfect for building problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and teamwork. Can your students complete the challenges to keep the gingerbread man safe and avoid being eaten? 7 STEM activity options are included in all (
2nd - 5th
Engineering
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+3
STEM Activities for Jack and the Beanstalk, Hansel & Gretel, Beauty & the Beast
Fairy tale STEM activities for your favorite make believe characters! Jack and the Giant forge a friendship and business partnership in a STEM challenge twist on an egg drop challenge, Hansel and Gretel outsmart the witch, and your students will help Belle by designing a practical reading tool! STEM tales are a series of engaging challenges that are accessible for your budding engineers; they utilize a fairy tale that your students are likely already familiar with. By adding in a story element,
1st - 3rd
Engineering
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
STEM Engineering - Landforms PDF & Powerpoint {Elementary Grades}
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
1st - 3rd
Engineering
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
K - 3rd
Basic Principles, Engineering
Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Structures & Engineering Design STEM Challenge Bundle – Kids STEM Activities
A simple, hands-on STEM Challenge bundle designed for early elementary learners. Perfect for classrooms, homeschool, STEM bins, or after-school enrichment. This set includes six engaging engineering challenges that use simple materials and support independent exploration. Each activity follows the same clean, kid-friendly layout your buyers expect. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: • Marble Run STEM Challenge • Index Card Tower STEM Challenge • Spaghetti Tower STEM Challenge • Newspaper Bridge STEM Challenge
K - 2nd
Engineering, Other (Science), Physical Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+2
Simple Machines & Mechanisms STEM Bundle – Kids Engineering Activities
A simple, hands-on STEM Challenge bundle designed for early elementary learners. Perfect for classrooms, homeschool, STEM bins, or after-school enrichment. This set includes six engaging engineering challenges that use simple materials and support independent exploration. Each activity follows the same clean, kid-friendly layout your buyers expect. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: • Pulley Lift STEM Challenge • Lever Launcher STEM Challenge • Popsicle Stick Catapult STEM Challenge • Balloon Rocket STEM Chal
K - 2nd
Engineering, Other (Science), Physical Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+2
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
K - 5th
Engineering, Geometry, Physical Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+3
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:
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2nd - 5th
Applied Math, Engineering
Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
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
St Patricks Day STEM How to Catch a Leprechaun Simple Machines NGSS 3-PS2-1
March STEM Challenge is a fun and engaging way to teach science, technology, engineering, and math skills. Students learn to think critically and design their own leprechaun traps to learn how to catch a leprechaun using what they know about simple machines collaboratively. This March-themed activity provides students opportunities to think creatively and critically by giving specific criteria for solving a problem. Check out my GROWING BUNDLE for all of my STEM products. Who is this Product Fo
2nd - 5th
Engineering
Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle STEM Challenges
Rubber Ducks STEM Challenges - Engineering Challenges - Set of 5
Do you love doing STEM challenges with fun and engaging topics? I sure do! This pack of five STEM Challenges goes with those cute rubber ducks! This pack contains these 5 challenges: Rubber Duck Rescue ChallengeMaterials Needed: (per team)- 3 plastic cups - 6 wide popsicle sticks - 2 index cards - rubber ducks Rubber Duck Swing ChallengeMaterials Needed: (per person)- 1 small plastic or paper cup (punch 2 holes near top) - rubber duck - yarn - straws - scissors and tape Rubber Duck Straw Boat
2nd - 6th
Engineering
STEM Challenges for use with LEGO® or Building Blocks:120 Task Cards/Journal
Hands-on activities with building blocks challenges for the win! Engage and motivate kids on the daily basis! Use for morning tubs, recess bins, STEAM/STEM time, and at-home or distance learning! Your students will be begging for more! Enjoy 120 engaging and motivating building blocks STEAM/STEM challenge task cards that promote critical thinking skills! There are 120 exciting challenges, each on their own card, in black and white for easy printing. Pick and choose the challenges you and your st
2nd - 5th
Engineering, Robotics
Fairy Tale STEM The Three Little Pigs, The Ugly Duckling, 3 Billy Goats Gruff
Try STEM fairy tales with The Three Little Pigs, The Ugly Duckling, and The Three Billy Goats Gruff! Students will complete a hands-on STEM activity and follow the engineering design process in these challenges. STEM tales provide students an invitation into a story to solve a problem one of the characters need help solving. Included in this bundle are the following 3 STEM Tales: The Three Little Pigs STEM Activity - A New House for WolfHelp build a new house for wolf. Instructions and sample im
1st - 3rd
Engineering
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
Bridge Building STEM Challenge: Build the Strongest Bridge Activity
This super fun Bridge Building STEM Challenge will get your students excited and engaged to work together to plan, create and test a bridge that can hold over 100 coins! The Build the Strongest Bridge Activity materials are delivered on beautifully presented Google Slides or Docs. There is a comprehensive teacher guide to help you plan and deliver this activity. I have included detailed Google Slides for your students, with instructions and photos of the challenge, and tips for success, and intr
2nd - 6th
Engineering, Physical Science
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
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
K - 5th
Engineering
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
1st - 5th
Engineering, Physical Science
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
1st - 5th
Engineering
Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
NO PREP LEGO STEM Task Cards Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Sub Plans
LEGO STEM challenges are perfect for any elementary classroom, STEM class, makerspace, library, STEM centers, family STEM night, STEM sub plans, and more!These no-prep STEM activities are simple to use, but encourage complex creativity. Just print and play. These STEM building cards can be used for bell ringers, indoor recess, morning work, makerspace time, or STEM lab. Includes:7 Timed LEGO STEM Task Cards20 LEGO Task CardsTeacher InstructionsDesign PagesReflection PageMaterial List: Various L
K - 4th
Engineering, Geometry, Other (Math)
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-2
I am a Maker STEM Challenge Back to School STEAM Activities First day of school
This STEM Activity I Am a Maker STEM Challenge pairs great with the book " Be a Maker" by Katey Howes. Great back to school and first week of school activity. Includes DIY printable bulletin board letters for your maker space. This activity can be completed as awhole group or rotation style. Easy prep & use any common materials! Looking to use STEM all year round? Let your students be creative makers with STEM challenges! Save 30% & get 60 STEM challenges with Elementary STEM Year Long Bundle!
K - 3rd
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering
May the Fourth be with you Catapult STEM Challenge Space May 4th Activities
Looking for May 4th activities? This May Fourth STEM challenge will guide your students to build a catapult to help the Es in battle. Easy to set up & can be used in station rotations or one at a time with the whole class. Requires common classroom materials to get started. May the 4th be with you! Have more fun!! Download all 6 STEM challenges! Save $6 with the bundle!Your students will love designing their own catapults! Check out the PREVIEW for more details. MATERIALS NEEDED:Use any commo
2nd - 5th
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering
May the 4th Be With You STEM Challenge Build a Bridge STEAM Activity May Fourth
Looking for May Fourth activites? This STEM challenge will guide your students to build a bridge to help the characters escape. This themed challenge is easy to set up & requires common materials to get started. If your students love Star Wars, they will love this Space War STEM challenge! Includes a Google slideshow, certificates, stickers and more! Have more fun!! Download all 6 STEM challenges! Save $6 with the bundle!Your students will love designing their own bridges! Check out the PREVI
1st - 4th
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering
The STEM Adventures of Backpack Jack -- Stonehenge Edition
Why do a STEM activity when your students can have a STEM adventure? With Backpack Jack, there is no shortage of fun STEM challenges. Better yet, they have a purpose! Jack is back, and this time he's traveling the globe! In this Backpack Jack STEM adventure, students need to recreate the giant trilithons of Stonehenge using papers and books. Their goal is to support as many books as possible. Everything your students need to solve his problems is right there in Jack's backpack! To learn more a
2nd - 5th
Engineering
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