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STEM Journal Digital Version Engineering Design Process Project Portfolio
A digital STEM Journal / Notebook you can use with any challenge! This is a digital version for use with Google Drive™, so please only purchase if you have the resources to use it (computers/laptops/tablets, etc. and Internet access). If you have a Google classroom, this is a great way to gain technology fluency while building an e-portfolio of student work. What You'll GetInstructions on using the resource, with examples (10 pages): Also includes instructions for using with Microsoft OneDrive.
3rd - 8th
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering
STEM Engineering Challenge Bundle – 6 Hands-On Projects | Grades K–8
Ultimate STEM Challenge Bundle – 6 Hands-On Engineering Projects (Grades K–8)Bring high-engagement, real-world engineering into your classroom with this 6-Project STEM Challenge Bundle! This collection includes six classroom-tested, student-approved engineering design challenges that build creativity, problem-solving, collaboration, 21st-century skills, and a love for STEM. Perfect for STEM Labs, Science Classrooms, Makerspaces, PBL Units, After-School Programs, and Summer Camps! Individually,
K - 8th
Engineering, For All Subjects, Physics
CCSS, NGSS
5.NBT.B.7
, W.3.1
, W.5.1b
+10
Inventors Report Research Project Invention Convention Total of 16 pages
A 16 page resource!! This is a great independent student tool to use when researching their Inventor/Invention. Included in this packet: It is broken down into 4 sections: Inventor Information, Inventor's Goals Growing Up, Invention Information, and a section for Your Input. Each section has space for students to begin their rough drafts and added pages for their final draft paper. Within the research packet is a timeline organizer and bibliography. This packet also includes a brochure which i
3rd - 8th
Engineering, Other (Social Studies), Writing
Engineering Prototype Self-Assessment
Complete the final step of your engineering project with having your students self-assess their teamwork and engineering. The non-project specific questions make this form perfect to use with any engineering project. A must have for makerspaces and STEAM/STEM Labs!
PreK - 12th, Higher Education
Engineering
Interactive notebook EDP
This bundle includes my Engineering Design Process Booklet and my Engineering Design Process Headers.
This is a flip book to be used with any Engineering Project in the classroom. The flip book follows the Engineering Design Process, with prompts on each page for students to know what to write. This flip book is designed to go into an interactive notebook. Enjoy!
Special thanks to:
Danielle Knight for the Mini Flip Book Template
These are headers to be used with any Engineering Project in the
3rd - 10th
Engineering
The Spider Lady Nan Songer and Her Arachnid WWII Army
This is a fabulous read aloud for older elementary school students or middle school students. It is the true story of Nan Songer who helped the WWII effort by harvesting silk from black widow spiders to make crosshairs for weapons. Includes an I Have Who Has game about spiders, vocabulary activities, a STEM project about spider webs, and Biomimicry brainstorming. Print in landscape.
3rd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Reading
Rube Goldberg Chain Reaction Challenge Printable Awards/Certificates for 3rd-8th
Celebrate creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork with these Rube Goldberg Chain Reaction Challenge Printable Awards/Certificates! Perfect for recognizing all participants, this set includes 25 unique award versions designed for students in grades 3-8. Whether your learners excel in innovation, perseverance, teamwork, or engineering design, there's an eye-catching certificate to highlight their contributions. This resource is included in the Complete Rube Goldberg Project Bundle! Save $$
2nd - 6th
Engineering, Science
NGSS
4-LS1-1
, 3-LS4-3
, 2-LS4-1
+5
Egg Drop STEM Workbook – Student Engineering Journal | Grades 3–5 PDF
This Student Engineering Workbook is designed to support students as they plan, test, and improve their designs during the Egg Drop Engineering Challenge. Created specifically for Grades 3–5, this workbook provides structured space for students to sketch ideas, record test results, and reflect on design improvements — without overloading them with writing or technical language. This is a student-facing resource intended to pair with a hands-on Egg Drop project. What’s Included• 4-page Stude
3rd - 5th
Engineering, General Science, Physics
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Egg Drop STEM Workbook Bundle – Engineering Journal | Grades 3–8 PDF
Parachute Drop STEM Challenge – Cargo Protection Engineering | Grades K–8
In the Parachute Cargo Carrier STEM Challenge, students become aerospace and mechanical engineers as they design a parachute system capable of safely delivering a cargo payload to the ground without damage. This real-world engineering challenge blends physics, force and motion, materials science, and problem-solving as students test how drag, mass, surface area, and structural protection work together in successful aerial delivery systems. This high-engagement, low-prep STEM project is perfe
K - 8th
Engineering, For All Subjects, Physics
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Tower Building STEM Challenge – Structural & Parachute Engineering | Grades K–8
In the Rescue Tower + Parachute STEM Challenge, students become emergency response engineers as they design a rescue tower and parachute system to safely evacuate a payload from the top of a structure to the ground. This exciting real-world engineering scenario blends structural engineering, gravity, air resistance, impact protection, and systems design as students solve a high-stakes rescue mission using only simple classroom materials. This hands-on, low-prep STEM project is perfect for ST
K - 8th
Engineering, For All Subjects, Physics
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Parachute Drop STEM Challenge – Impact Protection Engineering | Grades K–8
In the Air Supply Drop STEM Challenge, students become aerospace and mechanical engineers as they design a system to safely deliver critical supplies from the air to a target zone without damaging the cargo. Inspired by real-world humanitarian aid and space missions, this challenge blends physics, force and motion, materials science, and engineering design as students solve a high-stakes delivery problem using only simple classroom materials. This engaging, low-prep STEM project is perfect fo
K - 8th
Engineering, For All Subjects, Physics
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Egg Drop STEM Workbook – Student Engineering Journal | Grades 3–5 Editable
This Editable Student Engineering Workbook is designed to support students as they plan, test, and improve their designs during the Egg Drop Engineering Challenge, while giving teachers flexibility to customize pages for their classroom. Created specifically for Grades 3–5, this resource includes the same student-facing structure as the PDF version, with the added benefit of editable text boxes for easy customization, differentiation, and reuse. This is a student-facing resource intended to
3rd - 5th
Engineering, General Science, Physics
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
STEAM
By popular request, it's finally here! The "STEAM" version of my original "STEM Teaching Tools for Elementary Students!"
This package contains a variety of teaching tools to introduce and guide the STEAM process with elementary students. Organizers are simple, concise, and developmentally appropriate, even for early childhood students. Use with interactive notebooks, STEAM journals, or on their own. Students can complete activities independently, with partners, or during whole class direct ins
K - 5th
Engineering, Math, Science
Engineering Design Process Organizers STEM Challenges Science Fairs Posters
Make the Engineering Design Process easy to understand, structured, and exciting for your students with this complete set of STEM organizers and posters! Perfect for interactive notebooks, STEM journals, Design Challenge Packets, or everyday use in your STEM Lab or Makerspace, this resource will help your students move step-by-step through the design cycle with confidence. This resource includes 10 interactive student writing templates and 10 coordinating classroom posters, all designed to mak
2nd - 6th
Engineering, Other (Science), Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+9
STEM Creativity Tools: 5 Activities to Boost Brainstorming Power
Do you need a way to help your students brainstorm ideas? This download includes 5 exercises that provide student tools to help with generating solutions to a problem or ideas during any STEM activity. These tools include: reinterpreting, ideating, merging, debugging, and S.C.A.M.P.E.R. For each tool there is an editable student handout for the activity as well as editable accompanying teacher slides. These tools can be used over and over again throughout the year to practice creative problem-s
2nd - 12th
Engineering
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Egg Drop STEM Workbook Bundle – Engineering Journal | Grades 3–8 Editable
Need flexible, editable worksheets to support your Egg Drop engineering challenge? This bundle includes both upper elementary (3–5) and middle school (6–8) versions of the Student Engineering Workbook in fully editable format, allowing you to adapt language, expectations, and scaffolding to fit your classroom. Designed for teachers who want differentiation and customization without starting from scratch. What’s Included Grades 3–5 Editable Workbook Guided engineering planning pages Structured r
3rd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Physics
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
+1
Earthquake Tower STEM Worksheets Bundle – Editable Version | Grades 3–8
Looking for editable STEM worksheets to run an earthquake engineering challenge across multiple grade levels? This Earthquake Shake Tower Editable Worksheets Bundle includes customizable student worksheets for Grades 3–5 and Grades 6–8, making it easy to differentiate the same engineering challenge for upper elementary and middle school classrooms. Teachers can edit text, reduce writing, adjust language, or adapt worksheets for different learners while maintaining a structured, hands-on eng
3rd - 8th
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Physical Science
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
+3
Egg Drop STEM Workbook Bundle – Engineering Journal | Grades 3–8 PDF
Looking for differentiated worksheets to support your Egg Drop engineering challenge? This PDF bundle includes both upper elementary (3–5) and middle school (6–8) versions of the student worksheets so you can confidently run the same challenge across multiple grade levels. Whether you teach mixed ability groups or multiple grade bands, this bundle gives you structured flexibility without additional prep. What’s Included: Grades 3–5 Worksheets (PDF) Simplified engineering planning pages Guided r
3rd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Physics
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
+1
Earthquake Tower STEM Worksheets Bundle – Grades 3–8 PDF
Looking for print-and-go STEM worksheets to run an earthquake engineering challenge across multiple grade levels? This Earthquake Shake Tower Worksheets Bundle includes student-facing PDF worksheets for Grades 3–5 and Grades 6–8, making it easy to differentiate the same engineering challenge for upper elementary and middle school classrooms. Each worksheet set guides students through the engineering design process as they plan, test, improve, and reflect on a tower designed to withstand si
3rd - 8th
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Physical Science
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
+2
Earthquake Tower STEM Worksheets – Editable Version | Grades 3–5
Looking for editable STEM worksheets to run an earthquake engineering challenge in your Grades 3–5 classroom? This Earthquake Shake Tower Editable Student Worksheet Packet gives teachers the flexibility to customize student pages while guiding learners through the engineering design process as they design, test, and improve a tower built to withstand simulated earthquake shaking. This resource is ideal for teachers who want to reduce writing, modify language, or adapt worksheets for differ
3rd - 5th
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Physical Science
NGSS
4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
+2
Also included in: Earthquake Tower STEM Worksheets Bundle – Editable Version | Grades 3–8
Tower Building STEM Challenge – Wind Resistance Engineering | Grades K–8
In the Windproof Tower STEM Challenge, students become civil and structural engineers as they design and construct a tower that can withstand strong winds without tipping or collapsing. Using simple classroom materials, students investigate wind forces, stability, center of mass, and structural reinforcement while engaging in authentic problem-solving through the Engineering Design Process. This high-engagement, low-prep STEM challenge is perfect for STEM labs, science classrooms, engineeri
K - 8th
Engineering, For All Subjects, Physics
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Because of Winn Dixie STEM Challenge | Build a Pet Shelter Engineering Activity
Bring literature to life with this engaging STEM challenge inspired by Because of Winn Dixie! This hands-on activity combines creativity and problem-solving as students design and build a pet shelter for the storm fearing pup, Winn Dixie. Perfect for integrating literature and science, this challenge encourages students to apply engineering principles using simple materials while fostering teamwork and critical thinking. What’s Included in This Resource:Student Letter: An imaginative letter fro
3rd - 5th
Engineering, Literature, Physical Science
Boat Float STEM Challenge – Buoyancy Engineering Design Activity | Grades K–8
In the Paper Lifeboat STEM Challenge, students become marine engineers as they design and build a lifeboat made entirely from paper and simple classroom materials that can safely float and carry passengers (cargo). This hands-on STEM challenge introduces students to buoyancy, displacement, stability, and structural design while using the Engineering Design Process to solve a real-world survival problem. This engaging, low-prep STEM activity is perfect for STEM labs, science classrooms, engi
K - 8th
Engineering, For All Subjects, Physics
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Friction STEM Challenge – Tire Tread & Traction Engineering | Grades K–8
In the Terrain Tire Tread STEM Challenge, students become mechanical engineers as they design and test custom tire treads that improve traction across different surfaces. Using simple classroom materials, students explore how friction, surface area, texture, and material design affect the movement and performance of vehicles on challenging terrain—just like real engineers designing tires for rovers, race cars, and off-road vehicles. This hands-on, low-prep STEM challenge is perfect for STEM
K - 8th
Engineering, For All Subjects, Physics
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
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