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Digital Interactive STEM Notebook for Engineering Challenges
Use this Google Slides™ interactive notebook to document each step of the engineering design process during any STEAM or STEM challenge. Choose from over 100 slides to customize an online STEM journal that integrates technology into every challenge. Detailed instructions support digital literacy by prompting students to use text, shape drawings, images, videos, and links to enhance the content they include on each page. Several design and content variations are included for each step of the engi
4th - 7th
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, For All Subjects
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Lab Materials Toolkit Megabundle
Inventor's Journal: Brainstorm, Invent, Engineer, Design, and Reflect
This packet will provide your students everything needed to learn about the invention process and create their own inventions in preparation for their own Invention Convention. Guide students in finding problems to solve, locating products to modify, and creating advertising ideas to pitch. **This product now contains a digital format in addition to a printable (PDF format), perfect for distance learning or paperless classrooms. Packet includes: Digital Guide for Teachers (1 Page)Digital Guide
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Science
Also included in: Custom Bundle for Viet
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
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)
Engineering Design: Playground Swing (Aligns with NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1, 2, & 3)
Engineering Design: Playground Swing (Aligns with NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1, 2, & 3)This NGSS aligned STEM project engages your students with a hands-on experience in designing and building a playground swing. While doing this project, they will learn and understand the engineering design process. This lesson addresses NGSS Performance Expectation NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1, 2, &3: Define a simple design problem, generate and compare multiple solutions, and plan and carry out fair tests. The lesson draws studen
4th - 7th
Engineering, General Science, Physical Science
CCSS, NGSS
W.5.7
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
+1
Also included in: NGSS Fifth Grade Science Curriculum Bundle | Phenomena-Based Lessons!
SPIKE™ Prime Robotics & Coding BUNDLE | 6 Lessons & Engineering Notebook
Transform your LEGO® SPIKE™ Prime classroom from "playing with robots" into a high-rigor computational thinking lab! This supplement is designed specifically to pair with the Kickstart Your Business unit found online, moving students through the real-world logic of automation, security, and industrial design. The ChallengeWhether you need a quick one-day plan or a comprehensive multi-week coding challenge, these lessons are modular and ready to go. Students work in pairs, following step-by-st
5th - 9th
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, Robotics
CKLA Grade 5 Unit 2 Enrichment Workbook: Early American Civilizations (Maya, Azt
CKLA Grade 5 Unit 2 Enrichment Workbook: Early American Civilizations Take your students beyond the textbook with this engaging enrichment workbook designed to accompany CKLA Grade 5 Unit 2: Early American Civilizations. Students explore the fascinating worlds of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca through creative projects, engineering challenges, archaeology investigations, museum activities, and civilization-building experiences that encourage higher-level thinking and creativity. This resource is desi
4th - 6th
Engineering, Geography, Informational Text
CCSS
RI.5.1
, RI.5.2
, RI.5.3
+6
Design Thinking Notebook | Introduction to Engineering Interactive notebooks
Introduce your students to the EDC in an interactive and comprehensive way! This print-and-go interactive notebook is perfect for 5th - 7th grade STEM, science, engineering, or design-thinking. Aligned with NGSS and designed for middle school engagement, this resource helps students connect real-world problem solving with hands-on learning—while building academic vocabulary and critical thinking. ✨ What’s Included: ✅ Engineering Design Cycle Overview Wheel✂️ Cut-and-Paste Sequencing Activitie
5th - 8th
Basic Principles, Engineering
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
+4
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
Science Fluency Reading Comprehension Passages/Questions Worksheets | 5th Grade
Boost your students’ science comprehension and fluency with this engaging set of 5th Grade Science Fluency Pages! (Editable Version Included) Perfect for literacy integration in the science block, these short, standards-aligned passages support repeated reading, vocabulary development, and science content mastery all in one resource. Each passage is based on a specific NGSS standard (5-PS1 through 5-ESS3, plus ETS engineering standards), written at an accessible reading level for upper element
5th
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Environment
CCSS, NGSS
RF.5.3
, RF.5.4
, RF.5.4a
+16
Also included in: Science & Social Studies Fluency Passages Bundle | 5th Grade Reading
TINKER TASKS GRADES 2-3
TINKER TASKS (2-3) is a versatile, hands-on resource designed to spark curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking in gifted and high-ability students. Tinker Tasks combine open-ended building prompts with deep thematic connections and student reflection—elevating traditional STEM learning into an inquiry-based, thought-provoking experience. TINKER TASKS encourages self-directed exploration, creative problem-solving, and meaningful reflection through open-ended, standards-aligned challenges. Wh
2nd - 3rd
Engineering, Geometry
Also included in: TINKER TASK BUNDLE
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
Think Big, Build Deep: Universal Themes TINKER TASKS
“Think Big, Build Deep: Universal Themes Tinker Tasks for Gifted Minds” Unlock the Power of Big Ideas Through Hands-On Building! Think Big, Build Deep is a one-of-a-kind collection of Universal Themes Tinker Tasks designed specifically for gifted and advanced learners in grades K–5. This resource bridges deep thinking with creative construction, allowing students to explore timeless themes—Patterns, Order, Relationships, Systems, Structures, Change, and Conflict—through engaging, open-ended bui
K - 5th
Engineering, Geometry
Also included in: TINKER TASK BUNDLE
AUTOMATE IT | SPIKE™ Prime Robotics & Coding Interactive Notebook
🚨 PERFECT FOR THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN STUDENTS NEED HANDS-ON, HIGH-ENGAGEMENT STEM ACTIVITIES THAT STILL KEEP THEM LEARNING! 🚨 Transform your robotics classroom into a hub of industrial innovation with this interactive blackline master companion activity designed to accompany the online “Automate It” robotics lesson! Students will identify manual inefficiencies, brainstorm prototypes, and program a LEGO® SPIKE™ Prime robot to perform fully autonomous, sensor-driven tasks while recording th
5th - 8th
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, Robotics
KEEP IT SAFE | SPIKE™ Prime Robotics & Coding Interactive Notebook
🚨 THE PERFECT END-OF-YEAR STEM ACTIVITY TO KEEP STUDENTS ENGAGED, COLLABORATING, AND PROBLEM-SOLVING AFTER TESTING SEASON! 🚨 Challenge students to think like real robotics engineers with this interactive blackline master companion activity designed to accompany the online “Keep It Safe” LEGO® SPIKE™ Prime lesson! Students will build, test, and program a functional safe-deposit box while documenting their logic, sensor data observations, and security algorithms directly into their engineering n
5th - 9th
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, Robotics
OUT OF ORDER | SPIKE™ Prime Robotics & Coding Interactive Notebook
🚨 THE PERFECT END-OF-YEAR STEM ACTIVITY TO KEEP STUDENTS ENGAGED, COLLABORATING, AND PROBLEM-SOLVING AFTER TESTING SEASON! 🚨 Challenge students to think like real robotics engineers with this interactive blackline master companion activity designed to accompany the online “Out of Order” LEGO® SPIKE™ Prime lesson! Students will build, test, debug, analyze, and improve a robotic delivery cart while documenting their thinking, troubleshooting strategies, and programming observations directly into
5th - 9th
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, Robotics
The Wild Robot STEM Challenge | Flight & Glider Engineering Design Activity
Bring literature to life with this engaging STEM challenge inspired by the bestselling novel The Wild Robot by Peter Brown! In this hands-on engineering activity, students step into the role of designers and problem-solvers as they help Roz create a glider prototype to teach Brightbill how to fly before migration season begins. This cross-curricular STEM activity combines science, engineering, reading comprehension, critical thinking, and collaboration into one highly engaging challenge. Student
4th - 6th
Engineering, Literature, Physical Science
Hatchet Novel Study STEM Challenge | Survival Shelter Project
Bring literature to life with this engaging STEM challenge inspired by the award-winning novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen! In this cross-curricular STEM activity, students step into the role of engineers as they design and build a survival shelter for Brian Robeson after his plane crash in the Canadian wilderness. Perfect for upper elementary and middle school classrooms, this hands-on engineering challenge blends literature, science, critical thinking, and collaboration into one highly engaging ac
4th - 6th
Engineering, Literature, Physical Science
FOOD CHAIN & FOOD WEB /STEM Activity Worksheets
Welcome to the exciting world of food chains and food webs!This fun STEM activity workbook helps Kindergarten and Grade 1 students explore how plants and animals depend on one another for food and energy. Through coloring, matching, tracing, cutting, pasting, drawing, and hands-on STEM activities, children will learn important science concepts in an engaging and age-appropriate way. Students will discover: What a food chain is How food webs connect living things The role of the sun in nature
K - 1st
Biology, Engineering, Environment
CCSS, NGSS
RL.K.1
, RL.K.3
, RL.1.1
+10
Also included in: The Ultimate Elementary STEM Activity Bundle
Hedy LaMarr - more than just a pretty face
The Hollywood Inventor (Hedy Lamarr)A Reading Fluency & STEAM Innovation ModulePAGE 1: The "Why This Works" GuideWhy Teachers are Adding This to Their WWII Units:Beyond the Textbook: Moves past generals and battles to focus on the science that won the war.Triple-Leveled Scaffolding: Includes three distinct versions of the story (Grades 4–9) so every student in your room can participate.The "Wi-Fi" Connection: Instantly engages tech-savvy students by connecting 1940s history to their smartphones.
4th - 9th
Engineering, Reading, Vocabulary
CCSS
RF.K.1
, RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
+1
Also included in: The Hidden Heroes Mega Bundle
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
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
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
Earthquake Tower STEM Worksheets – Structural Engineering | Grades 3–5 PDF
Looking for student-ready worksheets to run an earthquake engineering challenge in your upper elementary STEM classroom? This Earthquake Shake Tower Student Worksheet Packet provides clear, student-facing pages that guide Grades 3–5 learners through the engineering design process as they design, test, and improve a tower built to withstand simulated earthquake shaking. This resource is print-and-go and designed to help students work more independently while documenting their thinking, testi
3rd - 5th
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Physics
NGSS
4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
+2
Also included in: Earthquake Tower STEM Worksheets Bundle – Grades 3–8 PDF
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