Looking for fun and engaging New Year's STEM activities to get your students collaborating and thinking critically after winter break? This New Year’s Ball Drop Design Challenge is the perfect way to start the semester with hands-on learning and purposeful play. Looking for more middle school STEM challenges? Grab the bundle and SAVE!In this engineering design challenge, students work in small groups to design and build a system that slowly and smoothly lowers a ball (just like the famous New