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Binary code Holiday Secret Message Lab
Students will use two different colors of beads, pipe cleaners, and a binary code alphabet sheet to write a secret holiday message on an ornament.
Not Specific
Basic Principles
Unplugged Coding : The missing pattern on Halloween night
The Unplugged Coding : The missing pattern on Halloween night activity is a basic exercise that challenges children's observation and logical thinking skills. Students analyze rows of symbols to find hidden rules or patterns. They then use logic to predict which symbols are missing in the blanks. This activity is at the heart of unplugged coding because it trains the brain to look for order and rules in seemingly chaotic data, similar to the skills programmers use to identify algorithms or loops
PreK - 3rd, Adult Education
Basic Principles, Computer Science - Technology, Robotics
St Patricks Day Crack the Code STEM Science Experiments Leprechaun Trap & Trivia
This St. Patrick’s Day Activity Bundle brings March learning to life with engaging STEM challenges, science experiments, coding activities, and critical thinking puzzles. Designed for Grades K–6, this collection blends hands-on exploration with problem-solving, creativity, and seasonal fun through St. Patrick’s Day STEM activities, science experiments, and interactive games. Perfect for centers, enrichment, morning work, or themed classroom days. Use these activities for STEM centers, science
K - 7th
Basic Principles, Computer Science - Technology, World History
CTE Health Science Halloween Infection-Control Escape Room
Bring spooky fun to infection control with this Halloween-themed Escape Room! Students work through puzzles, codes, and challenges to break the chain of infection and “save the day.” Perfect for high school health science or CTE classes, this engaging activity reinforces infection control concepts, teamwork, and critical thinking — all while keeping students actively learning. Concepts Reinforced• Chain of infection • Infection prevention strategies • Standard precautions • Healthcare safety
7th - 12th
Basic Principles, Family Consumer Sciences, Health
Easter Stem Activities- Digital Coding Games-Google Slides, Kindergarten, Gr.1-3
Engage your students with these Easter Digital Coding Games! This no-prep resource for Kindergarten to 3rd Grade introduces directional coding and algorithms through 6 interactive challenges. Students simply drag and drop arrows to guide characters through an Easter egg hunt maze, making it a perfect Spring STEM or Hour of Code activity! Why You and Your Students Will Love This Resource:Looking for a fun way to celebrate Easter while building essential computer science skills? These di
K - 3rd
Basic Principles, Computer Science - Technology
Christmas Learning Quest | Holiday Board Game for K–2
🎄 Christmas Learning Quest | Holiday Board Game for K–2 Where Christmas fun meets real learning, Bring festive fun into your classroom with Christmas Learning Quest Pack — a game-based learning adventure designed to keep young learners engaged, moving, and learning during the holiday season! This interactive board game pack combines play and learning as students roll the dice, move their tokens, and complete color-coded activities across multiple subject areas. ✨ What’s Included 🎲 Christmas
K - 2nd
Basic Principles, Numbers, Vocabulary
CCSS
K.CC.A.1
, K.CC.A.2
, K.CC.A.3
+1
Unplugged Coding : Ghost Treasure Hunt (Grid & Coordinates) on Halloween Night
Join us for "Unplugged Coding : Ghost Treasure Hunt (Grid & Coordinates) on Halloween Night" this Halloween night! This activity turns students into treasure hunters using a 5x5 "coordinate grid" filled with mysterious Halloween items (e.g. candy, witch hats). Students will need to use their coordinate reading skills to solve the puzzles. The map has one axis of Halloween symbols (e.g. 🎃, 👻, 🦇) and another axis of numbers (1-5). This activity is a great way to practice spatial reasoning skill
PreK - 3rd, Adult Education
Basic Principles, Computer Science - Technology, Robotics
Chinese New Year STEM Activities Lunar New Year 2026 Craft Projects Challenge
** UPDATED Every Year Featuring Each Zodiac Animal! Chinese New Year STEM Challenges for Upper Elementary Students – 2026 Year of the HORSE! | Lunar New Year 2026In 2026, Tuesday, February 17, celebrates the Year of the Horse! Bring Lunar New Year into your classroom with horse-themed STEM challenges that encourage creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving. This year’s challenges include: Lunar Horse Stall Engineering ChallengeLunar Horse Racetrack STEM ChallengeStudents will design, build,
3rd - 8th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Measurement
Turkey's Great Escape: A Thanksgiving Stem Challenge
Turkey is in trouble. Bad trouble. The kind of trouble where it's almost Thanksgiving...and you're on the menu! Can you make your turkey fast enough to hide from Farmer Jim? In this challenge, students will compete in a race against Farmer Jim by making their own balloon powered turkey. Includes: *Step by step instructional handout for creating a balloon powered turkey *Fill in the blanks worksheet reviewing key concepts of Newton's 3rd Law of Motion in relation to this Turkey
2nd - 6th
Basic Principles, General Science
Thanksgiving Escape Room and Crack the Code Wild Turkey Scavenger Hunt
You will love this November Science Activity: Turkey Scavenger Hunt and Crack the Code! Students rotate through turkey-themed stations, answering questions about various turkey parts (such as the snood, wattle, caruncles, and spurs), turkey social behaviors, wild turkey mating displays, and the care of broods. At each station, students record their answers and collect part of a secret code. When they finish, the completed code reveals a final word, reinforcing accuracy and attention to deta
3rd - 6th
Basic Principles, Informational Text, Vocabulary
NGSS
4-LS1-1
, 3-LS4-3
, MS-LS1-4
Crack the Code Christmas Science – Holiday Escape Room and Scavenger Hunt
Christmas Science Crack the Code activity with 8 data analysis stations. Students interpret graphs and diagrams to explore real science concepts behind holiday symbols. Includes Crack the Code scavenger hunt, printable pages, and teacher answer key.Bring real science into your December lessons with this engaging Christmas STEM activity! Students rotate through 8 science stations, analyze graphs and diagrams, answer data-based questions, and gather codes to discover a secret holiday code word
4th - 7th
Basic Principles, General Science, Physical Science
Halloween STEM Activities | October Team Building Challenge | Critical Thinking
Bring teamwork, creativity, and STEM-style problem-solving to your October lessons with the Outta the Box Competition | Scary Edition! 🎃 This project-based classroom challenge is perfect for grades 4–6 and combines STEM-type building activities with creative thinking talker challenges in a fun, competitive format. Students will work together in small teams to brainstorm, build, test, and share their ideas while earning points for teamwork, originality, and problem-solving. Designed for 2+ h
5th - 7th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Speaking & Listening
CCSS, NGSS
CCRA.SL.1
, MP1
, MS-ETS1-2
+3
Tree Cutter and Planter Challenge/Game
This is a good activity for younger kids but there are activities for older students also. In this lesson you have discussion starters and then craft and activities as well as informational worksheets about The lumber industry and our consumption of lumber around the world. Each section can take about 30 minutes. The main portion of the activity is of coarse the Tree planters and Tree cutters Game. You need a large area to play. set up all of the cones about 2 feet from each other , half up and
PreK - 3rd
Basic Principles, Physical Education, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-ESS3-1
, K-ESS3-3
Also included in: Everything in My Store All 500 WS Activities, Crafts, Posters & More
Thanksgiving Turkey Balloon Rocket Race STEM Force & Motion Challenge Grade 2-5
Bring science to life this Thanksgiving with the Turkey Balloon Rocket Race STEM Challenge! In this hands-on experiment, students design, build, test, and improve a balloon-powered turkey rocket while exploring real science concepts like force, motion, air pressure, and Newton’s 3rd Law.This 9-page printable resource guides students through the complete STEM process— predicting, measuring, recording data, analyzing results, and reflecting on improvements. Perfect for Thanksgiving week, science
2nd - 5th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Physical Science
NGSS
3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
+1
Gingerbread House STEM Challenge - Christmas STEM Activity & Engineering Design
Looking for a Christmas STEM challenge that actually keeps students engaged? The Gingerbread House STEM Challenge is a festive, hands-on Christmas STEM activity designed for grades 5–8 that helps students apply the engineering design process in a fun, meaningful way. Students design, build, and test gingerbread houses while working through real engineering constraints—without extra planning or prep for you. With ready-to-use materials, NGSS alignment, and exciting hands-on testing, this ginger
5th - 8th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Science
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
+1
Rudolph’s Nose Energy Test | Light-Up STEM Card | Christmas Circuit Challenge
✅ Who Is This Resource For?This hands-on holiday science activity is perfect for Grades 2–5 students learning about electrical circuits, energy transfer, and basic engineering. It’s designed for upper elementary classrooms where students enjoy festive, meaningful projects that blend science and creativity. ✅ What’s Included✔️ Student STEM Challenge Worksheet Pack (8 pages) ✔️ Circuit Diagram (Black & White) ✔️ Materials List + Safety Tips ✔️ Fill-in-the-Blank & Matching Vocabulary Practice (An
2nd - 5th
Basic Principles, Engineering, General Science
NGSS
4-PS3-2
, 3-PS2-4
Science Holiday Challenge Freebie
Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to tie Science and the holiday season together? Well, your search may be over. I am sharing with you an activity that I use with my classroom during the month of December.
In this file, you will find nine different tasks that your students can complete that relate the the season. You can implement the activities in a variety of ways. Here are some ways you may use this in your classroom:
Assign a box a day and allow the students to work on them
3rd - 5th
Basic Principles, Science
STEM Christmas Build a Sleigh Challenge Candy Cane Activity | Grades 4 5 6 7 8 9
Looking for a festive, hands-on way to bring STEM to life this holiday season? The STEM Christmas Candy Cane Sleigh Challenge is the perfect seasonal engineering activity to get students designing, building, testing, and improving — while applying real STEM concepts with a holiday twist! With this ready-to-use resource, students will follow the engineering design process — Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, and Improve — to build a sleigh that safely carries Santa down a string zipline. What’s Includ
5th - 8th
Basic Principles, Engineering, General Science
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
+1
Easter Coding BUNDLE | Digital & Printable K-3 STEM | Directional Arrow Games
Get the best of both worlds with this Easter Coding Stem BUNDLE! This comprehensive set includes 6 digital coding games and 5 printable worksheets, perfect for teaching directional coding and algorithms to Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade students. Whether you need a no-prep digital center or a hands-on cut and paste activity, this holiday-themed STEM bundle has you covered! Why Bundle Digital and Printable?Teachers love options! This bundle allows you to differentiate for your stu
K - 3rd
Basic Principles, Computer Science - Technology
Pumpkin & Pie Physics Challenges Bundle | 4 Thanksgiving STEM Experiments
Celebrate Thanksgiving with a hands-on physics bundle your students will love! This Pumpkin & Pie Physics Challenges Bundle includes four highly engaging STEM experiments that explore energy, motion, buoyancy, heat transfer, and simple engineering design. Each challenge comes with step-by-step instructions, planning pages, sketching templates, data tables, reflection questions, vocabulary activities, and teacher-friendly layouts. Students will design, build, test, measure, and improve their cr
2nd - 5th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Physical Science
NGSS
5-PS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
, 3-5-ETS1-1
+3
Halloween STEM Bundle – 4 Hands-On Science & Engineering Challenges | Grades 2–5
Bring the thrill of Halloween into your STEM classroom with this engaging Halloween STEM Bundle! Featuring 4 hands-on challenges (29 pages total), your students will design, test, and reflect as they explore engineering, physics, and energy concepts — all with a spooky twist. These no-prep activities are perfect for Grades 2–5 and align with NGSS standards. From launching spiders to racing ghosts and flying witches, this bundle is packed with excitement, creativity, and critical thinking. ✅ W
2nd - 5th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Physical Science
NGSS
3-PS2-1
, 3-PS2-4
Solar Oven STEM Challenge Project: Cook with the Sun!
Ignite your students' passion for STEM with this comprehensive, hands-on Solar Oven Project! This all-in-one resource is designed to guide your students through the entire process of designing, building, testing, and reflecting on their own functional solar oven. Perfect for units on heat transfer, renewable energy, or Earth Day, this project promotes critical thinking, collaboration, and real-world application of scientific concepts. Students will love the challenge of cooking a delicious s'mor
6th - 10th
Basic Principles, Earth Sciences, Physical Science
NGSS
MS-PS3-3
, MS-PS3-5
Also included in: STEM Engineering Design Challenges Bundle | 6 Hands-On Projects
Turkey Parachute Drop STEM Challenge | Thanksgiving Science Force & Motion
Celebrate Thanksgiving with this hands-on Turkey Parachute Drop STEM Challenge! Students design, build, test, and improve a parachute that helps a paper turkey fall slowly using everyday materials like plastic bags, string, and coffee filters. This engaging Thanksgiving science experiment explores gravity, air resistance, and force & motion while encouraging creative problem-solving and engineering design thinking. Perfect for classroom labs, STEM centers, or festive science fun before the hol
2nd - 5th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Physical Science
NGSS
3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
STEM Happy New Year Ball Drop Challenge | Science Build Activity Grade 5 6 7 8 9
Looking for a fun, hands-on way to kick off the New Year while reinforcing real STEM concepts? The STEM New Year’s Ball Drop Challenge is the perfect seasonal engineering activity to get students engaged in critical thinking, problem-solving, and teamwork — all while designing a gravity-powered ball drop device inspired by the iconic Times Square countdown. With this ready-to-use resource, students will follow the engineering design process — Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, and Improve — as they b
5th - 8th
Basic Principles, Engineering, General Science
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
+1
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