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STEM Challenge: Cup Tower | Engineering | Science Grades 4-6
STEM Challenge: Cup Tower 🏗️ Cooperative Team Building at Its Best!Looking for a high-engagement STEM activity that builds teamwork, problem-solving, and critical thinking — without a ton of prep? STEM Challenge: Cup Tower is a hands-on, collaborative engineering challenge where students must stack cups into a tower using only a rubber band tool — no hands allowed! This ready-to-go resource makes it easy for you to facilitate a powerful STEM experience in just one class period. 🚀 What’s Inclu
3rd - 6th
Engineering, General Science, Other (Science)
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
+2
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
Game Design STEM Unit – Board Game & Coding Engineering | Grade 2 | 4-Week
In the Game Design Studio, students become game designers and developers as they design an original board game, playtest and refine it, and then build a digital version of their game in Scratch. Set inside the Video Game Engineers narrative theme, this 4-week flagship unit immerses Grade 2 students in a complete creative engineering arc — from concept and rules design to physical prototype to coded digital game — building design thinking, computational thinking, and systems reasoning across fou
2nd
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, For All Subjects
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+4
Beginning of Year Science Back to School STEM Activity Elementary Team Building
Perfect for Back to School STEM | Beginning of the Year Science, Grades 2–8The Apples Aloft Tower STEM Challenge is ideal for first week of school science activities, offering an engaging way to introduce your students to STEM practices, teamwork, and the engineering design process. Whether you're planning for back to school STEM activities in elementary or a middle school fall science unit, this tower-building challenge helps set classroom expectations, spark creativity, and build community
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Measurement, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
APES | Sustainability Design Challenge: Upcycling Transformation
This Sustainability Design Challenge is a hands-on, in-class project for AP Environmental Science that pushes students beyond simple repurposing and into true sustainable design. Students create a useful product using discarded materials, with a clear emphasis on meaningful transformation of form and function. Students must physically alter and redesign materials so the final product is clearly different from its original use. The project reinforces waste reduction, resource use, and sustainabil
9th - 12th
Engineering, Environment, General Science
Bridge Challenge IB MYP Design Cycle | Website | STEM | Project-Based | Easy
Can your students build a popsicle stick bridge strong enough to hold 10 pounds? This complete IB MYP Design project guides middle school students through the full design cycle — Investigate, Plan, Create, and Evaluate — as they engineer their own bridge from scratch. Students use a beautifully designed interactive website as their project hub and a Google Slides template as their graded deliverable. No photocopies. No printed handouts. Zero prep beyond sharing a link. ──────────────────────────
6th - 10th
Engineering, Measurement, Physics
Pendulum Swing Engineering Challenge
I use this engineering activity to wrap-up my Engineering Unit for my science classes. It is an engaging activity that requires groups to problem-solve a solution to the problem I give them. I always see creativity and new solutions from year to year. Included in this resource: my Google Slides presentation, handouts and detailed directions. I designed this activity to take 3 class periods. The third day includes a judging fair so that students can evaluate the prototypes created by other grou
6th - 10th
Engineering, Other (Science)
Marshmallow Tower Challenge – Student Workbook (Engineering Design Process Compa
A fully guided workbook for students to document their engineering journey and create a persuasive commercial to solve Marshmallow City’s tourism crisis.This editable student workbook is the perfect companion to the Marshmallow Tower Challenge – STEM Engineering Project. It provides a structured space for students to record their team roles, document each step of the Engineering Design Process, and reflect on their successes and challenges. Perfect for middle and high school science or STEM cla
6th - 10th
Engineering, General Science
Card Tower Challenge – Engineering Design STEM Project for Secondary Science
A hands-on, collaborative STEM activity that develops critical thinking, teamwork, and engineering skills through an engaging card tower design challenge.Bring the Engineering Design Process to life in your classroom with this exciting team-based challenge! Perfect for middle and high school science or STEM classes, students work in groups to design, test, and refine a freestanding card tower using only a standard deck of playing cards and limited tape. Along the way, they document their progres
6th - 10th
Engineering, General Science
Also included in: Card Tower Challenge – Complete STEM Engineering Design Bundle
CAD Design STEM Unit – Rover Wheel & Suspension Engineering | Grade 5 | 2-Week
In the Deep Space Systems CAD Wheel and Suspension Design Labs, students become NASA contractor engineers as they use Tinkercad CAD software to design precision rover wheel and suspension components — testing how wheel tread geometry and suspension linkage affect traction and load balance across three terrain zones. Set inside the Deep Space Systems Division narrative, this 2-week unit introduces Grade 5 students to the professional engineering tool that connects digital design to physical fabri
5th
Engineering, General Science, Physics
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Card Tower Challenge – Student Workbook (Engineering Design Process Companion)
A hands-on, student-centered guide that leads learners through the Engineering Design Process as they tackle the Card Tower STEM challenge.This comprehensive student workbook is the perfect companion to the Card Tower Challenge – Engineering Design STEM Project for Secondary Science. It provides students with a structured, step-by-step format to document their progress, reflect on their designs, and apply critical thinking skills as they work in teams to build the tallest freestanding card towe
6th - 10th
Engineering, General Science
Also included in: Card Tower Challenge – Complete STEM Engineering Design Bundle
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