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Engineering Practices TRASHKETBALL Science Game - No Prep Grade 9 Review
Let’s score points with Trashketball!3 or more teams race to answer each question!!Trashketball is a No Prep Science game where students take shots to score points based on how quickly they answered the questions, but only if they are correct! The game is playable with the whole class together, or you can play it as small groups. There are 20 questions and answers are included. This version is High School Science, Grade 9, Engineering Practices It is a digital resource, no printouts required. Ho
8th - 10th
Engineering
Also included in: 19 TRASHKETBELL Science Games - Engineering - Grade 9 No Prep Review
Engineering Practices NO PREP GRADE 9 SCIENCE REVIEW GAME - VERY UNFAIR
Here is a short youtube video explaining how this review game works.his game is VERY UNFAIR and the kids love it!This is a No Prep Science Review Game where students earn points for answering correctly, but the points can be positive or negative, and can be assigned to your team or your opponents’ team! And to make it very unfair, if you get the answer wrong, then the opposing team gets to assign the points to any team they choose. The goal is to have the score the closest to zero at the end of
8th - 10th
Engineering, General Science
Also included in: 19 NO PREP GRADE 9 SCIENCE REVIEW GAMES - VERY UNFAIR: Engineering
Energy Conservation Equations Slide Practice
A set of google slides containing kinetic, gravitational potential, and spring potential energy problems. The slides allow students to drag and drop the equations they need, then asks for them to solve (including units). Later problems involve setting up energy conservation problems using multiple energy equations they drag and drop into place and then solve.
9th - 12th
Engineering, Physical Science, Physics
NGSS
HS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-2
, HS-PS3-1
+1
Decoding Resistors Create-A-Poster
My Create-A-Poster series takes several Engineering/STEM skills and turns them into a project for students to create a poster/infographic that teaches that skill to the reader. The Create-A-Poster project is a great way to assess student understanding of the skill. These projects are also very easy to drop in the lesson plan for sub days! I was so thankful I had these in my Sub Day Library a few years ago when my husband and I were in the ER and needed something quick and easy for me yet meaning
5th - 12th, Higher Education
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, Physics
NGSS
MS-ETS1-1
STEM Activity for Centers - Sub Plans - Early Finishers | Analyze This vs. That
Analyze This vs. That is an easy STEM activity to implement & gives students practice with critical thinking - one of the 4 C's of Engineering! Use in sub plans, centers, as bell ringers, or for early finishers.This short STEM activity takes as little as 5 minutes and prepares students to get their brains in STEM mode while you buy yourself a few minutes to prepare materials and collect your thoughts at the start of class! Students will view two designs that solve a similar problem. Studen
2nd - 5th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-1
Engineering Design Project: Custom Christmas Ornament (Onshape + 3D Printing)
This Christmas Ornament CAD & 3D Printing Project is designed to give students an engaging, meaningful opportunity to practice real engineering skills in a format that is both fun and academically valuable. By creating a custom ornament in Onshape and preparing it for 3D printing, students apply essential concepts such as dimensioning, constraints, geometric relationships, material considerations, and design-for-manufacture. This project is intentionally open-ended so students at all skill level
7th - 12th
Engineering
Christmas STEM Brain Teasers – Fun Day Before Winter Break Activity Bell Ringers
Bring energy and creativity to the day before winter break with Christmas STEM Improv Brain Teasers! This quick, low-prep activity helps kids practice creativity, problem-solving, and flexible thinking through fast-paced, imaginative design prompts. It’s part STEM challenge, part creative brain break, and all fun, perfect for bell ringers, sub plans, early finishers, or centers during December. How It Works1️⃣ Kids randomly select from three Christmas-themed categories: 🎁 Object🎄 Material
3rd - 6th
Engineering
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
Fun Day Before Thanksgiving Break Activity - SEL November STEM Harvest Activity
This Pumpkin Harvest STEM is the perfect Day Before Thanksgiving Break Activity. Packed with SEL, science, math and more, students will love the festive theme while practicing engineering, problem-solving, and critical thinking. In this activity, students design and build a device to harvest pumpkins from a field as efficiently as possible. Success is measured by how quickly, or in how few moves, they can collect pumpkins and deliver them into a container. With its focus on efficiency, desi
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Day Before or After Winter Break Activity - Snowman Science Winter STEM Activity
Looking for a fun, low-prep STEM activity for the day before or after winter break? The Snowman Stretch STEM Challenge is perfect for keeping kids learning and laughing while practicing science, technology, engineering, and math skills in a festive, wintry theme. In this hands-on Winter STEM and Science activity, kids design and build the tallest free-standing snowman possible—or, for an extra challenge, the snowman with the greatest volume or surface area. It’s an ideal way to mix creativ
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Other (Math), Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Fun Halloween Early Finishers, Sub Plans, Morning Work - STEM Improv Activity
Halloween STEM Improv is an engaging Halloween STEM activity perfect for Halloween science or STEM sub plans, early finishers, morning meeting activities, warm ups, and October STEM stations. With 336 possible design combinations, students stretch their imagination, practice problem-solving, and develop planning skills -- all in a no-prep format that works for any October science or STEM lesson. ➡️ How It WorksStudents randomly select an Object, Material, and Function from Halloween-themed
3rd - 6th
Engineering
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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
Engineering Design Process Journal | STEM Early Finisher Reflection
Are you looking for a way to have your students participate in lessons about the Engineering Design Process? This student journal is the answer! It comes in two formats: printable and digital. Students will focus on various parts of the process and practice using each portion and reflect on its importance. This product can be used for early finishers, for review, morning work, with a substitute, homework, etc. What’s Included?Teacher Directions how to download the electronic version Color D
2nd - 5th
Engineering
First Week of School Science Activities Beginning of Year Science Team Building
Back to School STEM Activities – Perfect for the First Week of School!Looking for easy-to-implement, STEM activities for the first day of school? This two-activity resource helps you kick off the school year with collaboration, creativity, and science and engineering practices that build classroom culture and critical thinking from Day One. These challenges are ideal for team building activities the first day of school, beginning of the year science activities, or Fun Friday activities. A
3rd - 6th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
+4
Using Tools Safely in the STEM Lab: A boat making activity
It is essential for students to feel comfortable using tools in the STEM lab. This activity is completed during the opening weeks of the semester, after students are taught about the purpose of each tool and how to properly use it, they get to practice!! This activity breaks up the process of building a wooden mini boat into stations; each station focuses on proper technique and safety. What's Included:PDF of the teacher instructionscomplete material list worksheet for studentsstation cardsgrad
7th - 12th
Engineering, Other (Arts), Other (Science)
Would You Rather Questions | Thanksgiving & Fall Morning Slides This or That
Start your November mornings with engaging, low-prep Would You Rather Thanksgiving and This or That fall morning slides! These fun, interactive prompts are perfect for morning meetings, brain breaks, or community-building discussions in 1st-3rd grade. Students love sharing their opinions while practicing critical thinking and communication skills—and you’ll love having an easy, ready-to-use Thanksgiving morning activity that keeps your classroom calm, connected, and focused. ❤️ Why Teac
1st - 3rd
Classroom Community, Engineering, Writing
CCSS, NGSS
W.2.1
, K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
STEM Engineering Design Process Printable
Add structure to any STEM, STEAM or creative project with these printable worksheets that lay out all of the steps to the Engineering Design Process. Each step contains guiding questions to assist with completion. Memorializing these steps ensure that students are engaging with the tested STEM practices that all engineers use and it keeps students on task and motivated.
2nd - 12th
Engineering, For All Subjects
CCSS
W.5.1b
, W.5.1c
, W.5.2
+2
No Prep STEM Activity for STEM Sub Plans or Early Finishers Science Sub Plans
STEM Design Domino is the ideal solution for STEM sub plans, early finishers, choice boards, Fun Friday activities, and low-prep STEM centers because it's packed with 432 easy STEM design activities that require minimal prep & deliver maximum engagement!This flexible, print-and-go resource helps students practice critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving with no building supplies required. All you need is paper, pencil, and a domino or die (or even just a random number generator), makin
2nd - 5th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Halloween Early Finishers, Sub Plans, Fun Morning Work - October Science & STEM
Halloween Quick Build STEM Challenges are quick, flexible, and low-prep making them perfect for October Morning Work or Warm Ups, Sub Plans, Centers, Early Finishers Activities & Choice Boards. Students will love building spooky creations like a spider catcher, a bat branch, and a throne of bones, all while practicing critical thinking, problem-solving, and STEM skills. Activities Overview:A Quick Build in STEM is like a “quick write” in ELA. Students pick a challenge and rapidly draft and build
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Math
Teacher Evaluation Form – Boat Building Project: Engineering Design Process
Grades 6–10 | Project-Based Learning | NGSS Engineering DesignThis ready-to-use Teacher Evaluation Form is designed to accompany the Boat Building Project: Engineering Design Process and provides a clear, consistent, and objective method for assessing student learning in group-based, hands-on STEM work. Aligned with the engineering practices outlined in NGSS and tailored for secondary classrooms, this form supports both formative feedback and final grading for collaborative engineering projec
6th - 10th
Engineering, General Science
Also included in: Engineering Design Process BUNDLE: Slides, Research, Hands-On Project
Mars STEM Escape Room: A Digital Breakout Activity - Easy-Prep Engineering Build
Kids love space! This Mars Escape Room is a fun activity to spark their curiousity! With clickable clues and simple setup to get started, students search for objects that contains a clue and then solve the STEM challenge. Each puzzle provides a letter to the password that will help students escape! This activity allows your students to collaborate and practice overcoming obstacles! This resource also has students build a catapult out of easy-to-find materials as part of a clue! This escape ro
5th - 8th
Engineering, Science
Christmas STEAM & Winter STEAM | Reindeer STEM Activity & Winter Holiday Game
The Reindeer Relay Christmas STEM Challenge is a festive day before winter break activity that combines creativity, engineering, and teamwork! This digital Google Slides™ version engages kids in Christmas SEL and STEM learning as they design and test reindeer antlers for a fun classroom relay game. Students apply problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills while exploring concepts like balance, stability, and structure. Along the way, they’ll practice critical thinking, creativity
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Halloween Read-Aloud STEM Challenges | 10 Story-Based Engineering Projects
Bring Halloween learning to life with these 10 hands-on STEM challenges inspired by popular Halloween read-alouds! Each activity connects to a story students love and challenges them to design, build, and solve problems using creativity and critical thinking. Perfect for October STEM stations, small groups, or a full week of festive fun, these story-based engineering projects keep engagement high while reinforcing real science and engineering practices. 🧠 Why Teachers Love This Resource:✅ 1
1st - 3rd
Classroom Community, Engineering
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
Candy Corn Tower STEM Challenge |STEM Activity for Grades 2–5
Looking for a fun and educational way to celebrate Fall in your classroom? This Candy Corn Tower STEM Challenge is the perfect blend of spooky fun and hands-on learning! Students in Grades 2–5 will work collaboratively to build the tallest free-standing tower using just candy corn and toothpicks — no glue, no tape, just STEM thinking and teamwork. Use this activity during October for a Halloween-themed science center, enrichment project, or STEM Friday. It’s great for practicing the Engine
2nd - 5th
Classroom Community, Engineering
Also included in: Seasonal STEM Challenge Bundle | August - December (Grades 2–5)
Valentine's Day Social Emotional & Measurement February STEM Candy Box Activity
Looking for a Valentines social emotional learning activity that also builds measurement, engineering and math skills? This Candy Box STEM activity and math challenge is designed for use in Google Slides classrooms. Students collaborate, communicate, and problem-solve as they design the smallest possible candy container that meets specific criteria and constraints. The activity feels like a puzzle or game, but it is grounded in measurement, spatial reasoning, and SEL skills like teamwork and p
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Other (Math), Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
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