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Christmas STEM Christmas Science - Candy Cane Christmas STEM Challenge Activity
Looking for fun Christmas STEM activities that mix candy canes, science, engineering, and math? The Candy Cane Calamity Christmas STEM Challenge is a hands-on favorite that turns Christmas science into holiday fun! Kids will design and test creative packaging to safely “mail” their candy canes, making this one of the most engaging Christmas STEM and candy cane activities of the season. Perfect for your December activities, Christmas party, or winter classroom centers, this challenge blends STE
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Measurement
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+6
After Winter Break Activity – Winter STEM Sled Challenge (Science, Math, SEL)
Ease students back into learning after winter break with a high-interest winter STEM challenge that feels fun, collaborative, and purposeful. This hands-on after winter break activity invites kids to design, build, and test sleds while exploring force, motion, friction, and engineering design. It’s an ideal way to reset classroom routines, rebuild collaboration skills, and re-engage students after time away from school. Whether you’re planning back from winter break activities, snow day lesso
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Other (Math)
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+6
Easter STEM Challenge Activity - Science Easter Basket - Easter Egg Math Game
Get ready for loads of Easter basket fun & games! In the Easter STEM challenge, Basket Bounce, students design and build creative baskets to hold plastic Easter eggs while competing in a bouncy Easter bunny game / relay race! This engaging activity blends Easter games, problem-solving, and even a little P.E., making it the perfect before or after spring break activity to energize your classroom. The Challenge:Students will work individually or in teams to: Design and build an Easter basket
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Halloween STEM Challenge October Science - Bone Bridge® Skeleton STEM Activity
Make October unforgettable with the Bone Bridge® Halloween STEM Challenge that combines creativity, engineering, and Halloween science as students design spooky skeleton bridges. Perfect for October science lessons, STEM centers, or early finisher activities, Bone Bridge® gets kids collaborating, problem-solving, and thinking like engineers while having Halloween fun. Activity OverviewStudents work in pairs or teams to design and construct a bridge using simple classroom materials and a crite
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Easter STEM & Science - After Spring Break Activity Fun Egg Drop STEM Challenge
Bring creativity and critical thinking to your classroom with this exciting Easter STEM challenge! Perfect as an after spring break activity or a festive way to explore engineering and problem-solving, this egg drop STEM challenge will have your students designing, building, and testing devices to protect an egg from cracking. This hands-on spring STEM activity blends Easter science, math, and engineering principles into one engaging project that’s perfect for grades 2–8. The Challenge:Stud
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Halloween October Science Fall STEM Activities – Early Finishers STEM Challenges
Make October unforgettable with these fun Halloween STEM Activities - in both print and digital versions! From bats and spiders to Halloween ghosts, candy catapults, skeleton bone bridges, and more, this bundle brings spooky fun into your classroom while reinforcing real science and engineering concepts. With six hands-on challenges designed for grades 2–8, you’ll have everything you need for Halloween science stations, October STEM, Fun Friday activities, and Halloween early finishers act
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Back to School After Winter Break Activity - Fun Winter STEM Challenge Activity
Re-engage students after winter break or fill the week before Christmas break with meaningful learning! This Winter STEM activity is the perfect mix of creativity, engineering, and geometry practice, ideal for back from winter break, January STEM projects, or even a day before winter break activity. ❄️ Frosted Forest STEM Challenge OverviewIn this challenge, students design and build the iciest tree in the frosted forest by constructing branches and attaching triangular icicles. It’s a f
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Geometry, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Back to School After Winter Break Activity - Fun Winter STEM Challenge Activity
The Winter Waiter STEM Challenge is a hands-on Winter STEM activity perfect for the first day back from winter break, the week before winter break, or anytime your students need a burst of creativity and movement! In this challenge, kids design and build a stable waiter’s tray to carry “snowy” 3D solids during a relay race, testing balance, stability, and problem-solving skills in a fun, energetic way. It’s ideal for after winter break activities, winter math centers, or January STEM project
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Geometry, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
November Fall Science Activity - Thanksgiving STEM Challenge Turkey Escape STEM
Save the Turkey Race! – Day Before Thanksgiving Break Science & STEM Activity (Print + Digital Bundle). Looking for day before Thanksgiving break activities that keep kids learning, laughing, and collaborating? This Thanksgiving STEM challenge (also known as The Great Turkey Race or Save the Turkey!) blends fun, physics, and creativity for the perfect pre-break STEM lesson. Students use their engineering and problem-solving skills to design and build a way to safely transport a turkey, all whil
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
February STEM Activity - Valentine's SEL & Science - Cupid Bow & Arrow Challenge
Valentine’s Day STEM activities should be more than a quick craft or filler activity. This Valentine’s SEL activity combines February STEM activities, hands-on science, and meaningful social emotional learning through an engaging engineering challenge students love. In the Cupid Bow and Arrow STEM Challenge, students work in teams to design, build, test, and improve a bow-and-arrow system for Cupid’s Valentine’s Day target practice. As they collaborate, test designs, and analyze results, stu
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Other (Math), Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Materials Science STEM Project | Design & Build Challenge | Engineering Activity
This Materials Science STEM Project is a hands-on, engaging way for students to apply their understanding of material properties through a real-world design challenge. Students will plan, build, test, and improve a product while using the engineering design process and explaining their thinking along the way. This resource is designed to be simple for teachers to implement while still providing meaningful, rigorous learning for students. 🧪 What’s Included: Student Directions Brainstorming
6th - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Other (Science)
November Fall Science Activity - Mayflower & Mishoon Thanksgiving STEM Challenge
Day Before Thanksgiving Break Activity – Mini Mayflower & Mini Mishoon STEM Challenge (Print + Digital) Looking for day before Thanksgiving break activities that are meaningful, collaborative, and fun? This Mini Mayflower / Mini Mishoon Thanksgiving STEM Challenge combines science, engineering, and social-emotional learning as kids design water transportation for the Pilgrims and Native Americans! Kids will use creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving skills to design a floating boat that hold
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
February STEM Activities – 5 Valentine STEM Challenges with SEL & Teamwork
Looking for February STEM activities that keep students engaged while also building social emotional learning and teamwork? This Valentine STEM Activities Bundle includes five hands-on challenges that blend science, math, problem-solving, and SEL, making it a powerful alternative to traditional Valentine’s Day parties. Instead of crafts or games that fill time, students collaborate, communicate, test ideas, and reflect as they work through Valentine-themed STEM challenges. These activities a
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Other (Math), Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Easter STEM Challenge Activity - Basket Bounce Print and Paperless Bundle
Looking for an engaging STEM / STEAM Easter activity? Basket Bounce is loads of collaborative fun, coupled with critical thinking, problem-solving, and even a little P.E.! The basic premise:Individually or in partners/groups, students will design and build a basket that will hold and contain Easter eggs as they participate in a bouncy relay race. - Directions to conduct the race based on whether students design baskets in groups, partners, or individually are included. Resource includes:NGSS ali
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Easter STEM Challenge - Carrot Carriage Print and Paperless Bundle
Looking for an Easter or Spring STEM / STEAM challenge activity to keep your kids engaged in collaborative, fun problem-solving? The basic premise:Individually or in partners/groups, students will design and build a carriage to hold cargo and roll downhill, made primarily of carrots. Resource includes:NGSS aligned standards, Grades 2 – 8Teacher Tips- Links to STEM Challenge "How-to" videos - Materials and timing - Criteria & Constraints (including modifications to increase difficulty for older s
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Landforms STEM Challenge - Print and Paperless Bundle
If you’re looking to apply learning in landforms, weathering & erosion, plate tectonics & more, this STEM / STEAM challenge is a perfectly engaging way to get the job done joyfully! The basic premise:Students work individually or in partners/groups against a list of criteria and constraints to create the nonliving surface (geosphere & hydrosphere) of the fictional planet, Planetopia. Resource includes:NGSS aligned standards, Grades 2 – 8Teacher TipsLinks to a video walk-through of the challenge
2nd - 8th
Earth Sciences, Engineering
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
STEM Challenge - Flower Frenzy Print and Paperless Bundle
Valentine’s Day STEM Challenge activities should be more than just a craft or activity to pass the time! Even if your kids don't exchange cards, you can use kindness cards to inspire your classroom community (included in resource). The basic premise:Individually or in partners/groups, students will design and build a uniquely talented bouquet of flowers! This STEM challenge actually contains four challenge prompts that can be taken separately or simultaneously in groups: Floating FlowersFluff
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Santa STEM Challenges-4 Task Cards
Fun and engaging Santa STEM Challenges for all ages!
Not Specific
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering
Halloween | Science | Spider Web Engineering Challenge | TEKS | K-12
🕷️ Halloween | Science | Spider Web Engineering ChallengeStudents build spider web models and test strength/flexibility while connecting to engineering. ✅ Includes: TEKS alignment 5–12.Learning Intention: I am learning how spider webs show strength and design principles.Success Criteria: I can design/test webs and connect to engineering principles.Worksheets, role cards, debate cards.YouTube: spider web building/strength tests.🎃 Classroom Use: Combines biology + e
K - 12th
Engineering, General Science, Physical Science
Also included in: Halloween Science Bundle | 10 Spooky STEM Investigations for K-12 | TEKS
After Winter Break Winter STEM Challenge Activity - Print & Digital Bundle
Winter STEM challenges are a powerful way to channel student energy into focused, hands-on problem solving. The Frosted Forest STEM Challenge blends geometry, engineering, and critical thinking into an engaging design task that works for a wide range of grade levels. In this challenge, students work in partners or small groups to design the iciest tree possible using triangular icicles and a clear set of criteria and constraints. The result is a highly engaging STEM activity that feels playful
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Geometry
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Earth Day STEM Challenge - New Earth City Print and Paperless Bundle
Earth Day is the perfect time for the New Earth City STEM / STEAM challenge activity, but any other time of the year will do! The basic premise:It is Earth Day, and the year 2035. Earth has become overcrowded. The students are part of a pioneering crew tasked with setting up the first city (New Earth City) on Planetopia, a fictional name for a recently discovered Earth-like planet in a distant solar system. Part of the mission is to set up the city to prevent or address the problems we are havin
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Mayflower Engineering Challenge
Students will learn will investigate the engineering design process as they learn about the Mayflower, buoyancy, and how sails on a boat work. Students will plan, design, and create a boat to meet specific requirements, while staying on budget. Students will love learning interesting historical information as they are challenged to meet this FUN STEM challenge. I have included a PowerPoint presentation that has been converted to a PDF providing Mayflower information including historical and desi
3rd - 6th
Engineering
Black History STEM Activity - Functional Furniture Print and Paperless Bundle
This challenge was created as a way to celebrate Black History Month and/or Women’s History Month in science class. The premise is inspired by Sarah E. Goode’s 1885 invention of the folding cabinet bed. She was one of the first African-American women to obtain a patent for her invention! The basic premise:Working against a criteria/constraints list in groups, students will design and build multi-functional furniture, or furnish an entire apartment. Note: This resource includes both the printable
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Measurement, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Fun Winter STEM Activity – Winter Waiter 3D Solids Geometry, Math & SEL
This challenge blends winter STEM, winter math, 3D geometry, and SEL skills into a hands-on activity that feels playful while delivering deep learning. The Winter Waiter STEM Challenge asks students to work in teams to design and build a waiter-style tray that can safely transport “snowy” 3D solids through an indoor relay course. Students test, analyze, and redesign their trays while working within a clear set of criteria and constraints. Winter STEM challenges are an effective way to chann
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Geometry, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
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