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The Crane Design and Building Challenge -- STEM Problem Solving
A best practice lesson for the teaching of physical science or GATE talent pools:
In this lesson, students use the engineering process to build a working crane model that is strong enough to lift a stapler.
There are no set patterns, pre-cut materials, or teacher-led building instructions here! Students engage in the engineering process to design and build their own working models of cranes. The teacher sets guidelines and limitations, provides feedback and monitors progress, instructs the
4th - 8th
Engineering, Physical Science
Also included in: Creativity Bundle for GATE Gifted and Talented and ALL
3D Post Processing Impact CER | Manufacturing | Case Study
📘 Full Length National Standard-Aligned DBQ CER Style Worksheet - Claim Evidence Reasoning | 3D Post Processing Impact Case Study Worksheet | Evidence-Based Reading Engage your students in high-level critical thinking and evidence-based analysis on the subject of Manufacturing & Industry 4.0, with this Full Length DBQ CER Style Worksheet. This resource is designed to help students analyze real-world topics, interpret informational texts, and support answers with evidence—all while staying
9th - 12th
Engineering, Reading, Robotics
The Haber-Bosch Process DBQ I Agricultural Theory I Middle School GATE
📘 Full Length DBQ Style Worksheet - Standard-Aligned Document Based Questions | The Haber-Bosch Process Worksheet | Evidence-Based Reading Engage your students in high-level critical thinking and evidence-based analysis on the subject of Agricultural Theory, with this Full Length DBQ Style Worksheet. This resource is designed to help students analyze real-world topics, interpret informational texts, and support answers with evidence—all while staying accessible for Gifted & Talented middle
6th - 8th
Engineering, Environment, Informational Text
3D Post Processing Impact CER | Manufacturing | GATE Middle School
📘 Full Length Standard Aligned DBQ CER Style Worksheet - Claim Evidence Reasoning | 3D Post Processing Impact Case Study Worksheet | Evidence-Based Reading Engage your students in high-level critical thinking and evidence-based analysis on the subject of Manufacturing & Industry 4.0, with this Full Length DBQ CER Style Worksheet. This resource is designed to help students analyze real-world topics, interpret informational texts, and support answers with evidence—all while staying accessible
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Informational Text, Robotics
Engineering Design Process | Tech Ed | STEM Activity GATE Middle School
🧠 Worksheet | Tech Ed | Gifted & Talented Middle School Critical ThinkingEngage your students with this high-interest, real-world Tech Ed worksheet focused on Engineering Design Process. This resource is designed to promote critical thinking, inquiry-based learning, and real-world application, making it perfect for modern classrooms. Students will explore meaningful scenarios, analyze real-world connections, and express their ideas through structured questions that go beyond basic recall.
6th - 8th
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, Instructional Technology
Advanced Welding Processes | Welding Activity GATE Middle School
🧠 Worksheet | Welding | Gifted & Talented Middle School Critical ThinkingEngage your students with this high-interest, real-world Welding worksheet focused on Advanced Welding Processes. This resource is designed to promote critical thinking, inquiry-based learning, and real-world application, making it perfect for modern classrooms. Students will explore meaningful scenarios, analyze real-world connections, and express their ideas through structured questions that go beyond basic recall. F
6th - 8th
Engineering, Instructional Technology, Physical Science
Manufacturing Processes Worksheet | STEM Activity | GATE Middle School
🧠 Worksheet | Manufacturing Activity | Gifted & Talented Middle School Critical ThinkingEngage your students with this high-interest, real-world Manufacturing worksheet focused on Manufacturing Processes. This resource is designed to promote critical thinking, inquiry-based learning, and real-world application, making it perfect for modern classrooms. Students will explore meaningful scenarios, analyze real-world connections, and express their ideas through structured questions that go beyon
6th - 8th
Business, Engineering, Robotics
Machining Processes Worksheet | Manufacturing STEM Activity | GATE Middle School
🧠 Worksheet | Manufacturing Activity | Gifted & Talented Middle School Critical ThinkingEngage your students with this high-interest, real-world Manufacturing worksheet focused on Machining Processes. This resource is designed to promote critical thinking, inquiry-based learning, and real-world application, making it perfect for modern classrooms. Students will explore meaningful scenarios, analyze real-world connections, and express their ideas through structured questions that go beyond ba
6th - 8th
Business, Engineering, Robotics
Joining Processes Worksheet | Manufacturing STEM Activity | GATE Middle School
🧠 Worksheet | Manufacturing Activity | Gifted & Talented Middle School Critical ThinkingEngage your students with this high-interest, real-world Manufacturing worksheet focused on Joining Processes. This resource is designed to promote critical thinking, inquiry-based learning, and real-world application, making it perfect for modern classrooms. Students will explore meaningful scenarios, analyze real-world connections, and express their ideas through structured questions that go beyond basi
6th - 8th
Business, Engineering, Robotics
Forming Processes Worksheet | Manufacturing STEM Activity | GATE Middle School
🧠 Worksheet | Manufacturing Activity | Gifted & Talented Middle School Critical ThinkingEngage your students with this high-interest, real-world Manufacturing worksheet focused on Forming Processes. This resource is designed to promote critical thinking, inquiry-based learning, and real-world application, making it perfect for modern classrooms. Students will explore meaningful scenarios, analyze real-world connections, and express their ideas through structured questions that go beyond basi
6th - 8th
Business, Engineering, Robotics
Sterile Processing Techs GATE Middle School Inquiry & Real World Connections
Inquiry & Real World Connection Worksheet designed for Gifted and Talented Students and focused on the Sterile Processing Technicians lesson in Middle School Career & Technical Education. See Thumbnails for more details. Simply purchase, download and copy! Each Worksheet Includes:10x Real World Related Prompts on the Topic20x Questions for Student Inquiry & Expressing Opinions (2 Questions per Prompt)Great For Student Engagement!For a FREE example of this type of resource click: HERE**Answer Key
6th - 8th
Business, Engineering, Physical Science
Process Technicians GATE Middle School Inquiry & Real World Connections
Inquiry & Real World Connection Worksheet designed for Gifted and Talented Students and focused on the Process Technicians lesson in Middle School Career & Technical Education. See Thumbnails for more details. Simply purchase, download and copy! Each Worksheet Includes:10x Real World Related Prompts on the Topic20x Questions for Student Inquiry & Expressing Opinions (2 Questions per Prompt)Great For Student Engagement!For a FREE example of this type of resource click: HERE**Answer Key Included**
6th - 8th
Business, Engineering, Physical Science
Supreme Court Case Process GATE Middle School Inquiry & Real World Connections
Inquiry & Real World Connection Worksheet designed for Gifted and Talented Students and focused on the Supreme Court Case Process lesson in Middle School Engineering & Future Technology. See Thumbnails for more details. Simply purchase, download and copy! Each Worksheet Includes:10x Real World Related Prompts on the Topic20x Questions for Student Inquiry & Expressing Opinions (2 Questions per Prompt)Great For Student Engagement!For a FREE example of this type of resource click: HERE**Answer Key
6th - 8th
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, Reading
Gifted Engineering Project
Students will learn about how an engineer goes through a process to create a design. They will be on a design team and design a car that will hold a raw egg. The car will go down and ramp and crash into a brick wall. The goal is to keep the egg from cracking. Students will work through Bloom's Taxonomy throughout the lesson. A rubric is included at the end. The preview has the power point to go with it.
2nd - 3rd
Engineering
Marshmallow Catapult Lab
In this project based learning lab, using the engineering design process, students work in cooperative groups to create a marshmallow launcher that can shoot a marshmallow 3 meters and land within 20 cm of the target. This takes precision and team work.
4th - 7th
Engineering
TED Talk: A plan to recycle the unrecyclable- Ashton Cofer
This engaging TED Talk companion resource explores environmental science, innovation, and the role of perseverance in the scientific process through a real-world student success story. Students analyze how Styrofoam waste was transformed into activated carbon while examining broader themes of sustainability, failure, and problem-solving. What’s included: 20 high school/college-level discussion questionsA clear, expanded essay promptA fully scaffolded essay prompt with sentence startersA structur
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Chemistry, Engineering, Environment
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)
Summer Fun - Conductors Insulators - End of Year Science & Summer STEM Activity
Looking for a hands-on end of the year science activity or end of year STEM activity to engage your students through the last day of school? The Keep it Cool / Make it Melt conductors and insulators STEM activity combines creativity, problem-solving, and real-world science as kids explore conductors and insulators in a fun and interactive way. This challenge is a great fit for end of year science activities, end of year STEM activities , last day of school or last week of school activities, a
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Summer STEM Challenge - Keep it Cool / Make it Melt Print and Paperless Bundle
This summer STEM challenge is the perfect end of year activity to keep your students engaged through the very last day of school! The basic premise:In partners or groups, students will design and build two devices: one to slow the melting process (Keep it Cool) and one to speed it up (Make it Melt). Includes modifications for grades 2-8. *This challenge is perfect for addressing NGSS standards for energy and structure & properties of matter. See related standards list at the end of the resource
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
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
First Week of Science Back to School STEM Team Building First Day Activity STEAM
The Apples A-head STEM Challenge is a favorite among teachers looking for engaging back to school STEM activities for elementary and middle school students. Perfect for the first week of school science activities, this challenge gets students thinking critically while strengthening team building skills through the engineering design process, all while balancing an apple on their heads! ➡️ Challenge Overview:In this activity, students work in teams to design and build wearable headgear capa
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Thanksgiving Science Activity - Pilgrims & Native Americans Harvest Corn STEM
Thanksgiving Science Activity – Pilgrims & Native Americans Harvest STEM Challenge. Bring history and science together with this hands-on Thanksgiving science activity! In the Harvest Corn STEM Challenge, kids design and build tools to help the Pilgrims and Native Americans cultivate and harvest corn, learning about farming, agriculture, and natural resources in the process. This challenge is the perfect mix of engineering, creativity, and science, making it one of the most engaging Thanksgiving
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
First Week of School Science STEM Activity First Day of School Team Building
This Apple Wrecking Ball Back to School STEM Challenge is the perfect hands-on experience to launch your first week of school science activities while introducing or reinforcing Newton’s Third Law of Motion in a highly engaging way. Whether you're teaching upper elementary or middle school, this engineering challenge promotes team building, creative problem-solving, and critical thinking, ideal for the first day of school STEM activities or any beginning of the year science activities focuse
2nd - 8th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Choosing Booleans in Python Programming | Complete Coding Lesson
Teach your students everything they need to know before choosing and using Booleans in Python programming. This is a beginner-friendly, ready-to-use lesson designed to clearly explain the key concepts and considerations learners must understand before deciding to use Booleans as their preferred data type in coding. It provides all the guidance needed to make the learning process smooth and effective, making it easy for teachers to teach and quick for learners to learn. ****************
8th - 12th, Higher Education
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, Instructional Technology
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