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Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving PBL Activity Parade Floats
Have a classroom Thanksgiving Day Parade! Students work in small groups to design, plan, and build a scale model of a float for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. They learn about the history of the parade and the engineering behind float construction. As part of the project, students need to stay within a designated budget and track their expenses, teaching them financial literacy and decision-making skills. What is Project Based Learning: Project-based learning (PBL) is a teaching method in
1st - 5th
Engineering
CCSS, NGSS
W.2.8
, W.3.10
, W.4.10
+7
Thanksgiving STEM Activities Middle School Design Own Parade Balloon Float
Looking for a fun, hands-on way to bring creativity and engineering together this November? This Thanksgiving Parade Balloon STEM Challenge invites students to design their own parade balloon for a classroom Thanksgiving balloon float parade! Students apply the engineering design process to plan, build, and test a parade-ready balloon that can float, roll, or be pulled through your classroom “parade route.” It’s the perfect blend of holiday excitement, artistic design, and STEM learning for mid
5th - 8th
Engineering
NGSS
MS-ETS1-1
PARADE FLOAT PROJECT STEM STEAM Trash to Treasure Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Have fun and encourage critical thinking creativity, and problem-solving with this Trash to Treasure Parade Float STEM Challenge! In this unit, students use a bag of provided CLEAN trash to design and create their parade float. You get to decide what the parade’s theme is, so this unit is incredibly flexible! Directions, Parade Float Judging Sheet, and Supply Request Letter are included. Ways to Use•Any holiday (Thanksgiving, Christmas, St. Patrick’s Day, etc.) •With a Balloons Over Broadway u
3rd - 12th
Classroom Community, Engineering
Parade Float Balloon Flinker STEM- Thanksgiving Activity
STEM Challenge: Students are tasked with designing and building a weight system that attaches to a helium balloon and “flinks” (floats) for at least 10 seconds, maintaining a height between 30–60 cm above the table. Why This Activity Works: ✔️ Promotes engineering design thinking and problem-solving ✔️ Encourages hands-on, inquiry-based learning ✔️ Integrates key concepts like balance, force, and stability ✔️ Supports collaboration, creativity, and iteration ✔️ Perfect for maintaining
4th - 8th
Engineering, General Science
Science/Physics: Thanksgiving Parade Float Lab | Buoyancy | Engineering | STEM
Looking for a hands-on, engineering based, Thanksgiving themed lab for your science or physics class?? Look here! This simple material and simple prep lab surrounding the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is sure to get your students excited about Thanksgiving break and buoyancy! What will students do?⭐Read about the history and science of the Macy's Parade ⭐Answer Reading Comprehension Questions ⭐Test buoyancy of a given balloon ⭐Design their own parade float! What materials do you need? So so s
8th - 12th
General Science, Physical Science, Physics
Also included in: Thanksgiving STEM Bundle | Science Labs | Color By Number | Escape Room
Memorial Day STEM Engineering Challenge | Poppy Tower & Parade Float Activities
Memorial Day STEM & Engineering Challenge | Poppy Tower & Parade Float Activities | Grades 3–6Engage your students in hands-on STEM learning with this Memorial Day STEM & Engineering Challenge! Perfect for Grades 3–6, this activity packet encourages students to design, build, and test their own Poppy Tower or Parade Float model, combining engineering, problem-solving, and teamwork in a fun and meaningful holiday context. What’s Included: Page 1 – Challenge Overview & Materials: Easy-to-fol
3rd - 6th
Classroom Community, Instructional Technology, U.S. History
Thanksgiving Parade STEM Challenge: The Science of Floating Balloons
🎈 The Science Behind the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons Reading Passage + Comprehension Questions + STEM Challenge + Bonus Activities Bring holiday excitement into your science classroom with this engaging, NGSS-aligned Thanksgiving resource! Students explore the real science behind the famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons through an informational reading passage, comprehension questions, and a hands-on STEM experiment. They’ll discover how helium, buoyancy, and density work
5th - 8th
Chemistry, Engineering, General Science
Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving STEM Activities: Puppets, Mini Parade Floats
These low prep Thanksgiving STEM Activities supplement Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet and are designed for K-5th Grade! Balloons Over Broadway STEM includes:"Turket Trot" (marionette puppet) STEM Activity with lesson plan, discussion chart, key vocabulary, video links, and student template"Mini Magnetic Parade" (mapping, magnetism) STEM Activity with instructions, map, and student templatesPlease view the preview for a detailed look at all components.⇒ Feedback and FollowersClick the G
K - 5th
Engineering, Physical Science
Also included in: STEM Activities + Read Alouds FAVORITES - Picture Books STEM Challenges
America’s 250th Parade Float Project-Based Learning 2nd-4th Grade PBL
Celebrate America’s 250th birthday (Semiquincentennial) with this engaging, cross-curricular Parade Float Project-Based Learning Unit for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade! Students become real parade designers as they research, plan, budget, design, and present their own America’s 250th celebration float. This comprehensive unit integrates reading, vocabulary, informational text, math word problems, budgeting, creative writing, and art, all centered around U.S. history and civic pride. Perfect for Co
2nd - 4th
Engineering, Other (Math), U.S. History
CCSS
RI.2.1
, RI.2.3
, RI.3.1
+14
Parade Float Engineering Challenge – Mardi Gras STEM Activity | Grades 3–5
Parade Float Engineering Challenge is a hands-on STEM activity where students design, build, test, and improve a mini parade float inspired by Mardi Gras parades. This engineering challenge guides students through the engineering design process while exploring balance, stability, force, and friction. Perfect for Grades 3–5, this resource includes structured planning, data collection, reflection, and optional writing extensions to support differentiation and real classroom use. ✅ Who Is This Re
3rd - 5th
Engineering, General Science, Physical Science
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Mardi Gras STEM Bundle Engineering Logic & Data Activities Grades 3–5
Parade Float STEAM Challenge
This is a great project to have students do in class or at home and can be completed by students of all ages! Engage your students in an engineering challenge and have them complete this challenge to design and engineer their own parade float! This is a great activity to do during Thanksgiving to connect with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade or New Years to connect with the Rose Parade. There are two handouts included- one for the students and one for the teacher. Both have step by step instru
K - 6th
Engineering, English Language Arts, Visual Arts
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Grade 6-8 Science Engineering Activity: Parade Float Constraints Analysis - Eng/
Teachers: tired of worksheets that don’t connect reading with real engineering thinking? This ready-to-use PDF lesson turns a familiar, engaging context—a parade float—into a rigorous, standards-aligned engineering design analysis activity. Students will practice critical reading, apply technical constraints, evaluate proposals, and produce evidence-based decisions just like professional reviewers. Why Teachers Love This Resource This resource solves a common classroom problem: how to teach
6th - 8th
Engineering, Informational Text, Writing
Also included in: The Grade 6 Teacher’s Survival Kit (Mega Bundle)
Balloons Over Broadway Activity Thanksgiving Parade STEM Challenge
Have a Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving Day Parade Activity with a Green Screen and Editable Canva Slides! Make learning fun with this Balloons Over Broadway Activity in which students design their very own Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! Perfect companion to the Thanksgiving read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet. Not only do students design the balloon, but as an added challenge they must create a device to keep it floating in the air! Students plan
K - 5th
Engineering
CCSS, NGSS
W.2.8
, W.3.10
, W.4.10
+7
Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Balloons Over Broadway Read Aloud Coding Activity for Thanksgiving Day Parade
Integrate coding, STEM, and literacy!Code a Thanksgiving Day Parade! This challenge is a great activity to complete after reading Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet. The activity can stand alone, but it is best if students are familiar with the book. In this Thanksgiving coding challenge, students complete the program plan sheet to think through the goal of their program (to make it from start to finish while avoiding all of the obstacles). They test their code with hands-on cutouts and fix
1st - 5th
Computer Science - Technology, English Language Arts
CCSS
MP1
, MP2
, MP3
+3
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Coding and Array Activity -Balloons Over Broadway
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Coding and Array ActivityUse this day of fun BEFORE or AFTER your school's Thanksgiving break! Want to see it in action!!? Check out my IG highlight story here! After reading the book Balloons Over Broadway book, the possibilities are endless. Grab a copy of the book here > > https://amzn.to/3tYOqJKLike the products you see in this product? Check out where to buy them on my Amazon StoreFront☠ ARGG! ☠ Welcome to Fair Winds Teaching! I hope you enjoy this
2nd - 5th
Computer Science - Technology
CCSS
2.OA.C.4
Also included in: FWT Unlimited Pass - Buy My Entire Store!
Fireworks & Parades | Discovery | Infants | July Week 2
🧡 DESCRIPTION In Week 2 of the Red, White & You! monthly theme, infants explore Fireworks and Parades through sensory-rich discovery and early science play. This Discovery section invites little ones to investigate light, sound, and movement through hands-on experiences that support cognitive development, language growth, physical coordination, and social-emotional curiosity—all through gentle, play-based exploration. 📦 WHAT'S INCLUDED ✔ Light-Up Sensory Bottle visual exploration activity ✔ Fi
PreK
General Science, Social Emotional Learning, Speaking & Listening
Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving Parade STEM Activity Stop Motion Animation
Float into parade fun this Thanksgiving with a digital STEM activity! This resource pairs perfectly to the beloved read aloud Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet. ✅ What You'll Get ✅ 5 Instruction Pages for Students You do not need to know how to do digital stop motion animation before trying this! Background City Page and Balloon Float Elements Students can used the components provided, create their own, or do an image search to create just the right float! Includes animals like the one s
3rd - 8th
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering
History of the Thanksgiving Day Parade ELA & STEAM Project
Students will love learning about the history of the Macy's Parade and creating their very own Parade Float during this project. This History of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade ELA & STEAM Project product includes ordinal text about the history of the parade, comprehension and vocabulary activities, and a STEAM project packet and rubric to guide students as they work to design and create their very own parade float. Product Includes:Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Text Macy's Thanksgiving Day
3rd - 6th
Reading, Science
Ozobot Macy's Thanksgiving Day Balloons Over Broadway Printable Parade Maps
Read the Thanksgiving classic Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet to learn about the history behind the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Have students create their own floats and put on their own parade using Ozobots, following the actual path of the Macy's parade from 77th Street to 34th Street. What's included:individual parade map large floor map of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade with pre-drawn parade linesblank floor map of the parade area for create-your-own path parade activitiesPrin
K - 3rd
Robotics
Balloons Over Broadway: Picture Book Engineering Design Challenge ~ STEM
This Engineering Design Challenge is based on the picture book, Balloons Over Broadway, by Melissa Sweet!
Can your group create a Thanksgiving parade balloon float that appears to float over the cardboard base?
Materials: (per group)
Assorted balloons (shapes and sizes)
Copy paper box lid (as an optional base)
Craft sticks
Plastic Balloon Sticks or Bamboo skewers
Dowel rods (we got the skinny ones)
Tape and scissors
Yarn
This packet contains all the information you need to make this a grea
3rd - 6th
Science
Mardi Gras STEM
Mardi Gras Parade STEM- The town wants to have a huge parade and celebration. They need your students' help to design lots of colorful parade floats. Your students need to design a parade float for Mardi Gras that is colorful and can be pulled or pushed with touching it using the available supplies and sticking to a budget. Your kids will love this Mardi Gras activity so much that they won't even realize that they are learning math and engineering skills. This STEM meets NGSS standards. Sugg
2nd - 5th
Engineering
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-1
Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Mardi Gras Mini Float STEM challenge
A fun activity to get your students thinking like engineer while they learn about Mardi Gras. Students work in groups to create a mini Mardi Gras parade by designing floats.
****includes a link to a video about Mardi Gras
Suggested materials :
Paper plates
Shoe boxes
Paper towel/toilet paper tubes
Pipe cleaners
Rubber bands
String
Construction paper
Glitter
Brackets
Paper clips
Paper cups
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Social Studies
Thanksgiving Science Digital Escape Room
Are you and your students ready for Thanksgiving Break!? They will LOVE this escape room. In this immersive experience, students will have to locate Tom Turkey (the large turkey float) for the Thanksgiving Parade and get the show on the road! This Digital Escape Room is an immersive breakout game that allows students to take part in escape room activities. Throughout the experience students will complete several tasks to save Thanksgiving Day!! What will your students do in this activity?When
5th - 8th
General Science, Science
Balloons Over Broadway STEM Activity Stop Motion Thanksgiving Parade Project
This Balloons Over Broadway stop motion animation lesson brings the excitement of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade to your classroom! The STEM activity allows students to design and animate their own parade floats using Google Slides stop motion animation. This Thanksgiving classroom lesson pairs perfectly with Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet and a makes a fun, no prep digital project to celebrate Thanksgiving! What's Included: 24 Teacher Slides This includes the book talk, hook, en
3rd - 7th
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, Library Skills
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