Help young engineers explore sun, shade, and the engineering design process with this Build a Shade Shelter STEM Challenge! This low-prep printable STEM journal helps Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade students plan, build, test, improve, and reflect on a simple shade shelter design. Students are challenged to design a small shelter that creates shade for a toy, paper figure, or small classroom object. They choose materials, draw a plan, build a model, test whether it stands and makes shade,