2nd Grade Programs Engineering Student Practices
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STEM Bins® Speed Builds BUNDLE STEM Activities: Morning Work Tubs Fast Finishers
STEM Bins Speed Builds Activities are ideal STEM activities for hands-on Morning Work or Soft Starts, early finishers, enrichment, and team building. Challenge cards are compatible with the following 12 building materials:Pattern Blocks - 24 cardsMini Cups - 24 cardsLinking Cubes / Snap Cubes - 24 cardsBase Ten Blocks - 24 cardsBuilding Bricks / LEGO bricks - 24 cardsDominoes - 24 cardsMagnetic Tiles/Shapes - 24 cardsMagnetic Cubes - 24 cardsHashtag Blocks (Target Dollar Spot) - 48 cardsHoliday
K - 5th
Engineering
No Prep STEM Activity for STEM Sub Plans or Early Finishers Science Sub Plans
#SizzlingSTEM 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 nu
2nd - 5th
Engineering, General Science
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
STEM Activities BUNDLE - Simple STEM with plates, popsicle sticks, and cups
#SizzlingSTEM STEM doesn't have to break the bank! These LOW PREP challenges use simple materials. Did I mention they are easy enough to leave with a sub? Students will have access to 15 guided STEM challenges plus additional open-ended activities. This works well for upper elementary and middle school STEM teachers. Though it is marked grades 2+, younger students can also attempt basic challenges with the task cards or tinker with the materials, while upper grades can work on directed challenge
2nd - 8th
Engineering
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Maker Space Task Cards (Greek Myth Edition)
Maker Space Task Cards: Greek Myth. This is a great pack for teachers just starting out with hands-on STEM, STEAM or Maker Space. These task cards are perfect for a mobile makerspace or media center. Place the cards in a tub or a plastic bin with the materials and let students create! All of these task cards have a Greek Myth theme!
You are purchasing 20 task cards that are simple enough that students can complete them independently, and they only require the most basic of materials. Don’t be
2nd - 4th
Engineering, English Language Arts
Also included in: Maker Space Task Cards Bundle
STEM Engineering Bellwork Critical Thinking Warm-ups Bell Ringers 20 Cards
Are you looking for STEM bell ringers? (You've found them!) Activate your students' brains with these STEM critical thinking warm-ups! This is a set of 20 warm up cards, 5 for each of the aspects of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). These warm-ups can be done independently (use the optional recording page) or as a whole class activity. Materials needed: paperindex cardsa hole punchtoothpicksWhy use STEM warm-ups?These prompts set the stage for students to start thinking
2nd - 6th
Engineering
Maker Space Task Cards (Simple STEAM Pipe Cleaners)
Maker Space Task Cards! These are perfect for a center in your classroom or a Maker Space in the media center. Great for mobile makerspace, too! This is a great pack for teachers just starting out with STEAM or STEM. You are purchasing 20 task cards that are simple enough that students can complete them independently, and they only require the most basic of materials. Don’t be fooled by the simple nature, though. These challenges are designed to make your students think critically and creatively
2nd - 4th
Engineering
Also included in: Maker Space Task Card Bundle (Simple STEAM!)
Lego Makerspace Challenges
Are you looking for some activities for the "Makers" in your classroom? This packet has 23 Lego Challenge activities you can use as a whole class activity, extension for your gifted students or early finishers or use in an after school Lego Club. Hours of creating fun!
K - 6th
Engineering, Science
Building Block Task Card Bundle STEM STEAM Makerspace Engineering Design
Get your students ready to build, design, and imagine with this exciting Building Block Challenge Task Card Bundle, perfect for elementary classrooms, STEM labs, makerspaces, or early finishers! This engaging bundle includes 5 themed task card sets that spark creativity, problem-solving, and hands-on learning through fun and purposeful play. Included Building Block Challenge Sets: Around the World Designs – Explore famous landmarks, historic sites and cultural symbols from countries around th
2nd - 6th
Engineering, For All Subjects, Math
Magnetic Tile STEM Task Cards MEGA BUNDLE
Keep STEM learning fresh and exciting all year long with Carly and Adam’s Magnetic Tile STEM Challenge Bundle!This bundle includes all 12 sets of Magnetic Tile Building Challenge Cards, giving your students hands-on opportunities to design, build, and create with magnetic tiles (like MAGNA-TILES or Magformers) across seasons, holidays, academic skills, and real-world connections. Each set is thoughtfully designed to engage students in the Engineering Design Process, build problem-solving skill
PreK - 2nd
Engineering, English Language Arts, Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+3
Wood Plank STEM Task Cards Engineering, Math, Sub Plans, KEVA Planks
KEVA Plank STEM challenges are perfect for any elementary classroom, STEM class, makerspace, library, STEM centers, family STEM night, STEM sub plans, and more!These no-prep STEM activities are simple to use, but encourage complex creativity. Just print and play. These STEM building cards can be used for bell ringers, indoor recess, morning work, makerspace time, or STEM lab. Includes:23 Wood Plank STEM Task CardsTeacher InstructionsDesign PagesReflection PageMaterial List: Wood Planks or KEVA
K - 4th
Engineering, For All Subjects, Geometry
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Elementary STEM Emergency Sub Plans MEGA BUNDLE
Dinosaur Magnetic Tile STEM Challenge Task Cards Engineering Activity
Magnetic tile Dinosaur Building Challenge by Carly and Adam.Bring prehistoric fun into your STEM classroom with the Magnetic Tile Building Challenge: Dinosaurs! Perfect for elementary teachers, this hands-on lesson plan from Carly and Adam combines creativity, engineering, and problem-solving as students use magnetic tiles to build their own dinosaurs and prehistoric scenes. This resource includes colorful challenge cards featuring dinosaurs like Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Pteran
PreK - 3rd
Archaeology, Engineering, Geometry
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Magnetic Tile STEM Task Cards MEGA BUNDLE
Building Brick Task Cards {Engineering Edition}
Use these Building Brick Engineering task cards in your library maker space or in your classroom for early finishers, Fun Friday, STEM Friday, or morning work. They make a super simple hands on, STEAM activity. Included in this pack:-24 creative task cards -optional recording sheet -task card cover -bin labels Check out my other building brick sets:St. Patrick's DayHalloweenThanksgivingChristmasValentine's DayHoliday BundleI created this resource as a way to encourage critical and creative thin
2nd - 5th
Engineering
Fairy Tales with Depth and Complexity and STEM BUNDLE
Using this resource, students will critically analyze 12 common fairy tales. Students will explore the themes and lessons utilizing the Thinking Frameworks based on the icons of Depth and Complexity included. A STEM activity is included with each fairy tale to further develop the students’ critical and creative thinking. Also included in this resource are STEM Reflections as well as rubrics for assessment. ***************************************************************************** Fairy Tale
2nd - 5th
Engineering, English Language Arts
Around the World Activity | Makerspace Building Blocks Task Cards | STEM STEAM
Looking for Building Block Challenge task cards for your Makerspace Lab, Engineering or Science club, classroom, or STEM / STEAM? This Build Your World themed resource includes 2 activity sets with 48 Challenges! Your students will love working on their engineering, creativity & problem solving skills as they brainstorm and build designs using interlocking building bricks ... no special pieces needed! Each of the 48 cards also includes short questions that will help them with their brainstorm
2nd - 8th
Engineering, For All Subjects, General Science
Also included in: Building Block Task Card Bundle STEM STEAM Makerspace Engineering Design
Lincoln Logs Task cards - 12 building ideas for STEM Bins - Kindergarten Center
Spark imagination and hands-on creativity with this set of 12 Lincoln Logs Task Cards! Perfect for Kindergarten centers, STEM bins, early finishers, or free-choice play, these visual prompts encourage children to build, design, and explore without step-by-step instructions. Each card features a simple picture idea—such as a house, a bridge, a stable, and more—to inspire students to use their Lincoln Logs in new and exciting ways. The focus is on open-ended exploration, allowing kids to problem-
PreK - 5th
Engineering, Geometry, Other (Math)
Maker Space Task Cards (Simple STEAM Cotton Swab)
Maker Space Task Cards! These are perfect for a center in your classroom or a Maker Space in the media center. Great for mobile makerspace, too! This is a great pack for teachers just starting out with STEAM or STEM. You are purchasing 20 task cards that are simple enough that students can complete them independently, and they only require the most basic of materials. Don’t be fooled by the simple nature, though. These challenges are designed to make your students think critically and creatively
2nd - 4th
Engineering
Also included in: Maker Space Task Card Bundle (Simple STEAM!)
Maker Space Task Cards (Simple STEAM Paper Edition)
Maker Space Task Cards! These are perfect for a center in your classroom or a Maker Space in the media center. Great for mobile makerspace, too! This is a great pack for teachers just starting out with STEAM or STEM. You are purchasing 20 task cards that are simple enough that students can complete them independently, and they only require the most basic of materials. Don’t be fooled by the simple nature, though. These challenges are designed to make your students think critically and creatively
2nd - 4th
Engineering, Science
Also included in: Maker Space Task Card Bundle (Simple STEAM!)
The Three Little Pigs Depth and Complexity, Logic, and STEM
Using this resource, students will critically analyze the common fairy tale, The Three Little Pigs. Students will explore the themes and lessons utilizing the Thinking Frameworks, based on Depth and Complexity, included. Included in this resource are accompanying Logic Puzzles which further critical thinking and deductive reasoning skills. A STEM activity is also included with each fable to further develop the students’ critical and creative thinking. Buy the bundle of all twelve fairy tale ST
2nd - 5th
Engineering, English Language Arts
Also included in: Fairy Tales with Depth and Complexity and STEM BUNDLE
Maker Space Task Cards ~ STEAM Popsicle Sticks
This resource is a fun way to spice up your Maker Space! Whether it just starting or needs new tasks, these cards all use popsicle sticks. The tasks are fun, like making a miniature picture frame and a cotton-ball sling shot! Your students won't be able to resist the challenges!
Included are:
~26 Task Cards
~Rubric
~Recording Sheet
~Teacher Notes/Instructions/Ideas
~Additional Items You May Want to Stock Your Maker Space With
*Please note that popsicle sticks are the common item to co
2nd - 5th
Engineering, Science
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
Maker Space Task Cards (Simple STEAM Aluminum Foil)
Maker Space Task Cards! These are perfect for a center in your classroom or a Maker Space in the media center. Great for mobile makerspace, too! This is a great pack for teachers just starting out with STEAM or STEM. You are purchasing 20 task cards that are simple enough that students can complete them independently, and they only require the most basic of materials. Don’t be fooled by the simple nature, though. These challenges are designed to make your students think critically and creatively
2nd - 4th
Engineering
Also included in: Maker Space Task Card Bundle (Simple STEAM!)
Makerspace Christmas & Winter Activity | STEM Building Blocks Task Cards
Bring the magic of the winter holidays to your classroom with this exciting Building Blocks Winter Holiday & Christmas Task Card Set! Perfect for STEM labs, Makerspaces, classroom centers, or early finisher activities, this engaging resource combines hands-on building fun with the festive joy of the season. Students will use imagination, problem-solving, and engineering skills as they design and build creative holiday-themed structures. From igloos, reindeers, and Christmas trees to elf hats, s
2nd - 8th
Engineering, For All Subjects, General Science
Also included in: Building Block Task Card Bundle STEM STEAM Makerspace Engineering Design
Science Experiments STEM Bundle | Heat, Water & States of Matter For K–3rd
🧪☀️🍿 Science Experiments STEM Bundle | Heat, Water & States of Matter (K–3) Bring science to life with this exciting Science Experiments STEM Mega Bundle! This hands-on collection helps students explore heat, sunlight, water, mixing, freezing, and states of matter through fun real-world investigations and interactive STEM challenges. Perfect for young learners, these activities encourage students to predict, observe, test, record, and improve while building curiosity, creativity, and scien
PreK - 4th
Engineering, General Science, Other (Science)
Tornado in a Bottle STEM – Safe Weather Activity For Kindergarten–Grade 2
🌪️🧪 Tornado in a Bottle STEM – Safe Weather Activity For Kindergarten–Grade 2Bring weather science to life with this fun and easy Tornado in a Bottle STEM experiment! In this hands-on activity, students will create their own tornado vortex using water and a plastic bottle—perfect for teaching early learners about storms in a safe and engaging way. This resource is simple, classroom-friendly, and designed for young students to practice predicting, observing, testing, and recording results w
PreK - 4th
Engineering, General Science
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