Start the new year with a flurry of creativity using these 10 winter-themed STEM challenges for January! Perfect for middle school classrooms, these hands-on activities help students develop engineering skills, teamwork, and problem-solving—while exploring chilly, seasonal topics. Students will insulate cocoa, stop avalanches, design shelters, and build sleds, all while applying real-world science and design thinking. Each challenge comes with a fun, open-ended prompt, build constraints, common