Little STEM Explorers

🌎 Unit 5 Bundle: Weathering, Erosion & Earth ChangesNGSS-Aligned | Hands-On Science | 2nd Grade STEM Curriculum DescriptionDig into Earth science with Rocky the Raccoon! In this hands-on STEM unit, students become Earth Investigators as they explore how wind, water, and time shape the land through weathering and erosion. Through engaging investigations, design challenges, and real-world connections, students will: Observe how wind and water move soil and change landforms Investigate how rock

STEM- Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics Use this STEM Bundle Fairytale Pack with students in K-3rd to get your students excited about STEM! Save BIG with this bundle pack. Save over 40%! Six multiple day, cross curricular lessons included: Lesson 1: Read one of the many versions of "Alice in Wonderland" or simply discuss the story. This lesson is designed to practice angles and architecture. It's a great way to incorporate math into literature! Students are then presented with the

Preventing Erosion STEM Challenge – Unit 5 Week 4 NGSS-Aligned | 2-ESS1-1 & 2-ESS2-1 | 2nd Grade Weathering & Erosion In this hands-on STEM challenge, students move from understanding erosion to thinking like engineers — designing and testing solutions to stop soil from washing away. Students investigate a real-world erosion problem (soil washing away under playground swings) and apply the engineering design process to slow, block, or redirect moving water. This week strengthens: Cause-and-eff

Keep your STEM lessons engaging and hands-on!In Week 2 of Unit 4: Interactions in Ecosystems, students join Buzz the Bee to discover how seeds move and why dispersal is important for plant survival. From wind and water to animals and gravity, learners will investigate the many ways seeds travel in nature. This resource includes: - Seed Travelers Sort – Cut and sort seed picture cards into dispersal categories - My Traveling Seed – Draw or model a seed moving in nature with sentence frames

❄️ Little STEM Explorers: Winter STEM Series BundleHands-On Science Labs for K–2 | NGSS-AlignedBring winter to life in your classroom with four engaging, inquiry-driven STEM investigations featuring the Little STEM Explorers characters: Mira, Petal, Buzz, and Blaze! Each lab invites students to explore real scientific phenomena through hands-on activities, student-friendly explanations, and easy-to-follow teacher directions. Designed with consistency and clarity in mind, this bundle provides a c

Grow student curiosity with this complete Unit 3 STEM Curriculum Bundle: What Do Plants Need? from the Little STEM Explorers series! With Petal the Panda as their STEM guide, students explore how plants get what they need to survive and thrive. They observe, investigate, and design creative solutions through engaging STEM activities that bring the science of living things to life. This bundle includes Weeks 1–4 plus the Unit 3 Assessment Pack, giving you everything you need for a full month

Help students connect Earth science to the real world as they investigate community problems caused by land changes and design solutions to help protect people and places! In this fourth week of the Little STEM Explorers: Slow and Sudden Earth Changes unit, students join Tremor the Turtle to explore how engineers and communities work together to solve problems caused by erosion, rockfalls, cracking land, and other changes to the Earth's surface. Through observation, discussion, planning, and p

Get your students buzzing about science with Unit 4: Pollination & Ecosystem Interactions from the Little STEM Explorers series! With Buzz the Bee as their STEM guide, students explore how plants and animals depend on each other through pollination and seed dispersal. Each week blends inquiry, design, and creativity for a truly hands-on, NGSS-aligned learning experience. This bundle includes Weeks 1–3 plus the Unit 4 Assessment Pack, giving you everything you need for a full month of engagin

Bring science to life in your classroom with this complete Unit 2 STEM bundle: Heating & Cooling from the Little STEM Explorers series! With Blaze the Bunny as their guide, students explore how heat and cold cause changes in matter, investigate which changes are reversible or irreversible, and design creative solutions using the engineering design process. This bundle includes Weeks 1–3 plus the Unit 2 Assessment Pack, giving you everything you need for a full month of hands-on, NGSS-aligned

🌎 How Can We Protect the Land From Change? | 2nd Grade STEM Unit 6 Week 3Engage your students in a hands-on engineering design challenge as they explore how to protect the land from change! In this third week of Unit 6: Slow and Sudden Earth Changes, students move beyond observing land changes and begin designing, building, testing, and improving solutions to real-world problems. With Tremor the Turtle as their guide, students take on the role of engineers as they identify land problems lik

Welcome to Little STEM Explorers – Unit 6, Week 2!In this engaging, hands-on week, students explore how the land can change very quickly through events like earthquakes, landslides, and volcanic activity. With Tremor the Turtle as their guide, students investigate fast changes through observation, hands-on modeling, comparison activities, and real-world application. Rather than memorizing facts, students are encouraged to think like scientists—using evidence, discussing ideas, and explaining

⭐ Welcome to Little STEM Explorers! Kick off Unit 6 with an engaging, inquiry-based exploration of how Earth’s surface is constantly changing—sometimes slowly over time and sometimes very quickly. With Tremor the Turtle as their guide, students investigate how land changes through observation, hands-on investigation, and real-world connections. Students begin to understand that not all changes happen at the same speed and that different forces can shape the land in different ways. Rather than f

Unit 5 Week 5: Weathering & Erosion Assessment NGSS-Aligned | 2nd Grade Science | STEM Inquiry ActivitiesBring your Weathering & Erosion unit to a meaningful close with this engaging end-of-unit assessment pack from the Little STEM Explorers curriculum series. In this final week of Unit 5: Shaping the Earth – Weathering & Erosion, students review key vocabulary, analyze real-world erosion examples, explain land changes, and demonstrate their understanding through observation, writing, and p

STEM- Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics Use this STEM design brief with students in K-3rd. Read one of the many versions of "Cinderella" or simply discuss the story. This lesson is designed as a design engineering project. It's a great way to incorporate engineering and art into literature! Students are then presented with the design brief and given the problem of helping Cinderella out with a new pair of shoes. Included in this download: - Teacher's Guide (How To: Implement STEM)

Teach science with confidence! This Unit 1 Bundle gives you 5 weeks of NGSS-aligned lessons, hands-on STEM activities, and ready-to-use teacher supports—all in one resource.This pack brings together all five weeks of Unit 1 from the Little STEM Explorers curriculum: Exploring Materials and Their Properties. Perfect for 2nd grade classrooms, this bundle provides everything you need to guide students through hands-on, NGSS-aligned STEM investigations. Inside, you’ll find: Week 1: Exploring Mate

In Unit 5, Week 2, students move from observing land change to investigating how water actively changes the land through a guided, hands-on STEM investigation. With Rocky the Raccoon as their guide, students plan, test, observe, and explain how moving water can reshape soil, rocks, and landforms. This week builds directly on Unit 5, Week 1 by shifting students from image analysis and discussion into cause-and-effect testing, evidence collection, and scientific explanation—without requiring

Unit 5 Week 3: The Power of Moving Water 2nd Grade Weathering & Erosion STEM Challenge | NGSS-AlignedIn this third week of Unit 5: Shaping the Earth – Weathering & Erosion, students explore the real power of moving water and how it can both change land and do work. With Rocky the Raccoon as their guide, students investigate how the speed, amount, and movement of water affects soil, land shape, and objects. Then they apply their learning in an engaging engineering design STEM challenge where th

Little STEM Explorers – Unit 5, Week 1 Shaping the Earth: How Does the Land Change Over Time? Welcome to Little STEM Explorers!This resource begins Unit 5: Shaping the Earth – Weathering & Erosion, where students explore how land changes over time through careful observation, evidence, and scientific thinking. With Rocky the Raccoon as their guide, students become change detectives—studying land features, noticing patterns, and using evidence to explain what might have caused those changes.

Little STEM Explorers – Unit 2, Week 2: Heat & Cold in Our World (NGSS 2-PS1-4)Explore how heat and cold can change everyday materials in this engaging, hands-on science pack! This week-long resource is part of our full-year Little STEM Explorers second grade curriculum. Students investigate reversible and irreversible changes through experiments, design challenges, and rich discussion prompts. This resource includes everything you need for meaningful instruction aligned with NGSS 2-PS1-4.

🔥 Melt, mix, and investigate with Blaze the Bunny!In this winter STEM investigation, students become Heat Scientists as they explore how heating and cooling change materials. Using broken crayons and simple tools, students observe wax melting, swirling, cooling, and hardening again — discovering which material changes can be reversed and which cannot. Through hands-on investigation, guided prompts, and real-world winter connections, your students will: Watch how wax melts when heat is added