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Hi! I'm Dena, a current K-4 technology & enrichment teacher.🥰I teach 250 students each week & I hope to make lesson planning easier for you. I love sharing STEM, tech, & hands-on activities! ⭐Follow my store to get updates on new activities. Check out my new read aloud book, Let's Explore STEM! Head to my website www.MissTechQueen.com to see more & follow me on social @MissTechQueen.
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No Prep STEM Challenges & Activities STEAM Team Building Spring Summer Bundle
Looking to use STEM Challenges and activities in your elementary classroom? These 60+ hands on simple STEAM activities are low prep and use common classroom materials. These STEM activities are both digital and printable! There are STEM challenges and activities for the entire year for you to use! You will find just what you need for Back to School, Team Building, Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer STEM fun! This STEM Bundle includes STEM challenges and STEM activities for the entire year! ⭐ STAR
K - 5th
Engineering
CCSS
K.MD.A.1
, K.MD.A.2
, 1.MD.A.2
+24
Morning Greeting Posters BITMOJI Classroom At the door Choices Signs Editable
These BITMOJI Morning Greetings Signs are a wonderful way to promote a positive classroom environment. Includes 18 ready to use options + editable. Hang them up and allow your students to select a greeting as they enter or leave the room. Editable to include your own personal BITMOJI Avatar.There are 18 greeting posters to choose from. Use all 18 or select a few. Posters come in three different styles. This is a perfect way to manage your classroom and keep a Classroom theme! Quick & easy s
1st - 4th
Classroom Community, Engineering
5 Little Pumpkins STEM Challenge Halloween STEAM Activities Five October Fall
This Halloween STEM challenge can be paired with Five Little Pumpkins & will get students building a gate to hold 5 small pumpkins. With low prep, this challenge is perfect for any maker space or STEAM class. Get ready for some spooky STEM fun! This activity is included in the Halloween bundle. Save 30% when you buy all activities at once. CLICK HERE for the full Halloween bundle!Materials - to add extra fun purchase mini pumpkin erasers or props. Otherwise, use orange pom poms! INCLUDED IN TH
PreK - 2nd
Engineering
CCSS, NGSS
SL.K.1
, SL.K.1a
, SL.K.1b
+7
Football STEM Challenge Low Prep Goal Post Sports STEAM Super Bowl Activities
Ready, Set, Hut! Celebrate the Super Bowl with this hands-on STEM Football Activity. Students will be challenged to create a field goal and a launcher (catapult) to kick their "football". This football STEM Challenge includes a digital & printable version for all classroom needs. ⭐ This Football STEM Challenge in included in the Year of STEM Bundle. Get 70+ challenges!Upgrade to the February STEM bundle for fun all month long! CLICK HERE!THE STEM CHALLENGE:Your students can create one or bo
2nd - 5th
Engineering
Thanksgiving STEM Challenges 6 Fall Activities STEAM Turkey November Low Prep
These Fall Thanksgiving STEM Activities are great for engaging your students year after year! LOW PREP for any elementary classroom during October & November! Pairs great with books like Turkey Trouble, How to Catch a Turkey, Johnny Appleseed, apple projects. Get your students designing ways for the turkey to escape, fall leaf machines, apple trees, and more! Each activity has printable pages & a digital slideshow to display instructions to your class. ⭐ This bundle helps you SAVE money & get
K - 3rd
Engineering
Halloween STEM Challenges Witch Five Pumpkins Creepy Carrots 7 Fall Activities
These Halloween STEM Challenges are great for engaging your students ALL October long! Bring Your Favorite Halloween Read-Alouds to Life with activities such as: Creepy Carrots, 5 Little Pumpkins, Witch Tower, Spider Web, Jack-o-Lantern and more fun Halloween activities. With Easy LOW PREP print and digital STEM activities October STEM Challenges have never been easier to implement in your classroom! Each of the 7 Halloween STEM challenges includes a Google Slideshow, a read-aloud story, and
K - 3rd
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering
Team Building Activities 5 STEM Challenges first day of school no prep STEAM
Head back to school with team building STEM challenges! This bundle includes 5 team building STEM Activities. Teach & review important skills: growth mindset, teamwork, getting to know myself, brainstorming, communication. Tie in SEL too! This is a great whole group lesson that is printable & digital. ⭐Save money and get all five skills in one bundle!This team building bundle includes five essential STEM skills that will help your students succeed in any STEM activity. The skills included
1st - 4th
Engineering
STEM Recycling Challenge Project With a Box April Earth Day activities Recycle
This recycling STEM Challenge will show off your students' creative thinking skills for Earth Day or anytime of the year! Students will learn about recycling and be challenged to create an invention using a box and recyclable materials only. This project is open ended & students can create what they want, but this will guide you through. The digital slide show includes fun interactive activities too. Tie in literacy with this lesson & begin by reading What to Do with a Box, or other recycling
2nd - 5th
Engineering
Makerspace Lesson Plans STEM activities Coding Mat Ozobot Unplugged Curriculum
Plan your STEM curriculum! This ultimate STEM makerspace bundle is ready-to-use & includes building challenges, task cards, coding, robotic activities, animation, movie making, & genius hour. You have access to over 145+ amazing activities that can be used across multiple grade levels. For a teacher, lessons can take hours and hours to prep and plan. Thanks to this bundle, your ENTIRE YEAR can be planned out to include STEM & technology activities! Combine this with your curriculum so you have
1st - 4th
Engineering, Robotics
Halloween STEM Challenge Spookley The Square Pumpkin October Activities Stories
Do your students love Spookley The Square Pumpkin? The Halloween STEM challenge is a perfect pair. Include literacy with Simple STEM Stories. This is an easy-to-set up STEM activity that focuses on the popular story, Spookley. This challenge is printable and digital, with Google Slide & Seesaw activities. ★ Begin your lesson by reading Spookley The Square Pumpkin as a whole group. Introduce your class to the building challenge. Students will be challenged to create a square pumpkin. Review t
1st - 4th
Engineering, Literature
STEM Activities for the first day of school STEAM Challenges Getting to know you
Start off the year by reviewing STEM SKILLS. This STEM Activity will review the terms interests & talents. Students will get to know themselves by figuring out what their interests, talents & hobbies are. This is a great whole group lesson that is printable & digital. When people hear the word “talent,” they often think of an artistic area of expression such as drawing or playing a musical instrument. We also refer to people as being talented athletes or talented in science. Most expert
1st - 4th
Engineering
STEM Challenge Bird House Craft Easy Earth Day April Spring STEAM Activities
Build a bird house this Spring for Earth Day! In this STEM challenge students will learn about bird nests and build a bird home using recyclable materials only. This activity is digital and printable. ★ Grab all 5 SPRING challenge at $13.30 & save 30%. Click here to view the bundle!!!THE STEM CHALLENGE:Your students will design and build a bird house MATERIALS NEEDED:Use basic recyclable materials to create a bird house. You can even use reusable items like blocks, LEGO, magnets for younger stud
1st - 4th
Engineering
Apple Activities STEM Challenge Fall STEAM October Johnny Appleseed November
Celebrate Apple Johnny Appleseed Day with this fun fall STEM Challenge. In this engaging Fall STEM challenge students will design their own tower to balance apples. Use any materials you have!! Includes a digital & printable version! They will even incorporate math skills to answer questions. LOW PREP so set up is easy for you! This activity is included in my FALL BUNDLE. Use STEM all month long with the FALL BUNDLE! Click here to Save 30% with 5 activities!MaterialsI bought fake plastic app
K - 3rd
Engineering
CCSS
K.CC.A.1
, K.CC.A.2
, K.CC.A.3
+10
3D Printing Project Makerspace Activities How to 3D print Introduction Planter
Looking for a fun 3D printing project?? Haven't used the printer in your room yet? This starter kit will get your students to understand the vocabulary related to 3D printing, along with creating a planter! Includes a digital slideshow & grading assessments. A slideshow is also included to introduce 3D printing to your students. Everything is ready to go and digital! Your students will brainstorm & design a planter to grow a plant in! Google Forms is a simple and easy way to collect infor
3rd - 6th
Engineering
NGSS, TEKS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
+14
Back to School STEM Activities Elementary 8 Challenges STEAM First Day Storybook
Do you want to include literacy with STEM challenges? Then Simple STEAM Stories are perfect for you. This is an easy-to-set-up low prep STEM challenge that focuses on popular stories. This growing bundle will include more challenges off books. This challenge is printable and digital, with Google Slide & Seesaw activities. Popular stories like Spookley, The Recess Queen, The Pigeon. ★ SAVE BIG WITH THIS BUNDLE - Get 8 activities for the entire year. Begin your lesson by reading the story as a
1st - 4th
Engineering, Literature
The Pigeon Has to Go to School STEM Challenge First Day Steam Activities Bus
Do you want to include literacy with STEM challenges? Then Simple STEM Stories are perfect for you. This is an easy-to-set up STEM challenge that focuses on the popular story, The Pigeon HAS to Go to School. This challenge is printable and digital, with Google Slide & Seesaw activities. ★ Begin your lesson by reading The Pigeon HAS to Go to School by Mo Willems as a whole group. Introduce your class to the building challenge. Students will be challenged to create some kind of transportation
1st - 4th
Engineering, Literature
St. Patrick's Day STEM Challenges March Activity Bundle St Pattys Leprechaun
If you need low prep St. Patrick’s day STEM or STEAM activities to use in your classroom then these St Pattys Day Stem challenges are for you! You will build a leprechaun trap, tool to pick up gold, boat, rainbow maze & more! What’s Included in the March St. Patrick’s Stem Challenges Bundle: 5 fun & simple activities all St. Patrick’s Day themed and LOW PREP for your convenience! St. Patrick’s Day STEM Activity 1: Leprechaun Trap Stem Challenge: Let your students’ imagination of Leprechaun
1st - 4th
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering
Leprechaun Trap Challenge FREE March STEM Activity STEAM Activities Low Prep
Show your students how to catch a leprechaun with a leprechaun trap!!! This FREE St Patrick's Day STEM challenge will get students to design a Leprechaun Trap. Perfect for March STEM activities! LOW PREP and easy to set up for including into any classroom with one sided response sheets, certificates, and more. ⭐ This is included in the MARCH STEM BUNDLE - Click here to view more!INCLUDED IN THIS LEPRECHAUN TRAP ACTIVITY:Leprechaun Trap Task Card printables (small for independent, large for gro
K - 3rd
Engineering
Recess Queen STEM Challenge Back to School Activities Playground First Week
Do you want to include literacy with STEM challenges? Then Simple STEM Stories are perfect for you. This is an easy-to-set up STEM challenge that focuses on the popular story, The Recess Queen. This challenge is printable and digital, with Google Slide & Seesaw activities. ★ Begin your lesson by reading The Recess Queen by Alexis O’neill as a whole group. Introduce your class to the building challenge. Students will be challenged to create a piece of playground equipment that everyone can h
1st - 4th
Engineering, Literature
Fall STEM Challenges November STEAM Activities Leaf Machine Story Easy no prep
This Fall, challenge your students to create a leaf machine! This is a perfect STEM Challenge for October or November. Include literacy with this is an easy-to-set up STEM activity that focuses on fall leaves. This challenge is printable and digital, with Google Slide & Seesaw activities. ★ Begin your lesson by reading a book on fall leaves as a whole group. Introduce your class to the building challenge. Students will be challenged to create their own way to collect leaves. ★ Review the Engi
1st - 4th
Engineering, Literature
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About the store
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Hi! I'm Dena, a current K-4 technology & enrichment teacher.🥰I teach 250 students each week & I hope to make lesson planning easier for you. I love sharing STEM, tech, & hands-on activities! ⭐Follow my store to get updates on new activities. Check out my new read aloud book, Let's Explore STEM! Head to my website www.MissTechQueen.com to see more & follow me on social @MissTechQueen.
Teaching style
💡Hands On Activities - STEAM - Robotics - Technology - Project Based Learning
I have been teaching since 2011. Previously, I taught technology for grades 5th and 6th, 3rd and 4th grade homeroom, and self-contained special education.
My student load is a hefty one, 250 students a week in four different grade levels. It is difficult to photocopy large packets & use new materials each week. Instead, I must use simple, low-prep activities that still incorporate these foundational skills.
I know there are many educators in the same position as me, which has inspired me to share my activities on TPT in 2019. I hope your students benefit from these activities just as much as mine do!
Awards & shining teacher moments
📖I am a published author!
Check out my new children's book, Let's Explore STEM, on Amazon & my own website! It is designed to introduce young learners to the exciting worlds of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. The book explains each letter of STEM and explores how these concepts are integrated into our everyday lives. "Let's Explore STEM" is an ideal resource for teachers and families seeking to spark a passion for STEM in young minds. https://misstechqueen.com/book/
My own education history
- BA in Elementary Education at Montclair State University
- Master's Degree in Special Education at Monmouth University
- Post-Master's Degree as a Supervisor at Monmouth University
✏️Certifications: K-6 Elementary Education, Special Education K-12, Middle School Math & Science, Supervisor
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🐶 Own a 3.5 lb Yorkie named Chewie
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💍Married to a mechanical engineer
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