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Candy Heart ActivitiesStudents love doing themed activities. There is no way better to get students excited than with candy heart STEM activities. In these candy heart activities, students will have 10 buildings challenges where they will have a time restraint to do all that they can. I know my students have loved this challenge and in the end, we all get to eat candy hearts and talk about what was easy and hard about the candy heart activities. These 10 candy heart activities will leave your st

Looking for some Valentine’s Day activities that will provide enrichment for your students will allowing students to create and have fun? Valentine’s STEM Challengesengage your students in critical thinking exercises disguised as fun! The basics:Students work in groups of threes against criteria & constraints lists to design and build Valentine’s Day themed objects. Students make their way through the engineering design process. Instruction includes how to modify students' work and learning t

This Valentine's day challenges your students to make a candy heart launcher with small and inexpensive items. Students are able to learn about potential and kinetic energy in this unit. Students use Problem-solving and science concepts to apply knowledge learned to building a physical model. Students go through the engineering design process in this week-long unit. How this unit looks from a glance: Day 1 Define The Problem- Students work on the define the problem worksheet in their groups and

This Valentine's day challenges your students to make a bow and arrow using very small and inexpensive items. Students are able to learn about thrust, drag, lift, weight, and tension through this unit. Students go through the engineering design process in this week-long unit. How this unit looks from a glance: Day 1 Define The Problem- Students work on the define the problem worksheet in their groups and build an understanding of vocabulary by doing the vocabulary sheet. Day 2 Plan a SolutionStu

This Valentine's day activity introduces your students to coding while doing a hands-on activity. Students learn about algorithms and how they work in simple terms. Students participate in a hands-on activity where they direct cupid from the starting point to the candy heart! This is a tasty and fun activity that will be fun for all your students. What's Included:10 puzzlescreate your own puzzle sheet A sheet of clip art for puzzlesinstructionPicturesHow to implement:Great for introducing comp

Computer Science Holiday Activity (Saint Patrick's Day)This Sant Patrick's day activity introduces your students to coding while doing a hands-on activity. Students learn about algorithms and how they work in simple terms. Students participate in a hands-on activity where they direct the Leprechaun from the starting point to the gold! This is a fun activity that will be fun for all your students. What's Included:10 puzzlescreate your own puzzle sheetA sheet of clip art for puzzlesinstructionPict