STEM Made Simple

Challenge your students to think outside the box with this simple invention card game. Students will love this low-prep, minimal material challenge. It's a fun way to engage students in creative thinking and a sort of "inventing improv". Use this as a stand alone challenge, easy lesson plan for a sub, or to start a conversation about human-centered design, prototyping ideas, or famous inventors. PDF is downloadable and easy to print. Included in the download: List of materials needed (just pape

Looking for a low-prep, standards-focused activity that will keep your students engaged and learning in the month of February? This STEM challenge is a great community builder in the classroom and has students practicing skills including teamwork, fine motor practice, data collection, and measurement. My students could have stacked hearts for hours! This challenge can be used as a quick 30 minute math lesson, or could be extended for a whole afternoon of heart-themed activities and mini-lessons.

As technology classes are continuing to evolve and STEAM classes are becoming a more regular part of curriculum many schools are looking to modify their curriculum in these areas.. When I began my job as a STEAM specialist, I was overwhelmed at how to modify the existing tech class (mostly focusing on outdate projects and word processing) into an integrated tech lab/makerspace STEAM class that connects to national standards and class math and science topics. This download includes student learn

Anyone else feel like the month of January never ends? I am always looking for ways to keep my students engaged in learning and having fun, and this sled challenge is a perfect way to keep students busy. This challenge has so many interdisciplinary connections and is one of my absolute favorite STEAM lessons. I love that it gets at the heart of science; testing, gathering data, and drawing conclusions rather than students competing to create the "best" design. Included in this download: Suggeste

Challenge your young engineers to create traps to catch their family's Thanksgiving Turkey. Download includes teacher tips and instructions for implementation, student guides, templates and signs, and math and science topics covered in this challenge.

Your young engineers will love this STEAM challenge. Students will need to use $5.00 to create a trap for their family's Thanksgiving Turkey.