STEM Made Simple

Looking for ways to incorporate robotics into your units of study? This set was a special request by one of my first grade students. My kids LOVE seeing the 36 different food pictures and setting up challenges for their friends. Play traditional challenges or pair paths. Included in this download are detailed directions and implementation plans, 4 versions of the mat images including black and white and color versions. Pages 1-5 Introduction, tips for implementation, and a guide to creating your

Looking for ways to incorporate robotics into your units of study? This set is a great way to incorporate computer science and coding into your solar system unit. My first grade students absolutely love using these mats and challenging their friends to travel around the solar system. Included in this download are detailed directions and implementation plans, 4 versions of the mat images including black and white and color versions, and an extension activity with planet facts trivia. Pages 1-5 In

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 ways to incorporate robotics into your units of study? This set includes addition facts with solutions 10 through 20. It is a great addition to your math centers or could be used in a technology class to reinforce math skills. Students love being able to challenge a friend and this is a wonderful way to practice computational thinking and addition skills. Included in this download are detailed directions and implementation plans, 4 versions of the mat images including black and white

Looking for ways to incorporate robotics into your units of study? This set was a special request by a few of my second grade grade students. My kids LOVE seeing the 24 unique sports pictures and setting up challenges for their friends. I use these mats most frequently as a station in my technology lab, but it would also work well as an enrichment activity, computer science class activity, or students could move with the BeeBots as a part of their Phy Ed class. Included in this download are deta

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

Combine Spanish vocabulary study with robotics using this bee-bot set. This set is a great way to incorporate computer science and coding into your Spanish class. Included in this download are detailed directions and implementation plans, 4 versions of the mat images including black and white and color versions, and an extension activity with planet facts trivia. Pages 1-5 Introduction, tips for implementation, and a guide to creating your own BeeBot mats Pages 6-12 Paper-saving color version Pa

Looking for ways to incorporate robotics into your units of study? This set is a great way to incorporate computer science and coding into your animals unit or find a fun way to interest your animal lovers in coding. My kindergarten students absolutely love using these mat. With 20 different animals included, you're sure to hit the favorites of many of your students Included in this download are detailed directions and implementation plans, 4 versions of the mat images including black and white

Looking for ways to incorporate robotics into your units of study? This set includes addition facts with solutions 0 through 9. It is a great addition to your math centers or could be used in a technology class to reinforce math skills. Students love being able to challenge a friend and this is a wonderful way to practice computational thinking and addition skills. Included in this download are detailed directions and implementation plans, 4 versions of the mat images including black and white a

Looking for quick, printable prompts to include with your LEGO bins? Print and laminate these prompts to include with your morning tubs, indoor recess bins, or as an addition to your makerspace. This can also be a great way for you to gather some ideas for how you might incorporate creative building and play into areas of study in your classroom. Includes 20 LEGO challenges and corresponding lessons or units of study to connect to them. Use as an engaging project for building on skills at the b

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

Looking for ways to incorporate robotics into your units of study? This set is a great way to teach social emotional learning and identifying emotions. Included in this download are detailed directions and implementation plans, 8 versions of the mat images including with and without words and black and white and color versions. Pages 1-5 Introduction, tips for implementation, and a guide to creating your own BeeBot mats Pages 6-8 Paper-saving color version with words Pages 9-11 Paper-saving col

Looking for a fun way to have students practice fluency? This activity comes with 12 different sentences for students to read and 8 unique expression cards. Choose a sentence and have students draw an expression card at random. Then, have students read the sentence using that tone of voice. Great for a literacy centers or small group tutoring. Your students will be giggling as they use their silly voices to practice reading these sentences.

I love using PowerPoint/Slides with my K-2 students to practice basic tech skills like click and drag and copy and paste. This fun resource allows students to work on these tech skills while also reinforcing addition facts. This file is available as a digital download. You can share with students via PowerPoint, Google Slides, or print it in black and white or color to create a fun unplugged math review game.

I love using PowerPoint/Slides with my K-2 students to practice basic tech skills like click and drag and copy and paste. This fun resource allows students to work on these tech skills while also reinforcing addition facts. This file is available as a digital download. You can share with students via PowerPoint, Google Slides, or print it in black and white or color to create a fun unplugged math review game.

Another set of fluency expression cards! This activity comes with 12 different sentences for students to read and 8 unique expression cards. Choose a sentence and have students draw an expression card at random. Then, have students read the sentence using that tone of voice. Great for a literacy centers or small group tutoring. Your students will be giggling as they use their silly voices to practice reading these sentences.

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.

Practice some teamwork with these fun partner LEGO challenges. Students will each get a puzzle piece with part of a challenge on it. After finding their partner, they can build their own component of the challenge and make sure the size/shape matches, or they can work together to create both aspects of the challenge. Includes 14 pairs of LEGO challenges. This is a great way to teach teamwork strategies in the classroom or STEM lab!

Looking for a fun way to engage students in sight word review? This BeeBot set includes the second half of the Primer set of Dolch sight words. Included in this download are detailed directions and implementation plans, 2 versions of the mat images and the challenge cards. Pages 1-5 Introduction, tips for implementation, and a guide to creating your own BeeBot mats Pages 6-13 Paper-saving black and white version Pages 14-40 BeeBot-sized squares black and white version Pages 41-45 Dolch sight wor