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Are you interested in an engaging way to teach your students about the Engineering Design Process that is NO PREP and a timer saver for you? This product fits the bill! It is ideal for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, and sixth grade. Simply just print the student packets, open up the PowerPoint to teach your students about the EDP, and print individual step posters and/or 1-page poster in color or b/w for display. Your students will lo

Are you interested in low prep STEM challenge using only index cards, scissors, a yardstick, and masking tape? IIf you also want a time saver that follows the Engineering Design Process and includes an NO PREP informational PowerPoint about towers, the Index Card Differentiated STEM Challenge is for you! This differentiated resource is perfect for first grade, second grade, third grade, and fourth grade. It even includes an informative PowerPoint presentation to build your students' backg

Are you interested in nine 30-minute STEM challenges that will last from September through May and include differentiated rubrics? They are low prep and highly engaging. If so, this bundle is for you. It is ideal for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. Your students will love each monthly activity and you will too as it will save you so much time! The STEM challenges are…September- Apple ChallengeOctober- Pumpkin Fence ChallengeNovember- Thanksgiving Table Challenge + Extra B/W a

How would you like a year around bundle of 9 differentiated fairy tale STEM challenges AND an informational no prep PowerPoint slideshow about fairy tales? This bundle is perfect for you and your students! The PowerPoint is a no prep way to build background knowledge about fairy tales, and one differentiated STEM challenge a month will get you from September to May. All of the STEM challenges follow the Engineering Design Challenge and are very engaging. You students will look forward to o

Are you looking for a quick and yet engaging way to put your students into groups of two or more? This set of 9 YEAR AROUND partner grouping cards are perfect for you and will save so much time as they are low prep. Just copy the cards, cut them, and store them in baggies to use year after year.They are great for students in first grade, second grade, third grade, or fourth grade. These cards will allow you to easily make groups of two or more for any activity in your classroom. All your s

Looking for an easy and engaging way to teach the Dewey Decimal System and how libraries are organized? This 95 slide interactive PowerPoint resource is for you. It takes a long time to gather so many photos and organize a big PPT slideshow, so I did the work for you! It saves you time and is NO PREP! This resource is ideal for students in first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade. It spans so many grades because you can talk about it on their level. This reso

Interested in teaching your students about the Five Food Groups but too busy to collect photos for each group? This NO PREP bundle of PowerPoint photo collection slideshows is perfect for you and will be a huge time saver. I have taken the time to curate collections of photos and information that will help your students understand how our food is organized. It is ideal for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade. Your students will love them and so will you as it will

Are you looking for a great way to introduce a science unit on habitats that is a real time saver? Let me do all of the work for you! This resource contains 7 NO PREP PowerPoint slideshows covering the following habitats: ocean, grassland, wetland, polar, temperate forest, desert, and rainforest. It is ideal for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, and fourth grade. Each PowerPoint slideshow contains 50 stunning photographs along with basic habitat information embedded

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF, AND THE THREE LITTLE PIGS Are you looking for a low prep resource bundle that includes both differentiated fairy tale STEM challenges AND an informative PowerPoint slideshow about fairy tales? This engaging bundle is for you! It will save you so much time and your students will love it. This bundle is perfect for first grade, second grade, third grade, and fourth grade due to the differentiation of the STEM challenges. All challenges follo

CINDERELLA, SLEEPING BEAUTY, AND RAPUNZEL Are you looking for a low prep resource bundle that includes both differentiated fairy tale STEM challenges AND an informative PowerPoint slideshow about fairy tales? This engaging bundle is for you! It will save you so much time and your students will love it. This bundle is perfect for first grade, second grade, third grade, and fourth grade due to the differentiation of the STEM challenges. All challenges follow the Engineering Design Process. Th

GOLDILOCKS, PRINCESS AND THE PEA, AND HANSEL AND GRETEL Are you looking for a low prep resource bundle that includes both differentiated fairy tale STEM challenges AND an informative PowerPoint slideshow about fairy tales? This engaging bundle is for you! It will save you so much time and your students will love it. This bundle is perfect for first grade, second grade, third grade, and fourth grade due to the differentiation of the STEM challenges. All challenges follow the Engineering Desi

Do you need a low prep universal STEM challenge differentiated templatethat you can use for ANY STEM challenge? This 6 -template resource that also follows the Engineering Design Process is perfect for you and will save so much time. It includes 3 long STEM challenge templates and 3 short STEM challenge templates with different themes. This resource would work well for first grade, second grade, third grade, and fourth grade due to the differentiation. Forget about trying to create some

Are you looking for a quick and yet engaging way to put your students into groups of two or more? This set of 3 SPRING-THEMED partner grouping cards are perfect for you and will save so much time as they are low prep. Just copy the cards, cut them, and store them in baggies to use year after year.They are great for students in first grade, second grade, third grade, or fourth grade. These cards will allow you to easily make groups of two or more for any activity in your classroom. All your

Are you looking for a quick and yet engaging way to put your students into groups of two or more? This set of 3 WINTER-THEMED partner grouping cards are perfect for you and will save so much time as they are low prep. Just copy the cards, cut them, and store them in baggies to use year after year.They are great for students in first grade, second grade, third grade, or fourth grade. These cards will allow you to easily make groups of two or more for any activity in your classroom. All your

Are you looking for a quick and yet engaging way to put your students into groups of two or more? This set of 3 FALL-THEMED partner grouping cards are perfect for you and will save so much time as they are low prep. Just copy the cards, cut them, and store them in baggies to use year after year.They are great for students in first grade, second grade, third grade, or fourth grade. These cards will allow you to easily make groups of two or more for any activity in your classroom. All your s

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF, AND THE THREE LITTLE PIGS Are you looking for low prep fairy tale STEM challenges that are differentiated for students on multiple levels or grade levels? This engaging resource features 3 differentiated fairy tale STEM challenges that all follow the Engineering Design Process. All you need to do is print out the 4-page student packets and gather some common materials to get started! This resource is perfect for multiple grade levels du

CINDERELLA, SLEEPING BEAUTY, AND RAPUNZEL Are you looking for low prep fairy tale STEM challenges that are differentiated for students on multiple levels or grade levels? This engaging resource features 3 differentiated fairy tale STEM challenges that all follow the Engineering Design Process. All you need to do is print out the 4-page student packets and gather some common materials to get started! This resource is perfect for multiple grade levels due to the differentiation: first g

Are you looking for simple, engaging STEM challenges with differentiated student packets, that follow the Engineering Design Process, and include informative PowerPoints? This time saving bundle is for you! It includes 4 simple challenges with paper products and 4 fun building challenges with basic maker materials. Just copy the packets, gather your materials, and get started! This is ideal for first grade, second grade, third grade, and fourth grade. All 8 resources include lesson plan

Are you interested in 30-minute, low prep, literature based STEM challenges for your students? You will love the Pumpkin Fence STEM Challenge, which is part of a bigger year-round bundle of 9 STEM challenges, one for each month from September to May. This resource is ideal for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. A differentiated rubric is included. If you like to do the full-blown Engineering Design Process, this challenge may take longer than 30 minutes. I am a media specialist an

Looking for a no prep and high interest STEM building challenge using the Engineering Design Process? Both you and your students will love this differentiated roller coaster STEM challenge, complete with i nformative PowerPoint. Not only is it a time saver, but this resource promotes collaboration, problem solving, communication, critical thinking, and creativity. All you have to do is gather common recycled or household supplies, find a ball/marble to test, and print the packets. Families ar