STEMfully Yours

The toothpick bridge building STEM project has a new spin. This resource includes a 30 page google document that can be edited for your classroom needs.Students form engineering groups and assign the following jobs: accountant, project manager, architect, and carpenter. Groups must work within the design constraints, including maintaining a budget. Classroom materials are minimal per group including: 500 toothpicks, small cup of wood glue, waxed paper, & graph paper. This is a highly m

Students use ink chromatography techniques to solve the Catnapper Case File Mystery, "Who Took my cat?" Students investigate a note left by potential suspects that live in the neighborhood and examine the evidence, the three pens found in the suspects' homes. Students learn how forensic scientists use ink chromatography to solve crimes, while also applying scientific terms such as solvent and solute. Can your students help solve the case? Materials needed: filter paper, rulers, 3 different w

I have taught 31 years and I look forward to the tissue paper hot air balloon STEM build each and every year. This tried and true two week project and this 17 page google document contains all the information you need: step by step directions, video links, picture tutorials, diagrams, retrieval tag and rubrics to assist in this very fun end of the year launch. Students create prototypes, select a design from their scaled models, and then create a larger balloon using the same steps they foll

After reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, students will be challenged to construct three and four bladed windmills to determine which wind pumping windmill is the fastest in the west. Students will be immersed in the STEM processes; developing prototypes, making modifications, evaluating effectiveness, gauging the wind speeds of our box fans and determining the perfect angle to operate their prototypes. Included in this project are detailed procedures with pictures, safety guidelines, deta

In this Google Apps lab students investigate patterns of inheritance by flipping a coin for dominant and recessive alleles, and review their genetics vocabulary such as genotype, phenotype, homozygous, heterozygous, alleles, and punnett squares. Students will complete a data table, create and analyze punnett squares, calculate probability, and will draw their "simulated baby" using google drawing tools. The phenotypes were drawn using google drawing tools, so students can copy/paste images for

Geneticists have been cross breeding gummy bear parents and recording the genotypes and phenotypes of their offspring. There was a fire drill at the lab and the gummy bear litters were accidentally separated from their parents. Each group is to figure out which parents each litter belongs to and return them to their proper parents.  Answer Key provided as well as suggestions for how to tabulate group data in a google sheet. Digital ResourceGoogle Classroom and Canvas Google LTI STEM-Ready Res

This extension activity offers a review of the Periodic Table, Valence Electrons and Energy Levels, while introducing simple coding with Ozobots to students. This resource includes 4 Task Cards for students to work at their own pace. Level 1-Energy Levels and Valence Electrons, Level 2- Periodic Table and Ozobot Clues, Level 3-Simple Coding with Ozobot, & Level 4-Make your own Periodic Table Tour with elemental and ozobot clues.

Students participate in all the steps of the Engineering Design process in this STEAM wizard challenge incorporating the picture book titled, “ The Electrical Wizard How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World." There are two investigations students will conduct to learn more about solar energy, how solar panels work best, and how solar panels can power something as cool as a solar water fountain. The two investigations are the Solar Wizard Scavenger Hunt and a Solar Water Pump investigation. The STEAM

Students explore trends on the periodic table by copy and pasting colored elements into the correct location on the periodic table and identifying patterns they observe in the groups and periods. A hard copy activity, directions, and an answer key is provided within this document.

How do we as County Highway Engineers decide which substance(s) to use for specific weather conditions so that our county roads are safe for the citizens during the winter months? In this Project Based Learning Unit students will develop a local roadway safety plan.Included in this GOOGLE DOC:* Project Based Learning 2 week Unit for Chemistry Standards*Authentic Task *Next Generation Science Standards*Guided Labs to facilitate student learning*Teacher Answer Keys*Google Doc for Experimental De

The following escape room is fully editable and reviews both scientific Inquiry and measurement. Included in this purchase are 5 levels of multiple choice questions, a google form, an answer key, 5 puzzle locks, and 5 measurement challenges for your laboratory escape room. This is a Google Apps product and can be used to make many more escape rooms for different units. Students love the competition of an escape room and forget they are learning.

The following STEM build is a perfect way to end the school year. The Challenge is posed after reading the children's book Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot, a story about Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen and the famous Berlin Airdrop missions. Students are to design an economical parachute that lands with the least amount of damage to the graham cracker that is attached to the Duplo block payload. Students choose design materials, itemize these costs, determine the surface area of their canopy, and

In this google sheet simulation several physical traits (eyebrows, dimples, and eyelashes) are represented. Students investigate sexual reproduction (the process of meiosis) and how genetic materials from two parents combine to produce different traits in each offspring. The google sheet includes a formula to produce different genotypes after each roll. A roll happens when the student "refreshes" their screen and produces a new simulated sibling:) Google Classroom or Canvas Google LTI assignm

In this lab students review parts of a microscope, powers of magnification, and how to make a wet mount prior to observing asexual reproduction of budding yeast. There are 4 mini tasks to complete in this lab. Lab sheet includes: Label the parts of a microscopeCompute the powers of magnificationDraw the letter "e" wet mount slideDirections for yeast labDrawing yeast cells under medium and high power Drawing the stages of budding/asexual reproduction

In this Google Slides digital activity, students will sort various "critters" into different groupings. Each critter has an ID # to identify the 18 different critters in a data table, state the group name and the reasoning for putting these "critters" into this grouping. Two mystery critters are added at the end of the presentation to help clarify the classification groupings. Awesome springboard for an insect collection project. Google Classroom/Google LTI assignmentLimited classroom mat

Only 9% of the 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic waste has been recycled! Students will separate various types of plastic beads by density, using Mixtures Separation Challenge kit or similar kits on the market. The only other lab materials that are necessary include: salt, beakers, funnels, water, and plastic spoons. Students will complete short answer observations, a data table, a stimulus reading from the National Geographic, and constructed response essays with a real-world applicati

Students will read about Mendel and his peas and complete a google slides LTI assignment. There is a stop motion animation simulating the steps of cross pollination. Google Classroom or CAnvas Google LTI STEM-ready assignment

Students are given an incomplete data table listing the number of protons, electrons and neutrons for 5 different elements. They must first identify each of the elements and the subatomic particles. Using colored marshmallows, a paper plate, and a marker students create 5 model edible atoms. Lesson includes STEM Lab with constructed responses, an exit ticket, and answer keys. Google AppCanvas LTI or Google Classroom assignment

This google document lab works wonderfully both in the classroom and virtually. Students create elements, compounds, and mixtures by copy and pasting atoms to create different types of matter. After creating their drawings there are 6 analysis questions and one essay question.

In this Google Sheet simulation students mine "ore," chocolate chips from a chocolate chip cookie to demonstrate real mining operations and the environmental price. Students complete the cost analysis google sheet choosing mining equipment, mining operation time, and reclamation methods. The google sheet can be used as is with the included formulas, or students can create the formulas using computer application skills. Two short essay responses are included. STEM ReadyReal-World Application