STEMing It Up

Have your students excited to learn about history and science with this paper airplane challenge! Students will learn about the brothers as well as what it took to invent the first working airplane. They will then get to show their ability to problem-solve by creating their own paper airplane and testing it out, then making improvements to try and get it to fly farther each trial. Students will record data, results, and a reflection. Increase student engagement with this STEM challenge! Cont

Want your students to create their own weather forecast video to show their knowledge and understanding of weather? Try this activity! It is meant to be used with Canva.com, but I have included a Google slides version if you prefer that format (it just doesn't offer as many design and video editing options). Students will work in groups to record themselves forecasting the weather for the day as well as comparing to the forecast for the rest of the week and making a weather prediction for a sn

Want to engage your students with a fun holiday themed activity that incorporates Science force and motion concepts? Try this Sphero activity where students design and engineer a sleigh for their Sphero "Max" (from the Grinch Who Stole Christmas) to pull "presents." Students will work in teams to design, build, test, and redesign (if needed) to create a sleigh for "Max" to pull as many presents as possible. This lesson incorporates STEM, robotics, and core science standards all in one! *With a

Reading a Christmas Carol with your students this season? I have 6 computer based projects students can choose from to show their understanding and analysis of the setting, plot, characters, and author's word choice. If you aren't reading a Christmas Carol these choice board activities can easily be adapted to any text your students are reading. These activities were created to be done with Canva.com, but I have created Google slides versions if you would prefer or are more familiar with that

Have your students practice their adding and subtracting of fractions with this lesson. They will need to add and subtract mixed numbers and fractions with unlike denominators and simplify some answers. Students will work in partners or small groups to solve adding and subtracting of fractions problems. Their solutions to the problems will lead them to a code card giving them a line/lines of code to program their DASH (by Wonder Workshop) robot. The activity is self checking. Students will shar

Are your students learning about thermal energy transfer? This lesson is a great way to have your students demonstrate their knowledge of the three types of thermal energy transfer by creating a stop motion video! Students can use either Canva or Google slides to create a stop motion video showing how conduction, convection, and radiation work. This lesson is a highly engaging, standards aligned lesson that will help students see how thermal energy transfer works as well as work on 21st century

Help your students learn about the types of shelters different Native American tribes lived in based on the region of the United States they populated. After giving some background information, challenge students to work in groups to design and build a model shelter with specific materials provided by the teacher. This lesson walks you through the background information and then the challenge constraints. Contents:Lesson slides (Google and PDF)Worksheet (Google and PDF) - walks students thro

Reading a story or novel with your students? I have 6 computer based projects students can choose from to show their understanding and analysis of the setting, plot, characters, and author's word choice. Students not only will show their understanding of these English standards, but will also be able to work on and improve their computer and design skills. These choice board activities can easily be used/adapted to any text your students are reading to assess students' understanding. These ac

Students will identify similes and metaphors in a poem and then analyze one stanza of the poem with a partner. Once students are done analyzing they will program a DASH (wonder workshop) robot to not only recite their stanza of the poem, but also act out the meaning of the stanza to enhance the figurative language. Pairs will then do a gallery walk to see each DASH's performance. **Be sure to read the notes on each slide as they give additional information for the teacher. ContentsLesson slides

Are your students learning about the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution? This is a great activity to introduce or review the important points of the Boston Tea Party and have students work on their coding skills! Students will code WonderWorkshop's DASH robot to reenact the throwing of tea into Boston Harbor. To do this lesson you will need access to DASH robots as well as the launcher attachment and the balls that come with it (or colored plastic Easter eggs will work too). Studen