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

Have your students show off their long division skills for 3-digit dividends by 1 digit divisors with and with out remainders. Students will work in partners or small groups to solve long division problems which will lead them to a code to program their DASH (by wonder workshop) robot. The activity is self checking. Students will sharpen their math skills while practicing their computer science skills. Contents:Lesson slides (Google and PDF)Long division problems worksheet (Google and PDF)DAS

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

Are your students learning about sound, vibrations, and how the ear works? This experiment has students test the basics of how an eardrum works by making a model eardrum out of a cup and testing sound vibrations using rice, salt, and pieces of paper so they can "see" the vibrations. Students work with a partner or small group to test various levels of sound with the rice, salt, and paper pieces. They fill in their lab sheets and then discuss their results with class. **Be sure to read the sli

Need your students to practice comparing fractions with uncommon denominators? Need them to simplify fractions, find common denominators, draw models to compare fractions? This is the lesson for you! Students will work with a partner to complete a worksheet with fraction comparison problems. To increase student engagement and help them work on basic coding skills, their answers will lead them to a color code for a maze for Ozobot to travel through. If Ozobot doesn't make it through the maze t

Want your students to demonstrate their understanding of fractional parts in a fun way that incorporates basic coding and robots? This is the lesson for you! The high engagement of a robot pulls students into practicing their understanding of fractional parts. Students will work with a partner to complete a worksheet with questions about fractional parts of a whole. Their answer will lead them to a color code for the maze for Ozobot to follow. The activity is self checking (if Ozobot doesn't

Need your students to practice their fractions as division skills (standard 5.NF.3 Use fractions to model and solve division problems) and want a high engagement computer science connection? This is the lesson for you and your students! This lesson is meant to be used with the Ozobot robot. **You will need access to the robot to implement this lesson. Students can work in pairs or small groups to complete the fraction problems. Their answers lead them to the creation of their own Ozobot color

Have your students show off their multiplication skills with factors up to 10. Students will work in partners or small groups to solve multiplication problems. Their products will lead them to a code card with a line(s) of code to program their DASH (by Wonder Workshop) robot. The activity is self checking. Students will sharpen their math skills while practicing their computer science skills. Contents:Directions for best practices and tipsLesson slides (Google, PDF and Canva versions)Multiplica

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

Want a fun lesson to help your students explore and review synonyms as well as work on their coding skills? This lesson incorporates basic block coding of Wonder Workshop's DASH robot while reviewing/exploring the topic of synonyms. Students will work in groups of 3-4 to come up with synonyms for a given word and program Dash to travel on the word web, give a definition of the word and act it out! This fun, engaging lesson allows students to work on this English standard as well as coding skil

Increase engagement and incorporate STEM into your ELA classroom with this lesson! Students will read 2 articles on wildlife animals crossing roads, teacher will read a non-fiction picture book about wildlife animal crossings and they will determine if wildlife crossings are necessary and the best places to locate them. As part of the analysis process, students will plan, design, build and present a model of an animal crossing for their local area. They will discuss their design choices, why

Need a ready made certificate for your robotics club? Then this is the certificate for you. There is a google slides as well as Canva.com version as part of this purchase. **This product is part of the larger robotics club bundle if you need more resources for your robotics club check out my bundle on my product page!

Review your students' understanding of comparing 2-digit numbers while incorporating the high engagement of Ozobots! Students work in pairs to complete the math problems and use their answers to code the maze the Ozobot will travel through. **Be sure to read the slide notes as they give more information about the lesson and tips for the teacher!ContentsLesson presentation (as Google Slides or PDF and link to Canva version)Math problems worksheet (as Google Slides or PDF and link to Canva Version