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Owl in a Christmas Tree STEM Challenge! Are you looking for an engaging way to help keep your students engaged over the holiday season? If so, this is the lesson for you! Now, your students can learn all about owls and the Rockefeller Christmas Tree in New York. This is a ready-to-use STEM challenge. We use the book as the hook and then the students learn about owls and the Rockefeller Christmas Tree! This fun, educational holiday STEM Challenge. I will use this STEM challenge with my

Are you looking for a fun, fall STEM Challenge? Are you looking for an engaging way to help your students learn about wheels and axels? If so, this is the lesson for you! Now, your students can learn all about wheels and axels as they help the square pumpkin move around the pumpkin patch. This is a ready to use STEM challenge. We use the book ( Spookley the Square Pumpkin) as the hook and then the students learn about pumpkins and wheels and axels! This a science and engineering based

Are you looking for a engaging way to teach children about 9/11? Then this is the perfect STEM challenge for your students! This lesson was built to use for my own students! One of their last Social Studies Standards is present day history and that standard is the September 11, 2001 event. This lesson was built with the sensitive nature of the content in mind. I taught 5th grade for four years, and I would use all four of the video links in the lesson with my own children. However, as wit

Are you looking for a fun Dot Day STEM Challenge? Then this is the perfect challenge for you! The purpose of this STEM Challenge is for students to build their own art easel to display their very own masterpiece that they create! This is a great way for them to make their mark and create art....all while doing STEM! This is a ready to use STEM challenge. We use the book as the hook and then the students learn about International Dot Day! After learning about Peter Reynolds, students are

Ellis Island and immigration are a huge part of American history! With this STEM challenge, students will learn more about immigration and Ellis Island. Then students will use their engineering skills as they engineer a suitcase to take all of their most prized belongings as they come to America. Who says that historical events can't use STEM and be hands-on? Change the way you teach history and add more STEM to your classroom with this fun and engaging social studies and STEM challenge

Are you looking for a STEM lab plan? Then this is the product for you! This is a ready to use file! It is a PDF file! Leave this file with your sub and a variety of different paper types for building............. and leave your class without worry! The lesson only requires different types of paper and tape/glue!!! This is perfect for a sub! ***Please read - this is not a sub lesson plan. This is a lesson you can leave for a sub with minimal supplies!! It is a ready to use STEM challen

Are you looking for a fun spring simple STEM challenge? Then this bee STEM Challenge is perfect for your class! Maybe you are looking for a fun way to learn about flowers and bees?! Then this is the STEM challenge for you! This is a perfect STEM challenge for Pre-K and kindergarten students! After learning all about bees, students are then asked to use the Engineering Design Process to create a flower to help feed the bees! There are constraints...for this challenge which will make stude

Jackie Robinson baseball STEM Challenge! Are you looking for an engaging way to help your social studies learners learn about Jackie Robinson? If so, this is the lesson for you! Now, your students can learn all about how brave Jackie Robinson was as he played baseball. This is a ready to use STEM challenge. We use the book as the hook and then the students learn about Jackie Robinson! This a social studies based STEM Challenge. This addresses the Georgia Social Studies Standard of Exc

Looking for a fun, St. Patrick's day STEM challenge? This is the perfect lesson for spring as we move into the spring season! This lesson gives children to explore rainbows and enjoy a little St. Patrick's Day too! Students will learn all about rainbows. Then students will engineer their own treasure box with a top and lid that opens and closes to keep the gold safe for the leprechaun! Let your students explore engineering and enjoy the spring! This is a perfect beginning STEM challenge f

Are you looking for a fun St. Patrick's Day, or just a simple STEM challenge? Then this pot of gold STEM Challenge is perfect for your class! Maybe you are looking for a fun activity to explore St. Patrick's Day?! Then this is the STEM challenge for you! This is a perfect STEM challenge for Pre-K and kindergarten students! Students are asked to use the Engineering Design Process to students create their own pot to keep the gold safe for the leprechaun! There are constraints...for this ch

Looking for a fun, spring STEM challenge? This is the perfect lesson for spring as we move into the spring season! This lesson gives children to explore birds and bird nests! Students will learn about birds and how they build their nest. Then students will engineer their own bird nest for "Peep" the bird! The nest has to be safe and strong for the bird! Let your students explore engineering and enjoy the spring! This is a perfect beginning STEM challenge for Kindergarten STEM. I have

Are you looking for a fun unicorn, rainbow, or just a simple STEM challenge? Then this unicorn STEM Challenge is perfect for your class! Maybe you are looking for a fun way to learn about rainbows?! Then this is the STEM challenge for you! This is a perfect STEM challenge for Pre-K and kindergarten students! After learning all about rainbows, students are then asked to use the Engineering Design Process to create their traps to catch a unicorn! There are constraints...for this challenge

Engineer a couch with a healthy invention attached so you don't become a couch potato STEM Challenge! This is a perfect STEM challenge to allow your students the freedom to invent a new product! Your students will learn all about staying healthy and being inventors! This is a perfect STEM challenge for 2nd through 5th grades! I will use this lesson with my 3rd graders! It is the perfect STEM challenge to help your students stay engaged and to give them the opportunity to invent, imagine, a

Are you looking for a fun dinosaur or just a simple STEM challenge? Then this dinosaur STEM Challenge is perfect for your class! Maybe you are looking for a fun way to extend your dinosaur unit?! Then this is the STEM challenge for you! This is a perfect STEM challenge for Pre-K and kindergarten students! After learning all about dinosaurs, students are then asked to use the Engineering Design Process to create their own dinosaur with two arms and two legs! They are asked to create the a

Are you looking for a fun down on the farm or just a simple STEM challenge? Then this farm STEM Challenge is perfect for your class! Maybe you are looking for a fun way to extend your farm unit?! Then this is the STEM challenge for you! This is a perfect STEM challenge for Pre-K and kindergarten students! After learning all about the farm, students are then asked to use the Engineering Design Process to create their own fence to keep the farm animals safe on the farm! There are constr

Are you looking for a fun, beginning of the year, end-of-the-year, or simple STEM challenge? Then this bubble wand STEM Challenge is perfect for your class! Maybe you are looking for something fun to do at the beginning of the year or even during the spring to get your kiddos outside! Then this is the STEM challenge for you! This is a perfect STEM challenge for Pre-K and kindergarten students! After learning all about bubbles students are then asked to use the Engineering Design Process t

Ice cream scoop STEM Challenge! I scream, you scream, we all scream for literacy, agriculture connections and STEM challenges! If you are looking to introduce more literacy, Ag education, and STEM then this is the perfect lesson for you! Your students will learn all about farm to table when it comes to milk and ice cream! Then they will continue to learn about solids, liquids, and gases as they make their own ice cream! This is a perfect STEM challenge for 2nd through 5th grades! I will

Are you looking for a fun, end-of-the-year, or beach STEM challenge? Then this beach umbrella STEM Challenge is perfect for your class! Maybe you are looking for something fun to do this spring or even after testing! Then this is the STEM challenge for you! This is a perfect STEM challenge for Pre-K and kindergarten students! After learning all about the sun students are then asked to use the Engineering Design Process to create their beach umbrella that will stand up in the sand and prot

This is a mega bundle of all of my STEM challenges for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades! There are 35 various ready to use STEM challenges included in this bundle. Please see the list of items below to see what is included in the bundle. I have my students for 30 minutes at a time. This lesson gives you information about the book. Then it gives you the challenge, suggested materials, and guides you through the process of getting kids ready to complete the challenge. I use the book as the hook and th

Finish the Picture STEM Style is just what it says it is! Students get to finish the picture, but with an added STEM component. This would really help students learn to plan better before they begin engineering! I love the concept behind the finish the picture activities, but I wanted something that I could use in my STEM lab with a STEM connection! With these, students are given a problem. For example: Billy's sled just broke and he needs a new sled for the fresh snow to play in. It t