Teach Practically

This easy, NO PREP STEM activity is a fun activity that your students will love! This challenge is to build a table that will hold weight. They can only use three items, and I am sure you already have them in your classroom! Students will compete to by using construction paper, tape and scissors to build a table that will hold the most weight. (We always use our classroom textbooks.) I am always amazed at the amount of weight some of these tables can hold! This is by far one of the funnest th

Your students are going to love this project! It is a fun way to introduce, teach, or review simple machines. Students can do this project independently, with a partner, or  groups. You can have the students do the sketch and just create the project. Take it a step farther and you can have them give oral presentations of their simple machines. You can extend it more and have the students do a writing report describing the energy transfers. The options are endless!Depending on how much you extend