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The Vivify team is on a mission to re-engineer STEM education! We are dedicated to creating authentic, engaging, and accessible K-12 STEM lessons that progressively develop critical STEM skills, knowledge, and habits of mind. Designed by a team of educators and engineers, our lessons are low-prep and classroom-tested. Join the over 25,000 educators, and vivify your classroom today!
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Elementary STEM Careers BINGO Game! (Intro to STEM Careers Game)
A Low-Prep STEM Game! Do you know what a sound engineer does? What about a food scientist? This twist on the classic BINGO game will expose students to exciting science, engineering, and other STEM careers. Students will have a great time playing this game and learning all about the possibilities of STEM! About: A BINGO career game for science, technology, engineering, andmath (STEM) careers! Includes career descriptions and fun facts about each STEM career. An easy, low-prep activity that can
K - 6th
Math, Science
Also included in: Elementary Distance Learning: Digital STEM Activity Bundle
Moon Crater STEM Challenge: Hands-On Team Design Activity for Elementary & MS
Can your team of astronauts work together to land a rover in the center of a crater on the Moon? This engaging STEM challenge is a fun way to incorporate the engineering design process into your classroom or afterschool program! Students use the engineering design process and explore the forces of motion to place a ball in a cup at the center of a 6 foot diameter circle without entering the circle. This challenge represents placing a NASA rover into the middle of the Apollo lunar crater for expl
4th - 9th, Adult Education
Astronomy, Engineering, Science
CCSS, NGSS
6.G.A.1
, 6.G.A.2
, 6.G.A.3
+16
Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
Elementary STEM Space Lander Challenge
Completely Revamped (2025)! Space Lander STEM Challenge for Elementary! This STEM activity is one of our favorite engineering design challenges! The combination of ping pong balls and aliens makes this a winning STEM challenge! In this hands on challenge, students create a mechanical solution to solve a problem. The unit brings together engineering and physical science topics for an engaging engineering design challenge. Students use the engineering design process to create a lander to safely k
3rd - 5th
Physics, Science
CCSS, NGSS
3.MD.A.1
, 4.MD.A.1
, 4.MD.A.2
+14
Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Elementary Grades
Design a Lunar Colony: Game + STEM Project Guide (Mission to Moon)
Mission to Moon: Design a lunar habitat planning game! Stage 3 STEM ProjectCan you keep colonists alive and thriving on the Moon? NASA is working on the future of human space exploration, and your students have been selected to design the first permanent Lunar habitat! Students work in teams to complete the ultimate project-based learning STEM experience: designing and building a model of a new manned Lunar settlement. This is a perfect showcase or capstone STEM project. Project-based learningRe
5th - 10th
Astronomy, Engineering, General Science
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS
6.RP.A.1
, 6.RP.A.2
, 6.RP.A.3
+19
Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
Launchpad: Mission to Mars (Informal STEM Club for Elementary)
Mission to Mars: Elementary STEM UnitTransform your classroom into a team of astronauts on a Mission to Mars! This unit includes 10 engineering design challenges that follow a storyline - complete with instructional videos and editable handouts! This unit is perfect for an afterschool STEM club, summer STEM camp, STEM elective, or science classroom! This STEM curriculum begins with Stage 1 team challenges that build teamwork and communication skills. Astronaut Alex then guides the class throug
K - 5th
Engineering, Math, Science
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS
4.MD.A.1
, 4.MD.C.5
, 4.MD.C.6
+82
Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Elementary Grades
Orbital Mission: Space-Themed STEM Unit for the Classroom (Middle School STEM)
Orbital Mission - Middle School STEM Unit: This space exploration unit takes students on an exciting journey through STEM with real-world engineering challenges inspired by NASA missions. The Orbital Mission includes mmersive lessons that blend science, math, and engineering while building teamwork, problem-solving, and design thinking skills. Orbital Mission STEM Unit includes: Meet the Crew: Mission Patch + SparksAstronaut Health: Heart Rate Health + Exercise Equipment Design ChallengeGet to
5th - 9th
Engineering, Math, Science
NGSS
MS-LS1-7
, MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
+5
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The Vivify team is on a mission to re-engineer STEM education! We are dedicated to creating authentic, engaging, and accessible K-12 STEM lessons that progressively develop critical STEM skills, knowledge, and habits of mind. Designed by a team of educators and engineers, our lessons are low-prep and classroom-tested. Join the over 25,000 educators, and vivify your classroom today!
Teaching style
STEM transforms classrooms into an exciting world of curiosity, problem-solving, and creativity. Successful STEM education is an empowering interdisciplinary approach that brings math, science, and engineering concepts to life through challenging opportunities that mimic the complexities and excitement of the real world.
In our STEM classrooms, students apply math and science to a problem, using the engineering design process through technology. Our lessons follow the 3 Stages of STEM philosophy:
Stage 1 includes activities like tower challenges where students learn how to work together and develop essential habits of mind.
Stage 2 is where you introduce the engineering design process and add math and science, then use technology to solve a problem.
Stage 3 consists of longer, more complex challenges with a research component. In this stage, students solve a more open-ended problem and there is typically a final project that they present.
My own education history
Vivify is a STEM education company that is co-founded by Natasha Wilkerson and Claire Meschkat, two aerospace engineers turned educators who live in Texas.
Claire is a Pre-K thru 9th grade STEM teacher and STEM program coordinator at a Texas private school. She specializes in developing engineering curricula for elementary and middle school grades including the STEM Explorers series. Claire has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and a Masters of Education in Educational Psychology - Creativity & Cognition from Texas A&M University. Before Vivify, she worked as an aerospace engineer at Boeing Commercial Airlines, Boeing Space Exploration, & Air Tractor, Inc.
Natasha is the founder of Space Club, a K-8 informal STEM program that is now an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit, the Cosmic Leap Foundation. Natasha specializes in research and development of engineering curricula and programming for middle school. Natasha has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction from Texas A&M University. Before Vivify, Natasha worked as an engineer for the United States Department of the Navy in radar and satellite spectrum management.
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