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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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Paper Football Math Activity: Ratio & Proportions w/ STEM Careers
Your students are going to love the following interactive activity that connects classroom math concepts to the real world of sports! Instead of boring worksheets, students will solve problems based on their own collected data and connect the concepts to cool careers! Click here for an editable STEM journal to use with distance learning, including digital and printable versions.Students learn how their favorite sports calculate common statistics like batting average or throwing accuracy. Studen
4th - 9th
Fractions, Math
CCSS
6.RP.A.1
, 6.RP.A.2
, 6.RP.A.3
+3
Also included in: Math, Sports & Engineering Activity Bundle: Ratios and Proportions
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
Intro to STEM: Think Like a Scientist & Engineer!
Jumpstart your STEM class with 7 no-prep lessons for each area of STEM!This engaging resource introduces students to what it means to think like a scientist, technologist, engineer, and mathematician. Students learn to observe, question, invent, and reflect through simple critical thinking and research activities that are perfect for warm-ups, early finishers, homework, or sub plans. Each activity is low-prep, student-centered, and fully editable. Activities cover each area of STEM: Think Like
3rd - 10th
Engineering, Science
Also included in: Back to School (Stage 1 STEM) Bundle: 50+ Icebreaker Activities
Roller Coaster STEM Challenge Engineering Design (Grades K-5)
Roller Coaster STEM ChallengeWho doesn't love roller coasters? Using the Engineering Design Process, student teams are tasked with designing a thrilling roller coaster ride! Students learn about the science of roller coasters including various forms of energy, and then using common materials such as craft sticks, paper, and tape, students need to design a track for a ping pong ball to land safely in a cup at the bottom. The student packet also includes STEM career highlights of civil engineering
K - 5th
Science
NGSS, TEKS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+9
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Activity Bundle (Elementary STEM)
Heart Rate Ratios & Graphing Activity
A great math activity to connect math with sports or for Valentine's Day math! Instead of boring worksheets, students will solve problems based on their own collected data and connect the concepts to cool careers! Students learn about heart rate and the importance of this number in sports medicine. They compute their own heart rate after various activities and graph the results. They calculate the target heart rate and answer critical thinking questions. The activity will take about 45 - 60
5th - 9th
Fractions, Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
6.RP.A.1
, 6.RP.A.2
, 6.RP.A.3
+3
Also included in: Math, Sports & Engineering Activity Bundle: Ratios and Proportions
Valentine's Day Frog Delivery STEM Challenge
Your students will create origami jumping frogs then use the engineering design process to create a candy holder for the frog to deliver a Valentine's Day message! This fun, hands-on activity combines fine motor skills, teamwork, and critical thinking. The included student handouts will walk them through the engineering design process to complete the challenge. Math extension questions on ratios and surface area are also provided. Materials List: Construction paperConversation heart candySciss
2nd - 8th
Applied Math, Engineering
CCSS, NGSS
6.G.A.1
, 7.G.B.6
, 6.RP.A.1
+10
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Activity Bundle (Elementary STEM)
Antarctica Shelter STEM Challenge - Engineering Design
Take your students on a educational journey to Antarctica with this complete lesson! Read the letter from fictitious travel guides explaining weather conditions and the hazards of living in Antarctica. Students will learn about "insulation" and "freezing point" as they complete introductory activities using dry ice (optional) and simulating animal blubber! An icebreaker activity facilitates teamwork as students must "cross the ice" to travel across the classroom while only touching sheets of p
K - 5th
Engineering, Geography
CCSS
K.MD.A.1
, K.MD.A.2
, 1.MD.A.2
+3
Also included in: STEM Explorers: Elementary STEM Curriculum + History Around the World
Color Mixing STEM: Engineering and Art Activities - Great #DotDay STEM!
Introduce students to color mixing, color theory, and the engineering design process. Includes 2 hands-on activities! First, students predict the results of mixing two colors, then create color spinners to visually "mix" the colors without the mess of paints. Next, students are lead through the engineering design process to create a holder for their color spinners. Click here for an editable STEM journal to use with distance learning, including digital and printable versions.This activity also
PreK - 4th
Art, Engineering
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+3
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Activity Bundle (Elementary STEM)
Intro to Coding: Communication STEM Activity
Intro to Coding: Unplugged & Distance Learning STEM Activity Practice critical Stage 1 STEM communication skills with this intro to coding activity! This download provides options for distance learning including activities for live virtual classes, Google Slides / Google Classroom, and printed packets for in-person instruction. All activities can be edited. **This activity is perfect for classrooms needing to implement social distancing or physical distancing between students.** Activity Overvie
1st - 8th, Adult Education
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering
Also included in: Intro to STEM Bundle: Icebreaker & Teamwork Activities
Building Bricks STEM Biomes and Habitats Engineering Design Challenge
Your students are terrestrial ecologists working to investigate and conserve animal habitats. They must first build a landscape of a biome (temperate forest, rainforest, freshwater, ocean, grasslands, desert, tundra, or taiga). Then they will use the engineering design process to solve a problem from one of the editable 64 included challenge cards. Can they make a trap to catch poachers? Can they help an okapi reach its food, or build a shelter to protect an animal from its predator? There is
1st - 6th
Biology, Engineering, Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+8
Also included in: Biomes & Animal Habitats Bundle
Spider Parachute Halloween STEM Activity
Design a parachute to save a spider! This is a fun Halloween STEM activity that your students will love with a version for distance learning! When some spiders are born, they make parachutes out of their silk in order to safely drop from their mother’s web. They release a few strands of silk that form a triangular-shaped parachute that catches the breeze and lifts them in the air! But in our challenge today, one of the baby spiders is unable to deploy their parachute and needs your help to get d
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Physical Science
CCSS, NGSS
6.G.A.1
, 6.G.A.2
, 6.G.A.3
+21
Also included in: Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
Crater Catapults and Moon Science STEM
Launch into a deep study of space rocks, the lunar surface, and craters that is sure to leave a lasting impact! In this comprehensive lesson, students use what they learn about meteors and craters to build a catapult that launches “research equipment” into craters. Worksheets are included to guide students through the engineering design process. Then, students create their own satellite with craters like our own Moon. Explanations of the types of craters, crater parts, most famous Earth craters,
K - 8th
Astronomy, Engineering, Science
Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Elementary Grades
Back to School Icebreakers: 5 Get To Know You Activities
Do you need a way to connect with your students for back to school? Are you looking to build a meaningful relationship that will last all year? Find the distance learning version of these activities here. This download includes 5 interactive icebreaker activities that will help educators get to know their students and build a strong relationship. Activities are centered around the theme of student sparks. Sparks were developed by the Search Institute, who explains them as follows: “Sparks ar
PreK - 12th, Adult Education
Engineering
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Also included in: Back to School (Stage 1 STEM) Bundle: 50+ Icebreaker Activities
Tower STEM Challenges: 5 Icebreaker Activities
Towers are a great STEM activity to promote collaboration, teamwork, communication, and problem solving. This challenge lays a critical foundation for more intensive STEM challenges. Working as a team, they will learn lessons in communication, innovation, hidden assumptions, and creativity that are central to the engineering process. Click here for an editable STEM journal to use with distance learning, including digital and printable versions.These activities take no more than 20 minutes as th
K - 9th
Engineering
Also included in: Back to School (Stage 1 STEM) Bundle: 50+ Icebreaker Activities
Digital STEM Choice Board: Virtual Field Trip!
Digital STEM Choice Board: Virtual Field Trip! Go on a virtual field trip with this choice board elementary and middle school! The digital STEM choice board is a low-prep student-driven activity that is great for a substitute lesson plan. Includes editable Google Slides and a printable student journal. These are perfect for a substitute lesson for a STEM classroom!What is a STEM choice board? A choice board is a graphic organizer that allows students to choose from different activities from a c
1st - 8th
Science
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Genetics Webquest: Exploring Traits & Genes (Low-Prep Activity!)
This Genetics WebQuest is a low-prep student-driven activity that is great for an introduction to genetics vocabulary or a review. Includes editable Google Slides and a printable student journal. Topics covered: TraitsGenes vs. AllelesDominant & RecessiveGenotype & PhenotypeHeterozygous & Homozygous About the WebQuest: This science WebQuest is designed to be flexible and accommodate your learning environment. Students will be introduced to the vocabulary through a read-aloud story. The read-al
4th - 10th
Biology, General Science, Other (Science)
NGSS
MS-LS3-1
, MS-LS3-2
Math and Music Activity/Project: Fractions and Ratios
Students use ratios & proportions to the beat of their favorite songs! The purpose of this activity is to show students how music and math are related and that musicians use mathematical principles in creating musical pieces. This packet includes one in-depth activity plus an extension. Activity 1: "Beats Per Minute" The first activity begins as a class with students listening and clapping along to songs with different tempos. Students then use the data to complete graphing and ratio word pro
4th - 8th
Fractions, Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
6.RP.A.1
, 6.RP.A.3
STEM Summer Activity Calendar: Fun with Math, Science, and Engineering!
A STEM calendar with science, engineering, and math challenges! Activities are straightforward and accessible to students of all levels with little or no supplies needed. Get them up, outside, and exploring the world! Students will build a bird feeder, make a lava lamp, cook with fractions, and so much more! The world outside is their new and exciting classroom. The daily activities will incorporate math concepts, scientific thinking, critical thinking, communication, creativity, and real-worl
3rd - 8th
Math
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Activity Calendar Bundle
Upstairs Downstairs Brain Paper Circuit SEL STEM Activity
Are you looking for a way to discuss regulating emotions while doing a fun STEM activity? Your students can learn the basics of circuits as well as the basics of the upstairs and downstairs brain functions with calming strategies! Dr. Dan Siegel and Dr. Tina Payne Bryson present a concept in their book " The Whole-Brain Child" that helps us understand the brain in a simple way called the upstairs and downstairs brain. Students will learn about the different parts of their brain based on this co
1st - 10th
Engineering, General Science, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Activity Bundle (Elementary STEM)
Astronaut Boot STEM Challenge (Printed & Digital Lessons)
Astronaut Boot Moon and Mars STEM ActivityStudent teams build astronaut boots using the Engineering Design Process to protect astronauts traveling to the Moon or Mars. Paper, bubblewrap, craft sticks, and other common supplies may be used for students to meet the constraints to protect an astronaut's feet in the harsh environment of space. Students learn about space suit design as well as history and current events of space exploration. This product has 2 options that connect students to real wo
K - 5th
Engineering, Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+3
Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Elementary Grades
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Experience
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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