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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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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
STEM Drag Device Parachute Challenge
Drag Device STEM Parachute Activity Students use the engineering design process and explore the forces of gravity and air resistance to design a drag device to slow down a payload. This challenge uses a ping pong ball to represent a rover landing on Mars. The rover must remain inside an uncovered cup during drop and impact testing. This hands-on activity is an engaging design challenge that allows students to work in teams, apply the engineering design process, and connect math topics to real-w
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Other (Math), Physical Science
CCSS, NGSS
6.G.A.1
, 6.G.A.2
, 6.G.A.3
+18
Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
Math, Sports & Engineering Activity Bundle: Ratios and Proportions
Engaging activities connecting math concepts to sports along with an engineering design challenge! Instead of boring worksheets, students will solve problems based on their own collected data and connect the concepts to cool careers! Students will be surprised to learn how much math is used in their favorite sports. Each activity will get your kids out of their seats and playing paper football, running a relay race, or measuring their heart rate! Each activity also includes a STEM (Science, Te
5th - 9th
Fractions, Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
6.RP.A.1
, 6.RP.A.2
, 6.RP.A.3
+3
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
Fall/ Halloween STEM Challenge - Rescue the Witch
Rescue the Witch Halloween STEM ChallengeThis engaging STEM challenge is a fun way to incorporate the engineering design process and related math word problems into your class with a festive theme. A storyline is provided. Your students will be excited to work in teams to rescue the kind witch! This packet includes: Storyline with a Halloween themeEditable Teacher Slides & Student HandoutsDesign Challenge and introduction to the Engineering Design ProcessStudent worksheets to complete the challe
1st - 4th
Engineering, Other (Math)
CCSS, NGSS
1.OA.A.1
, 1.OA.A.2
, 1.OA.D.8
+12
Also included in: Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
Relay Race Math: Ratios & Proportions with STEM Career Connection
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! Students complete calculations for a set of relay race times then they hold their own race! Using common classroom items, they time the race and calculate various ratio problems such as "keeping the same pace, how long would it ta
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
Meteor Math! Real World Math Problems with STEM Career Connection
Connect math and science with these activities that bring problems to life. This packet includes math word problems based on a real world meteor event! About a 30 minute activity that incorporates math word problems with a real meteor event. Activity can be completed as a class, in small groups, or individually. Additional background on asteroids is provided on the resources page. Click here for an editable STEM journal to use with distance learning, including digital and printable versions.Met
4th - 9th
Math, Other (Math), Science
CCSS, NGSS
6.G.A.1
, 7.G.B.6
, 6.EE.A.2
+5
Using Geometry to Build a Safe Shelter!
An asteroid is going to hit Earth! Use geometry to build enough safe shelters to save the population. Part of the Asteroid Math Bundle, but this activity can be used alone as part of a math center or classroom activity.
5th - 9th
Geometry, Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
3.MD.B.4
, 3.MD.C.5a
, 3.MD.C.7
+10
Editable STEM Family Night Flyers & Passport: Canva & Google Slides Templates
Planning a STEM Family Night at your school?This free editable packet is the perfect companion to our popular STEM Family Night Planning Guide! It includes all the essential tools to promote your event, engage families, and create a memorable, hands-on experience for your school community. Everything in this resource is completely editable in Google Slides and Canva for easy customization. What’s Included: Editable Flyers — Spread the word and boost attendanceSTEM Passports — Guide families
Not Specific
General Science, Other (Math)
Paint with Sphero | STEM Family Night Activity
Paint with Sphero STEM ActivityBring creativity and coding together with this STEM activity! Painting with Sphero robots is an exciting fusion of art and robotics that’s also perfect for STEM Family Night. Inspired by the abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock, this hands-on activity lets students use Sphero robots to create colorful, dynamic murals using a drip-style painting technique. By combining robotics with artistic expression, students gain experience with basic programming and robot co
Not Specific
General Science, Other (Math), Robotics
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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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