Discover some fascinating, no prep, STEM activities and challenges you can do with your students using paper! Engineering, math and science.
A list of easy to implement STEM activities for the classroom. Effortlessly teach collaboration and communication with these amazing STEM lessons.
Engage Students in Learning About Famous Presidents and Mount Rushmore with STEM! Students love learning about Mount Rushmore, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln by completing this STEM challenge! Video links are included to teach students about the history of Mount Rushmore as well as mini biographies of each of the presidents. Designing and building a model of Mount Rushmore helps solidify the lesson in a hands-on way! This activity helps students develop critical thinking and engineering skills. Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't. Amazing resource for STEM club, STEM Teachers, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educational environment in their classroom! Aligns with NGSS(Next Gen Science Standards). Includes: Teacher Instructions Student Instructions Student Note Pages Student Planning Pages Student Reflection Sheet Certificates NGSS Standards TpT Digital Version for Distance Learning with Google Classroom Digital Activity: To use Easel for Distance Learning, select "Open in Easel" on this listing. Works with computers, laptops, chromebooks, ipads, and tablets. Material List: Straws Tape Scissors Ruler What teachers are saying about Presidents' Day Build Mount Rushmore STEM Activity: "When I asked my students to write about their favorite memories in fourth grade, learning about Mount Rushmore was listed many times. My students loved this activity! Thank you!" - Mollie G. "I am so excited about this extensive resource. You have thought of everything! I can't wait to use it for our upcoming school-wide STEAM night! Thanks for all of your hard work!" - Tami P. "This will be a great addition to our unit on landmarks. Thanks for the social studies connections too."
This Slingshot Rocket STEM Activity will have your students measuring angles and using a protractor.
Teamwork in STEM- Article featuring three STEM Challenges, posters, team-building activities, job badges, helpful tips, and more! 6 Ways to Focus on Teamwork
Join me for 10 Exciting STEM activities using just 10 simple materials. A free printable list and completion certificate are available.
A perfect activity for encouraging temwork in the STEM lab or a regular classroom. All you need is string and a little imagination!
You and your kids will love putting together these simple helicopters and watching them fly! *Video below
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Simple STEM Stories will help you merge literacy and STEM with fun and engaging, hands-on STEM challenges based on a children's book.
Firefighter STEM activities not only entertain but also educate. Provide a unique homeschool experience for kids and encourage a love for learning.
Looking for some fun ideas to do with your kiddos?! Take a look at these ten fantastic STEM activities with straws that kids will love.
This product is included in a bundle with an Around the World in 10 Days Travel Journal. Check it out HERE! Looking for an engaging way to teach geography? Why not have students solve a STEM challenge that relates to each continent? There is STEM challenge for each of the 7 continents in this product. This product includes: •STEM Challenge Background information pages •STEM Challenge Problem pages •STEM Challenge Criteria & Materials pages •Student STEM journal pages (Includes background info, problem, criteria, & planning section. I have my students glue these in their STEM composition books for planning.) •Group Work Checklist (To use to grade themselves on being a productive group member). ★★★You Might Also Like:★★★ ●QR Code Centers ●Wild Weather QR Code Centers} ●QR Code Centers Plant Life Cycle ✿✿✿Please Rate And Leave Feedback! Thank You!✿✿✿ ✎Talkin Pinata Teaching Blog ★TPT Store ☜Facebook✉Twitter ✌Instagram
STEM projects and activities to challenge elementary and middle school students. STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.
With Farm STEM Activities, kids will have the opportunity to connect with their rural surroundings and appreciate the beauty of the farm.
5 Olympics activities for kids that are easy to do at home. Kids will connect and learn with these STEM activities while learning about the Olympics! For the parents who want to put a wager on the Olympics, they can instantly do so on platforms like bro138. Track
5 fun and engaging ways to celebrate the first day of school in STEM class: STEM name tag, Quick STEM challenge, All About Me STEM
Every once in a while, I create a product for my classroom or my TPT store that I get just giddily excited about. Products that are unique and that I know kids and teachers will both love. I felt this way when I released my escape rooms for early childhood, and I'm feeling it again with my latest project: STEM Safari! I've been working on it for weeks, and I am thrilled that it is finally live! STEM Safari is an organized approach to implementing STEM in your classroom, and so much fun! Each STEM session, a student picks a challenge card to complete. There are 5 different types of cards: 1. Elephant Engineering (engineering challenges) 2. Cheetah Challenge (challenges with specific parameters in place) 3. Rhino Riddles ("How can you...?" challenges) 4. Warthog Wonderings (reflection questions and challenges) 5. Buffalo Building (free choice building). I wanted to prevent students from always picking the same type of card, such as the free choice building, which is, of course, valuable, but doesn't do as well with developing problem-solving skills. To do this, and to encourage my students to try new things, they each have an Animal Checklist. Every time they complete a specific type of challenge, they check it off. When they have completed all 5 of the different challenge types, they color in one country in their STEM Safari Africa map. Then they "journey" to a new country and start again with a new animal checklist! This way, the fun just keeps going, but they have a way to track how many challenges they have completed. There is also a STEM Safari Journal included, which helps build their reflection skills. Any of the Warthog Wondering cards that say "write about it" can be completed in their STEM Safari Journals. There are also a few "design" challenges in the Elephant Engineering cards that can be completed in their journals. As they continue their STEM Safari journey, the reflections they have completed in the journal will help them polish their problem-solving and engineering skills. I love doing STEM projects with my students! It is amazing to see what they can accomplish with a few basic supplies and some open-ended directives. However, storing all of these supplies can be a challenge. Included in the STEM Safari kit are tons of supply labels with photographs, to help keep everything neat. Here's a close-up example of a supply label. I even included some editable labels so that you can customize them for any supplies you have on hand! I really hope that your students enjoy STEM Safari as much as mine do! Click here to purchase in my shop, or here to purchase in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. There's just something about open-ended, hands-on learning that gets kiddos excited. I would love to hear how you use STEM in your classroom; drop me a comment below! Happy teaching!
Are you looking for something that will have ALL of your elementary students engaged from young kids to older? Do you hate planning out stem projects that use hard-to-find equipment and are exhausting to prepare? Have you tried easy STEM activities yet in your classroom? Easy stem challenges are a great way to have students […]
I decided to take on my own challenge of incorporating a STEM activity every day for a week. It turned out to be a huge success where both my students and I had a blast. Here were the various …
Hundreds of engaging Pre-K STEM activities that make learning fun for kids and easy on you. Science experiments, math centers...
Teaching with Bloom's Taxonomy is an in-depth resource for your classroom. It is imperative that we teach our students how to think, and I hope this makes it a little easier! What's Inside? 11X8 POSTER CHARTS (Wall or Bulletin Board Display) for All Six Levels of Bloom's including... 1. Definitions 2. Process Verbs 3. Potential Activities and Products 4. Example Literacy Products and Assessments 5. Suggested iPad Apps and Online Sites 6. Assessment Cues 7. Question Stems ANCHOR TASK CARDS I have made Anchor Task Cards with all level Question Stems that will be great for a literacy center or pre/post topic activities. Just copy, laminate, and attach rings for a handy resource your students can use again and again in all content areas. APP and WebSite Guides I have included 22 pages of App and WebSite links and information for your convenience. The short descriptions of each suggested App and WebSite will be very helpful as you plan Inquiry-based, Higher-Level Thinking activities.I hope you find this helpful! You may also be interested in the following products: My Back to School Time Capsule Fairytale Bundle! Three Critical Thinking Activities Test Prep Bundle The Mysteries of Harris Burdick Fast Finishers Activity Packet Teaching with Webb's Depth of Knowledge Bundle Logic Lineups: Monsters! Tips for My Customers!! How to save money on future purchases? Please go to your "My Purchases" page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a "Provide Feedback" button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give me feedback about my products, TPT gives you credits that you can use to save money on your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches. Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become one of my followers. As always, please feel free to ask me any questions about my products or to make a request for a new product by clicking on the "Ask a Question" button. Have a fabulous day and thank you for shopping in my store!!
The weather is getting warmer here in Colorado, and we have been taking daily walks right after dinner. The other day, we discovered a pond in our neighborhood filled with goslings, ducklings, and frogs, and it has become a favorite spot for my girls. Ever since we discovered the pond, the questions have started rolling ... Read more
Looking to grab students' attention during the first week of school with fun and easy science experiments? These super fun back to school science experiments are perfect for your first week of school science activities.
5 fun and engaging ways to celebrate the first day of school in STEM class: STEM name tag, Quick STEM challenge, All About Me STEM
Reading about the explorers to America and doing hands-on activities helps us too explore. This time, we're exploring the explorers!
Last week was my first week in my new school teaching 6th-8th ELL students. To say I was nervous was an understatement. I never thought I would ever teach in middle but I'm actually loving
Build my Name a simple STEM activity for preschool children working on letter recognition, engineering and shape recognition.
Build a marshmallow and toothpick tower for a fun and budget-friendly way to explore STEM with kids. Free printable.
Whether you are a seasoned pro or new to teaching with STEM, these first-week activities for STEM are sure to be a hit in your classroom.
Jelly Bean Toothpick Building is an easy STEM Activity for elementary to middle schoolers. A fun STEM challenge to encourage learning through exploration.
5 fun and engaging ways to celebrate the first day of school in STEM class: STEM name tag, Quick STEM challenge, All About Me STEM
STEM Class Activities for the First Week of School If you want to get to know a little more about your students, and get them started to think like scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, I have some great ideas for you! Get to Know You Activities for STEM Class Get to know your new STEM students with an All About Me activity! The Math About Me and Science About Me activities are perfect for this. With multiple options, depending on what grade you teach, there is something for everyone. These activities have your students think about things in a slightly different way. For example, in the Math About Me activity, their age can be displayed as a mathematical expression (such as 48÷4), while in the Science About Me activity, the banner asks students to write down how many solar orbits they have taken (their age). Collaborative Activities and Team Builders ABC STEM Game: Try to think of a "STEM word" for each letter of the alphabet as a class. You might start with "astronaut, architect, or ASK (the first step of the Engineering Design Process). Find Your Pair or Find Your Team: Use sets of colored straws, pencils, colored dice, or mini erasers. Pass out one to each student and then have them find the other student(s) with the same color/type of object. You can also use pairing cards such as these. This is great for when you want to build STEM teams, too! Find all my favorite STEM Team Builders and Icebreakers in this post: STEM Lab Rules and Expectations It's important to go over safety rules for all equipment, your specific rules to your classroom, and then to set expectations for students. You may have some you start with and you may want to ask your students to help come up with some basic ones too. Some ideas for STEM rules and expectations: Only operate equipment you've been trained to use. safety Report accidents right away. safety Clean up your workspace when you are finished. responsibility Listen to your teammates. It's okay to disagree but not be disrespectful. cooperation Sometimes you will fail and that's okay! Do your best and try again. growth mindset If you don't know, ask. curiosity What other rules and expectations do you use in your class? You may want to have a specific set of rules for things like robots, too! I created a free set of robot rules you can download below: Need a safety poster for your glue guns? This editable resource is available to download here: STEM Building Challenges Try some basic building challenges with your students so they can get a feel for hands-on activities right away! You can download Tower Task Card Challenges from my free resource library: You can also find STEM challenge cards to use with KEVA planks in this blog post: STEM Books to Read What better way to start off your school year than with books that inspire creativity and explore failure and growth mindset! Find all my recommendations over at this blog post: I hope you have a great start to your STEMtastic year! Pin these ideas to save them for later:
Nursery rhymes aren't just whimsical tales to entertain young minds; they also provide great opportunities for sparking creativity and problem-solving skills in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education. Through carefully crafted STEM challenges inspired by these beloved r
Are you looking for some fun and educational activities to do with your kids? Look no further! In this article, we will explore some exciting experiments kids
THIS BUNDLE INCLUDES SET 1 AND SET 2 OF HASHTAG BLOCKS SPEED BUILDS FOR A TOTAL OF 48 CHALLENGE CARDS! ***Compatible with "Hashtag Blocks" that are found seasonally in Target Dollar Spot! Please note that these blocks are a slightly different shape than "Plus-Plus Blocks." Hashtag blocks and these cards are not compatible with Plus-Plus Blocks.*** Ready to add a competitive edge to your STEM Bins while your students practice problem solving, spatial reasoning, and logical thinking?! With Hashtag Blocks STEM Bins Speed Builds, groups of 2-4 students race to complete leveled puzzle challenges! STEM Bins Speed Builds are designed to supplement my original STEM pack. They are ideal for hands-on morning work, early finishers, enrichment, and team building. Two different difficulty levels are provided: “Build it Flat” and “Build it Up” to accommodate a range of learning levels. "Build it Flat” cards are recommended for Pre-K-2nd Grade and "Build it Up” cards are recommended for 2nd Grade-5th Grade. There are 24 cards provided per difficulty level. OPTIONS FOR USE: 1) PARTNER OR SMALL GROUP SPEED BUILDS: Groups of 2-4 students race to build each challenge card the fastest. The first student to complete the build hits a buzzer or bell and “wins” that card. Play continues for the full set of cards. 2) INDEPENDENT SPEED BUILDS: Students work through each challenge card independently. They may choose to time themselves with a stopwatch. INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING: How to Use Organization What are My Students Learning? Hashtag Blocks box covers 24 Hashtag Blocks challenge cards – Build it FLAT 24 Hashtag Blocks challenge cards – Build it UP
See how Newton's Third Law of action and reaction explains why airplanes fly in the sky, ships move through water and rockets launch into space.
Whether you are a seasoned pro or new to teaching with STEM, these first-week activities for STEM are sure to be a hit in your classroom.
FREE printable Symmetry drawing activity for preschool and kindergarten kids. A fun art and math activity in one! Kids will complete the symmetrical pictures by drawing the other half.
This STEM Challenge turned out to be fun and so packed-full of learning. My students were a little skeptical when I started talking about this challenge. Turns out- they loved it! (I think their skepticism was in not understanding what we were building!) And then they learned so much. That's a win-win for me (and
Do you ever have an "Ah-ha" moment? Let your child have one of those moments while learning with this red cup STEM challenge.
Bring the water cycle to life right at your fingertips with our fun Water Cycle Flextangle Paper Toy. (Free Printable template.)
