Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
Vivify STEM
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Grade Levels
3rd - 9th, Homeschool
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
NGSSMS-ETS1-2
NGSSHS-ETS1-2
NGSSHS-ETS1-3
NGSSMS-ETS1-4
NGSSMS-ETS1-1
Formats Included
- Zip
- Easel Activity
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Easel Activities Included
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What educators are saying
I used this resource for a summer camp that focuses on STEM activities. By having a variety of similar activities, it allowed for discussions to be connected from day to day.
This product offers 30 different stem activities! Everything is well thought-out and helps kids build critical thing skills. Overall, a great product that can be used to teach many science concepts.
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Description
Space STEM Starter Challenges GROWING Bundle: Upper Elementary & Middle School STEM
Launch your students into STEM with these space-themed STEM challenges that incorporate the engineering design process. This mega bundle includes engaging STEM activities for space activities and design challenges all year long! These activities have been selected to best serve students in grades 4 - 8th. If you are looking for activities for younger grades, jump here for the elementary version.
Also included is the popular Mars Colony Design Project where students design a colony on Mars for the ultimate project-based learning experience! A lunar version is also provided to allow for a different theme!
20% off individual products! Bundle includes:
- Design a Mars Colony STEM Project: Students will apply scientific concepts, math skills, critical thinking, research, and engineering design to plan a long term habitat on Mars. (1) STEM Project guide with student handouts to guide teams through the engineering design process including reflection on society on Earth, learning about Mars, research, brainstorming solutions, designing colony, testing colony against scenarios, and final design. (2) Mission to Mars Planning Game product dives deeper into possible colony solutions, adds an interactive and game-like planning tool, teaches about real-world NASA engineering solutions, and is useful for students with limited internet access. (3) Explore Mars games: Teach students all about Mars through 5 interactive games and activities! Updated to include a digital journal.
- Design a Moon Colony STEM Project: A lunar themed version of the Mars Colony project.
- Mission to Mars STEM Curriculum: A complete STEM curriculum that follows a Mars storyline. Students are a team of astronauts and must complete engineering design challenges to survive! Click the link to learn more.
- Mission to Moon STEM Curriculum: A lunar version of the Mission to Mars that also includes 2 instructional videos for each mission!
- Save the Earth STEM Activity: Students use critical thinking and creativity to come up with ideas to stop an impending asteroid collision.
- Space Lander STEM Design Challenge: Student teams build a lander using the Engineering Design Process to keep two "astronauts" inside a cup as it is dropped from various heights. Includes printed and digital versions plus an instructional video.
- Kepler's Law of Planetary Motion: Demonstrate Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion with four engaging activities delivering a learning experience that is sure to grab the attention of all types of learners.
- Lunar Crater Team Challenge: 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.
- Ultraviolet Solar Light Shelter STEM Challenge: Using UV sensitive beads, students explore how different materials absorb UV light and use the engineering design process to build a UV safe shelter.
- Balloon Rocket Design Challenge: Students design balloon rockets to pop a balloon taped to the wall.
- Straw Rocket Design Challenge: This STEM challenge pack includes a paper straw rocket activity, straw rocket engineering design challenge using a Pitsco launcher, student handouts, and extension problems on variable testing and test result comparison.
- Space Rover Design Challenge: Students will build a rubber band powered rover to complete an exciting mission. They will then practice using Pi to analyze their design with imaginative math extension questions.
- Heavy-Lift Straw or Stomp Rocket STEM Challenge: (1) Students design and build a straw rocket that mimics the Falcon Heavy rocket. It must hit a target and release a "space car" after launch. (2) Students design and build a stomp rocket to be launched with a stomp rocket launcher.
- Drag Device Parachute STEM Design Challenge: 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. Includes digital STEM journal.
- Plants in Space STEM Design Challenge: Students will learn about what plants need to survive and then build a mini greenhouse. Students are then tasked to use the engineering design process to design and build a device to support their greenhouse. Includes printed and digital versions plus an instructional video
- Moon Rover STEM Design Challenge: NASA needs your help! Your mission is to use the engineering design process to design and build a rover to transport rock samples on the Moon. Includes printed and digital versions plus an instructional video.
- Moon Tower Challenge: Build a tower to hold up a welcome sign that includes an LED light that must be turned on with a switch on the ground (powered by a solar panel or coin cell battery).
- Zip Line Moon / Mars Challenge: Save a hurt astronaut with the use of a zip line! Includes a Moon and Mars version.
- Astronaut Wearable Device Challenge: Design a wearable device for an astronaut exercising on the ISS
- Heat Shield Space Exploration Design Challenge: Design a heat shield to protect your crew.
- Orbital Space Lab STEM Inquiry Unit
- Pneumatic Device: Mars Challenge
- Space Fridge STEM Challenge (Astronaut Food)
- Eating in Space: Design a Space Menu
- Mars or Moon Rover Design Challenge
Some of the math, science, and engineering topics covered in this space-themed STEM mega bundle pack:
- Forces & motion
- Space Sciences
- Rocketry
- Newton's Third Law
- Engineering Design Process
- Angles
- Variables & testing
- Moon phases
- Planets
- Solar Energy
- Kepler Laws
- Geometry
- Botany
Each STEM challenge includes:
- Detailed educator guide with links to resources
- Handouts on STEM career and real-world connections
- Student recording packet for each step of the engineering design process
- Science extension activities
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- Vivify's Resource Guide
- Learn about the 3 Stages of STEM
- Vivify STEM Membership
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Teaching Duration
1 Semester
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Standards
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NGSSMS-ETS1-2
Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
NGSSHS-ETS1-2
Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems that can be solved through engineering.
NGSSHS-ETS1-3
Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics, as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.
NGSSMS-ETS1-4
Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.
NGSSMS-ETS1-1
Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
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