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Engineering Common Core 5.MD.C.3 resources
STEM Oil Spill Challenge - Earth Day STEM Activity
Oil Spill STEM Activity - Great for Earth Day! Learn about the effects of an oil spill on the environment through a hands-on engineering challenge! The goal of this challenge is to clean up all of the oil from the feathers and from the water in the time provided. Students will work in teams to devise a plan to get the oil spill cleaned up in a specified time of work. Distance learning update: Activity has been updated to accommodate distance learning including instructions on creating a material
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Grades:
2nd - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 5-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ESS3-3
...
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Scientific Method Lab: Paper Airplane Model Design
This “Scientific Method Lab: Paper Airplane Design" was designed for my 5th grade class, but it can easily be used with any grade level. The Big Idea would be force and motion.Older students might even like to “tweak” the lab and design their own paper airplane models!Included are lab instructions following the scientific method, a data recording sheet, and the paper airplane foldables. The lab follows the scientific method, but it does not include a Review of Literature, an abstract, or a disp
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Also included in: Scientific Method Bundle
Back to School STEM Activities and Challenges
Back to School STEM Challenges Bundle is a packet of activities your students will love as they problem solve and think critically! These activities will engage your students as they unleash their imagination. Connecting important skills such as collecting data, making observations, and measurement skills will help you seamlessly add STEM to your current curriculum. These activities can also be used for STEM Fridays, STEAM Activities, Maker Spaces, Tinkering Labs, or After School Clubs. These
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Design a School Garden: STEM Project Guide
Design a school garden! Take your STEM or STEAM classroom or program to the next level with this in-depth engineering design STEM challenge. Students will apply scientific concepts, math skills, critical thinking, research, and engineering design to plan a long-term school garden for growing vegetables and other plants. This creative and in-depth project is a great activity for your classroom or afterschool program! Designing a school garden is a multidisciplinary project where creative and crit
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
...
A Wrinkle in Time Tesseract STEM Challenges
⭐If you read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle this is the STEM Challenge for you! The movie is out and kids are excited, so make learning fun by having your students create a Tesseract. Connecting STEM with a Great Book: A Wrinkle in Time STEM Challenge will get your students excited about reading. Students will design a TESSERACT. It is a great way to integrate literature and STEM! This lesson also connects with several geometry standards. ➪This product is included in my Connecting
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Also included in: STEM Novel Connections and Activities
Build a Model House STEAM Activity-Measure Area, Perimeter, Volume and More!
Turn your classroom into a construction zone with this fun STEM measurement project! Measure length, width, height, area, perimeter, and volume using both standard and metric units. Video tutorials are included for self-directed or teacher-directed learning!This product includes the following:Teacher Materials:• 3rd Grade Common Core State Standards (those used in project) Overview with "I CAN" Statements• 4th Grade Common Core State Standards (those used in project) Overview with "I CAN" Statem
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Volume/STEM Activity: Build a Robot
This activity will provide your students with an engaging and visual hands-on math experience that reinforces the basic concepts of volume measurement!
In this activity, students will cut out and assemble an assortment of rectangular prisms, calculate their volume, and then use the cut out prisms to assemble a robot.
Here is my recommended list of materials students will need to complete this activity:
-Student Directions sheet (included in this resource)
-Rectangular Prisms sheets (included
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 6th
Types:
STEM Spring Challenges! (Spring Break & Easter Activities)
Keep students motivated with the One Week Spring STEM Challenge! This activity is perfect to keep students learning during Spring Break or Easter holidays. This calendar is based on our popular Summer and Winter Break Activity Calendars. Activities are straightforward and accessible to students of all levels with little or no supplies needed. Activities provide hands-on learning that will ignite students’ curiosity in exploring the world around us. The daily activities will incorporate math conc
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Year-Round STEM Activity Calendar Bundle
STEM Challenges BUNDLE for the Whole Year
STEM challenges featuring seasonal themes that keep your students learning and engaged for the entire school year. While these are designed for my 5th grade class, they work for multiple grade levels. These activities are tied to the Common Core Standards.This set is a growing bundle. As more challenges are added to this bundle, the price will increase!Included:Wet and Wild Water SlidePictures of the product in actionGetting started infoTeaching tipsWild water slide introduction (complete with a
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
Volume STEM Challenge using Minecraft 5th, 6th, and 7th
Looking for a way to incorporate STEM into your math lesson? Do you need an extension activity for early finishers? Volumeville is a STEM challenge where students use their understanding of volume of rectangular prisms to build a town on Minecraft Education. Specifically, students are working on the following learning targets: Learning Target 1: I can solve for volume of rectangular prisms in real-world context.Learning Target 2: I can solve for composite volume in real-world context.When I used
Grades:
5th - 7th
Types:
STEM Activities - Forces STEM Challenge for Creating and Designing a Boat
This STEM Challenge can be used to cover a wide range of objectives. Students will research boat designs and use prior knowledge on sinking/floating to guide their learning. Using aluminum foil, students will design and build a boat that must hold at least 0.5 pounds! Use this STEM activity resource in the classroom or for distance or online learning. Included:- Teaching Slides- Teacher guidelines - Student Workbook The student workbook lays out the design process and guides your students thr
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: STEM Activities & STEM Challenge Bundle with 5 Challenges!!
Math STEM Activities | Math Tub
This STEM tub provides extensions to the upper elementary math standards. Students will be asked to build models of items that demonstrate math concepts such as perimeter, area, fractions, polygons, measurement, and time. You can extend students' learning by using the written reflection pages that are included. Watch students' engagement soar as they build models to demonstrate their understanding of their math standards!What's Included?*6 different STEM Tub Labels (6 in color, 6 in black &am
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Summer STEM Challenge BUNDLE
In this summer themed STEM challenge bundle, your students will face the ultimate challenge! In this set they will create a pool with a specific volume that can hold water as well as creating a water slide that doesn't leak or fall over. The final challenge in this exciting set is to create a float and accessory for the peep to enjoy in the pool. This is an excellent way to keep the engagement high as you near the end of the school year. Included: Wet and Wild Water SlidePictures of the product
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Summer STEM Challenge Water Slide
This ready to go Summer themed STEM challenge is perfect for the end of the school year! This challenge incorporates volume, real life story problems, as well as an exciting building challenge for students.
Included:
Pictures of the product in action
Getting started info
Teaching tips
Wild water slide introduction (complete with a link to a video on creating water slides!)
Prototype design page
Materials page
Trial notes
Modifications page
Final model
Math page (including story problems, vol
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Also included in: Summer STEM Challenge BUNDLE
STEAM Tales: Stories, Lessons & Provocations: Elementary Grade
STEAMTales: Stories & Provocations offers jumpstarts for media center maker stations or short investigations for elementary and middle grades. S.T.E.A.M. Tales stands alone, but the activities are best used with the S.T.E.A.M. Tales: Collected Stories to Inspire Elementary Engineering DesignIncludes:Digital Download PDF File46 Activity ProvocationsPrintable Student Logbook Design PagesTeacher IntroductionStation Signs
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Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 5-ESS3-1
...
Volume Project
Students will create an air drop package and the supplies to put inside the package. This project combines multiple math standards with engineering.
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Grades:
5th
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Summer STEM Challenge Pool Party
This Summer Pool Party Challenge is a fun way to add STEM learning into your classroom. The challenge begins with an interesting video on volume to serve as a reminder and gets them interested in the project. Students plan, create, implement trials while taking data, and so much more in this challenge.
This STEM challenge pairs PERFECTLY with my Summer STEM Challenge Water Slide
Included:
Product in action photos
How to use page
Pool Party direction page
Materials list (for students to fil
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
Also included in: Summer STEM Challenge BUNDLE
Next Generation Science and Engineering Standards Posters NGSS 5th Grade 8.5x11
Brighten your classroom & support your implementation of the Next Generation Science lessons with these standards posters! Trendy polka dots and popular Whimsy Clips, clip art, help make these 5th grade standards posters an engaging tool in your classroom! Each 8 1/2 x 11 poster includes the standards using “I” statements and is grouped by strand.Happy Teaching!PRINTING DIRECTIONSThe included files may be opened and printed from any PDF Reader. •Download and save the file•Right click on the
Subjects:
Grades:
5th
Solar Heater Design Project
This design project, which covers 5th grade math and science standards, encourages students to create a box that will be the most efficient at heating up water. All students will need to receive the same clear plastic water container, but then design a box to go around it. They may design any size, and then use materials for the inside or the outside of the box that they believe will create the best environment for maximizing the sun’s energy to heat water. After building and designing the box,
Subjects:
Grades:
5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 5-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
STEM Ship a Chip!
This is a STEM oriented activity called Ship a Chip where students get to be engineers and think about product design, packaging design, and customer support. This activity can be extended or reduced based on time and group needs. Typically it takes around 2 class periods for 2nd-5th grades but would also be great for older grades. This has a short teacher guide and also a double sided student worksheet. With older students I like to add in more math but with younger grades we focus on the measu
Christmas Design Challenge: Gingerbread House
Looking for an engaging project to keep your students with you until the very last minute before Christmas break?!? Try this design challenge! Using a digital newsletter, students work through 5 phases, including research, design testing, and building a cardboard gingerbread house. They are required to use NGSS science and engineering practices as well as a volume. After purchasing this project, the digital newsletter file you will need is linked on page 2 of the PDF file. I share the activity w
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
Next Generation Science and Engineering Standards Posters NGSS 5th Grade 11x17
Brighten your classroom & support your implementation of the Next Generation Science lessons with these standards posters! Trendy polka dots and popular Whimsy Clips, clip art, help make these 5th grade standards posters an engaging tool in your classroom! Each 11 x 17 poster includes the standards using “I” statements and is grouped by strand.Happy Teaching!PRINTING DIRECTIONSThe included files may be opened and printed from any PDF Reader. •Download and save the file•Right click on the fil
Subjects:
Grades:
5th
STEM Comic Book Style! BOAT Gr 5-6
Science + Super Heroes = FUN!What makes this STEM unit unique? It's setup like a COMIC BOOK! Kids will become engineers to help a super hero team defeat the bad guys! This mini-unit integrates Math, Reading, Science, and Writing.48 Pages of Resources include...Teacher Resources: Lesson plans/detailsAssessment RubricStudent Self-assessmentInstructional PostersReflection QuestionsVocabulary Cards/listEnrichment Puzzle pageStudent Resources:Student guide (formatted as a comic book) that allows st
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Grades:
5th - 6th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: MEGA SCIENCE Bundle for grades 5-6
Barging Ahead Challenge
This hands on challenge asks students to design a "barge" using one stick of modeling clay. The goal is to create a vessel that can float and hold the most pennies. All you need is modeling clay, pennies and buckets of water.
This activity includes pre-challenge worksheet, directions, data table and post activity questions.
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Grades:
4th - 9th
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