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Distance Learning STEM Challenges: Boxes of Awesome!

Distance Learning STEM Challenges: Boxes of Awesome!

With school closing because of COVID-19, our school was looking for a way to keep our students planning, designing, and creating. A week after our school closed, we received some new student Chromebooks. Inside were beautiful new laptops, that I know our students will be so happy to use when we return to school.  But what about now? I couldn’t… Read More

My 5 Favorite November STEM Activities

My 5 Favorite November STEM Activities

November is such a full month, Veteran’s Day and then to Thanksgiving Holiday Activities. STEM Fridays are a regular routine in my classroom.  I try to have an engineering design challenge and connect it with a book or a science/social studies concept.  One of my favorites is with the book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet. This story is about… Read More

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  • STEM Mega Bundle includes over 85 Challenges that will engage your students as they go through the engineering design process. Your students will learn to collaborate with their peers as they think critically and problem solve to complete seasonal STEM Challenges! ⭐These activities can also be used for STEAM Activities, STEM After School Programs, Summer Programs, Clubs, Maker Spaces, or at home. You will save money, time, and your students will be engaged in yearlong STEM Activities.
  • STEM Thanksgiving Puppet and Float Challenge will engage all your elementary students during the Thanksgiving holiday. This STEM Activity connects to the book Balloons Over Broadway. Students plan, design, and engineer a puppet or float. Your students will have fun putting on a school parade to show off their creations. Your students will love going through the design process as they cover the Next Generation Science Standards. Great for grades 3rd-5th #stem #iteachtoo #stemeducation
  • If you read The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown, this is the resource for you! Connecting STEM with a Great Book: The Wild Robot Escapes STEM Challenges is a packet of activities that your students will love and be engaged in while reading the novel. Students will complete STEM challenges that connect with events that take place throughout the story.
  • ⭐If you read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle this is the STEM Challenge for you? The movie is coming 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.
  • I Survived STEM Challenges: Connecting literature to STEM projects makes learning fun in elementary classrooms. Students will enjoy the stem reading activities as they read the I Survived book series by Lauren Tarshis. The reading activities will help engage even your relevant learners.
  • Are you looking for fun STEM activities that connects to the book The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons? Crayon STEM Challenges give students the opportunity to research the invention of crayons and the inventor of Crayolas. Students will compare entrepreneurs and inventors. Your students will love designing, creating, and engineering. Students will problem solve and think critically as they complete their challenges. Maker Spaces, STEM Labs
  • Are you looking for fun STEM activities that connects to the book The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons? Crayon STEM Challenges give students the opportunity to research the invention of crayons and the inventor of Crayolas. Students will compare entrepreneurs and inventors. Your students will love designing, creating, and engineering. Students will problem solve and think critically as they complete their challenges. Maker Spaces, STEM Labs
  • STEM Wind Car Lab is an activity that engages students in thinking through the Engineering Next Generation Science Standards. Poster of the standards are included. Students plan and construct a wind car using only a few productive resources. Economics is
  • ⭐If you read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle this is the STEM Challenge for you? The movie is coming 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.
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