Winter STEM Activity

Celebrate winter with this fun and engaging NGSS-aligned STEM activity. Students will use given materials to design and engineer a winter home to house Sam the Snowman. This hands on activity aligns with NGSS Engineering Design 3-5 ETS 1-1 and will have students work together to brainstorm, design, and engineer a home following time and material constraints.

Students will:

• Work cooperatively to complete a task
• Use given materials to design a winter home for a snowman
• Brainstorm and engineer the design following task requirements

This winter science activity includes:

• Teacher instructions
• A materials list - choose to follow my list of materials or use your own
• 4 student worksheets to plan and design their winter STEM activity, record observations, and answer comprehension questions
• Rubric to assess their work

This winter STEM activity is aligned with NGSS Engineering Design 3-5 ETS 1-1: Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

How to Use This Winter STEM Activity in Your Classroom:

• Celebrate winter by using this activity while having students build on their design and engineering skills.
• Fun Friday activity to incorporate ETS into your classroom
• To complement a weather themed unit
• Before or after a snow day
• Before or after a school break
• Sub plans
• Independent science assignment
• Enrichment or gifted and talented activity

Teacher feedback:

• My kiddos loved building this igloo. I assigned the materials and they worked as a group to build it.
• We loved this during our day before winter break celebration!
• This was so much fun. Perfect for the Friday before Winter Break! Thank you!
• My students really got into designing and building these igloos. It was challenging, but doable for them. Thanks.
• I purchased this to use for our weather related E-learning/Flex days. Students will LOVE this science lesson!
• Cute activity to get the kids thinking creatively!

Looking for more winter activities?

• Winter activities and experiments
• Save Sam the Snowman STEM Activity
• Snow WebQuest
• January Science Activities
• February Science Activities
• Winter Solstice Activity
• Avalanches

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