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Elementary engineering research
Intro to STEM: Think Like a Scientist & Engineer!
A great way to introduce STEM into your classroom! Updated to include editable versions of all student handouts! How does a scientist explore the world? How can you think like an engineer? Students will explore these questions and more through a series of critical thinking STEM exercises. The packet includes 4 critical thinking challenges centered on STEM learning (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). These activities expose students to the real world of science and engineering with chal
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3rd - 10th
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Also included in: Back to School (Stage 1 STEM) Bundle: 50+ Icebreaker Activities
Design a Map: Project Based Learning Activity
The Design A Map: Project Based Learning Activity provides students with a challenge to inquiry and learn about maps, types of maps, elements of maps and ultimately design and create their own map as a final project. This is a great way for students to get excited about mapping skills and understand maps through using mapping skills themselves through research online, data collecting, and creating.
THE CHALLENGE
Congratulations! You’ve been selected for a design
challenge of creating a map for
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4th - 7th
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Rube Goldberg's Compound Machine Project - POP A Balloon!!!
Lots of fun and educational too! Good project to use at the end of the school year. Students create a Rube Goldberg Compound Machine that pops a balloon (this will work for making any compound machine), but first they have to fill out a Project Design Idea Form and then a Project Design Form & Blueprint. Once these are all approved, they can begin the fun of constructing the machine.
Students are quick to discover that their blueprints don’t generally work exactly the way the envisioned it
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Space Project Craft Activity - STEM - PBL
If you would like to purchase the 100% EDITABLE version of this product, click here!Engage your students in project-based learning!The boundless, mysterious, and largely unexplored void that is known as Space has fascinated human beings for thousands of years. From The Big Bang to the possibility of life on Europa (a moon of Jupiter), what we learn about our universe helps us understand our place within it. For this project, students complete 12 activities related to Space (The Big Bang, The Uni
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-3
5th Grade NGSS-Aligned Project-Based Science | Science PBL | Life Science
This is a bundle of PBL science units for 5th grade. These project-based learning (science-focused) research-based units are the perfect way to teach reading, writing, research skills, and science in one engaging, real-world unit. Your students will use key standards, such as research, reading comprehension, and engineering design in a real-life scenario. The best part about PBL is that student choice and differentiation are built in!5th Grade Driving Questions:How can I construct a model that t
Who is an Engineer or Scientist? STEM Career Game & Activity
Who is a STEM professional? Who is a scientist? Who is an engineer? Everyone knows that engineers are nerdy guys with glasses and scientists always have crazy hair! Help students break down the stereotypes around STEM careers by showing them that anyone, including them, can be an engineer or scientist! The game and activities in this packet will uncover your students’ misconceptions and highlight real living scientists and engineers that might not fit their stereotypes. Printed and digital versi
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PreK - 9th, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Intro to STEM Bundle: Icebreaker & Teamwork Activities
4th Grade NGSS Project-Based Science | Science PBL | Natural Hazards, Energy
This is a bundle of PBL science units for 4th grade. These project-based learning (science-focused) research-based units are the perfect way to teach reading, writing, research skills, and science in one engaging, real-world unit. Your students will use key standards, such as research, reading comprehension, and engineering design in a real-life scenario. The best part about PBL is that student choice and differentiation are built in!4th Grade Driving Questions:How can I design a solution that w
Famous Scientists Research Project- Engineers for Middle School
Description:Do you want to expose your students to a diverse group of engineers? This resource contains 12 different engineers that have accomplished amazing things! Students get to select one engineer from the PowerPoint/Google slides, research that person (links to websites are included), and then create a one-pager about their person. This is a fun lesson that gives students a lot of choice and allows them to be creative in how they display their research on the one-pager. This lesson typical
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Famous Scientist Research Project Bundle
Boats and Buoyancy
Learning about boats and what makes them buoyant is a great opportunity for students to problem solve, make connections, scaffold learning, and apply concepts to the real world. The activities in this resource are presented in a sequential way. It can be printed off as a student workbook. There are no lessons per se, as the resource is more about discovery, and hands-on activities in order to learn about boats and buoyancy. It is important for the students to talk and write about their observati
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Science Inquiry Bundle
3rd-5th Grade NGSS-Aligned Project-Based Science | Science PBL | Life Science
This is a bundle of 12 PBL science units for 3rd-5th grade. These 3-week project-based learning (science-focused) research-based units are the perfect way to teach reading, writing, research skills, and science in one engaging, real-world unit. Your students will use key standards, such as research, reading comprehension, and engineering design in a real-life scenario. The best part about PBL is that student choice and differentiation are built in!3rd Grade Driving Questions:How can I communicat
Roller Coaster Research
Included:Research articles on 9 different roller coasters. Each article has a photograph, information and a QR code to "ride" that roller coaster.Several links and QR codes to research information as a class, in pairs or independently. The links work best if you are trying to show students how to navigate around the websites/videos whole group, before they use the QR codes to research on their own.20 Photographic vocabulary cards that describe and show they different elements that can be found i
Grades:
2nd - 4th
STEM Challenge Reference Sheet - Catapults - Use with ANY STEM Challenge!
This 2 page reference sheet is perfect for students to use while they are working on any STEM Engineering Challenge for catapults! It gives students information about different types of catapults as well as vocabulary, how they work, and a catapult diagram.
You can copy it front to back and laminate it for multiple uses. You could also copy them side by side on a sheet of 11 x 17 papermr.
Stay tuned for additional STEM reference sheets for other topics!
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Robot Research: Introduction to Robotics (online distance learning)
Video Overview --> HEREPLEASE NOTE: You will need access to YouTube at your school in order to use this resource in the classroom!This student activity is a fun introduction to robotics in the classroom, and can be used with various robotics units, including the 5th grade "Robotics and Automation" module. Please note: this activity does not take the place of any PLTW curriculum and should not be used in place of the PLTW curriculum.This activity works best if students have the following:Inter
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4th - 12th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Types of Engineers Posters
These posters introduce 10 different engineers. The poster explains their job and some characteristics they have in order to do their job. Each poster has a watercolor border and is easy to read. A simple student report is included in which students report on two different types of engineers of their choice. Information can be gathered from the posters. Students can research even further using the internet.Engineers included are:mechanicalindustrialcivilchemicalelectricalaerospaceenvironmentalau
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
Scientist and Inventor Bulletin Board Posters
Scientists and Inventors Bulletin Board! This is a set of 24 famous inventors and scientists that make a great addition to a history, science or engineering unit. They are enlarged versions with two inventors and scientists on a page that you can use for a bulletin board.
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This product is included in my Science Vocabulary Bundle that includes trading cards + word wall posters for 18 different science topics (276 cards total).
This Scientist and Inventor Bulletin Board includes:
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Grades:
5th - 10th
3rd Grade NGSS Project-Based Science | Science PBL | Life Cycles, Climate
This is a bundle of 4 PBL science units for 3rd grade. These 3-week project-based learning (science-focused) research-based units are the perfect way to teach reading, writing, research skills, and science in one engaging, real-world unit. Your students will use key standards, such as research, reading comprehension, and engineering design in a real-life scenario. The best part about PBL is that student choice and differentiation are built in!3rd Grade Driving Questions:How can I communicate inf
Toy Shop STEM: Engineering Design Process K-5 Bundle | {Digital & Print}
Do you need the perfect STEM activity for the week(s) leading up to Winter Break or at any point in the year? This resource introduces the Engineering Design Process and walks students through it while designing a toy! Students will be following the steps of defining a problem (provided for you), researching, planning, developing, and testing the toy they created.There are two themed options available for your class: one including Santa & his workshop -OR- a local toy company needing additio
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Grades:
K - 5th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
Create Your Own Mars Colony!
Students will love creating their own colony on Mars with other space colonists! First, they create a list of daily activities they do here on Earth before conducting guided research to make sure they have all the necessities on Mars to live and be happy. Research includes:Energy source - students pick a source of energy from a list to research before determining if it is the right energy for their new homeFood - Students research foods that could grow on Mars. Make sure you have all your foo
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Amazing Space Bundle!
STEM Sub Plans: Invention Timeline
This assignment guides students to make a timeline of an invention of their choice. They must provide a picture and description of their chosen invention at each phase of its life. Quick and easy to assign digitally through Google Slides.Fully editable Google Slides presentation.Helps students practice research and digital literacy.Easily adapted to in person, hybrid, or distance learning.
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: STEM Resources GROWING BUNDLE
Fables Stem Challenges
Perfect for primary students: First, Second, and Third Grade! STEM experiment to get students thinking, designing, and reflecting. Use the following fables to solve stem challenges: The Crow and the Pitcher- Make a Straw, The Dog and the Shadow- Make a Bridge, The Bowman and the Lion- Make a Bow and Arrow, and The Ant and the Grasshopper- Make a Backpack. Put kids in groups, partners, or have them work alone. Fold journal pages so they create a small book. Materials for each challenge listed on
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K - 3rd
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1st Grade Project Based Learning - Playground Design
For the adventurous teacher who likes an active classroom and trying new things!Students will design, in 2D and again in 3D models, the ultimate playground design. They will conduct polls throughout the school to figure out what other students like the most in a playground and then graph their data. They will visit a playground to take measurements and, of course, play around. They will record their measurements, and draw the playground on graph paper.
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Grades:
1st
Solar Cooker Ovens - Thermal Energy Transfer - STEM
If you would like to purchase the 100% EDITABLE version of this product, click here! Great for differentiation!Help create future engineers!In 1767, the Swiss naturalist, Horace de Saussure, wondered whether he could harness the sun’s energy to cook food. This led him to invent the world’s first solar oven. Solar ovens are renewable energy devices that use solar energy to cook food. The benefits of using solar ovens are numerous. Because they do not require fuel to operate, they help conserve en
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4th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-PS3-3
Mars Planet Settlement Project
Print and digital options available! Students will research, design and construct a settlement for Mars that includes designing a 2D spacecraft, choosing the colonists, and building a 3D model of their colony.The package includes:1. Unit title page2. Two pages of teacher notes3. Student title page4. Earth and Mars comparison worksheet5. Writing page for information gathered during research6. Myths, Martians and misconceptions surrounding Mars worksheet7. Research what has been accomplished so f
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Project Bundle
Bridge Unit and STEM Activity
This cross curricular activity combines Reading and Science skills. Students will begin by conducting bridge research! They will learn bridge vocabulary and learn about four types of bridges. After they have completed their research, they will apply their knowledge by building their very own bridge! This is a great STEM activity!
Included in this file:
- Kid friendly, informational text on bridges (4 pages)
- Research recording pages (3 pages)
- Vocabulary assessment (2 pages) and answer key
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Grades:
1st - 5th
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