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Free 1st grade engineering resources
FREE STEM Activity: Paper Chain STEM Challenge
Integrate STEM in your classroom with this FREE STEM Challenge! Begin building community in your classroom while introducing STEM. This activity helps students develop critical thinking and engineering skills. Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.Aligns with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).Includes:Instructions for The Paper Chain ChallengePlanning and Reflection PagesSTE
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K - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Team Building STEM Challenges Bundle
STEM for the 100th Day of School {FREE!}
FREE STEM Stations for the 100th Day of School!
Set up a STEMtastic 100th day for your little engineers with the following materials:
Page 3: Teacher Tips
Pages 4-7: STEM Journal with cover, reflection page, checklist, EDITABLE checklist, and station recording sheets
Pages 8-12: STEM Station display cards
Page 13: EDITABLE STEM Station display cards
Page 14: Credits
INTERESTED IN STEM FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR?!! Click Below!
STEM ALL YEAR
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PreK - 3rd
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FREE Summer STEM!
This FREE half-sized Summer STEM booklet is perfect to keep your little engineers engaged over summer break! Eight summer-themed challenges are provided in a choice board format, along with student recording sheets and a final reflection sheet. Open-ended challenges can be completed using common household materials and materials found in nature.
I hope you and your students LOVE it!
INTERESTED IN STEM FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR?!! Click Below!
STEM ALL YEAR
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K - 4th
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Storybook STEM {Iggy Peck, Architect FREEBIE}
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Created by Brooke Brown and Katie King, Storybook STEM provides early childhood teachers with weekly all-in-one units to cover essential skills in reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, math, science, and engineering.
This special FREEBIE edition of Storybook STEM accompanies the favorite read aloud, Iggy Peck, Ar
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K - 3rd
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Halloween Activity / STEM Challenge - Witch's Brew
Design a witch's brew potion that bubbles! Students will need to mix various ingredients until they find two that create a chemical reaction to make the potion bubble. This is a very fun activity even your youngest scientists will love! ContentsGetting StartedSuggested Material List (you will need baking soda, vinegar, and various other baking supplies)Teacher NotesPrintable Challenge Poster: Hang at your STEM center or near where the STEM creations are, especially if they will be on display for
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K - 4th
Also included in: STEM Activities and Challenges for K-2 - Whole Year Bundle
Creativity Drawing Activity ✏️ Bell Ringer ✏️ FREE
Do you see what I see? Probably not! These brain warm-ups will get your students thinking outside the box by taking a simple shape and turning it into a complete drawing. These pages (4 included) can be used for:Bell ringersEarly finishersAs a STEM or STEAM warm-up activityPrinting OptionPrint these images at up to 4 per page to give students 4 different drawings to work on (or choose full size for younger students). Did you know that seeing something significant, such as a face, in a familiar o
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K - 12th
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The Dot By Peter Reynolds Activities - Dot Day STEM and STEAM
Explore this growth mindset read-aloud with STEAM activities for International Dot Day! Warm-up the brain with dot and pixel art, and then dive into one (or all four) STEM challenges. These activities pair with the read aloud The Dot. Try these challenges and see where they take you!✅ What You'll Get ✅2 warm-up activities to get the creativity flowing4 STEM ActivitiesArt desk STEM activityEasel STEM activityPicture frame STEM activityPainting tool STEM activityRecording OptionsGraphic organizer
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: STEM Bundle of Activities and Challenges Read Aloud Books and Novels
STEM Activity Challenge Jumping Bugs K-2nd Grade
STEM Elementary Classroom ProjectThis activity involves putting an effervescent tablet inside a film canister with a little bit of water. As gas is produced, pressure will build in the film canister causing the cap to pop off. Students will color and tape a bug* of their choice to the bottom of the film canister and see how high their bug can go!!! The students can experiment with the amount of tablet and water to see what works best. *Bug illustrations are also included! This STEM Activity Cha
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Activity Challenges 16 Pack #1 (Elementary)
STEM Engineering Starter Kit for Teachers {elementary level}
Is your elementary school starting the Engineering Design Process? Does thinking about STEM make you want to pull your hair out? Do you feel confused about what STEM looks like in an elementary classroom setting? If so, this free STEM starter kit is for you! The packet includes everything I wish I had known about STEM when my school started implementing STEM in 2011. I hope it is helpful to you! I am in the process of going through all of the STEM activities I created over the past couple of yea
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K - 4th
*FREE* LEGO Stem Challenge Cards School Edition
12 Total Lego Challenges School ThemedTask card format:For most challenges, students won't need more than a handful of legos.There are easier challenges, and some challenges that will really push your students to think "outside the box".I use these as an early finisher activity or as a reward. They are a hit in any class.Tip: Store Task Cards in photo boxes and have a few tupperware bins full of Legos so multiple students may work at a time. Dollar Spot bags of "Legos" are great too.****As alway
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K - 5th
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Leprechaun Trap Challenge FREE March STEM Activity STEAM Activities Low Prep
Show your students how to catch a leprechaun with a leprechaun trap!!! This FREE St Patricks Day STEM challenge will get students designing a Leprechaun Trap. Perfect for March STEM activities! LOW PREP and easy to set up for including into any classroom with one sided response sheets, certificates, and more.⭐This is included in the MARCH STEM BUNDLE - Click here to view more!INCLUDED IN THIS LEPRECHAUN TRAP ACTIVITY:Leprechaun Trap Task Card printables (small for independent, large for group)Ac
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K - 3rd
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Shelter Building STEM Challenge
This FREE STEM challenge is designed similarly to the other STEM Challenges in my store. I am offering this one as a free sample so that you can experience the joy of STEM with your students. The “problem” presented in this shelter building challenge was a real life situation that happened to my family and me this summer on a back country hike. We got caught out in a rain storm on a hiking trail and were forced to quickly solve the problem of building a shelter to keep ourselves and our gear
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
STEM Challenge Task Cards - Learning Tubs - Pattern Blocks - Bridge Building
STEM challenge task cards - features 14 full color pictures for students to try to replicate with pattern blocks! Simply print and place in page protectors. Or print 2-4 slides to a page, laminate, and put on a ring to go with your pattern block math manipulatives. Scaffolds children's learning with a variety of difficulty levels - flat designs, towers, and bridges. Print & go! All you need is pattern blocks and a flat surface.
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PreK - 2nd
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FREE STEM Activity Catalog and May Recommended Resources
FREE Read Aloud STEM CatalogDownload this free catalog of our two largest bundles of STEM read-alouds and challenges organized by month with clickable links to all of the books and resources. We hope it is a helpful resource for you as you implement Read Aloud STEM with your students!FREE Rosie Revere STEM ChallengeIntegrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your classroom!Engage students with a real-world STEM activity where they learn about how engineering works. Students design, build, and test
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: 5th Grade STEM Activities and NGSS Science Lessons Curriculum BUNDLE
STEM in a Snap! {FREE Lesson Plan for Any STEM or STEAM Challenge}
This FREE lesson plan template is perfect for teachers who are new to teaching STEM or STEAM in the elementary grades and need guidance through the Engineering Design Process. The simple, one-page lesson plan walks you through the basic steps and teacher/student roles for each segment of a STEM/STEAM challenge, and the format is compatible with any project!
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PreK - 6th
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Save SAM with STEM and Teamwork!
STEM Engineering ChallengeTeamwork Activity!Save Sam with STEM! With a gummy worm, gummy lifesaver, a cup, and a paperclip, students will work in teams of two to solve a STEM challenge. Based on a popular STEM activity, we have added the engineering design process to this free activity. Perfect for an introduction to engineering in grades k-6 or a staff workshop.Teaches are saying:"This activity was so fun! I thought some of my first graders would get frustrated but they actually had a ball whi
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K - 6th, Staff
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: First Week of School STEM Activities Bundle
Lego Task Cards
These task cards are great for stations, calm down corner, free activity time. Use with legos or building blocks and the ideas help students begin their creations. Our students really enjoy working with these cards on their own or with a partner to create some of the ideas they see. I hope you enjoy this product.
Check out our other sets of task cards for a variety of units.
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PreK - 3rd
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Save Fred! Engineering and Design Challenge
Fred is a gummy worm that is not such a great swimmer and has fallen off his boat! Can you help save him? The challenge is to work with your teams using only the tools provided (paperclips) to flip Fred's cup back over, get Fred's life preserver on, and get him back in his boat! An introductory engineering and design challenge activity that I have used with great success in second through 8th grade classes. The engineering process is emphasized, focusing on the ideas of iterations and constr
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1st - 8th
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Easy STEM Activities | STEM Challenges | STEM Activities first day of school
Looking for a fun way to hook your students with cooperative learning, problem solving and critical thinking skills? This back to school STEM challenge will have you covered! Your students enjoy tackling these STEM team building activities together. This STEM challenge will have students use the design process to figure out the best way to complete the activity. These STEM activities are LOW-PREP and use CHEAP and EASILY available materials. This freebie is an example of my Seasonal STEM series
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1st - 4th
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*FREE* STEM Posters (Engineering Design Process)
If you have been incorporating STEM into your classrooms for a while now or just starting out, these posters are a MUST-HAVE!!
Teaching our students the Engineering Design Process is a key component of STEM ... and in life!
The five steps in the Engineering Design Process for STEM are:
1. ASK (students will ask questions)
2. IMAGINE (students being to imagine what their design will look like)
3. PLAN (students begin to plan our their design and/or creation)
4. CREATE (students will create
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K - 3rd
STEM Activities Desert Survival STEAM Challenge for Elementary Kids FREE
Kids will LOVE this FREE SAMPLE of the silly Desert Survival STEM / STEAM activity based on a loose storyline where they will need to survive in the desert with their dog, Pickles! Pair these problem solving task cards with the no-prep STEAM / STEM printable worksheet for a great back to school resource. Include them in your Makerspace, STEM bins, morning tubs, centers, as a reward, or as an activity for early finishers. Perfect for classrooms, homeschool, and even parents looking for fun, adven
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Engineering Design Process Worksheets for all STEM Challenges -Printed & Digital
Every engineering design challenge requires the engineering design process to find a solution. These worksheets walk students through the design process by providing space for recording data and consideration of each step. Your students will be solving problems like real engineers with these worksheets. Click here for an editable STEM journal to use with distance learning, including digital and printable versions.Looking for more STEM lessons? Our team of engineers and educators is dedicated to
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1st - 10th
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Engineering Design Process
Free interactive flip book to plan out every step of the engineering design process. The flip book has a cover page, definition page, and blank student page for each step: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, and Improve.
Includes an engineering design process poster.
This free resource can be used with Simple Machines Bundle. It is a great addition to any project based learning.
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
STEM Scavenger Hunt Icebreaker Activity
This scavenger hunt works great as an icebreaker game to transform the dynamics of your classroom– helping students get to know each other, work in teams, and learn something while having fun! This activity by Vivify also provides exposure to simple machines which are the foundation of tools used in physics and engineering to multiply force. In the scavenger hunt, students are asked to find items that represent the list of tools commonly used in S.T.E.M. fields. Let the hunt and creativity begin
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K - 8th
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Also included in: Back to School (Stage 1 STEM) Bundle: 50+ Icebreaker Activities
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