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7th grade physics resources for GATE
Paper Airplane STEM Activity Project Template Challenge Low Prep Sub Plans
This is the PAPER AIRPLANE STEM ACTIVITY you are looking for! The paper airplane STEM challenge is a fun, hands-on, and EASY to implement force and motion exploration that uses paper. This is the challenge for you. ✅This activity can be used with ANY grade (students will need to be able to fold and crease paper). It's an excellent fine motor skills activity and always produces surprising results. If you are learning about force and motion or measurement, this challenge is perfect for you!✅ What
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2nd - 8th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Force and Motion STEM project Egg Drop Challenge Engineering Design Process
Looking for a fun way for students to use their knowledge of force, Newton's laws, and practice their engineering skills? This egg drop STEM engineering design process challenge will get your students designing, testing, investigating, thinking like a disciplinarian, and acting as engineers as they improve their egg structures to mimic the Mars rover landing. ✎Print and digital versions This engineering design STEM project includes:✅ Teacher guide for doing the activity✅ Student handouts for t
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6th - 8th
Low Prep STEM Activities and Challenges 10 Engineering Design Process Projects
Low prep STEM activities that are highly engaging and follow the engineering design process! I've made it my mission to produce easy-to-implement and accessible challenges that have meaningful connections to STEM concepts as well as tie in with real world STEM careers.This bundle contains ⭐ 10 STEM challenges ⭐ you can do with readily available materials (low-cost and easy to prep). These are wonderful for team-building and can be used with a wide grade range. These can be used in the classroom,
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Gifted and Talented Unit - Time Travel Research and Design Project
★ ★ Gifted and Talented - Time Travel Research and Design Project★ ★The purpose of this unit is for students to investigate the philosophies of time and time travel. The students will apply this information to designing their own time travel vehicle and method.About This Unit:★Check it out!: This unit is included in the Gifted and Talented Upper Elementary Units Bundle at a discounted price!This middle-grades unit provides support for student to research philosophies of time and time travel an
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6th - 8th
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STEM Activities - 10 Low Prep STEM Challenges Careers Engineering Design Process
STEM activities and challenges your students will ❤️ love ❤️! This resource has 10 easy to implement STEM challenges that follow the engineering design process, and you can do with very little prep (not quite no prep but that's pretty much impossible with STEM)! Not only can these be used with a wide grade range, these were created to get students working in small teams, collaborating, and explore various STEM careers. I like to call these "10 STEM Challenges You Can Do TODAY!"✅ STEM Career Conn
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
Fortnite STEM Parachute Challenge and Activity
This STEM activity is a great group activity for your students and fans of Fortnite. The challenge in this activity is to design a more efficient parachute to jump out of the Battle Bus. The students need to work together to complete the challenge and experiment. This Fortnite activity is perfect for a back to school activity or all year around. You do not need to know what Fortnite is (your students will) to do this challenge, but this will earn you your kids respect and you will be that "cool
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3rd - 8th
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Sphero Basics: Movement Card Set
This card set describes the basic movement commands to program the sphero. This card set is designed for use with the SpheroEDU app.Great as a reference when doing any coding challenges with the sphero! Includes cards for the students and full pages for projection.
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2nd - 12th
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Also included in: Sphero Card Set Bundle 1
STEM Challenge - Desktop Putt-putt Golf Elementary GATE and Middle School
Two fun, hands-on lessons here which teach physical science concepts such as momentum, friction, elastic and inelastic collisions, and Newton’s Laws of Motion! National core standards including physical science and expository writing? 21st Century Learning Skills? Critical Thinking? They’re all here too!
These two lessons will take two or more hours of instruction time and are appropriate for 4th grade GATE classes through regular 8th grade science.
These lessons are the quick and easy versi
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: KID CREATED GAMES Standards-based STEM and Math Games Bundle
Physical Science Logic Puzzles 2nd Law of Motion, Momentum, Power & Work
Spark Curiosity and Critical Thinking with This Comprehensive Physics Puzzle Collection!Engage and Challenge Your Science Students: This bundle combines four of my top physics logic puzzles: Newton's 2nd Law of Motion, Momentum, Work, and Power, offering a unique and stimulating way to deepen students' understanding of fundamental physics concepts. Plus, the 2nd Law of Motion puzzle includes an additional 2-page worksheet featuring word problems and exercises on manipulating the F=ma formula and
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7th - 9th
3D Smart Phone Holographic Viewer - Physics of Light and Reflection
This lab is super inexpensive and so much fun! Students construct a four sided plastic prism from transparency film to view hologram videos found on Youtube. This quick and easy activity is related to light and reflection and is a great follow up to the physics of mirrors. It’s also a great filler for one of those odd days where one glass is longer than the others or if you need to wow your supervisor.You can make four viewers per sheet of transparency. I simply gave a call out for them at m
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4th - 12th
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STEM Paper Helicopter a Science and Engineering Challenge
This STEM science and engineering challenge will see students create a helicopter that rotates when dropped. It engages the students and challenges them to think about helicopter flight and what determines flight. This challenge looks at speed, direction, size, and use of wings.This pack contains everything you need. All you need to do is print it off and you are up and running. It can be used as either a group activity or an individual. I usually do it as a group as then you can allocate member
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3rd - 9th
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Also included in: STEM Flight Experiments with Science and Engineering Challenges Bundle
STEM Flight with Straw Rocket a Science and Engineering Challenge Activity
This STEM science and engineering challenge will challenge students concept of flight. The lesson begins with a technology challenge to construct a straw rocket with the materials given and then leads into questions about design, and launch angle. This pack contains everything you need (except straws). All you need to do is print it off and you are up and running. It can be used as either a group activity or an individual. I usually do it as a group as then you can allocate members various roles
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3rd - 9th
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STEM Flying Straw a Science and Engineering Challenge
This STEM science and engineering challenge will challenge students in what flight looks like. The lesson begins with a technology challenge to construct a paper plane with the materials given and then leads into the science lesson. This challenge looks at speed, direction, size, and types of wings.This pack contains everything you need (except straws). All you need to do is print it off and you are up and running. It can be used as either a group activity or an individual. I usually do it as a
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3rd - 9th
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Also included in: STEM Flight Experiments with Science and Engineering Challenges Bundle
Ground Effect Vehicle
Ground effect vehicles are able to move over smooth surfaces by gaining support fromt he movement of air pushing aginst the surface of the earth.Print out the attached worksheet ON CARDSTOCK1. Students need to cut out their GEV by cutting close to the blue line but NOT ON the blue line. 2. They can color the device if they would like. Color pencil and crayons ONLY. The ink from a marker could weigh down the device.3. They will then need to fold along the pink line.4. Add two clips- this is one o
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, HS-PS2-2
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Nuclear War card game
This game is about radioactive decay, not military war with nuclear weapons! The most peace-loving people among us still need to know how alpha, beta and gamma particles behave and what "decay" actually means. This team card/board game steps students through the process so they'll remember it.It's a team game with a moderator directing when the first team should stop trading or moving cards, and the second team should begin. You can play it with team members using only cards they've drawn, or yo
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7th - 12th
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Quick Lab Sheet Balloon Rockets - Newton's Third Law
Great activity for Newton's Third Law. Just a quick and easy lab sheet for the classic balloon rocket lab for 8th grade physical science but also appropriate for high school physics and conceptual physics or for 5th-7th graders that have more than one class period. Includes materials needed, procedure and some questions for students to answer. I put two of these to a page so that paper can be saved. Just a simple lab - but one of the year's favorites!!
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5th - 12th
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Let it Snow!
This is a science lab that teaches students the difference between polymers and monomers. Age range from K-6th grade. Explore the scientific method, while expanding the vocabulary of each student by creating artificial snow that can be handled and manipulated. *will need to purchase insta snow polymer from online source.
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K - 8th, Higher Education
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Physics of Toys PBL with Engineer Design Process
Are you studying physics with your students? If so, this PBL will be an engaging, meaningful way for them to tackle the real-world problem of childhood obesity. Students will use their knowledge of physics and the Engineer Design Process to create toys that will inspire movement in their fellow students, building more desire to be active and healthy.
Driving question: How can we, as toy engineers, use the Engineer Design Process to design and create toys that incorporate two laws of physics and
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
STEM Car Challenge
In this fun hands on activity, students learn about reverse engineering by taking apart toy cars to see how they work. Your students will take apart simple pull back cars – when they are pulled back they wind up and when released, they move forward. After taking them apart, students have to figure out how to put all of the parts back together correctly so it works again. This is a great STEM activity to introduce engineering and is also great to learn about potential and kinetic energy. Material
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7th - 9th
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Physics Lesson for Blood Splatter Lab F=M*A GATE Gifted
This PowerPoint makes it easy for Elementary students to understand a fundamental physics equation. We clear up common misconceptions about the speed of falling objects. This would make a great conclusion to a class experiment, or could be used as a jumping off point for individual research.
I used this PowerPoint as a wrap up discussion with my Elementary Gifted students. We used it at the conclusion of a Blood Splatter Lab which asked the question, "How does the distance associated with the i
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K - 8th
Waves-Electromagnetic Spectrum Worksheet
This electromagnetic spectrum worksheet will provide practice in identifying the diverse applications of electromagnetic waves in everyday life. Students are given a passage to read and need to identify the various forms of energy that are used in the story. Following this, they will apply their knowledge of the electromagnetic spectrum to answer questions based on the passage. Ideal for incorporation into 5E lesson plans, this electromagnetic spectrum activity serves as an excellent tool for re
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6th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-PS4-2
Also included in: Waves-Electromagnetic Spectrum Worksheet and Card Sort Bundle
Easy Electronics Lab
Students love exploring and designing electrical circuits in this hands-on creative lab. Watch as they engineer functioning circuits complete with lights, buzzers, and switches using batteries and salt dough. Working cooperatively, they will learn the principles of direct current and explore the difference between series and parallel circuits.
Inexpensive materials make this project perfect for schools with limited funds or resources. A complete materials list and ordering information are includ
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3rd - 8th
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Everyday Curiosity: Air Conditioner
Have you ever wondered why people use so much air conditioning? This issue of Everyday Curiosity investigates science and engineering related to keeping cool. It includes a brief discussion about the challenges of designing air conditioners and includes three hands-on projects exploring insulation, clothing, and DIY air conditioners.
Issues of Everyday Curiosity are perfect to use when you want to take on engineering challenges, provide additional enrichment, and bridge the gap between home and
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Everyday Curiosity: Toothpaste
Have you ever wondered about all of those ingredients in toothpaste? This issue of Everyday Curiosity digs deep into the chemistry of cleaning. It includes a brief discussion of what is in toothpaste and three design challenges that give kids opportunities to experiment with different aspects of chemical engineering.
Issues of Everyday Curiosity are perfect to use when you want to take on engineering challenges, provide additional enrichment, and bridge the gap between home and school.
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5th - 9th
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