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Build a Mars Rover STEM Activity
Have your students build a Mars rover that lands on the planet! The goal of this STEM CHALLENGE is to create a design that lands in a designated area without cracking the egg inside of it. Using a list of supplies, students will design a Mars lander that meets a set of requirements. The rover will then be built according to the design, and tested from increasing heights. Can your students do it? Click on the link to read about how my 6th graders solved this design challenge!
Let students try to print like Gutenberg
Since our upper elementary and middle school students only know about iPhones, streaming services, and TikTok, how do you get them to care about history? Johannes Gutenberg? Have your students participate in this STEM challenge and create their own printing press. They'll discover it takes a lot of effort just to write their name or create a sentence. And, suddenly, their appreciation for what Gutenberg did will grow immensely! Read my blog post to see how easy this is to set up!
When Students Make a Printing Press
Since our upper elementary and middle school students only know about iPhones, streaming services, and TikTok, how do you get them to care about history? Johannes Gutenberg? Have your students participate in this STEM challenge and create their own printing press. They'll discover it takes a lot of effort just to write their name or create a sentence. And, suddenly, their appreciation for what Gutenberg did will grow immensely! Read my blog post to see how easy this is to set up!
Build a Mars Rover STEM Activity
Can your students build a rover that lands on Mars? This STEM challenge for upper elementary and middle school students is a perfect stand-alone activity. Or have students create one after you've studied outer space. Either way, your students will enjoy designing a rover that meets certain requirements set ahead of time. You'll be pleased with the collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and design elements!
Students Make Printing Presses
Since our upper elementary and middle school students only know about iPhones, streaming services, and TikTok, how do you get them to care about history? Johannes Gutenberg? Have your students participate in this STEM challenge and create their own printing press. They'll discover it takes a lot of effort just to write their name or create a sentence. And, suddenly, their appreciation for what Gutenberg did will grow immensely! Read my blog post to see how easy this is to set up!
Learning about the first printing presses
Since our upper elementary and middle school students only know about iPhones, streaming services, and TikTok, how do you get them to care about history? Johannes Gutenberg? Have your students participate in this STEM challenge and create their own printing press. They'll discover it takes a lot of effort just to write their name or create a sentence. And, suddenly, their appreciation for what Gutenberg did will grow immensely! Read my blog post to see how easy this is to set up!
September STEM Challenges
Looking for some fun STEM activities for back to school? STEM Take Home Challenge for September is a challenge your students and families will love. You can do monthly challenges with your class, or you can do this challenge anytime. Students will create a game using a shoebox. This challenge will get your students thinking critically and creatively! Great for upper elementary to middle school students!
10 Amazing Books For Upper Elementary That Your Students Will Love - Teaching the Stars
Looking for some great book to get your students engaged and excited to read? These books are fantastic for upper elementary students! Get them excited to read these meaningful stories and create a STEM connection with some STEM activities.
STEM Activities For Back To School
STEM Take Home Challenge for Back to School/August is a challenge your students and families will love. You can use this Back to School STEM Activity with your elementary students for on-site learning, distance learning, or blended learning. Students will create something using a single piece of paper. This challenge will get your students thinking critically and creatively! You can share this challenge on your Google Classroom or send home the printables.
STEM Activities For Elementary: Paper Elementary
If you are looking for engaging activities for STEM time in your classroom, you'll love these Paper Airplane STEM Challenges! Flying and creating paper airplanes is a fun activity that will engage your students as they collect data and use measurement skills. Includes Google Slides for remote learners! Great for upper elementary students!
Camping Activities To Try In Your Classroom - Teaching the Stars
Summer break is coming up fast and students are excited for their vacation plans! These camping activities are perfect for keeping elementary students engaged with STEM activities at the end of the school year.
STEM Challenges: Ferris wheel STEM Challenges
Are you looking for fun STEM activities that your students will enjoy? It connects to the books Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbons and George Ferris, What a Wheel by Barbara Lowell. The Ferris Wheel STEM Challenge will give students the opportunity to research the invention of the Ferris Wheel as they experiment with many important science and math concepts. Great for upper elementary students!
Elementary STEM Activities: Build A Dome
If you are searching for the perfect STEM challenge to add to your elementary STEM lessons, you'll love this unique and engaging STEM activity! The Dome STEM Challenge will engage your students as they learn about dome structures. Students will construct a dome structure and research domes. Students will go through the Engineering Process as they build and test their structures using various materials to construct it. Your students will love designing, creating, and engineering.
Peeps PBL Challenge
Your students will enjoy this Spring Project Based Learning challenge using Peeps. They will develop the cost and create a catapult, design and price a house, and research biomes so their Peeps can adapt to a particular location. This is an engaging activity for upper elementary and middle school students!
Winter STEM Activities & Challenges STEAM Activities Winter Themed Activities
Keep first, second, third, and fourth graders engaged and learning after the long winter break with this January Winter STEM Engineering Challenges resource. Included in this resource are four exciting activities that include an outline, a teacher brief listing all of the needed items & the activity goal, an anchor chart, design page, recording page, & a reflection page to help follow student thinking. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th grade students will love these exciting, differentiated STEM