First Week of School - Set of 3 STEM Challenges
Are you looking for some things to do during the first week or month of school to get your kids working cooperatively and learning to recover from failure? These 3 STEM challenges may be just what you are looking for this year! Click here to check out this pack in my tpt store!
Engineering with Frogs (well rubber frogs)...
Frogs may be one of my favorite things! I have used them as a classroom theme a few times and I absolutely love them! Click here to check out the collection of frog challenges in my TPT store!
I decided to make up a set of STEM challenges to go with Frogs! All you need to do is grab some rubber frogs from Amazon or the dollar store and you can find most of the other supplies in your classroom!
The following challenges are included in this bundle:
Materials Needed: (per team)
- 2-3 plastic cups
- 6 wide popsicle sticks
- 2 index cards
- rubber frogs
Materials Needed: (per pair)
- one sheet of colored copy paper
- scissors and tape
- ruler or tape measure
- rubber frogs
Materials Needed: (per pair or team)
- toilet paper tubes
- copy paper
- scissors and tape
- ruler or tape measure
- rubber frogs
Materials Needed: (per pair or individual)
- 6 inch x 6 inch sheet of foil
- tub of water (shoebox tubs work well)
- rubber frogs
Materials Needed: (per classroom)
- craft sticks (thin, thick, or both)
- rubber bands
- plastic spoons
- rubber frogs
- tape and scissors
- ruler or tape measure
These challenges are a great way to encourage teamwork at the beginning of the school year. They could also be used at any time!
Jump into some STEM Challenges this year!
STEM Notebook Packs - Towers
Looking for a way for your students to keep track of the things they learn doing STEM challenges, breaks, and/or activities? Why not try keeping STEM notebooks this year?
Each of the notebook packs contains vocabulary cards related to the topic, background information about the topic, different posters, diagram, bulletin board title letters, and a couple of notebook pages to record information about it.
Changing the DIFFICULTY of any STEM Challenge with a FREEBIE!
- Increase the amount of time for the challenge.
- Eliminate timed challenges.
- Give students a second chance at the STEM challenge using what they learned from their first experience to guide them.
- Give hints!
- Increase the amount of tape or any other supplies that were limited in the challenge.
- Let students switch teams.
- Turn an individual challenge into a pair or team challenge.
- Give struggling groups a hand.
- Allow groups to attach towers, bridges, or other structures to a table or the floor.
- Decrease the amount of time for the challenge.
- Add a time component to a challenge if it is not already a timed challenge.
- Reduce the amount of materials, like tape, that students get for the challenge.
- Take away supplies like scissors at a certain time during the challenge. You can make it a known time or a surprise!
- Turn a team challenge into a challenge for individuals or pairs.
- Make student teams move to a new table and begin work on another team's project. Try moving teams every 10 minutes! This change makes them crazy!
Celebrate Crocodile Day on June 17th!
Crocodile Day isn't an official worldwide holiday, but it could be a fun theme day for learning or celebrating crocodiles—amazing reptiles that live in rivers, lakes, and swamps!
This year it is celebrated on June 17th!
🐊 Crocodile Day – A Day to Learn About and Celebrate Crocodiles!
What is a crocodile?
A crocodile is a big reptile with rough, scaly skin, a long tail, and lots of sharp teeth. Crocodiles live near water and are great swimmers. They are one of the oldest animals on Earth!
Some Science about the RMS Titanic
Learning about the RMS Titanic is always a topic my students are interested in each year! We read an informational book about the Titanic and the I Survived graphic novel about the Titanic disaster. We also complete a few science labs about salt and ice and the kids are always amazed!
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