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!

I grab the rubber frogs we use from Amazon!  These frogs are about 2 inches across.  You can REUSE the frogs for the different challenges.

The following challenges are included in this bundle:

Frog Rescue

Materials Needed: (per team)

- 2-3 plastic cups

- 6 wide popsicle sticks

- 2 index cards

- rubber frogs

Largest Lily Pad

Materials Needed: (per pair)

- one sheet of colored copy paper

- scissors and tape

- ruler or tape measure

- rubber frogs

Tallest Frog Slide

Materials Needed: (per pair or team)

- toilet paper tubes

- copy paper

- scissors and tape

- ruler or tape measure

- rubber frogs

Foil Frog Boat

Materials Needed: (per pair or individual)

- 6 inch x 6 inch sheet of foil

- tub of water (shoebox tubs work well)

- rubber frogs

Longest Frog Launch

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!

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?

Just grab either a spiral notebook or a composition book for each student!  I print the lab sheets, vocabulary sheets, and posters at a 90% zoom so they fit perfectly into the notebook!

This STEM notebook should last the entire school year!

My students find it to be a great resource for recording their ideas, successes, and failures.

You can add photos, illustrations, and other items to the STEM notebook, too!

We focus on a specific STEM topic each month in our classroom, so students can learn from previous failures as they work on figuring out new tasks.  We usually start the school year with towers!

I have a STEM bulletin board in my classroom each year and we use these notebook packs to fill the board up over the course of the month.  

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.

We add information and materials to this bulletin board throughout the month.  We even attach some of our best towers to the board (or at least pictures of them)!

We find this to be a great resource to have in our classroom!

We use the following schedule for our monthly STEM topics:

August - 3D Shapes (This one is FREE in my TPT store!)

September - Towers

October - Paper Airplanes

November - Roller Coasters

December - Structures

January - Rockets

February - Catapults

March - Bridges

April - Vehicles

May - Boats

June - Parachutes

You can move these topics around so they work for your classroom and your curriculum!  As these packs are made, I will link them and bundle them!

These packs are BUNDLED in my TPT store!  Grab the bundle for a big discount!

Let's really GROW your STEM classroom this year!