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Science Common Core 8.EE.A.2 resources
STEM Space Lander Math & Engineering Activity
Space Lander STEM ChallengeThis STEM activity is one of our favorite engineering design challenges! The combination of marshmallows (or ping pong balls) and aliens makes this a winning STEM challenge! In the Space Lander Challenge, student teams build a lander using the engineering design process to keep two marshmallow "aliens" or "astronauts" inside a cup as it is dropped from various heights. Using straws, index cards, and mini marshmallows or cotton balls, students apply concepts of shock ab
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Grades:
5th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
Christmas STEM: Elf Zipline (Engineering Design)
A fun Christmas STEM Challenge for the winter holidays! Students will design a zip line vehicle to save an elf from a high place. This hands-on activity is an engaging design challenge that allows students to work in teams, apply the engineering design process, and connect math topics to real-world applications. Students will design a zip line to help rescue the elf! Elf Zipline Adventure STEM Activity Guide: Detailed teachers guide with links to resources Student handouts to guide them through
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
...
Also included in: Christmas STEM Challenges Bundle: Elf, Santa, and More!
STEM Sailboat Challenge Math & Engineering Activity
STEM Sailboat Engineering Activity Description Updated to include an editable STEM journals, instructional video, and teacher slides!The Sailboat STEM activity is a great way to incorporate the engineering design process into your classroom or afterschool program! Many are familiar with the boat buoyancy challenge, and this takes it one step further by adding a sail! Now students must build a boat to hold a specific weight as well as incorporate aerodynamic principals to make it move. This hands
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-PS2-2
...
Also included in: Middle School Distance Learning: Digital STEM Activity Bundle
Halloween STEM Activity: Candy Grabber STEM Activity
Fall or Halloween STEM Activity - updated with digital STEM journals and teacher slides!**Note: this challenge is identical to the Valentine's Day Candy Grabber Challenge but with a Halloween and fall theme!**This engineering design challenge is perfect for a fun and educational STEM Halloween project! Note: the word "Halloween" is not in the product - the pages are in black and orange with a candy graphic. Students will work in teams to design and build a device that uses the power of levers to
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
Bird Nest STEM Challenge (Biomimicry Engineering Activity)
Bird Nest Engineering Design Challenge Students will dive into the engineering design process with this hands-on STEM challenge building a nest to safely catch a falling egg. A follow-up activity teaches biomimicry by relating what was learned in building a bird nest and applying it to designing a landing pad for a space capsule. As a student-driven assignment, the purpose of the teacher is to act as a facilitator. You will provide the structure to the project, but students will take an active r
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Distance Learning: Digital STEM Activity Bundle
STEM Valentine's Day Challenge: Candy Grabber Math & Engineering
Valentine's Day STEM ActivityThis engineering design challenge is perfect for a fun and educational STEM Valentine's Day challenge! Students will design and build a device that uses the power of levers to pick up candy from a distance. Included teacher instruction slides and printed or digital student journals. **Note: this challenge is identical to the Fall Halloween Candy Grabber Challenge but with a Valentine's Day theme!Supports Distance Learning: Editable Google Slides for a digital STEM Jo
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
Start the year with our most popular fall STEM challenges! These STEM activities are great for back to school, celebrating the fall season, and connecting to Halloween and Thanksgiving themes! 5 Halloween Themed Engineering ChallengesSpider Parachute Halloween Engineering Challenge: Design a parachute to save a spider! This is a fun Halloween STEM activity that your students will love with a version for distance learning!Haunted House Paper Circuit Halloween STEM Activity: What’s more spooktacku
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
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Thanksgiving Turkey Nest Challenge Engineering Activity
Thanksgiving Turkey Nest STEM ChallengeStudents will practice the Engineering Design Process with this hands-on STEM challenge building a turkey nest to safely catch a falling egg. A fun twist on the classic egg-drop challenge, this activity is an exciting way to foster critical thinking and team-building skills! An included bonus activity adds an additional theoretical design challenge and writing topic. Students must brainstorm and design a device to protect the newly laid turkey eggs from pre
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
Science Measurement: Scientific Notation Worksheet Packet
Great practical science basic worksheets focused on the writing scientific notation with both positive and negative exponents.CLICK HERE to SAVE 20% on this activity with our Science Basics Measurement Bundle.This 4 page packet include 2 worksheets and answers keys for each of the 4 worksheets.Perfect for warm up exercises, classroom worksheets, and homework packets.If you like this science basic skill packet, check out our other packets:Science Basic Determining Density PacketScience Basic Read
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in: Science Measurement Bundle + Bonus Activity
Save the Polar Bears! Winter STEM Challenge
Save the Polar Bears: Sailboat Winter STEM Engineering Design Challenge with Math Extensions Includes an editable STEM journals, teacher slides, and instructional video.A family of polar bears need your help! Due to climate change, their sea ice home is melting, and we need to move the family to a new location. Use the engineering design process to design and build a boat to carry the polar bears to a new home. The Sailboat STEM activity is a great way to incorporate the engineering design proce
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-PS2-2
...
On Track with Math! Ratios and Proportions
Map your actual daily schedule for one day. Start with waking up in the morning, then work your way through the day in 20-minute segments. How do you “spend” your time? ESSENTIAL QUESTIONWhat is the golden ratio and how is it useful?What role do ratios and proportions play in your daily life?SUGGESTED MATERIALShandoutart suppliesruleroptional: calculator and compass
Collision Lab: Introduction to Momentum
**Updated to match updates in Phet simulation**Students ...Explore non-sticky collisionsInvestigate the Law of Conservation of MomentumDerive the equation for momentum Solve collision problemsNGSS Addressed: MS-PS2-1. Apply Newton’s Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects.*Cause and Effect Cause and effect relationships may be used to predict phenomena in natural or designed systems. (MS-PS2-3),(MS-PS2- 5) Systems and System Models Models can be
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Grades:
7th - 9th
Gravity and Kenematics (Ramps Investigations)- Driving STEM
PurposeTo help students utilize scientific methodology to calculate acceleration due to gravity. To illustrate the connection between technology and research.ESSENTIAL QUESTIONWhat is acceleration due to gravity? What is the relationship between the speed of falling objects and the height from which they fall?Professor Pi’s Math Note3-4-5 Triangles (Pythagorean Theorem)SUGGESTED MATERIALS2.5 meter-long smooth board for class demoor 1 board for every 6 students (the track)or DIY version from home
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-ETS1-3
, MS-PS2-4
, MS-PS2-2
, HS-PS2-1
, HS-PS2-4
...
On Track with Math! Ratios and Sponsorships
Map your actual daily schedule for one day. Start with waking up in the morning, then work your way through the day in 20-minute segments. How do you “spend” your time? ESSENTIAL QUESTIONWhat makes a race car go besides fuel?What role do ratios and proportions play in your daily life?SUGGESTED MATERIALSHandoutPencil and Paperoptional: calculator and compass
2D and 3D Design (Coordinate Planes)- Driving STEM
PurposeMap an object.ESSENTIAL QUESTIONWhat is the difference in 2D and 3D graphs?SUGGESTED MATERIALSClay (~50 grams per person)String to cut clayRulerGrid handoutOptional: TinkerCad or CAD access
Measure It! Accuracy, Precision, and the Pythagorean Theorem
SIMPLE MACHINESHow accurate are the measurements? How precise?ESSENTIAL QUESTIONWhy do we use measurements?Professor Pi’s Math Note3-4-5 Triangles (Pythagorean Theorem)SUGGESTED MATERIALSUse a flexible tape measure or string stretched along a meter stick to measure a selection of round objects.
MATH LESSON & MATH LAB - The Fibonacci Sequence
Have students discover, for themselves, both the Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio in this very fun lesson about patterns!This is a tried and true math lesson and lab that I have created and used for many years with my 7th and 8th grade classes. Students use a fancy formula derived by mathematician Jacques Philippe Marie Binet that will figure out any number in the Fibonacci sequence. And, they find out more about the special number phi. In the MATH LESSON, students will ...evaluate an exp
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Grades:
6th - 10th, Adult Education
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-5
, MS-LS1-4
Scientific Notation Google Slides Lesson
Features a Google Slides lesson/presentation that covers properties of exponents, integer exponents, scientific notations, adding and subtracting with scientific notation, and multiplying and dividing with scientific notation.The topics covered in this presentation include:Writing numbers in scientific notationExpanding numbers in standard formUsing a calculator to interpret numbers in scientific notationKeep your students engaged and accountable with this interactive, versatile presentation. Em
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Grades:
6th - 12th
The Dream House Project
A great Math project to test students Geometry understanding. Can be used grade 6-8 as it is pretty open ended. Students will demonstrate their understanding in:PerimeterSurface area (and 2D shapes)Volume (and 3D shapes)
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5th - 9th
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Free Fall Lab
In this lab, students first use the free fall equation to calculate the theoretical time for a ball to fall from four different heights. Second, they do an experiment and record the actual time to fall. Third, they calculate the percent error between the two times. It is designed as an introduction to the free fall equation and provides a common experience for the teacher to expand upon. It also serves as a method for calculating percent error.Materials needed: 2 metersticks1 ball1 stopwatch (or
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Grades:
7th - 12th
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SPACE Sequencing Puzzles | Number Sense | Ordering | Recognition Activties
Space into recognizing and ordering numbers, letters or any sequence when you create these fun space themed puzzles. Students will love these for math centers, language centers, science games or early finishers. Each puzzle can be customized so you can create the perfect sequences to align with your students need. You can make puzzles for linear counting, skip counting, letter recognition and ordering or anything else you can think of that would benefit your students.There are 25 space puzzles s
Lesson 8. Parallel Lines, Transversals. Pythagorus, and Making Rafters
Students will use parallel lines and transversal angles names and their relationships to better understand how to make a roof rafter. Students familiarize themselves with the required vocabulary to create a roof rafter. Students have an opportunity to practice angle pair names and solving for unknown angles-Students determine how long their rafter will be? (Solving for unknown side lengths in a right triangle using the Pythagorean Theorem)
Lesson 7. In what ways are cells and houses similar?
Students will explore the relationship between the surface area and volume of “regular” shapes and think about the reasons why it is necessary for cells to be small. Students will calculate the surface area to volume ratio for cells of different sizes and shapes.
Sprialling In Control
This is a cross-curricular lesson used in connection with Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Literacy, and Art. Video clips, internet, research, and word processing will be used in connection to technology. In this lesson students will use a variety of mathematical tools to create their own mathematical golden ratio (golden section pertaining to engineers). They will discover where golden ratios are in nature and how it pertains to their life today. They will learn that Engineers have u
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Grades:
8th
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