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Transportation 3D Craft Activity - Hands-on and No-Prep Craftivity

By The Chatty Kinder

Teaching a transportation unit and looking for a fun and no-prep transportation craft activity? These Transportation 3D crafts are a fun and hands-on craftivity for your kindergarten to 2nd grade students. These transportation crafts make for the perfect STEM activity for your learners as they cut out the templates and practice building the vehicles.

With our Transportation 3D Craft Activity, they'll have a ton of fun constructing six awesome vehicles: a taxi, fire truck, school bus, dump truck, van, and police car.

What is in this Transportation 3D Craft Activity Printable?

6 templates
Sample images of each completed vehicle

What are the benefits of these Transportation 3D crafts?

Fun and hands-on learning
No-prep templates, just print and go!
Great for creativity and imagination
Helps with fine motor skills, spatial awareness and problem-solving abilities
Fun STEM activity
Perfect addition to transportation-themed lessons

What vehicles are included in this Transportation 3D crafts printable template for Kindergarten?

Taxi
Fire truck
Dump truck
School bus
Van
Police car

Using the Transportation 3D Craft templates printable:

No-prep templates, with simple instructions.
Your students will have to cut the templates and fold along the tabs.
They can then marvel in amazement as the vehicles come to live with some glue to hold the templates together!

For more craftivity resources check out the links below:

Community Helpers Craft Activity – Career Day Craftivity
Number Sense Craft Activity – Kindergarten Back to School Math Center
Winter Craft Handprint Activity – Winter Craftivity – Kindergarten Art
Winter Scissor Skills Cutting Practice and Crafts – Fine Motor Skills
Farm Animals 3D No-Prep Craftivity

This resource is licensed for personal classroom or home use only. Any commercial use is not permitted.

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Email me at hello@thechattykinder.com

Arts & Music

Engineering

Problem Solving

$3.00

Ramps Science Unit for Preschool and Kindergarten (Simple Machines)

By Joyful Explorations

Students will use balls, cars and other objects on ramps as they consider the question, "What affects the way an object rolls down a ramp?" This packet supports the Next Generation Science Standards.

The “Science Kids” series is intended to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate, hands-on science activities for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and the early grades. The activities in these packets are based on the scientific method and encourage inquiry-based learning. All activities can be differentiated to meet the needs of your students.

Concepts in this Unit:

*Some objects roll down ramps, while others slide.

*The height or texture of a ramp will change the distance and speed an object rolls.

*Changing the weight of an object will change the distance and speed it rolls down a ramp.

*An object will move around obstacles that are in its way as it rolls down a ramp

Investigations include:

*"Does it Roll or Slide?"

*"Does Height Make a Difference?"

*"Bumpy Ramps"

*"Heavy and Light"

*"Obstacles"

Printable "Prediction" and "What Really Happened?" sheets are included for many of these investigations.

Also included is a "Just for Fun" ramps art activity.

The final project in this packet is a "Design Your Own Ramp" activity with printable planning sheets and suggestions for ways that students can share their projects with their peers and others.

Science

Engineering

Physics

$5.00

STEM Challenges for Preschool, Kindergarten and the Early Grades

By Joyful Explorations

These 10 STEM challenges will motivate your students to come up with innovative and creative solutions as they are increasing their science and math skills. These STEM activities are most appropriate for children in Kindergarten-2nd Grade, but can be used in Preschool with the support of an adult.

► "Egg Drop"

► "Deliver a Message"

► "Bird Beak"

► "Floating Pennies"

► "Cross the River"

► "Marshmallow Tower"

► "Marble Roller Coaster"

► "Newspaper House"

► "Magnet Fish"

► "Pom Pom Launcher"

All of the activities in this packet follow a 5-step process:

Introduction- This is the part of the lesson where the teacher defines the challenge and the students begin to brainstorm solutions. There are no right or wrong answers during this part of the lesson.

Planning- Students work together (usually with a partner or in a small group) to come up with a potential solution for the challenge.

Construction- This is the building stage!

Testing- The students test their designs to see if they have solved the problem, and met the challenge.

Evaluation- The students critique their designs and think about what they might change.

Science

Engineering

Physics

$5.00

"5 Little Monkeys" STEM Challenges BUNDLE

By Joyful Explorations

Save money and get ALL of my “5 Little Monkey” STEM challenges in this bundle! (Be sure to download the preview to see everything that is included.) "STEM" means "Science, Technology, Engineering and Math", and even the youngest students can benefit from doing STEM activities. This packet incorporates reading and literacy along with the traditional STEM disciplines. "5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" STEM Challenges The five little monkeys have all bumped their heads, and the doctor needs your students to help take care of them! Activities include: ❤ A full-color printable book of “The Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed” (Letter-sized paper) ❤ Mini-books for students to take home (Black and White, half-sized pages) ❤ STEM challenge: “Build a Bed for the Monkeys” ❤ STEM challenge: “Call the Doctor” ❤ STEM challenge: “Bandage the Monkey” ❤ STEM challenge: "Make a Helmet" "5 Little Monkeys and the Crocodile" STEM Challenges The five little monkeys are stuck in a tree and they need help to get away from the nasty crocodile! Your students will have fun learning as they rescue the monkeys and help them get safely to their mama. Activities include: ❤ A full-color printable book of “The Five Little Monkeys and the Crocodile” (Letter-sized paper) ❤ Mini-books for students to take home (Black and White, half-sized pages) ❤ STEM challenge: “Help the Monkeys Jump Over the Crocodile!” ❤ STEM challenge: “Help the Monkeys Get to their Mama!” ❤ STEM challenge: “Help the Monkeys Put the Bananas in the Picnic Basket!” ❤ Coloring Page

Science

Engineering

$8.00

$6.50

Year Long Science Curriculum for Preschool and Kindergarten

By Joyful Explorations

The Science Kids curriculum is intended to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate, hands-on science activities for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and the early grades. The activities in these packets are based on the scientific method and encourage inquiry-based learning. All activities can be differentiated to meet the needs of your students.

This year long bundle includes 16 Science Units:

• “What do Scientists Do?”

• “Floating and Sinking”

• “Color Mixing”

• “Magnets”

• “Kitchen Chemistry”

• “Ramps”

• “Mirrors”

• “Gingerbread Science”

• “Freezing and Melting”

• “My Human Body”

• “Music and Vibration”

• “Shadows and Light”

• “Weather and Temperature”

• “Taking Care of the Earth”

• “Taking Care of Pets”

• “Taking Care of Plants”

This packet includes enough lessons for 32 weeks of hands-on learning. While 32 weeks is a bit shorter than a typical school year, this curriculum is designed to be flexible in order to give children the time they need to learn, so extra days are allowed for each unit. Additional, optional activities are also included for many of the units, and these can be used to help fill your days if needed.

This curriculum supports the Next Generation Science Standards for kindergarten.

Please see my other Science products if you want to supplement this curriculum.

$75.00

$65.00

Science Kids... Second Quarter Bundle

By Joyful Explorations

The “Science Kids” packets are designed to help students learn to think like scientists and begin to understand the process of scientific inquiry. This packet supports Next Generation Science Standard K-2-ETS1.

(*Save money by purchasing the entire Year Long Science Curriculum in one bundle.)

This bundle includes:

Kitchen Chemistry- Students will learn:

*Properties of Matter (The ingredients used in the investigations have different properties)

*Changes in States of Matter (The ingredients will change when combined with other ingredients)

Ramps – Students will learn:

*Some objects roll down ramps, while others slide.

*The height or texture of a ramp will change the distance and speed an object rolls.

*Changing the weight of an object will change the distance and speed it rolls down a ramp.

*An object will move around obstacles that are in its way as it rolls down a ramp

Mirrors and Reflections- Students will learn:

*Some surfaces are reflective and some are not

*Multiple mirrors can generate many images

*Mirrors can create symmetrical images

Gingerbread Man Science- Students will explore the following concepts:

*Dissolvability

*Buoyancy

*Bridge Construction

*Pendulums

*Properties of Waterproof and Non-waterproof Materials

The activities in this packet are designed to last for eight weeks, or one quarter of the traditional school year.

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$15.00

$13.00

STEM Activities Desert Survival STEAM Challenge for Elementary Kids FREE

By Teaching Dinos

Kids will LOVE this FREE SAMPLE of the silly Desert Survival STEM / STEAM activity based on a loose storyline where they will need to survive in the desert with their dog, Pickles! Pair these problem solving task cards with the no-prep STEAM / STEM printable worksheet for a great back to school resource. Include them in your Makerspace, STEM bins, morning tubs, centers, as a reward, or as an activity for early finishers. Perfect for classrooms, homeschool, and even parents looking for fun, adventure-filled learning-based activities for their children.

What’s Included in your FREE SAMPLE:

✅6 STEM / STEAM Challenge Task Cards (1 pg)

✅STEAM Worksheet - (1 pgs)

✅How to Use this Resource (1 pg)

**✅Instructions (**1 pg)

✅Materials Ideas (1 pg)

✅Cover, TOU, Credits

✅Black & White version

⭐⭐⭐The FULL Desert Survival STEM/STEAM Resource contains additional challenges, differentiated STEM/STEAM worksheets, Discussion Questions, Self & Teacher Assessment Rubrics, Extension Activity Ideas, and Easel Assessments. Click here to check out the FULL DESERT SURVIVAL RESOURCE.

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How can you use this resource?

(More ideas included in your download)

⭐Build all the task cards in one sitting. This typically takes 1 hour to complete the set.

⭐Have the task cards available alongside STEM and STEAM bins, makerspaces, centers, tubs, busy boxes, morning baskets, or available for early finishers to complete using any available materials. Students can even draw their creations instead of building them!

⭐Use one card a day during morning time. Have students fill out the STEAM / STEM worksheet with some of the challenges that require more problem solving and creativity.

⭐Use them for public speaking practice. Allow students to build as many cards as predetermined, followed by show and tell with the class, or their families. Students can practice speaking and listening skills, using loud and clear voices, and giving full attention to the speaker. Encourage students to ask questions to their classmates.

⭐Perfect for partner or group work! Allow students to work with partners, or in groups with specific roles as they problem solve together.

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Why do I think you will love this product, and what makes my challenge set unique?

I love silly stories that bring humor and adventure to life for kids, but that also force them to use their imaginations in fun and exciting ways. This challenge task set does exactly that through the loose wacky stories where they are the main character! Silly scenarios, adventure and disaster, problem solving, and learning, are all part of the experience when completing these challenges.

✈️The only rule is to HAVE FUN and allow those imaginations to soar!

⚠️This is not an editable document.**
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⭐Adventure STEM Building Challenge Task Cards BUNDLE for Elementary Students

⭐ BUNDLE of 90 Days Silly STEM and STEAM Challenges Distance Learning and PDF

⭐The Wild Robot Building Brick Challenge Task Cards

⭐30 Days of STEM | STEAM Silly Building Challenges | Distance Learning | SET 1

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Engineering

Problem Solving

For All Subject Areas

Free

THE WILD ROBOT STEM | STEAM Building Challenge Activity Task Cards

By Teaching Dinos

Kids will LOVE these independent The Wild Robot STEM / STEAM Building Challenge Task Cards based on book The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown. Pair these problem solving cards with the no-prep STEAM / STEM or sequencing worksheets, include them in your Makerspace, morning tubs, centers, as a reward, or as an activity for early finishers. Perfect for classrooms, homeschool, and even parents looking for fun, adventure filled activities for their children.

The Wild Robot Building Brick Challenge has 18 unique challenges created to follow the storyline in the order of the events as they happened.

What’s included in the 26 page download:

3 pages of 18 unique Full Color Challenge Task Cards
2 STEAM / STEM Worksheets in full color for early and upper elementary
5 Sequencing Worksheets in full color for the 18 challenges
Instructions Page
Terms of Use, Credits
Black and White copies of the task cards, STEM / STEAM, and Sequencing Worksheets

How can you use these task cards?

⭐Build all the task cards in one sitting. This typically takes 1 – 2 hours to complete the set.

⭐Have the task cards available in makerspaces, centers, tubs, busy boxes, morning baskets, or available for early finishers to complete using any available materials. Students can even draw their creations instead of building them.

⭐Use one card a day during morning time. Have students fill out a STEAM / STEM worksheet with some of the challenges that require more problem solving and creativity.

⭐Practice sequencing by having students do several cards at a time, and then draw pictures of what they built (or the scenarios on the task cards) in the sequencing boxes.

⭐Use them for public speaking practice. Allow students to build as many cards as predetermined, and then show and tell with the class or their parents. They can discuss what they made, liked, what they would improve, and how it solved the problem on the task cards. They can practice speaking and listening skills, using loud and clear voices, and giving full attention to the speaker. Encourage students to ask questions to their classmates.

Why do I think you will love this product, and what makes my challenge set unique?

I love silly stories that bring humor and adventure to life for kids, but that also force them to use their imaginations in fun and exciting ways. This challenge task set does exactly that through the loose wacky stories where they are the main character. Silly scenarios, adventure and disaster, problem solving, and learning, are all part of the experience when completing these challenges.

The only rule is to HAVE FUN and allow those imaginations to soar!

**Please note that while the intent is for these to be independent, early readers may need some assistance in reading the cards.**

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Related Products:

⭐Adventure STEM Building Challenge Task Cards BUNDLE for Elementary Students

⭐ BUNDLE of 90 Days Silly STEM and STEAM Challenges Distance Learning and PDF

⭐The Wild Robot Building Brick Challenge Task Cards

⭐Lost at Sea Building Brick Challenge Task Cards

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Follow Teaching Dinos on Pinterest HERE

Follow Teaching Dinos on Instagram HERE
Check out the Teaching Dinos Blog HERE

Please email me at TeachingDinos@gmail.com if you have any questions about this resource or experience any problems. I’d be happy to help you!

Literature

Engineering

Problem Solving

$3.00

STEM Activities Desert Survival STEAM Challenge for Elementary Kids

By Teaching Dinos

Kids will LOVE this silly Desert Survival STEM / STEAM activity based on a loose storyline where they will need to survive in the desert with their dog, Pickles! Pair these problem solving task cards with the no-prep STEAM / STEM printable worksheets for a great back to school resource. Include them in your Makerspace, STEM bins, morning tubs, centers, as a reward, or as an activity for early finishers. Perfect for classrooms, homeschool, and even parents looking for fun, adventure-filled learning-based activities for their children.

What’s Included:

✅12 STEM / STEAM Challenge Task Cards (2 pgs)
✅STEAM Worksheets - 4 options for differentiation (4 pgs)
✅How to Use this Resource (1 pg)
**✅Instructions (**1 pg)
✅Materials Ideas (1 pg)
✅Discussion Questions (1 pg)
✅Self & Teacher Assessment Rubrics (2 pgs)
✅Extension Activity Ideas (1 pg)
✅Cover, TOU, Credits
✅Black & White version

✅Easel Assessments:
►STEAM Worksheet - fill in the blank (1 pg)
►Self Assessment Rubric (1 pg)

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How can you use this resource?

(More ideas included in your download)

⭐Build all the task cards in one sitting. This typically takes 1 – 2 hours to complete the set.

⭐Have the task cards available alongside STEM and STEAM bins, makerspaces, centers, tubs, busy boxes, morning baskets, or available for early finishers to complete using any available materials. Students can even draw their creations instead of building them!

⭐Use one card a day during morning time. Have students fill out a STEAM / STEM worksheet with some of the challenges that require more problem solving and creativity.

⭐Use them for public speaking practice. Allow students to build as many cards as predetermined, followed by show and tell with the class, or their families. Use the Discussion Questions to help guide this portion. Students can practice speaking and listening skills, using loud and clear voices, and giving full attention to the speaker. Encourage students to ask questions to their classmates.

⭐Perfect for partner or group work! Allow students to work with partners, or in groups with specific roles as they problem solve together.

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Why do I think you will love this product, and what makes my challenge set unique?

I love silly stories that bring humor and adventure to life for kids, but that also force them to use their imaginations in fun and exciting ways. This challenge task set does exactly that through the loose wacky stories where they are the main character! Silly scenarios, adventure and disaster, problem solving, and learning, are all part of the experience when completing these challenges.

✈️The only rule is to HAVE FUN and allow those imaginations to soar!

⚠️This is not an editable document.**
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You may also be interested in these:

⭐Adventure STEM Building Challenge Task Cards BUNDLE for Elementary Students

⭐ BUNDLE of 90 Days Silly STEM and STEAM Challenges Distance Learning and PDF

⭐The Wild Robot Building Brick Challenge Task Cards

⭐30 Days of STEM | STEAM Silly Building Challenges | Distance Learning | SET 1

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⭐⭐⭐TeachShare CREDITS!!!⭐⭐⭐

Don't forget to leave a review to get your TeachShare credits! Whenever you give feedback on a purchased product, you receive credits that go towards future purchases on TPT. For every $1 spent, you receive 1 credit. 20 credits equals $1 towards future purchases! Believe me, THEY ADD UP!!!

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

LET'S CONNECT!

Follow Teaching Dinos on Pinterest HERE

Follow Teaching Dinos on Instagram HERE
Check out the Teaching Dinos Blog HERE

Please email me at TeachingDinos@gmail.com if you have any questions about this resource or experience any problems, I’d be happy to help you!

Engineering

Problem Solving

For All Subject Areas

$3.50

STEM Activities Day at the Zoo STEAM Challenge for Elementary Kids

By Teaching Dinos

Kids will LOVE this silly Day at the Zoo STEM / STEAM activity based on a loose storyline where they work at the local zoo! Pair these problem solving task cards with the no-prep STEAM / STEM printable worksheets for a great back to school resource. Include them in your Makerspace, STEM bins, morning tubs, centers, as a reward, or as an activity for early finishers. Perfect for classrooms, homeschool, and even parents looking for fun, adventure-filled learning-based activities for their children.