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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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⚡⚡ This resource is part of a larger STEM/STEAM bundles!

Save 25% by purchasing the PRINTABLE BUNDLE HERE.

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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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Christmas Candy Canes Nonfiction Text with Science Experiment

By Science and STEAM Team

Do you need a fun, engaging activity that integrates language arts and science before the holidays?
This resource will save you time and energy!
This is a science nonfiction text about candy canes. It is an independent read for upper elementary grades but would make an excellent read-aloud for the lower grades. It talks about how candy canes came to be and how they are manufactured.
Reference to a YouTube showing candy cane production is included. There are suggestions for creating your own assembly line.
It is paired with a candy cane science experiment.
There is a suggested STEM project that students can work on while waiting to see the experiment results!

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Lost at Sea STEM and STEAM Activity Task Cards for your Makerspace

By Teaching Dinos

Embark on an exhilarating educational voyage with our Lost at Sea STEM and STEAM activities, where students find themselves at the center of wild and wacky adventures as the main character. These engaging STEM challenge task cards and accompanying STEAM worksheets weave a thrilling storyline into the learning experience, transforming the classroom into a high-seas adventure where students take on daring challenges, confront dangers, and craft ingenious solutions.

Our differentiated STEAM worksheets can easily be paired with any of the task cards, and they ensure that students of all abilities can participate in these STEM activities. Seamlessly integrate these STEM challenges into Makerspaces, STEM bins, morning tubs, centers, as a reward, or as an activity for early finishers.

This Lost at Sea STEM and STEAM Activity is perfect for classrooms, homeschoolers, and parents on the hunt for fun and adventure-filled learning-based activities for their children.

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These wacky storylines are sure to be unlike anything they've ever encountered before!**

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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⚡⚡ This resource is part of a larger STEM/STEAM bundles!

Save 25% by purchasing the PRINTABLE BUNDLE HERE.

Need BOTH Print and Google Slides? Save more than 30% by purchasing the GOOGLE & PRINT BUNDLE HERE, and get a Bonus pack of STEM Posters with your purchase! ⚡ ⚡

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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 Activity 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 absolutely love funny stories that not only entertain and thrill kids but also nudge their creativity into overdrive. This challenge task set accomplishes just that with its imaginative and quirky narratives where kids take the lead role. In these scenarios, they'll discover humor, adventure, problem-solving, and learning, creating a truly immersive, real-time experience as they step into the shoes of the main character. I'm confident they've never encountered wacky storylines quite like these!

✈️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!!!

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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

Bubbles Nonfiction Text and STEM Challenge for Primary Grades

By Science and STEAM Team

This is great science 2-page non-fiction text about bubbles that is a great end of the year activity! It is paired with a "make a unique bubble" STEM challenge". This aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards. There are three graphic organizers for independent follow-up work after the reading and specific instructions for the challenge. Materials for the challenge are things most teachers have or are readily available.

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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.