Less than $5 5th Grade Engineering Activities (by date, latest first)
Rubric for Engineering and Design Challenges Recording Sheet Worksheet
By Science and STEAM Team
This project rubric was designed with student input. There is a one-page rubric that focuses on self-assessment, but that also has space for students to comment on how their team worked. There is space for teacher comments as well. This is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards.
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STEM Challenge Make a Model of a Newly Discovered Animal
By Science and STEAM Team
Your students will love making a model of a newly discovered animal with this STEM Challenge! Students will read a card telling them what habitat they are in and what they need to "observe." Then they will take "field notes." Included are teacher tips and suggestions, task cards, directions for the challenge, and a sheet for students to take notes on, and a rubric so students can self-evaluate their work.
*This activity is included in our fourth grade life science unit.
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By Science and STEAM Team
Your students will love creating a structure that will survive an "earthquake" with this STEM Challenge! Included are teacher tips and suggestions and directions for the challenge.
*This activity is included in our fourth grade earth science unit.
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Engineering and Design Rubric and Posters
By Science and STEAM Team
This set of engineering and design process posters and rubric was designed with student input. There is a one page rubric that focuses on self-assessment, but that also has space for students to comment about how their team worked. There is space for teacher comments as well. There are also 4 color-coded posters to hang in your classroom so students can refer to them and self-monitor as they are working in their collaborative groups. This is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards.
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By Science and STEAM Team
Your students will love using Morse Code to send a message with this STEM Challenge! Included are teacher tips and suggestions, directions for the challenge, and a sheet for students to complete their plans on
*This activity is included in our fourth grade physical science unit.
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Bubbles Nonfiction Text and Make Bubble STEM Challenge for Upper Elementary
By Science and STEAM Team
This is great science 2-page non-fiction text about bubbles. It is paired with a "make a unique bubble STEM challenge." There is one graphic organizer for independent follow-up work after the reading, specific instructions for the challenge, and an engineering and design process recording sheet. Materials for the challenge are things most teachers have.
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By Science and STEAM Team
Your students will love designing something that can use magnets to solve a problem with this STEM Challenge! Included are teacher tips and suggestions, a reading about Maglev trains, video suggestion, directions for the challenge, and sheets for students to complete their plans on.
*This activity is included in our third grade physical science unit.
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Engineering and Design Process Recording Sheets
By Science and STEAM Team
These engineering and design recording sheets are made to go the Next Generation Science Standards**.** There is one sheet for lower elementary and one for upper elementary grades.
✅These are the same sheets that are included with our Engineering and Design Process posters and our STEM challenges for elementary grades.
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Paper Airplane STEM Challenge for Teaching Forces and Motion
By Science and STEAM Team
- Do you want to teach about forces and motion in a fun and engaging way!
- Your students will love these paper airplane STEM challenges (three levels) and collecting data about their plane's flight!
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Spring Robins Nonfiction for Upper Elementary and Build a Nest Challenge
By Science and STEAM Team
- This is a science non-fiction text about robins written with upper elementary students in mind.
- Students will learn about the life cycle of a robin as well as about how robins build a nest.
- It is paired with an engineering challenge that requires the students to gather natural materials and then build a nest that will hold three eggs!
- There are graphic organizers for students to use after the reading. Directions and planning sheets for the engineering and design challenges are also included.
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Spring Robin WebQuest and Build a Bird Nest STEM Challenge
By Science and STEAM Team
This is a highly engaging science WebQuest about robins. Students will be able to read, listen to bird calls, and watch short video clips while learning about robins. It is paired with a Make a Bird Nest STEM challenge. Students will need to gather natural materials and build a nest meeting several mathematical criteria: including width, height, and weight. There are three worksheets that can be completed along with specific instructions for the challenge, and an engineering and design process recording sheet.
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Students will have s'more fun while creating solar ovens! This resource encompasses the NGSS of engineering: as well as several others ( each of which are listed in this resource). Directions for making a solar oven using a pizza box and several other low-cost items, tips and suggestions sheet, and engineering and design process sheet for student use, and a sheet with basic facts about solar ovens are included.
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Paper Towel Absorbency Experiment and Strength Test
By Science and STEAM Team
This STEM resource will help you facilitate a lesson in which students will think of ways to test the absorbency and then the strength of paper towels. Tips and suggestions for the lesson are offered. There are recording sheets as well. This activity is best done in a classroom where students have had access to scientific materials such as beakers, graduated cylinders, gram weights, etc. If these materials aren't readily available cups, coins, marbles, etc. could be used instead.
This resource really gets kids thinking!
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Thanksgiving Wild Turkeys WebQuest and STEM Challenge
By Science and STEAM Team
- Do you want to integrate literacy and science?
- Do you want to keep your students engaged before the holidays and save yourself time and energy?
- This is an excellent science WebQuest about wild turkeys.
- It is paired with a "Make a Turkey that Sits on a Branch" STEM challenge." Materials for the challenge are things most teachers have.
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Wind Turbines Nonfiction Text and STEM Challenge
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- This is a great science 2-page informational reading passage about windmills and wind turbines.
- It is paired with a make a wind turbine STEM challenge.
- This aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards.
- There is one graphic organizer for independent follow-up work after the reading, specific instructions for the challenge, and an engineering and design process recording sheet. Materials for the challenge are things most teachers have.
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This is great science 2-page non-fiction text about spiders. It is paired with a "make a web with a spider STEM challenge." This aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards. There is one graphic organizer for independent follow-up work after the reading, specific instructions for the challenge, and an engineering and design process recording sheet. Materials for the challenge are things most teachers have.
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Newton's Laws of Motion Poster Acitivity
By Reece's Tech Shop by Scott Reece
You work for a poster company and your boss wants you to design a classroom poster about Newton's Laws of Motion.
Included:
PowerPoint Presentation w/ Project Scenario and examples.
Student Handout (Word document) w/ Project Scenario, Research Suggestions, Reflection Questions, and a Rubric.
STEM Activities Desert Survival STEAM Challenge GOOGLE SLIDES™ for Elementary
By Teaching Dinos
Kids will LOVE this silly Desert Survival STEM / STEAM activity for use with Google Slides™, based on a loose storyline where they will need to survive in the desert with their dog, Pickles! 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 Slides (12 slides)
✅ASK, BRAINSTORM, PLAN, CREATE, TEST, REFLECTION Prompts (6 slides)
✅How to Use this Resource (1 pg)
✅Materials Ideas (1 pg)
✅Discussion Questions (1 pg)
✅Extension Activity Ideas (2 slides)
✅Menu, Cover Page, Instructions (4 slides)
✅PDF - Note to Teacher, TOU, Google Tech Help, Credits & Reminders (6 pages)
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How can you use this resource?
⭐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!
⭐Complete one challenge a day in conjunction with the different ASK, BRAINSTORM, PLAN, CREATE, TEST, and REFLECTION prompts. These can be used as class/partner discussion, or as a writing or journal prompt.
⭐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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STEM Activities Lost at Sea STEAM Challenge GOOGLE SLIDES™ for Elementary
By Teaching Dinos
Kids will LOVE this silly Lost at Sea STEM / STEAM activity for use with Google Slides™, based on a loose storyline where students will need to survive in the middle of the ocean after their boat has been capsized! 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 Slides (12 slides)
✅ASK, BRAINSTORM, PLAN, CREATE, TEST, REFLECTION Prompts (6 slides)
✅How to Use this Resource (1 pg)
✅Materials Ideas (1 pg)
✅Discussion Questions (1 pg)
✅Extension Activity Ideas (2 slides)
✅Menu, Cover Page, Instructions (4 slides)
✅PDF - Note to Teacher, TOU, Google Tech Help, Credits & Reminders (6 pages)
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How can you use this resource?
⭐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!
⭐Complete one challenge a day in conjunction with the different ASK, BRAINSTORM, PLAN, CREATE, TEST, and REFLECTION prompts. These can be used as class/partner discussion, or as a writing or journal prompt.
⭐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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Thanksgiving STEM and STEAM Turkey Holiday Activities
By Teaching Dinos
Turn Thanksgiving into an engaging learning adventure with our Turkey Tales STEM and STEAM activity task cards. These 12 silly task cards tackle a common classroom problem: how to make Thanksgiving STEM and STEAM activities both educational and exciting for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Kids will love stepping into the shoes of a strange and adventurous turkey on a daring escape from Gobble-De-Licious Farm! This thrilling adventure puts their problem-solving skills to the test as they tackle obstacles, confront dangers, and craft clever solutions in real-time while helping the turkey find its forever family!"
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 Thanksgiving STEM activity is perfect for classrooms, homeschoolers, and parents on the hunt for fun and adventure-filled learning-based activities for their children. These wacky storylines are sure to be unlike anything they've ever encountered before!
**(Please note, the STEM task cards do not contain any historical references related to Thanksgiving. The focus stays on the Turkey's adventures following his escape from the farm.)**
What’s Included:
▶️12 STEM / STEAM Challenge Task Cards
▶️STEAM Worksheets - 4 options for differentiation
▶️How to Use this Resource
▶️Instructions
▶️Materials Ideas
▶️Discussion Questions
▶️Self & Teacher Assessment Rubrics
▶️Extension Activity Ideas
▶️Cover, TOU, Credits
▶️Black & White version
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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 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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