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Spring / Easter STEM Challenge: Bean Bind

April 6, 2017 by feelgoodteaching Filed Under: Easter, Spring

Bean Bind is a bean-sorting STEM Challenge. While it ties in perfectly with Easter, it can really be used any time of the year! Premise Working against a criteria & constraints list, students design a way to sort jelly beans from other types of beans. You can tell younger students the equipment at the bean factory […]

Spring / Easter STEM Challenge: Carrot Carriage

April 5, 2017 by feelgoodteaching Filed Under: Easter, Spring

Carrot Carriage is a fan favorite STEM Challenge! Your students will use an unlikely set of materials to create a sweet, new ride for the Easter Bunny! (Read on for ways around the Easter connection!)     Premise Working against a criteria & constraints list, students design a vehicle made primarily of carrots for the Easter […]

Easter / Spring STEM Challenge: Basket Bounce

March 30, 2017 by feelgoodteaching Filed Under: Easter, Spring

Basket Bounce is another of my hybrid STEM / PE challenges. It was definitely designed with Easter in mind, but I’ve got a couple of ideas to get around that if you don’t want to (or aren’t allowed to) link it to Easter in your classroom. (?Note: I recently changed to a new platform for […]

Spring / Easter STEM Challenge: Egg-hanced

March 28, 2017 by feelgoodteaching Filed Under: Easter, Spring

This STEM challenge is a classic egg drop, making it perfect for any time in spring, including — but not limited to — Easter!  I fondly remember doing this challenge when I was in kindergarten — before “STEM Challenges” were a thing! I also recall the best design (not mine) used blown-up balloons to make […]

Easter & Spring STEM Challenges

March 6, 2016 by feelgoodteaching Filed Under: Easter, Spring

Spring is HERE!  I am always happy to move on to a new season, because each new season provides inspiration for STEM challenges!  I’ve got some super-engaging & fun ways to bust through that spring fever — five collaborative, super-charged critical thinking & problem-solving STEM activities: Nice Nest, Egg-hanced, Basket Bounce, Carrot Carriage, and Bean […]

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