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Planetopia Plants STEM Challenge

March 26, 2018 by feelgoodteaching Filed Under: Planetopia Project, Spring

Planetopia Plants STEM Challenge

If you’re looking for a plant activity so your students can apply learning in plant needs, parts/functions, adaptations, life cycles, cells, photosynthesis, and/or genetics & heredity, this STEM / STEAM challenge is a perfectly engaging way to get the job done joyfully!     The Basics Students will design a plant for the fictional planet, […]

Create-ure STEM Challenge

October 12, 2017 by feelgoodteaching Filed Under: Halloween, Planetopia Project, Spring

Create-ure STEM Challenge

If you’re looking to apply learning in adaptations, habitats, food chains and food webs, life cycles, genetics & heredity, evolution, and/or human body systems, this STEM / STEAM challenge is a student-favorite way to get the job done joyfully!     The Basics In this STEM/STEAM Challenge students will design a “create-ure” that has never […]

STEM Challenge: Boat Building

May 7, 2017 by feelgoodteaching Filed Under: Back-To-School, Fall, Spring, Summer

STEM Challenge: Boat Building

Ah…the boat building challenge — a total classic! I remember doing this myself in elementary school, though the grade escapes me. The thing is, I remember making my clay boat and trying to get it to hold as many pennies as possible. I do not, however, remember a whole host of worksheets throughout my school career, and that speaks to the power of using STEM challenges in your classroom. If you’re new to this world, I always say boats, bridges, and towers are a great introduction, so you’re in the right place!

Spring / Easter STEM Challenge: Bean Bind

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

Spring / Easter STEM Challenge: Bean Bind

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

Spring / Easter STEM Challenge: Carrot Carriage

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 […]

Earth Day STEM Challenge: New Earth City

April 2, 2017 by feelgoodteaching Filed Under: Earth Day, Planetopia Project, Spring

Earth Day STEM Challenge: New Earth City

Maybe Rome wasn’t built in a day, but New Earth City can be! This challenge is perfect for Earth Day, but it can really be used any time of the year. Fun fact: my master’s degree is in design-based learning, which shares many similarities with the engineering design process. This city-building challenge was my gateway […]

Easter / Spring STEM Challenge: Basket Bounce

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

Easter / Spring STEM Challenge: Basket Bounce

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

Spring / Easter STEM Challenge: Egg-hanced

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 […]

Flower Frenzy: Valentine’s Day STEM Challenge

February 8, 2017 by feelgoodteaching Filed Under: Holidays, Spring, Valentine's Day

Flower Frenzy: Valentine’s Day STEM Challenge

The Flower Frenzy STEM Challenge Activity is actually four challenges in one and works well for spring, Valentine’s Day, Easter, or Mother’s Day!   Premise In Flower Frenzy, students create a bouquet of flowers with unique attributes within four mini challenges: Floating Flowers, Functional Flowers, Fluff & Flatten Flowers, and Firmly Fixed Flowers. (If alliteration […]

Easter & Spring STEM Challenges

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

Easter & Spring STEM Challenges

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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