STEM <30 Min
STEM Activities Built for the Time-Bound Classroom
Feel Good Teaching’s STEM in 30 Minutes or Less is a teacher resource packed with easy STEM activities that can be completed in under 30 minutes. This downloadable resource offers a variety of engaging, hands-on projects that promote critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication skills, all essential for STEM learning. Whether you’re looking for back-to-school STEM activities or projects integrating science, technology, engineering, and math throughout the year, STEM in 30 Minutes or Less has you covered!
- 45 Quick Builds
- 12 Design Domino Cards
- 44 Weeks of Bell-Ringers, including:
- 7 Sets of STEM Improv
- 2 Sets of Analyze This vs. That Cards
- 2 Sets of Would You Rather STEM
- 2 Sets of 8 Ways to Use… Activity
- 8 Sets of See-Notice / Think-Wonder
- STEM Ideals Character Ed. Posters & Activities
- Communication & Collaboration Activities
It’s not a fantasy.
STEM in <30 minutes is POSSIBLE.
Introducing the Ultimate 30-Min STEM Kit for teachers who…
- Want a ready-to-go tool kit of quick & easy STEM activities!
- Need easy STEM activities for centers & sub plans that don’t require a ton of materials. Say goodbye to returning to a messy classroom!
- Don’t want to “fill” time with fluff. These activities were thoughtfully created to focus on often-neglected areas of STEM.
45 Quick Builds
Quick challenges using 5 or fewer simple materials.
Each build comes with 2 options so students can self-differentiate!
Included: 45 Challenges
7 Sets of STEM Improv
Develop creativity, mental flexibility & the planning step of the Engineering Design Process (EDP).
Included: 7 sets / 2,352 possible design combinations!
Design Domino
Students think critically & creatively to plan customized designs for specific animals.
Included: 12 cards / 432 possible design combinations!
Analyze This vs. That
Analyze sets of 2, 3, or 4 real-world designs that solve the same or similar problems.
Included: 2 sets / 54 cards
STEM Ideals
Teach character education with this easy STEM activity. Designed specifically around 25 traits of STEM professionals
Included: 5 sets of 5 ideals with posters,
activities & awards
Would You Rather STEM
Would You Rather STEM questions are all about critical thinking & helping students shift their minds into thinking like scientists to prepare them for your lessons.
Included: 2 sets / 60 cards
8 Ways to Use…
In this creativity exercise students stretch their brains & “vary the verb” to find 8+ unusual ways to use everyday objects.
Included: 2 sets / 64 cards
Speak, Listen, Draw
Practice communication skills (one of the 4 Cs of Engineering) by giving & following directions to draw pictures. Also helps reinforce math vocabulary, estimation, and measurement skills.
Included: 44 cards
Collaboration Lesson
Students explore what good collaboration should look like & sound like.
Included: One lesson
See-Notice/
Think-Wonder
Students practice observing, thinking, & questioning. It sets up an environment that provides the time & mental space needed to develop curiosity & divergent thinking.
Included: 8 sets. Plants & Animals (241 cards), & Earth Science (50 cards)
Bonus – The 4 C’s Posters (+ Curiosity)
Add the 4 Cs of Engineering posters to your classroom decor or add curiosity — the 5th C of engineering, in my humble opinion! Comes with quick activity to explore & discuss each C.
Included: 5 posters and reflection pages
This is what you’ve been waiting for!
Your students engaged in the 4 Cs of Engineering with time to spare!