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In the St. Patrick's Day Probability Shamrock STEM Challenge, Limitless Luck, students design and create a four-leaf frisbee designed to always land face-up!

St. Patrick’s Day Activity: Limitless Luck Probability STEM Challenge

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It’s fun to think about symbols of luck: heads-up pennies, four-leaf clovers, and horseshoes, but making your own luck is so much more empowering!  This St. Patrick’s Day STEM Challenge is all about probability! Premise of Probability STEM Challenge: Limitless Luck Working against a criteria & constraints list, students create a four-leaf frisbee designed to […]

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In the St. Patrick's Day Activity STEM Challenge, Snake Snatcher, students will design and build a device to rid Ireland of snakes as quickly and safely as possible.

St. Patrick’s Day Activity: St. Pat’s Snake Snatcher STEM Challenge

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We’re using the legend behind the holiday for this St. Patrick’s Day activity STEM Challenge! Legend says St. Patrick drove snakes out of Ireland in the 5th century, though despite popular belief, no evidence suggests snakes were ever there. Celebrated on March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day honors the patron saint and Irish culture globally. If

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In this St. Patrick's Day activity STEM Challenge, Get the Gold, students must create a design to extract leprechaun gold without getting caught!

St. Patrick’s Day Activity: Get the Gold STEM Challenge

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In the last St. Patrick’s Day activity STEM challenge, Guard the Gold, the students helped a leprechaun protect his gold from treasure hunters. In this St. Patrick’s Day activity, Get the Gold, the students are now the treasure hunters! This St. Patrick’s Day activity STEM challenge is tons of fun, and you’ll love the cooperative

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This St. Patrick's Day activity is a Leprechaun Trap STEM Challenge where students create a design to lure, safely trap, and contain a leprechaun!

Leprechaun Lockdown: Best Leprechaun Trap STEM Challenge for St. Patrick’s Day

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This St. Patrick’s Day activity is a leprechaun trap STEM challenge classic almost as old as time, so I’ve added a twist and a few extensions to keep it fresh! Premise of Leprechaun Trap STEM Challenge Working against a criteria & constraints list, and armed with a Leprechaun Lore List, students create a design to

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In the Valentine's Day Cards STEM activity, Cards in the Clouds, students use their recycled Valentine's cards to create the tallest towers possible!

Creative Valentine’s Day Cards STEM Activity: Cards in the Clouds

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Let’s face it, most kids immediately trash their Valentine’s Day cards once they strip them of candy and stickers. Why not put those cards to good use before they get recycled? In comes a Valentine’s Day cards STEM activity! Maybe you work with older students who don’t do a card exchange.  In this case, you

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A four challenges-in-one Valentine's Day STEM activity resource

Flower Frenzy: Valentine’s Day STEM Challenge

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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 is

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