Can you build a boat that will both float AND carry weight? This STEM buoyancy activity will hook middle school students immediately!

The lesson begins with an engaging critical-thinking hook, followed by a brainstorming session, andinformational activity, and then students work in groups to create their own STEM boat. The lesson ends with students competing in a STEM challenge using their finished products.

4 simple and detailed, engaging lesson plans that focus on building classroom relationships and team-building skills.

This unit starts with the introduction of angles and works its way through, measuring and finding angles, names of polygons, interior and exterior angles of polygons, and finishes with perimeter, and area of polygons.

This inquiry activity can be used in a multitude of subjects such as Math, FCS design, Health, and Career Ed. The activity exercises skills like creativity, problem-solving, math, drawing, researching, comparison, and so many more.

A short unit that covers understanding and working with percentages. The unit begins with becoming familiar with percentages, then converting between decimals, fractions, and percentages, ending with a few fun activities.

This STEM activity will have students egg-cited to get started! The lesson includes group work, critical thinking, collaborative learning, problem-solving, and a fun Easter Egg theme! You could even use colored Easter eggs like I do! This hands-on Easter lesson is sure to get your students' minds working and keep the laughter going!

This Easter and Lent unit focuses on the Catholic Biblical Easter Story beginning with Ash Wednesday and ending with Easter Sunday. The unit incorporates reflection, critical thinking, and fun group activities, as well as a great STEM project.

These read-to-go, low prep math games are as simple as printing on neon paper, setting up with materials, and go! The games are simple and easy to follow so students don't need to waste time learning the rules.

This 14-page STEM activity has a number of worksheets for the phases of the moon. This solar system lesson plan includes deep student engagement, hands-on learning, and reflection work. Who doesn't love a great lesson that includes food! With a detailed lesson plan, teacher answer keys, and printables.

Looking for something specific in the solar system, venus? This inquiry activity has students begin with an informational text with facts about venus and leads them to use that information to develop a habitat on the planet. The detailed lesson plan moves through critical thinking and reflection activities as well.

Can you build a catapult that can launch a skittle meteor at the Earth? This STEM catapult will hook middle school students immediately! The lesson begins with an engaging reading activity, followed by a demonstration of the finished piece, and then students work in groups to create their own. The lesson ends with students competing in a STEM challenge using their finished products.

A fun and engaging STEM challenge for kids that perfectly aligns with the curriculum. This hands-on lesson has students build a cardboard robot hand, test it, make adjustments, and compete. The final relay tests the robot hand to see which group's hand can pick up and carry a ping pong ball 10 feet and place it in a cup three times.

This complete solar system unit plan includes all the planets in order, the sun, moon, star constellations, asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and dwarf planets. The unit focuses on high student engagement through group inquiry hooks, hands-on STEM challenges, research inquiry projects, and daily activities. With over 140 pages, this solar system unit plan is sure to cover all your bases.

This hands-on STEM craft is the perfect way to get students excited about Valentine’s Day while simultaneously engaging in critical thinking and problem-solving in a fun environment.

A detailed lesson plan explains exactly how to kick off this inquiry-guided research project. With a fun hook, constellation printable handouts, and grading rubric, this lesson is ready to go!

A fun and engaging STEM challenge for kids that perfectly aligns with the curriculum. This hands-on lesson has students study, build, and label constellations.

This detailed lesson plan is everything you need to introduce, learn about, and review asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and planet classification.

This hands-on lesson has students build a balloon rocket, test it, make adjustments, and compete in a final race. It challenges students to work together and problem solve while processing new information and building on pre-existing knowledge. This STEM challenge for middle school students promotes classroom relationship building and excitement for a Space Solar System Unit.

A hands-on STEM challenge for Space Science.