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Humpty Dumpty and Design Thinking

Lesson Plan

Humpty Dumpty and Design Thinking

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Transform the traditional egg drop experiment as you help students to engage in design thinking and develop empathy.

Lesson Plan

Humpty Dumpty and Design Thinking

Lesson Plan

Humpty Dumpty and Design Thinking

Transform the traditional egg drop experiment as you help students to engage in design thinking and develop empathy.

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Lesson Plan

STEM Design Challenge Cards for Young Learners

Worksheet

STEM Design Challenge Cards for Young Learners

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Use these STEM design challenges to foster creativity and critical thinking skills in young learners while introducing them to the engineering process.

Worksheet

STEM Design Challenge Cards for Young Learners

Worksheet

STEM Design Challenge Cards for Young Learners

Use these STEM design challenges to foster creativity and critical thinking skills in young learners while introducing them to the engineering process.

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Worksheet

Design Challenge: Inflate a Balloon

Activity

Design Challenge: Inflate a Balloon

Third Grade

Writing

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

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Design Challenge: Inflate a Balloon

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Design Challenge: Inflate a Balloon

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

Third Grade

Writing

Activity

Robot Obstacle Course

Activity

Robot Obstacle Course

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.

Activity

Robot Obstacle Course

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Robot Obstacle Course

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot move in a pattern related to the sound and rhythm of music.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot move in a pattern related to the sound and rhythm of music.

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Activity

STEM Design Challenge Cards

Worksheet

STEM Design Challenge Cards

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

These STEM design challenge cards ask learners to build something new for a specific reason or purpose and are a great way to foster creative thinking.

Worksheet

STEM Design Challenge Cards

Worksheet

STEM Design Challenge Cards

These STEM design challenge cards ask learners to build something new for a specific reason or purpose and are a great way to foster creative thinking.

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Worksheet

Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats

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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats

First Grade

Reading

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats

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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Collecting data is an important part of math and statistics. Practice gathering data using items around the house or classroom!

Collecting data is an important part of math and statistics. Practice gathering data using items around the house or classroom!

Third Grade

Data and Graphing

Worksheet

STEM Design Challenge: Plan, Reflect, Revise

Worksheet

STEM Design Challenge: Plan, Reflect, Revise

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Children will plan our their STEM design, reflect on the process of building their creation, and brainstorm ways they could make their design even better.

Worksheet

STEM Design Challenge: Plan, Reflect, Revise

Worksheet

STEM Design Challenge: Plan, Reflect, Revise

Children will plan our their STEM design, reflect on the process of building their creation, and brainstorm ways they could make their design even better.

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Worksheet

Design Challenge: Building a Bridge

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Design Challenge: Building a Bridge

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Activity

Design Challenge: Building a Bridge

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Design Challenge: Building a Bridge

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Activity

Magnifying Glass Coloring Page

Worksheet

Magnifying Glass Coloring Page

First Grade

Earth and Space Science

Budding scientists record their observations with this open-ended magnifying glass template!

Worksheet

Magnifying Glass Coloring Page

Worksheet

Magnifying Glass Coloring Page

Budding scientists record their observations with this open-ended magnifying glass template!

First Grade

Earth and Space Science

Worksheet

Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers

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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

Activity

Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers

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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Activity

Design Challenge: Creating a Cup Tower

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Design Challenge: Creating a Cup Tower

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

Activity

Design Challenge: Creating a Cup Tower

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Design Challenge: Creating a Cup Tower

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Activity

Design Challenge: Making a Catapult

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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult

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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine

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Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

Activity

Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine

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Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine

In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Design Challenge: Making a Bottle Rocket

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Design Challenge: Making a Bottle Rocket

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

Activity

Design Challenge: Making a Bottle Rocket

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Design Challenge: Making a Bottle Rocket

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Activity

Design Challenge: Making a Water Slide

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Design Challenge: Making a Water Slide

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Have your child kick off their summer vacation by making a miniature water slide!

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Design Challenge: Making a Water Slide

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Design Challenge: Making a Water Slide

Have your child kick off their summer vacation by making a miniature water slide!

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Activity

Design Challenge: Making a Solar Oven

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Design Challenge: Making a Solar Oven

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

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Design Challenge: Making a Solar Oven

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Design Challenge: Making a Solar Oven

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Activity

Design Challenge: Making a Boat

Activity

Design Challenge: Making a Boat

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Activity

Design Challenge: Making a Boat

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Design Challenge: Making a Boat

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Robot Around the Block

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Robot Around the Block

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

Activity

Robot Around the Block

Activity

Robot Around the Block

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Activity

Design Challenge: Making a Parachute

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Design Challenge: Making a Parachute

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this design challenge, your child will create a parachute for a small toy using typical household items.

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Design Challenge: Making a Parachute

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Design Challenge: Making a Parachute

In this design challenge, your child will create a parachute for a small toy using typical household items.

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Activity

Design a Floating Cork Boat

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Design a Floating Cork Boat

Third Grade

Physical Science

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?

Activity

Design a Floating Cork Boat

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Design a Floating Cork Boat

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Activity

Design and Build a City

Activity

Design and Build a City

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Activity

Design and Build a City

Activity

Design and Build a City

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Activity

Think Like a Scientist: Observe, Sort, and Classify

Lesson Plan

Think Like a Scientist: Observe, Sort, and Classify

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Scientists observe and classify the world around them! In this lesson, your students will practice their processing skills by observing a group of objects and grouping the objects based on their attributes.

Lesson Plan

Think Like a Scientist: Observe, Sort, and Classify

Lesson Plan

Think Like a Scientist: Observe, Sort, and Classify

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Lesson Plan

The Role of Fat in Food

Activity

The Role of Fat in Food

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

Activity

The Role of Fat in Food

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The Role of Fat in Food

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Activity

Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths

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Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

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Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths

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Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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