If you stumbled across this post, something about having a story with your Stem Challenges excited you! I can’t wait to share a free stem story with you! First, I want to share a little bit about once upon a STEM. [Scroll down for free Stem Story Challenge]
Once Upon a STEM features TEN challenges you can do with your class?
I made a visual for each challenge just for you so you could see exactly what you will get with Once Upon a Stem! This resource is steeply discounted when you choose the bundle! ($30.00 $20.00)
Why Once Upon a STEM?
Creating a really great STEM resource doesn’t happen overnight. I learned, over the past year, that it takes what seems like endless days of hard work and determination to provide a great STEM resource for primary teachers. As the STEM club coordinator, I always struggled with getting my kids excited about the challenges they did each week. Not only did I notice I had a hard time getting my students excited, I noticed a huge lack of resources for them. Of course my teacher manual was HUNDREDS of pages. Inadequate resources that left me looking for more activities for my kids to do. I needed more. I needed books, extension activities, and guiding questions that didn’t seem like a scavenger hunt to find. I needed parent connection ideas and suggested websites for my students to visit at home.
And so, I created “Once Upon a STEM!”
What each of the 10 STEM Story Challenges Will Have:
3 Illustrated Stories of Varying Difficulty for Differentiation
• Teacher Guide
(Challenge Question, Coordinating Books Suggestions, Materials Suggestions, Questions/Accessing Prior Knowledge Suggestions, What to do Before/During/After)
• Vocabulary Cards
• Rubric
• Journal
(Challenge Question, Vocabulary Words, Materials Listed, Planning Tools, Writing Activity, Math Problem, and an Extension Activity)
[Click here to get “Once Upon a STEM” on TPT now]
Roller Coaster Challenge
Building Tall Towers Challenge
Index Card Structures Challenge
Paper Plate Maze Challenge
Making Launchers Challenge
Spaghetti Structures Challenge
Making a Harmonica Challenge
Light Circuits Challenge
Free Paper Airplane Stem Story Challenge #1:
Enjoy this amazing resource! Please let me know if you have any questions!
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