Thanksgiving STEM Activity FUN Cranberry Catapult Engineering Design Challenge

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Are you searching for a GREAT hands-on activity to brighten up those cold and blustery days before Thanksgiving? FLING into STEM with this fun hands-on problem solving, cooperative learning, Thanksgiving STEM Cranberry Catapults! An easy to follow slide show and student planning document are included in this Engineering Design Challenge.

Improve student engagement and get your middle school students involved in the engineering design process by conducting this student centered, STEM challenge- all you need are simple and available materials! Great for a sub plan as well.

What’s Included?

★ Clear and easy to follow editable Engineering Challenge Google/pdf slide show.

★ Class competition.

★ Student Engineering Planning worksheet.

★ Quick Prep Info and Instructor Directions.

How To Use This Resource?

★ This hands-on engineering challenge can be used with multiple age groups and requires 1-3 class periods to complete.

★ In this activity, students plan out a catapult design in groups and build a prototype. They have the opportunity to test and redesign before the optional class competition.

★ Use this as a fun activity right before Thanksgiving break!

Topics Covered in this Hands-On Lab?

★ The Engineering Design Process

★ The Physics of Forces and Motion

Nitty Gritty:

With this editable and printable product, students engage in the process of engineering and learn how to create quality engineering solutions. Buildable and testable engineering design solutions are the basis for any good engineering project or engineering fair. This activity allows for practice of important engineering process skills and higher order thinking.

This assignment is aligned with the Next Generation and Middle Years Program Science Standards for Engineering.

What other teachers have said about Super Star Science products:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Stephanie C.H. Loved it!! What an engaging engineering challenge to use in online school and with younger grades! This activity is so well explained and set up. The visuals are very clear and the instructions make it easy to use this challenge without much work ahead of time.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Sharon R. My students loved doing this hands on activity and seeing how school subjects work together, like math and science.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Britany O. This challenge is easy to use and very straightforward. Kids were excited to show what they created to, not only me, but the other students as well. I highly recommend!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Laurel D. What a great resource. I was able to modify it to fit my curriculum easily. I will be using this weekly, as our school goal is to improve reading across the curriculum. I look forward to more resources from this author. Thanks!

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