STEM Lessons and Challenges
STEM Lessons and Challenges is a comprehensive resource designed to guide students through hands-on STEM activities. Each unit includes a teacher overview, materials list, background readings, real-world examples, and a detailed STEM challenge. Students are encouraged to engage in brainstorming, planning, testing, and evaluating their solutions using design process worksheets, which help develop problem-solving skills.
This product promotes inquiry-based learning by allowing students to explore key STEM concepts in a fun, interactive way. The structured activities support critical thinking while reinforcing essential skills such as teamwork, creativity, and technical design. Ideal for classrooms or home use, it offers all the necessary materials and guidance for educators to foster STEM proficiency in young learners.
- Teacher overview pages - Tips and direction for preparing students to complete a STEM challenge, as well as a materials list that suggest readily-available items to gather
- Reading selections for background knowledge - Foundational information that is relevant to the challenge that students are completing
- Visual real-world examples - A visual literacy page with real-world images relevant to the STEM challenge
- A STEM challenge overview - Introduces the specific task and goal of each STEM challenge and provides space for students to brainstorm
- Design process worksheet - Activities guide students to plan, create, test and evaluate their creation
- A redesign page to evaluate their design - The worksheet guides students through each step of the design process and provides space to document plans, materials, results, evaluations, and revisions.
