STEM Challenge

Discover some fascinating, no prep, STEM activities and challenges you can do with your students using paper! Engineering, math and science.

Are you ready for this? Brace yourselves! What would you do with ten tons of pencils you don't need? We built stuff. Don't worry- the pencils were not wasted! It's the great Pencil Challenge extravaganza! Okay, full disclosure here! I am a teacher.Why wouldn't I need pencils?So, let me explain (and I know I begin a lot of

Each year, I teach a simple machines unit. Each year, I try to figure out ways to integrate STEM ideas into the mix. This year, I wanted to find ways to engage my learners right away. Sometimes the simplest thing to do is grab simple items to create the perfect STEM project! The best part...you just need 4 simple supplies or less for the each challenge. The first challenge is to create a way to get the cup of cubes to the top of the table. This is all I gave them: Toilet paper tubes, a cup…

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Try a STEM challenge with LEGOs to put some fun into learning. LEGO activities can help kids learn STEM concepts while having fun. Children can start with simple activities such as building towers and bridges using LEGO bricks to develop fine motor skills. Older children can tackle more difficult activities such as engineering challenges or basic coding activities. Grab some bricks and join us at STEMtropolis.com for some fun LEGO Challenges!

Bucket Tower. It even sounds silly. I never dreamed when we invented this challenge that it would become so popular. Except for Building Boats and Roller Coasters, this is the challenge that I get the most questions about. I promise this is what happened: I had a class prepared for a tower building challenge.

35 first days of school activities, including cooperative learning fun like "creating the tallest cup tower", "Can you save sam?", and the marshmallow tower challenge.

Build a device with paper, tape, string, and paper clips to pick up a ping pong ball from a distance in this fun engineering lesson plan!

Here’s a fun STEM challenge, and the materials couldn’t be simpler! Challenge kids to build the longest possible paper chain with just one sheet of paper and tape. That’s it! This math activity will appeal to a wise range of ages. I’d recommend it for kids age 5 to 10. If they can safely cut […]

Looking for a free STEM activity for the elementary classroom? Teachers are loving STEM because it's fun, hands-on, and engaging. The challenges are great for team building. This challenge is free and easy to implement. Great for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders. I usually use this challenge for back to school stem, but it can be done at any time. Students will have a great time working together to discuss, design, build, and reflect.