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Grade 1 STEM Sub Plans | No-Prep Emergency STEM Lessons

Need a no-prep STEM lesson for a substitute teacher? This Grade 1 STEM Sub Plans resource gives you 12 complete, ready-to-use emergency STEM lessons that a substitute can teach—even without a STEM background.

Simply print once, place it in your sub folder, and you're ready for the unexpected.

Each lesson includes clear, word-for-word directions so a substitute knows exactly what to say and do, using simple materials already found in most elementary classrooms.

🔧 What's Included?

12 complete Grade 1 STEM lessons, including:

• The Ten Card Tower

• Paper Bridge Challenge

• Ramp Investigation

• Shape Strength Test

• Boat Cargo Challenge

• The Great Egg Drop

• Paper Airplane Lab

• Build a Better Chair

• Magnet Sort and Maze

• Shadow Investigation

• Sound Makers

• Design a Solution

You'll also receive:

• Word-for-word substitute scripts

• Clear, step-by-step teacher directions

• Student pages for every lesson

• Notes-back-to-teacher pages for every lesson

• Emergency 10-minute STEM fillers

• Sub folder cover

• Classroom information page

• Materials lists for every lesson

• Clearly defined lesson finish lines

• Activities using common classroom materials

🚨 Designed for Real Emergency Sub Situations

These lessons are not sequential, so a substitute can choose any activity without needing to know what students learned previously.

Activities use materials such as paper, cups, tape, index cards, books, pennies, rulers, toy cars, foil, craft sticks, straws, magnets, and flashlights.

No complicated STEM background is required.

👩‍🏫 Perfect For:

• Emergency sub plans

• Grade 1 STEM teachers

• Elementary STEM classrooms

• Substitute teacher folders

• Emergency lesson plans

• No-prep STEM activities

• Engineering challenges

• Science and STEM centers

• Last-minute lesson plans

• Teacher absence days

💡 Teacher-Friendly Design

The goal is simple: take the panic out of an unexpected absence.

Print the lessons, organize them in your STEM sub folder, prepare a small STEM Sub Tub with basic supplies, and you'll have engaging Grade 1 STEM activities ready when you need them.

Print once. Prep once. Be ready for the unexpected.