1st Grade STEM Task Cards | Full-Year Engineering Activities

🔧 Grade 1 STEM Task Cards | 80 Hands-On STEM Activities

Keep your Grade 1 students thinking, building, measuring, testing, and explaining with these Grade 1 STEM task cards.

📦 What’s Included

⭐ 80 STEM task cards organized into 8 sets:

• Measure It — Measuring length in centimetres

• Number It — Addition and subtraction within 20

• Shape It — Shape attributes and composing shapes

• Data It — Collecting, organizing, and interpreting data

• Code It — Sequencing, algorithms, debugging, and directions

• Force It — Pushes, pulls, motion, and prediction

• Living It — Plant and animal structures and functions

• Weather It — Sun, shadows, daylight, and weather patterns

• Recording sheets for every set

• Answer notes for every set

• Class tracker for monitoring student progress

Each card is designed for a short five-to-ten-minute STEM challenge.

🏫 How It Works in the Classroom

Use these Grade 1 STEM task cards wherever you need meaningful, low-prep learning.

• 🔬 STEM centers

• ✏️ Early finisher activities

• 👥 Small-group instruction

• 🌅 Morning work

• 🏠 Homework

• 🔄 Independent practice

• 📚 Targeted review

Students can work through individual cards or complete an entire set.

The resource is designed around materials commonly found in classrooms.

🎯 Standards & Learning Goals

Students practice Grade 1 skills through hands-on STEM contexts.

• Measure length using centimetres

• Add and subtract within 20

• Identify shape attributes

• Compose and classify shapes

• Organize and interpret data

• Create and follow algorithms

• Practice debugging and sequencing

• Explore pushes, pulls, and motion

• Make predictions before testing

• Explore plant and animal structures

• Connect structures with their functions

• Observe weather, sunlight, shadows, and seasonal patterns

💛 Why Teachers Love It

⭐ Low prep: Print, cut, laminate, and organize the cards.

⭐ Flexible: Use one set weekly or mix cards for independent practice.

⭐ Hands-on: Students measure, build, sort, test, predict, draw, and explain.

⭐ Meaningful: Activities connect math, science, engineering, and early coding.

⭐ Easy to manage: Color-coded sets, recording sheets, answer notes, and a class tracker support organization.

⭐ Student-friendly: Most challenges can be completed with simple classroom materials.

✨ Bring STEM Into Every Part of Your Day

These Grade 1 STEM task cards make it easy to add short STEM challenges without planning another full lesson.

Students get opportunities to think like engineers, mathematicians, scientists, and problem-solvers.

Perfect for building a consistent Grade 1 STEM routine throughout the year!