STEM Challenges and STEM Activities for Winter

STEM Challenges and STEM Activities for Winter

This comprehensive teaching resource is tailored specifically for kindergarten educators. It promotes active learning through structured STEM activities, comprising of 4 individual challenges that align with various winter themes or special occasions. These activities cater to all learners, ranging from beginners to adept problem-solvers.

The pack comprises everything an educator would require to implement these exciting tasks – design planning sheets, detailed lesson plans, and engaging STEAM design process posters. With minimal prep work required, these materials have been designed considering what most teachers would already have in their classrooms.

Main Strengths

• Promotes critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Fosters collaboration among students in subjects like Science and Engineering.
• Versatile enough for large group work, small groups, solo tasks or pairing up with older buddies - making it a suitable choice for multiple pedagogical techniques.

The challenges included are per month and comes with both color & B/W challenge cards as well as suggested material lists of two difficulty levels (Level 1 & Level 2). Each activity comes with differentiated planning sheets beautifully crafted approach these engaging tasks. An insightful section about Early Years STEAM is also included to boost the understanding further.

Suitable For:

• Educators,
• Homeschoolers,
• or anyone looking for kindergarten-specific STEM activities during the chilly winter months.

A total of 50 pages.

●4 STEAM Challenges per month

connected to monthly themes or special days

challenge cards come in color & b/w and in 3 sizes to print

challenge cards with & without suggested materials list for differentiated lessons (Level 1 or Level 2)

●Differentiated Planning Sheets (4 versions)

●Challenge-specific Planning Sheets

●STEAM Design Process

information about STEAM in the early years

Posters - 3 sizes each in color & b/w

●Differentiated Lesson Plans

level 1 – students new to STEAM challenges

level 2 – students with STEAM problem-solving experience

Scripted talking points

●Observation Sheet specific to STEAM activities

●Self-Reflection checklist

●Maker Space materials list