1st Grade STEM Bundle | Full-Year Engineering Activities

1st Grade STEM Bundle | Full-Year STEM Curriculum | Engineering Activities, Projects, Task Cards & More

Make STEM and engineering easy to teach all year long with this comprehensive 1st Grade STEM Curriculum Bundle! Packed with multiple formats for hands-on learning, this collection gives first grade students repeated opportunities to explore engineering, problem-solving, creativity, and design through engaging, age-appropriate STEM activities.

With curriculum lessons, challenge cards, STEM journals, projects, task cards, early-finisher activities, and substitute plans all included, this 1st Grade STEM Bundle provides flexible resources for keeping young learners engaged while saving teachers valuable planning time.

What’s Included

This bundle includes 7 first grade STEM resources:

• STEM Curriculum — 36 weekly challenges across 6 units, 5 sessions each
• STEM Journal — 180 student recording pages
• Challenge Cards — 96 student-facing cards including 36 Level Up extensions
• STEM Projects — 6 unit capstones plus 12 standalone mini-projects
• Task Cards — 80 math, science and coding skill cards
• Early Finishers — 40 no-prep challenges with choice board and bin labels
• Sub Plans — 12 emergency lessons with word-for-word scripts

Together, these resources provide multiple formats for introducing, practicing, applying, documenting, and extending STEM and engineering learning throughout the school year.

How It Works in the Classroom

Use this 1st Grade STEM Curriculum Bundle for:

• Daily or weekly STEM instruction

• Engineering challenges

• STEM centers and stations

• Whole-group lessons

• Small-group activities

• Independent STEM practice

• Hands-on projects

• STEM journals and reflection

• Early-finisher activities

• Substitute teacher plans

• Enrichment and extension

• Flexible no-prep or low-prep STEM learning

The variety of resources makes it easy to adjust instruction based on your schedule and classroom needs. Use the curriculum for structured instruction, challenge cards and task cards for shorter activities, projects for hands-on application, journals for student reflection, and early-finisher resources for meaningful extension.

Standards & Learning Goals

Students build foundational STEM and engineering skills through age-appropriate challenges and activities, including:

Engineering Design

• Identifying problems

• Brainstorming solutions

• Designing and building

• Testing ideas

• Improving solutions

Problem-Solving

• Thinking creatively

• Trying different strategies

• Learning from mistakes

• Making decisions

• Explaining solutions

STEM Thinking

• Observing and investigating

• Asking questions

• Making predictions

• Applying reasoning

• Connecting ideas to real-world situations

Communication & Reflection

• Describing designs

• Sharing ideas

• Recording learning

• Reflecting on challenges

• Explaining how solutions can be improved

Why Teachers Love It

• Uses common classroom and recycled materials — full materials list included
• Complete first grade STEM resource collection
• Seven complementary STEM resources in one bundle
• Full-year engineering activities
• Multiple instructional formats
• Supports hands-on STEM learning
• Encourages creativity and problem-solving
• Includes projects, task cards, challenge cards, and journals
• Provides early-finisher activities
• Includes substitute teacher plans
• Flexible for whole-group, small-group, centers, and independent learning
• Saves valuable planning time

Instead of searching for different STEM activities throughout the year, teachers can use this 1st Grade STEM Bundle as a flexible resource library with options for instruction, practice, enrichment, projects, and unexpected schedule changes.

Download Today

Add this 1st Grade STEM Curriculum Bundle to your classroom and give students a full year of opportunities to design, build, explore, problem-solve, and think like engineers!

Whether you need a structured STEM curriculum, a quick challenge, a hands-on project, an independent activity, an early-finisher option, or a substitute plan, this bundle gives you resources you can reach for throughout the school year.