5th Grade STEM Bundle | Full-Year Engineering Activities

5th Grade STEM Bundle | Full-Year STEM Curriculum | Engineering Activities, Projects, Task Cards & More

Make STEM instruction engaging, hands-on, and easier to plan all year long with this comprehensive 5th Grade STEM Curriculum Bundle! This collection brings together seven complementary STEM resources designed to give fifth grade students meaningful opportunities to explore engineering, solve problems, design solutions, test ideas, and reflect on their learning.

With a full-year STEM curriculum, challenge cards, STEM journals, projects, task cards, early-finisher activities, and substitute plans included, this 5th Grade STEM Bundle gives teachers a flexible collection of resources for daily instruction, enrichment, independent practice, and unexpected classroom needs.

What’s Included

This bundle includes 7 fifth 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 5th Grade STEM Curriculum Bundle for:

• Daily or weekly STEM instruction

• Engineering design challenges

• STEM centers and stations

• Whole-group lessons

• Small-group activities

• Hands-on STEM projects

• Independent STEM practice

• STEM journals and reflection

• Early-finisher activities

• Substitute teacher plans

• STEM enrichment and extension

• Flexible classroom learning

Use the curriculum for structured instruction, challenge cards and task cards for shorter STEM experiences, projects for hands-on application, journals for documenting and reflecting on learning, and early-finisher resources for meaningful extension.

Standards & Learning Goals

Students strengthen important STEM and engineering skills through engaging, age-appropriate activities, including:

Engineering Design

• Identifying problems and needs

• Brainstorming possible solutions

• Designing and building

• Testing and evaluating ideas

• Identifying improvements

• Refining solutions

Problem-Solving

• Thinking creatively

• Using logical reasoning

• Exploring multiple solutions

• Learning from mistakes

• Applying strategies to new challenges

STEM Thinking

• Observing and investigating

• Asking questions

• Making predictions

• Analyzing results

• Applying knowledge to real-world challenges

Communication & Reflection

• Explaining ideas and solutions

• Sharing designs and strategies

• Recording observations

• Reflecting on challenges

• Communicating how solutions can be improved

Why Teachers Love It

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

Instead of searching for separate STEM resources throughout the year, teachers can use this 5th Grade STEM Bundle as a flexible resource library for instruction, practice, projects, enrichment, early finishers, and substitute days.

Download Today

Add this 5th Grade STEM Curriculum Bundle to your classroom and give students a full year of opportunities to explore, design, build, test, problem-solve, and think like engineers!

Whether you need a structured STEM lesson, a quick challenge, a hands-on project, an independent activity, an early-finisher option, or a substitute plan, this bundle gives you resources to support STEM learning throughout the school year.