K - 5 STEM Task Cards Bundle | Full-Year Engineering Activities

K–5 STEM Task Cards Bundle | 460 Quick STEM Practice Cards | Math, Science, Coding & Engineering

460 five-to-ten-minute STEM task cards across Kindergarten through 5th Grade — 46 skill-focused sets with recording sheets and answer notes — for the moments your main lesson is finished and you still want students thinking, measuring, and explaining.

These are the short ones. Not the weekly engineering challenge, not the unit capstone: a card a student can pick up, complete with classroom materials, and record in five to ten minutes. Every set has an answer key that tells you what good thinking looks like, because most cards have more than one right answer.

What’s Included

Six grade-level task card sets (308 pages, 460 cards):

Kindergarten STEM Picture Task Cards (60 cards, 38 pages) — no reading required; a picture and four or five words per card. Six sets: Count It, Measure It, Sort It, Build It, Say It, Draw It. Two cards per page for little hands. Answer notes for teachers.
1st Grade STEM Task Cards (80 cards, 54 pages) — eight sets: Measure It, Number It, Shape It, Data It, Code It, Force It, Living It, Weather It. Recording sheets, answer notes, class tracker.
2nd Grade STEM Task Cards (80 cards, 54 pages) — eight sets: Measure It, Number It, Data It, Code It, Materials It, Force It, Living Systems, Earth It. Recording sheets and answer notes.
3rd Grade STEM Task Cards (80 cards, 54 pages) — eight sets: Variables, Measure It, Number It, Data It, Code It, Forces It, Life It, Earth It. Recording sheets and answer notes.
4th Grade STEM Task Cards (80 cards, 54 pages) — eight sets: Specify It, Cost It, Measure & Angles, Decimals & Fractions, Compare Data, Code It, Energy & Waves, Earth & Life. Recording sheets, answer notes, class tracker, storage labels.
5th Grade STEM Task Cards (80 cards, 54 pages) — eight sets: Define It, Optimise It, Ratios, Volume & Grids, Interpret Data, Code It, Matter & Energy, Earth & Life. Recording sheets, answer notes, class tracker, storage labels.
What the Cards Practice

Each grade’s sets map to that grade’s math and science content, with an unplugged coding strand from 1st Grade up:

Math in STEM contexts: counting and comparing (K) → addition and subtraction within 20, shapes, cm measurement (1st) → arrays, estimation, unit choice (2nd) → multiplication, division, fractions, typical values, line plots (3rd) → decimals, budgets, angles, area, percentages, means (4th) → ratios, rates, volume, coordinate grids (5th)
Science: pushes and pulls, weather, plants and animals (1st) → materials, friction, habitats, land and water (2nd) → variables, balanced forces, life cycles, climate data (3rd) → energy transfer, waves, light, erosion (4th) → particles, conservation of matter, Earth systems, gravity, stars (5th)
Coding, unplugged: sequencing and debugging (1st) → loops and patterns (2nd) → conditional logic (3rd) → variables (4th) → flowcharts and pseudocode (5th)
Engineering thinking: Build It and Draw It (K) → predict-then-test (1st–3rd) → measurable criteria and constraints (4th) → problem definition, stakeholders, and trade-offs (5th)
How It Works in the Classroom

STEM center: one set in a labeled bin each week, with its recording sheet
Early finishers: a ring of mixed cards near your STEM area
Small groups: pick the set that matches the skill and work through 4–5 cards together
Morning work: one card on each desk
Homework: three cards home with the recording sheet
Kindergarten: early finisher tray, carpet time, or a small-group table with an adult
Format

6 PDF files, 308 pages total
4 cards per page (2 per page in K), designed for cardstock and lamination
Recording sheet and answer notes for every set; class trackers at 1st, 4th, and 5th; storage labels at 4th and 5th
Materials are common classroom supplies
Teaching duration: 1 full school year per grade
How This Fits With the Other K–5 STEM Bundles

The K–5 STEM program has four student-facing card and page sets, each doing a different job. Task Cards (this bundle) are 5–10 minute skill practice with answer keys. The K–5 STEM Challenge Cards Bundle holds the 36 weekly engineering challenges per grade. The K–5 STEM Journal Bundle is where students record those challenges. The K–5 STEM Projects Bundle is the unit capstones. The teacher lesson plans are in the K–5 STEM Curriculum Bundle, and everything together is the K–5 STEM Mega Bundle.

Every task card set works on its own — no other purchase needed.

Why Buy the Bundle

Six sets bought separately cost $39.94. This bundle is $27.96 — and gives a STEM specialist or a whole elementary building 460 ready-to-go cards for centers, early finishers, and the ten minutes before the bell, K through 5.

Pick a card. Measure it, test it, explain it. Five minutes, done.