Kindergarten STEM Picture Task Cards | No Reading Required | 60 Hands-On Activities
This Kindergarten STEM Picture Task Cards resource provides 60 short, hands-on activities designed for young learners ages 5–6. With minimal text and strong visual support, students can count, measure, sort, build, talk, and draw while developing foundational STEM skills. The resource is designed to pair with the Kindergarten STEM Full-Year Curriculum.
What’s IncludedThe 60 picture cards are organized into six sets:
- Count It – counting real objects one by one
- Measure It – comparing length, height, weight, and distance
- Sort It – sorting and classifying objects
- Build It – completing simple construction challenges
- Say It – discussing observations and sharing ideas
- Draw It – using drawings to plan and communicate thinking
Each card includes a picture and only four or five words, making the activities accessible to children who are still developing reading skills. Activities take approximately five minutes. The resource also includes teacher answer notes, two cards per printable page, and a format suitable for cutting and storing in labeled envelopes.
Classroom UsesThe cards can be used for:
- Early finishers
- STEM centers
- Small-group activities
- Carpet or whole-class activities
- Independent exploration
Students are encouraged to do first and explain afterward, making the cards particularly suitable for pre-readers and emerging readers.
Learning GoalsThe activities develop foundational skills in one-to-one counting, measurement comparison, sorting and classification, simple construction, observation, oral communication, drawing, planning, and problem-solving.
Students learn to touch objects while counting, explain sorting decisions, draw before building, describe what happened, and communicate discoveries. The resource emphasizes the process of STEM learning rather than simply producing a correct answer.
Key FeaturesThe cards provide a low-prep, highly visual approach to early STEM learning. Teachers simply print, cut, and organize the cards for use throughout the day. The five-minute format makes them particularly useful when teachers need a short but purposeful activity.
Teacher answer notes focus on the process students demonstrate, rather than requiring a single correct response. This supports observation and informal assessment while encouraging children to experiment, explain, and make changes.
Overall, these picture task cards provide a simple way to establish early STEM habits and help Kindergarten students confidently count, compare, classify, build, communicate, plan, and investigate through developmentally appropriate hands-on activities.
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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.
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