Spark creativity and critical thinking with this Pack of 2D Shape STEM Challenge Cards! These hands-on activity cards invite students to build a variety of 2D shapes using balls, sticks, or other creative materials. With accompanying recording sheets, students reflect on their designs, identify key attributes, and strengthen their understanding of shapes. Perfect for STEM centers, small group work, or independent exploration, this resource combines geometry with problem-solving in a fun, interactive way. Shapes included – square, triangle, rhombus, rectangle, trapezoid, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, kite, trapezium and parallelogram. What’s Included - 2D Shape STEM Challenge Cards (2 different types of cards): Each card features a specific shape (e.g., triangle, square, hexagon) for students to construct with tactile materials. 2D Shape STEM Slides: Suitable for classroom display on your electronic whiteboard (PowerPoint + Google Slides versions) Recording Sheets: Students document their creations, noting shape attributes like sides and vertices. Poster prompts: Two different larger format posters to prompt your students. Print Ready + Editable Versions: Choose from a ready to print PDF or choose your own language or fonts and edit in PowerPoint or Google Slides. Key Features - Hands-On STEM Learning: Encourages students to explore geometry through building and problem-solving. **Reinforces Shape Recognition: **Helps students internalize 2D shape properties by constructing and recording them. Develops Fine Motor Skills: Manipulating small parts like toothpicks and playdough enhances hand-eye coordination. Versatile Use: Perfect for STEM centers, math lessons, small group challenges, or early finisher activities. This 2D Shape STEM Challenge Pack helps students connect math concepts to real-world problem-solving, making geometry engaging and meaningful. Why You’ll Love It - Encourages Creativity and Collaboration: Students can work independently or in pairs to complete the challenges. Supports Multiple Learning Styles: Combines hands-on activities with visual and written components. **Teacher-Friendly: **Easy to prep and perfect for reuse—just print and go! Make geometry exciting with these 2D Shape STEM Challenge Cards! File type – Ready to print PDF + editable PowerPoint and Google Slides versions IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE… All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. What programs do I need to open and use this product? I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free program and can be downloaded here. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues.

Bring your working wall to life with these 20 engaging speech bubble sentence stems, designed to support pupils as they talk about their mathematical thinking and problem-solving processes. Perfect for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, these stems help children structure their spoken responses, build confidence in maths discussions and reflect more deeply on their learning. Each sentence starter is presented in a large, eye-catching speech bubble (one per A4 page), using a clear, child-friendly font that’s ideal for classroom displays. Simply print, laminate and use them again and again. These are a fantastic visual support for encouraging mathematical talk in the classroom — whether you’re introducing a new topic, prompting reasoning during a lesson or supporting peer discussion. What’s included: 20 sentence stems focused on problem-solving and reasoning Each stem displayed in a separate A4 speech bubble PDF format – ready to print and laminate A simple yet powerful resource to enhance your classroom’s maths dialogue and promote metacognitive thinking. You might also be interested in: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/maths-working-wall-display-12351121

I have used these discussion bubbles to aid communication and partner talk in a wide range of lessons. Contains symbols from Widgit Inprint 3 software. 3 bubbles - giving a new opinion 3 bubbles - agreeing 3 bubbles - disagreeing 3 bubbles - building/questioning an opinion

In this race against the clock students work as a team to build the highest tower possible out of dried spaghetti and marshmallows. The objective of this lesson is to explore structures and investigate what methods of building can make the tallest and strongest structure. By testing their prototype buildings, students will also have the opportunity to rebuild and alter their designs to improve them, giving an insight into the real-life processes of testing, redevelopment and prototyping that engineers and scientists use.

Thank you for looking at my resource. This is the second lesson in a sequence. The lesson can be taught independently without the need for the previous lesson or the next lessons. This lesson can be picked up and taught straight from however is fully editable. This resource includes a fully comprehensive PowerPoint ,worksheets/resources catering to a wide range of abilities, preparation list and a lesson plan. Children will be designing a new play park. They will complete a number of tasks to ensure they have remembered their prior learning from year 1 and their previous lesson on material uses. This will also ensure that this prior learning is at the forefront of their thinking ready to apply for their new learning. Children will discuss with a partner whether paper would be a ‘good’ material for a swing. This will lead into the introduction of the concept of suitability. The first task children will complete will involve identifying all materials that would be suitable for an object. Children will build up to completing an independent task. Children will return as a class to look at how the object’s exact use can change which material is most suitable. Children will look at different scenarios and discuss which material would be most suitable. Helping hands will be provided for children who need additional support as well as a chilli challenge for both independent tasks. The chilli challenge should be provided to all learners the ’ differentiation ’ will be based on how children complete the task. Children will have stem sentences to support oracy and enable children to focus on the science rather than forming a sentence.

This comprehensive resource contains over 250 reading question stems, organised by year group (EYFS to Year 6) and mapped to the National Curriculum reading content domains. Each question is written in the form of a sentence stem, allowing teachers to easily adapt them to any text. The stems are grouped under the key reading skills: Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explain, Retrieve, and Summarise/Sequence. Every year group includes six targeted questions per skill, designed to support progression and deepen comprehension across the primary phase. Ideal for whole-class guided reading, small group sessions, reading interventions, SATs preparation, and for building pupil confidence with text-based discussion. Perfect for display, planning support, or use in pupil booklets. This resource will help you: Deliver consistent questioning across reading lessons Differentiate with confidence Promote high-quality, skill-specific discussion Align questioning with national assessment frameworks Clear, flexible, and ready to use with any reading material.

STEM Building Bridges lesson - Great for Kindergarten & elementary. This pack contains: Teacher directions & guide Slideshow in PDF & Powerpoint - can also be used as task cards Two drawing extension sheets in PDF This slideshow contains various photos of bridges from around the world. Show these bridges to your students along with the examples, then let creativity take over. Great read aloud lesson - Thomas & The Big Big Bridge. Need basic materials to start.

Introduce students to the internal structure of a plant stem with this interactive and visual worksheet set! Perfect for grades 3–6, this resource teaches essential vocabulary such as epidermis, cortex, phloem, xylem, cambium, and pith. This no-prep activity includes diagram labeling, a word search, coloring pages, and a maze to support a range of learning styles. It’s ideal for science centers, classroom lessons, sub plans, or homeschooling. What’s Included: Internal stem diagram with labeling task Word bank and answer key Coloring page of stem cross-section Word search with key plant terms + solution Maze activity + solution Space for name and date on each worksheet Skills Targeted: Plant anatomy and structure Understanding the function of vascular tissues (xylem & phloem) Science vocabulary development Labeling scientific diagrams Fine motor and visual learning

52 different STEM challenges and 5 activity sheets all in one document.

Pencil shape question stems that can be used by children and by staff. Great for display in classrooms and as an activity for children to complete in order to reflect on their learning.

Vocabulary is incredibly important in Maths and often children can struggle to articulate their understanding coherently. Through introducing these stem sentences, children will start to become more confident and able to explain, justify and prove their mathematical understanding. These clear and vibrant stem sentences can be easily printed off and added to your working wall/ display. There are 3 colours available for you to choose from: Red, blue and green. If you would like a different colour, leave me a message please. Thank you.

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Kindergarten STEM. Kindergarten kids will love these brilliant and simple STEM activities! Here are some FUN lessons and activities for doing STEM in kindergarten! This Kindergarten STEM includes: #1 - seven lessons plans #2 - stem activities #3 - stem printables #4 - extension activities Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product. @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Follow Little Tots Learning

Oracy sentence stems in speech bubbles with oracy title. Twinkl precursive font used on sentence stems. Easily editable.

Guided reading questions to fit each AF. There is also a simple description of each AF to help with assessment. Questions taken from the Lancs NGFL keyring questions. It will print as a booklet which can be stapled in the middle.

This fantastic STEM Poster makes a great start or addition to your STEM display on your walls. It is bright and colorful and utilizes colors that compliment each other. This poster is 600DPI and quality fonts and images have been used to guarantee a superior print when it is downloaded. Complimenting colors have been used to attract your students and promote STEM. This is a large display. Each letter is on its own A4 sheet of paper. So when it is all up it is 4 A4 (portrait) sheets across and 2 A4 (portrait) sheets down If you enjoy this product please come back to look at around my shop as I will be continually updating and expanding my STEM resources.

Halloween Science Experiment Cards Printable: A spooky set of science experiment cards featuring five fun activities, including self-inflating balloons, magic ink, and Skittles diffusion. Perfect for exciting, hands-on learning at home or in the classroom. This printable set combines Halloween fun with science exploration, encouraging curiosity and experimentation. Each card provides simple instructions for engaging activities that teach concepts like chemical reactions, chromatography, and diffusion. Ideal for STEM lessons, Halloween parties, or at-home learning, these cards make science both educational and festive. Suitable for elementary-aged children and up.

These Maths STEM sentence starters are a prompt for children to use when discussing their maths. The sentence starters provide the children an opportunity to share what they have observed and understood about their learning. This allows you to assess children’s level of understanding.

A set of sentence stems to support pupils with their metacognitive skills. Inspired by the EEF 5 a day principles. Excellent resource for SEND pupils.

STEM Posters for the Classroom includes 12 posters. (Plus, a black and white copy of each one.) Each poster prints in a 8.5x11 size standard sheet of paper. 1 Poster has the STEM acronym and kid pictures that match science, technology, engineering, and math students. There are also the 7 engineering design process words that are in a cute rhyming verse. 4 Posters include a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics topic. Each picture includes 4 words that describe each STEM job. 7 Posters include the engineering design process. Each poster lists a process and 2 or 3 questions about what the student should be thinking when they ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve, and communicate. Check out the preview for a better look at the 12 posters. Hang these posters in your room to help students remember and think about the process as they solve problems in the classroom. I also made the clip art myself. These are original!