2nd Grade STEM Bundle | Full-Year Engineering Activities

2nd Grade STEM Bundle | Full-Year STEM Curriculum | Engineering Activities, Projects, Task Cards & More

Make STEM learning engaging, hands-on, and easy to plan all year long with this comprehensive 2nd Grade STEM Curriculum Bundle! This collection brings together multiple formats of age-appropriate STEM and engineering activities designed to help second grade students explore, create, problem-solve, test ideas, and think like young engineers.

With a full-year curriculum, challenge cards, STEM journals, projects, task cards, early-finisher activities, and substitute plans included, this 2nd Grade STEM Bundle gives teachers a flexible collection of resources for instruction, enrichment, independent practice, and unexpected classroom needs.

What’s Included

This bundle includes 7 second 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 ways to introduce, practice, apply, document, and extend STEM and engineering learning throughout the school year.

How It Works in the Classroom

Use this 2nd 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 practice

• STEM journals and reflection

• Early-finisher activities

• Substitute teacher plans

• STEM enrichment and extension

• Flexible classroom activities

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

Standards & Learning Goals

Students develop foundational STEM and engineering skills through engaging, age-appropriate activities, including:

Engineering Design

• Identifying problems and needs

• Brainstorming possible solutions

• Designing and building

• Testing ideas

• Evaluating results

• Improving designs

Problem-Solving

• Thinking creatively

• Using logical reasoning

• Trying different approaches

• Learning from unsuccessful attempts

• Making decisions and solving challenges

STEM Thinking

• Observing and investigating

• Asking questions

• Making predictions

• Exploring cause and effect

• Applying knowledge to real-world challenges

Communication & Reflection

• Explaining ideas and solutions

• Sharing designs

• Recording observations

• Reflecting on challenges

• Describing ways to improve a solution

Why Teachers Love It

• Uses common classroom and recycled materials — full materials list included
• Complete second grade STEM resource collection
• Seven complementary STEM resources in one bundle
• Full-year engineering activities
• Multiple ways to teach and practice STEM
• 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

This 2nd Grade STEM Bundle gives teachers a ready-to-use collection they can pull from throughout the school year. Whether you need a structured lesson, a quick challenge, a hands-on engineering project, an independent task, an early-finisher activity, or a substitute plan, you’ll have a STEM resource ready to go.

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Add this 2nd 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!

With multiple resource formats included, you can keep STEM learning fresh and flexible while giving second graders meaningful opportunities to develop creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and engineering skills.