Kindergarten STEM Picture Cards | 60 Print-and-Go Engineering Cards
Make Kindergarten STEM visual, accessible, and hands-on with 60 picture-based engineering cards designed for young learners. The challenges do not require students to read, allowing children to understand problems through images and participate through building, exploring, discussing, and sharing. The cards pair with the Kindergarten STEM Full-Year Curriculum and provide a simple structure for developing early engineering habits.
The resource includes 36 weekly Challenge Cards, 4 Step Cards, 8 Tool Cards, and 12 Sorting Cards. Cards are designed to be printed, cut, laminated, and reused, with two cards per page.
The 36 challenges cover a variety of age-appropriate STEM topics, including Tower Power, Material Detectives, A Chair for Teddy, Blueprint Builders, Bridge for a Toy Car, Strongest Shape, Ramp Racers, Boats Afloat, Paper Airplane Test Flight, Magnet Movers, Bird Nest Design, Bird Feeder Design, Rain Shelters, Wind-Resistant Buildings, Stop the Flood, Sound Signals, Playground Designers, and Invention Convention.
A consistent four-step process keeps activities easy to understand:
ASK → IMAGINE → BUILD → SHARE
The four Step Cards can remain displayed throughout the year and help children understand what to do before, during, and after a challenge. Challenge cards can also be placed at building stations so students can independently revisit the problem while working.
The Tool Cards support classroom independence by visually labeling materials and routines such as blocks, tape, scissors, crayons, cubes, water, timers, and cleanup. Students can use them to locate and return materials without relying entirely on teacher directions.
The Sorting Cards add opportunities for observation, comparison, and STEM vocabulary. Children sort objects and ideas using opposites such as tall/short, floats/sinks, push/pull, sticks/does not stick, wet/dry, and loud/quiet.
These cards develop early skills in observing problems, making predictions, generating ideas, building and testing, comparing, sorting, communicating, collaborating, and explaining creations. The visual format makes STEM accessible to pre-readers while encouraging increasing independence.
With minimal preparation and reusable materials, the cards can support whole-group lessons, carpet activities, building centers, partner work, morning work, indoor recess, spare time, or substitute plans.
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K - 5 STEM Challenge Cards Bundle | Full-Year Engineering Activities
K–5 STEM Challenge Cards Bundle | 554 Print-and-Go Engineering Challenge Cards | Full Year, Every Grade 216 weekly engineering challenges — one for every week of the school year in Kindergarten through 5th Grade — plus 338 extension, discussion, and quick-build cards. Print, cut, laminate, and you're set for the year. These are the student-facing cards that put the problem, criteria, and constraints directly in students' hands so they can check their own designs against the specification instead of asking "Is this allowed?" Every challenge runs on materials you already have: cups, straws, tape, paper, string, blocks. What's Included Six complete grade-level card sets (216 pages, 554 cards): Kindergarten STEM Picture Cards (60 cards) — picture-based challenges for pre-readers, plus Ask/Imagine/Build/Share step cards, 8 tool-bin labels, and 12 sorting cards 1st Grade STEM Challenge Cards (96 cards) — 36 weekly challenges, 36 Level Up extensions, 12 Engineer Talk cards, 12 Quick Builds 2nd Grade STEM Challenge Cards (98 cards) — adds required trial counts and data-recording prompts on every weekly card 3rd Grade STEM Challenge Cards (98 cards) — adds independent variables, efficiency calculations, and an unplugged coding strand 4th Grade STEM Challenge Cards (100 cards) — adds client scenarios and budgets to every challenge 5th Grade STEM Challenge Cards (102 cards) — adds optimization/trade-off focus, flowchart and pseudocode keys Across the bundle: 216 Weekly Challenge Cards, 180 Level Up Cards, 60 Quick Build Cards, and 98 process, sentence-stem, team-role, tool, and sorting cards. What the Challenges Look Like The same six-unit structure runs through every grade — Engineering Design, Materials/Matter, Forces & Motion or Energy, Life Science, Earth & Weather/Space, and Engineering for Communities — with the challenge growing up alongside the student: K: A Chair for Teddy · Ramp Racers · Boats Afloat · Rain Shelter · Stop the Flood 1st: Windproof House · Balloon-Powered Car · Seed Dispersal Device · Erosion Barrier · Pulley Power 2nd: Design a Water Filter · Marble Run Grand Prix · Design a Parachute · Pollinator Garden Model · Design for Everyone 3rd: Create a Solar Oven · Wind-Powered Vehicle · Earthquake-Resistant Structure · Model Ecosystem · Engineering for Water Access 4th: Solar and renewable energy · Communication systems · Erosion protection · Biomimicry · Product design 5th: Water purification · Wind turbines · Energy grids · Mars habitats · Assistive technology · Sustainable cities Every Weekly Card Provides The driving question Criteria — what the design must accomplish Constraints — the limits students work within A prediction prompt From 2nd Grade up: required trials and what data to record From 4th Grade up: a client scenario and a budget How It Works Post the weekly card in your Build Zone and leave it there for the whole challenge. Level Up cards go to pairs who meet the criteria early — each one introduces a competing goal (stronger and lighter, faster and carries more cargo), not just "build another one." Talk cards stay posted all year and give students the language to explain evidence and disagree using data. Quick Build cards are ten-minute, no-prep challenges for indoor recess, morning work, or a sub day. Skills Progression K–5 Students move from observing, building, and sharing (K) → identifying criteria and constraints and changing one variable at a time (1st–2nd) → planning fair tests, calculating ranges and efficiency, and graphing results (3rd) → working within budgets for a client and calculating rates and cost-effectiveness (4th) → optimizing across trade-offs and communicating with flowcharts and pseudocode (5th). The card system is built to shift students from "Is this allowed?" to "Let me check the specification." Format 6 PDF files, 216 pages total 4 cards per page (2 per page for Kindergarten), designed for cardstock and lamination Color-coded borders match the unit structure in the companion curricula Teaching duration: 1 full school year per grade Pairs With the K–5 STEM Curriculum These are the student-facing cards. The teacher-facing lesson plans for each weekly challenge are in the grade-level STEM Full-Year Curricula, sold separately or together in the K–5 STEM Curriculum Bundle. Each card set also includes 60+ extension, discussion, and quick-build cards that are not in the curriculum. Want everything for one grade? See the individual grade-level STEM Bundles. Want everything for all six? The K–5 STEM Mega Bundle includes these cards, the curricula, and more. Why Buy the Bundle Six sets bought separately cost $29.94. This bundle is $19.99 — and gives a STEM specialist or a whole elementary building one consistent challenge system from Kindergarten to 5th Grade. Predict. Build. Test. Improve — every week, every grade.
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Kindergarten STEM Bundle | Full-Year Engineering Activities
Kindergarten STEM Bundle | Full-Year STEM Curriculum | Engineering Activities, Projects, Task Cards & More Make STEM learning fun, hands-on, and easy to plan all year long with this comprehensive Kindergarten STEM Curriculum Bundle! This collection gives young learners multiple opportunities to explore engineering, solve problems, build ideas, and develop creative thinking through age-appropriate STEM activities. With a full-year STEM curriculum, picture cards, STEM journals, projects, task cards, early-finisher activities, and substitute plans included, this Kindergarten STEM Bundle gives teachers flexible resources for STEM instruction, enrichment, independent learning, and classroom coverage. What's Included This bundle includes 7 kindergarten STEM resources: • Kindergarten STEM Curriculum — 36 weekly challenges across 6 units • Kindergarten STEM Picture Cards — 60 picture-based cards for pre-readers • Kindergarten STEM Journal — 108 drawing-and-labeling recording pages • Kindergarten STEM Projects — 18 hands-on build projects • Kindergarten STEM Task Cards — 60 picture-supported skill cards • Kindergarten STEM for Early Finishers — 36 no-prep challenges with choice board • Kindergarten STEM Sub Plans — 12 emergency lessons with substitute scripts Together, these resources provide multiple ways to introduce, explore, practice, document, and extend STEM and engineering learning throughout the school year. How It Works in the Classroom Use this Kindergarten STEM Curriculum Bundle for: • Daily or weekly STEM instruction • Whole-group STEM lessons • Small-group activities • STEM centers and stations • Engineering challenges • Hands-on projects • Picture-supported STEM learning • STEM journals and reflection • Task card activities • Early-finisher enrichment • Substitute teacher plans • Flexible STEM exploration Use the curriculum for structured STEM learning, picture cards to support visual learning and discussion, projects for hands-on exploration, task cards for shorter activities, and journals for recording student thinking. Standards & Learning Goals Students develop foundational STEM and engineering skills through age-appropriate exploration, including: Engineering Design • Identifying simple problems • Brainstorming possible solutions • Designing and building • Testing ideas • Observing results • Making improvements Problem-Solving • Exploring different solutions • Thinking creatively • Making choices • Trying new strategies • Learning through hands-on discovery STEM Thinking • Observing and investigating • Asking questions • Making predictions • Exploring materials and designs • Connecting STEM concepts to everyday experiences Communication & Reflection • Sharing ideas • Describing designs • Explaining solutions • Recording learning through pictures and writing • Reflecting on STEM experiences Why Teachers Love It * Uses common classroom and recycled materials — full materials list included * Journals use drawing, labeling, and dictation, not written responses. * Complete kindergarten STEM resource collection * Seven complementary STEM resources in one bundle * Full-year engineering activities * Multiple formats for flexible STEM instruction * Picture cards support visual and language-rich learning * Encourages creativity and problem-solving * Includes hands-on projects and engineering activities * Provides meaningful early-finisher options * Includes substitute teacher plans * Works for whole-group, small-group, centers, and independent activities * Saves valuable planning time Instead of searching for different STEM resources throughout the year, teachers can use this Kindergarten STEM Bundle as a flexible resource library. Pull out a picture card for discussion, use a task card for a quick challenge, complete a hands-on project, or use the curriculum for structured STEM instruction. Download Today Add this Kindergarten STEM Curriculum Bundle to your classroom and give young learners a full year of opportunities to explore, create, build, test, and problem-solve! Whether you need a structured STEM lesson, a visual learning activity, a hands-on project, an independent task, an early-finisher activity, or a substitute plan, this bundle gives you flexible STEM resources for the school year.
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