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Build a Catapult
Engage your students with a hands-on Catapult STEM project that blends engineering design, force and energy, testing, measurement, and data analysis.
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Hands-on STEM learning that integrates science, reading comprehension, mathematics, measurement, data analysis, and flexible multigrade instruction for Grades 3rd–6th.
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Balloon Rocket STEM Project
Grades 3rd–6th
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Newton's Third Law
Launch Newton's Third Law off the page and into motion with a hands-on Balloon Rocket STEM Project that turns forces, motion, and scientific thinking into an experience students can see, measure, and explain.
- Nonfiction science passage, reading comprehension quiz and answer key, and focused STEM vocabulary covering forces, motion, propulsion, scientific method, hypothesis, variables, and data.
- Guided balloon rocket investigation with speed calculation and recording, average speed and range analysis, reflection questions, and challenging math applications.
- Student presentation rubric assessing scientific explanation, vocabulary use, data presentation, understanding of Newton's Third Law, visual aids, and teamwork/collaboration.
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Turn a classic egg-drop challenge into a complete STEM engineering investigation for Grades 4–6.
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Paper Tower STEM Challenge
Turn paper and tape into a complete Grades 4–6 STEM investigation combining engineering design, measurement, statistics, graphing, data analysis, and CER writing.
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Balloon Rocket STEM Project
Bring Newton's Third Law to life with a cohesive STEM experience connecting reading, science, mathematics, experimentation, measurement, data analysis, and student explanation.
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