Halloween STEM activities keep your kids engaged & learning! You can also add this to a unit on bats, life science, or as a supplement to "Stellaluna."
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Basic Premise:
In this Halloween STEM Challenge, students design and engineer a new set of bat wings, with the goal being to achieve maximum flight distance and/or accuracy. You can even throw in style points, if you like! It's a paper airplane challenge with a twist!
***This resource includes two (2) downloadable files: a print-ready PDF and an editable PowerPoint file of the student handouts. Please note these are downloadable files only. No physical items will be sent to you.***
Inside the resource, you'll find:
- NGSS aligned standards, Grades 2 – 8
- Teacher Tips
- Links to a video walk-through of the challenge & my 5-part video series on getting started with STEM challenges
- Premise & Set-up
- Materials and timing
- Modifying Criteria & Constraints to adjust challenge difficulty
- Measuring results
- Post-design extension activities list & links
Student Handouts
- Wingless bat body handouts (2 options provided)
- Criteria and Constraints list (EDITABLE)
- Design Analysis Handouts (EDITABLE)
two sets & two versions: 2-page regular spacing and 4-page expanded spacing for primary students included for two different goals: length or length + weight held
- Discussion Questions (EDITABLE)
Extension templates
- Process flow map
- Create & solve math problems based on designs
Suggested Materials:
- Bat Body copies (included digital file, just print)
- Scissors (not included; this is a digital resource)
- Tape measure (not included; this is a digital resource)
Optional:
- tape (not included; this is a digital resource)
- notebook paper (not included; this is a digital resource)