STEM Challenges

The STEM Challenges collection features engaging, week-long projects that immerse students in real-world problem solving and collaborative design. Each challenge includes a video introduction, teacher-led slideshow, detailed lesson plans, and a guided student notebook to support brainstorming, testing, and reflection. Using inexpensive materials and aligned to TEKS and NGSS standards, these challenges encourage creativity, perseverance, and accountability as students design, revise, and share their solutions.

STEM Challenge - Project Lunar Base - Design a Lunar Colony - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Marble Madness - Build an Obstacle Course - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Move - Design a Pulley System To Move a Heavy Load - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Mystery Powder - Use Reactions to Identify Substances - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Off to the Races - Build a Balloon Car - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Paleo Exhibit Engineer - Display Index Fossils - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Pop-up Moon - Paper Engineering the Lunar Cycle - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Quality Construction - Build a Cantilever Crane - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Rocket Launch - Create Rocket That is Ready for Launch - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Save the Oceans - Design a Device to Clean the Oceans - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Seismic Catastrophe - Design an Earthquake Proof Home - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Shake, Rattle, and Roll - Make a Seismograph - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Skydive - Design a Parachute For Your New Business - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Solar System Explorer - Build a Scale Model of Planets - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Star Gazer - Build an Interactive H-R Diagram - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Storm the Castle - Build a Catapult - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Sunnyside Up - Build a Solar Oven - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Thrills - Design A Fast and Furious Roller Coaster - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Too Good to Waste - Create a Prototype Composter - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Topo Expo - Design an Interactive Topographical Map - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Uncharted Waters - Build a Water Wheel for Energy - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project What Happens Next - Create a Succession Flipbook - Grades 6-8

STEM Challenge - Project Wind and Sky - Create a 21st Century Turbine - Grades 6-8

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