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STEM Challenge Graphic Organizer - Upper Grades

Updated: 25 Oct 2024

Use this STEM Challenge Planning sheet with to keep your students on task and organized when completing STEM challenges.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 2 Pages
Grades: 3 - 6

Curriculum

Science 3.2(A)

Plan and implement descriptive investigations, including asking and answering questions, making inferences, and selecting and using equipment or technology needed, to solve a specific problem in the natural world;
Science 3.2(B)

Collect and record data by observing and measuring using the metric system and recognize differences between observed and measured data;
Science 4.2(A)

Plan and implement descriptive investigations, including asking well defined questions, making inferences, and selecting and using appropriate equipment or technology to answer his/her questions;
Science 5.2(A)

Describe, plan, and implement simple experimental investigations testing one variable;
Science 5.2(B)

Ask well defined questions, formulate testable hypotheses, and select and use appropriate equipment and technology;
Science 5.2(C)

Collect and record information using detailed observations and accurate measuring;
Science 6.2(A)

Plan and implement comparative and descriptive investigations by making observations, asking well defined questions, and using appropriate equipment and technology;
Science 6.2(B)

Design and implement experimental investigations by making observations, asking well defined questions, formulating testable hypotheses, and using appropriate equipment and technology;

teaching resource

STEM Challenge Graphic Organizer - Upper Grades

Updated: 25 Oct 2024

Use this STEM Challenge Planning sheet with to keep your students on task and organized when completing STEM challenges.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 2 Pages
Grades: 3 - 6

Use this STEM Challenge Planning sheet with to keep your students on task and organized when completing STEM challenges.

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Printable STEM Challenge Planning Sheet

Keeping kids organized and on task during STEM activities can be a real challenge. With the thrill of hands-on experiments and team-building projects, students are extremely eager to explore and engage, often leading to distractions and classroom chaos. This year, we’re excited to help you keep them on track with a brand new Printable STEM Challenge Planning and Reflection Sheet. During a STEM challenge – students can use this template to write down notes at each stage of the process, keeping them on task and organized.

The following sections are included in this organizer, each geared toward a specific component of the scientific process.

Challenge – What is the challenge?
Research – What do you need to know?
Ideas – What are your ideas?
Design – What materials do you need? How will you create your design?
Outcome – How did you test your design? What happened?
Evaluate – What would you do differently? How could you make your design better?

Download and Print Your STEM Challenge Worksheet

This resource is available as an easy-to-use Google Slides or Printable PDF Resource file. To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button to select your preferred file format. Make your copies, pass them out to your students, and you’re ready to begin!

This resource was created by Brittany Kellogg, a Teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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Curriculum

Science 3.2(A)

Plan and implement descriptive investigations, including asking and answering questions, making inferences, and selecting and using equipment or technology needed, to solve a specific problem in the natural world;
Science 3.2(B)

Collect and record data by observing and measuring using the metric system and recognize differences between observed and measured data;
Science 4.2(A)

Plan and implement descriptive investigations, including asking well defined questions, making inferences, and selecting and using appropriate equipment or technology to answer his/her questions;
Science 5.2(A)

Describe, plan, and implement simple experimental investigations testing one variable;
Science 5.2(B)

Ask well defined questions, formulate testable hypotheses, and select and use appropriate equipment and technology;
Science 5.2(C)

Collect and record information using detailed observations and accurate measuring;
Science 6.2(A)

Plan and implement comparative and descriptive investigations by making observations, asking well defined questions, and using appropriate equipment and technology;
Science 6.2(B)

Design and implement experimental investigations by making observations, asking well defined questions, formulating testable hypotheses, and using appropriate equipment and technology;

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