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🦃 Thanksgiving STEM Activities Bundle | 5 Hands-On Fall STEM Challenges (Grades 2–8)

Keep your students engaged and learning this November with five exciting Thanksgiving STEM activities! Perfect for Fall STEM rotations, pre-holiday lessons, or enrichment projects, these challenges invite students to design, build, and problem-solve while exploring the history of the Wampanoag and Pilgrims.

🍁 What Students Will Do

Students take on five creative design missions:

1️⃣ Mini Mayflower / Mini Mishoon – Build transportation devices to move goods across land or water.

2️⃣ Protect the People – Construct sturdy shelters to provide comfort and safety.

3️⃣ Pumpkin Picker – Design a tool to harvest pumpkins efficiently.

4️⃣ Corn Cultivator – Engineer a device to help plant and care for crops.

5️⃣ Turkey Transporter – Create a system to safely move turkeys in the final, fun challenge!

Each activity encourages critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and STEM application—perfect for keeping students excited right up until the holiday break.

✅ What’s Included

• 5 Complete STEM Challenges with step-by-step teacher tips and timing guides
• NGSS-Aligned Standards (Grades 2–8)
• Editable Student Handouts in color & black-and-white:
• Criteria & Constraints lists
• Results & Design Analysis pages
• Discussion questions
• Extension Templates: Process flow map, math extensions, and challenge-specific worksheets
• STEM Challenge Tips: Competition options, measuring results, and differentiation ideas
• Links to How-to Videos and individual challenge walk-throughs

Materials are easy to find and can be modified to fit any classroom budget.

🎯 Perfect For

• November STEM days or Fall STEM rotations
• Thanksgiving week lessons
• Makerspace and engineering clubs
• Small-group or whole-class challenges
• Distance learning (digital Google Slides™ version available separately)

🌟 Teacher Testimonials

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “An extremely well-thought-out unit that incorporates math, science, and reading. Worth every dime!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Excellent resource—challenging and engaging!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “WOW! Loved using this resource. So much information and fun activities!”

Give your students a holiday season to remember with STEM challenges that blend history, creativity, and problem-solving—no “lame duck” days this year!