STEM Challenges Learning Cards & Supply Kit, Grades 2-5

Make hands-on STEM challenges easy to start with 30 double-sided activity cards and a broad assortment of building supplies for Grades 2-5. The cards cover physical science, life science, and earth and space science through open-ended tasks such as creating structures, exploring camouflage, and modeling fossil digs. Visual material lists appear on the front, while the back provides hints, discussion questions, and explanations of the science. With paper, pom-poms, craft sticks, chenille stems, bags, toothpicks, paper clips, bleeding tissue, and rubber bands included, learners can move from a question to a testable idea in classrooms, centers, homeschool lessons, clubs, camps, or at home.

• Thirty open-ended challenges: The card set includes ten activities each for physical science, life science, and earth and space science.
• Two-sided learning support: Card fronts show the challenge and a visual material list, while backs add hints, questions, and simple science explanations.
• Flexible lesson use: Durable cards work for learning centers, early finishers, whole-class instruction, small groups, take-home activities, clubs, or homeschool study.
• Hands-on problem-solving: Learners plan, build, compare, test, explain, and revise while practicing science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills.
• High-count project supplies: Paper, wood, wire, fiber, bags, steel clips, art tissue, pom-poms, and rubber bands support many creative solutions.
• Convenient activity kit: Nineteen packaged components pair grab-and-go challenge cards with commonly requested classroom building materials.