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Build a Rubber Band Car STEM Engineering Challenge for Middle School Science

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Your middle school science students will love making a rubber band car to demonstrate potential and kinetic energy!

With a variety of activities, this unit will save you tons of time and keep your class engaged!

This is a great STEM Challenge, using the engineering design process. Students will design and test their prototype and redesign in this STEM activity. Rubber band cars are fun and engaging and illustrate a variety of force and motion concepts. 

This STEM Engineering Unit contains a variety of activities.

It includes phenomena, engineering design process, lesson plans, scaffolding for students who need it, directions with photos, follow-up pages, and answer keys.

Possibly the best STEM purchase I have made on TPT! Really connected well to science, math and everything! Kids had a blast!

Camille J.
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My students did really well with this unit and I love how the science and engineering is really well connected. Not just making a toy! Real science ideas are presented.

Emily S.

This is a standards-aligned resource.

When you use one of my units, you can be sure you’re covering the information that you need to!

This unit is aligned with standards NGSS MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2, MS-ETS1-3, and MS-ETS1-4.

Fantastic STEM Engineering activity. Students were so motivated and engaged! They loved their cars and the directions and tips were super helpful. Loved that scaffolding was provided and actually helped me to make a car that worked!

Stephanie G.

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As always, Lynda provides perfect alignment with the standards.

 
Age of the Earth and Geologic Time Scale NGSS MS ESS1-4

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Sharon M

As always, Lynda provides perfect alignment with the standards.   Age of the Earth and Geologic Time Scale NGSS MS ESS1-4
Thank you so much for creating this resource! It is such a fun and engaging activity for my students, especially during distance learning.

 
Honey Bee Digital Escape Distance Learning

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Expedition Fourth

Thank you so much for creating this resource! It is such a fun and engaging activity for my students, especially during distance learning.   Honey Bee Digital Escape Distance Learning
My students loved this unit. I was able to present different elements of it throughout the month. It is hard to find interesting non-fictional, age-appropriate text for my students that they will enjoy. This was a great unit that aligned well for my students who have very different goals within the same group.

 
Compare and Contrast Two Texts on Reindeer

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Heidi J

My students loved this unit. I was able to present different elements of it throughout the month. It is hard to find interesting non-fictional, age-appropriate text for my students that they will enjoy. This was a great unit that aligned well for my students who have very different goals within the same group.   Compare and Contrast Two Texts on Reindeer
I am so impressed with this unit which manages to be distance learning and hands-on at the same time.  Really well thought out and engaging activities that allow students to practice each of the eight Science and Engineering Practices.  Really no prep for me!

 
Science and Engineering Practices Distance Education Unit

Tina S

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2016-05-03T18:05:39-06:00

Tina S

I am so impressed with this unit which manages to be distance learning and hands-on at the same time.  Really well thought out and engaging activities that allow students to practice each of the eight Science and Engineering Practices.  Really no prep for me!   Science and Engineering Practices Distance Education Unit
The elephant article was excellent but I also thought the lab on dissecting a flower was broken down so easily, even telling me where to get inexpensive flowers!  This resource helped me teach this challenging standard in an engaging way.  Worth every penny!

 
Structure and Function NGSS 4-LS1-1 and 4-LS1-2

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2016-05-03T18:07:52-06:00

Richard S

The elephant article was excellent but I also thought the lab on dissecting a flower was broken down so easily, even telling me where to get inexpensive flowers!  This resource helped me teach this challenging standard in an engaging way.  Worth every penny!   Structure and Function NGSS 4-LS1-1 and 4-LS1-2
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