Elementary Lesson Plans to Teach Each Letter of STEM in a Week

If you wanted to dedicate a week to teaching students what each letter of STEM was, where do you even begin? You want the lessons to be simple enough to last for one class session, but still engaging.

I’ve put together tried and true lessons that work well during the Back to School Season where you can teach each letter of STEM in a Week! All of these lessons and resources can be found here in my TpT shop, and also linked in this post.

 

To make navigating this week of STEM easier, grab THIS free printable PDF that has all of the lessons linked below on one easy-to-read sheet!

 

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Day 1: STEM Overview

Grades K-2

  1. Watch video “What is STEM”
  2. Go over STEM Classroom Rules & Behavior Blast Off Class Game
  3. Play All About Me Brick Build (Color Questions Only)

Grades 3-5

  1. Watch video “What is STEM”
  2. Go over STEM Classroom Rules & Behavior Blast Off Class Game
  3. Play All About Me Brick Build (Color & Size Questions)

What is STEM?

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Day 2: Science

Grades K-2

  1. Watch video “What is Science?”
  2. Color and cut out the ‘Science’ page from these STEM Posters to start creating a STEM book. If finished early, draw on the back your favorite things about science
  3. Read the story “The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend” by Dan Santat, and complete this STEM & Stories activity 
  4. If you need an additional activity, students can use this Science-themed Engineer Inspiration Board to build what is shown using any items you have on hand (blocks, LEGO bricks, simple Makerspace materials…)

Grades 3-5

  1. Watch video “What is Science?”
  2. Students can fill out the printed or digital version of these STEM Get to Know You Slides of what their favorite things in science are
  3. Complete this fun Cardboard Straw Maze activity with reflection questions and additional tests to extend the lesson

What is Science?

   

Day 3: Technology

Grades K-2

  1. Watch video “What is Technology?”
  2. Color and cut out the ‘Technology’ page from these STEM Posters to start creating a STEM book. If finished early, draw on the back your favorite things about technology
  3. Read the story “Tek, The Modern Cave Boy” by Patrick McDonnell 
  4. If you need an additional activity, students can use this Technology-themed Engineer Inspiration Board to build what is shown using any items you have on hand (blocks, LEGO bricks, simple Makerspace materials…)

Grades 3-5

  1. Watch video “What is Technology?”
  2. Students can fill out the printed or digital version of these STEM Get to Know You Slides of what their favorite things in technology are
  3. Complete all or a few pages of the Apps About Me activity. This can be assigned digitally or printed. If assigned digitally, it really works on basic computer skills in Google Slides/Power Point/Seesaw. No coding skills required. However, the printable version is still fun!

What is Technology?

   

Day 4: Engineering

Grades K-2

  1. Watch video “What is Engineering?”
  2. Color and cut out the ‘Engineering’ page from these STEM Posters to start creating a STEM book. If finished early, draw on the back your favorite things about engineering.
  3. Read the story “Rosie Revere, Engineer” by Andrea Beatty and complete this STEM & Stories activity
  4. If you need an additional activity, students can use this Back to School-themed Engineer Inspiration Board to build what is shown using any items you have on hand (blocks, LEGO bricks, simple Makerspace materials…)

Grades 3-5

  1. Watch video “What is Engineering?”
  2. Students can fill out the printed or digital version of these STEM Get to Know You Slides of what their favorite things in technology are
  3. Complete this fun Marble Maze Roller Coaster activity with reflection questions and additional tests to extend the lesson

What is Engineering?

Day 5: Math

Grades K-2

  1. Watch video “What is Math?”
  2. Color and cut out the ‘Math’ page from these STEM Posters to start creating a STEM book. If finished early, draw on the back your favorite things about math.
  3. Read the story “There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books” by Lucille Colandro  and complete this STEM & Stories activity
  4. If you need an additional activity, students can use this Alphabet Cube station, where students can build each letter of the alphabet or even their name, then count and write how many cubes they used

Grades 3-5

  1. Watch video “What is Math?”
  2. Students can fill out the printed or digital version of these STEM Get to Know You Slides of what their favorite things in math are
  3. Complete this fun Boat Float activity with reflection questions and additional tests to extend the lesson. I recommend having smaller buckets of water already filled so students can test your designs. This is a great outside activity too if that works for where you are at!

What is Math?

 

 

Don’t forget to download your FREE PDF here that has an easy to read outline of all of these lessons so you can keep track throughout the week!

 

 

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Naomi Meredith is a K-5 STEM educator and business owner in Colorado supporting elementary teachers world-wide navigate the best practices, strategies and tools out there. She has over a decade of experience teaching, 5 years teaching elementary STEM, along with a M.Ed. in STEM Leadership and STEM Certificate.

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