STEM Bins® Pool Noodle Speed Builds: End of the Year and Summer STEM Activities

About this resource

These End of the Year and Summer STEM Bins® Activity cards are compatible with Pool Noodle pieces and toothpicks. These STEM Activities are ideal for hands-on morning work, early finishers, enrichment, and team building at the end of they school year or during the summer. They are also perfect for summer school activities!

Prior to completing these challenges, the teacher will need to use a serrated knife to cut pool noodles into circular slices, halves, and fourths.

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With Pool Noodle STEM Bins® Speed Builds, 1-2 students complete leveled puzzle STEM challenges!

Two different difficulty levels are provided to accommodate a range of learning levels. Level 1 (BUILD IT FLAT) cards are recommended for Pre-K-2nd Grade and Level 2 (BUILD IT UP) cards are recommended for 2nd Grade-5th Grade. There are 12 cards provided per difficulty level.

OPTIONS FOR USE:

1) PARTNER SPEED BUILDS:

Groups of 2 students collaborate to build each challenge card together.

2) INDEPENDENT SPEED BUILDS:

Students work through each challenge card independently.

INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:

Page 3: How to Use

Page 4: Organization

Page 5: What are My Students Learning?

Page 6: Pool Noodle box covers

Pages 7-9: 12 Pool Noodle challenge cards – LEVEL 1 (BUILD IT FLAT)

Pages 10-12: 12 Pool Noodle challenge cards – LEVEL 2 (BUILD IT UP)

STEM Bins® was created by Brooke Brown, NBCT, of Teach Outside the Box. STEM Bins® and STEAM Bins® are registered trademarks of Teach Outside the Box, LLC. STEM Bins® kits are also available from our partner hand2mind.