STEM Bins® Speed Builds MEGA BUNDLE STEM Activities: Morning Work Fast Finishers

About this resource

STEM Bins® Speed Builds Activities are ideal STEM activities for hands-on morning work or soft starts, early finishers, enrichment, and team building.

Challenge cards are compatible with the following TEN building materials:

• Pattern Blocks – 24 cards
• Mini Cups – 24 cards
• Linking Cubes / Snap Cubes – 24 cards
• Base Ten Blocks – 24 cards
• Building Bricks / LEGO bricks – 24 cards
• Dominoes – 24 cards
• Hashtag Blocks (Target Dollar Spot) – 48 cards
• Holiday Hashtag Blocks (9 cards)
• Valentine’s Day Hashtag Blocks (9 cards)
• Halloween & Fall Hashtag Blocks (9 cards)
• Spring/St. Patrick’s Day/Easter Hashtag Blocks (12 cards)
• Plastic Snowflakes / BRAIN FLAKES® (48 cards)
• Fruit Snacks Structures (Valentine’s Day Themed)
• Pool Noodles – 24 cards

Two different difficulty levels are provided: “Build it Flat” and “Build it Up” to accommodate a range of learning levels. “Build it Flat” cards are recommended for Pre-K-2nd Grade and “Build it Up” cards are recommended for advanced 1st Grade-5th Grade. There are 12 cards provided per difficulty level and 9 different choices for STEM Bins® materials.

With STEM Bins® Speed Builds Activities, groups of 2-4 students students race to complete leveled puzzle challenges for six different building materials!

Ready to add a competitive edge to your STEM Bins® while your students practice problem solving, spatial reasoning, and logical thinking?!

OPTIONS FOR USE:

1) PARTNER OR SMALL GROUP SPEED BUILDS:

Groups of 2-4 students race to build each challenge card the fastest. The first student to complete the build hits a buzzer or bell and “wins” that card. Play continues for the full set of cards.

2) INDEPENDENT SPEED BUILDS:

Students work through each challenge card independently. They may choose to time themselves with a stopwatch.