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Get ready for a spooktacular Halloween STEM adventure with our Witch’s Parachute Design Challenge! In this thrilling activity, young minds will embrace their inner engineers as they craft and engineer a parachute fit for a witch descending from her broomstick. Unleash creativity as kids experiment with materials, shapes, and sizes to create the perfect parachute design that ensures a safe and stylish landing for our enchanting witch. As they test and refine their designs, students will learn about the science of gravity, air resistance, and engineering principles while embracing the festive spirit of Halloween. Join us for a wickedly fun experience that combines learning, innovation, and imaginative play in this bewitching STEM challenge!
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. Halloween Witch’s Parachute Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest online reading passage in addition to the fun STEM activity! Let the STEM adventure begin!
Integrating ELA into your STEM challenges has never been easier or more relevant. Use the close reading passage and questions to get the kids pumped up for the challenge that is before them!
This STEM activity and design challenge comes with rigorous questions for one high interest online passage, and one STEM challenge your students can do with readily available materials you have around the house or the classroom. In addition you will also receive a challenge poster to post in your room and a STEM challenge activity parent letter to send home.
STEM challenges are so much fun, they are great for infusing teamwork into your classroom, help to foster a positive classroom community, AND can be used for a wide range of ages and abilities!
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