Halloween Candy Grabber STEM Activity

lesson overview

Fall or Halloween STEM Activity

This engineering design challenge is perfect for a fun and educational STEM Halloween project! Please note: the word "Halloween" is not in the product - the pages are in black and orange with a candy graphic. Students will work in teams to design and build a device that uses the power of levers to pick up candy from a distance. After completing the project, use the provided handout to discuss the real-world STEM career as a prosthetist. Our students have loved this activity, and we know yours will too!

Included in this product:

• Detailed teachers guide with links to resources

• Editable teacher slides

• Grading Rubric

• Handout teaching the concept of levers

• Editable student handouts to guide them through the engineering design process

• Student recording sheet for each step of the process

• Math connection problems including areas, percentages, and graphing (with answer keys) in both customary and metric units

• Related STEM career connection: prosthetist

Recommended Materials:

• Wooden paint stirrers or 12” square dowel sticks

• Tape (Duct works best)

• Plastic straws

• Single-hole punch

• Corrugated cardboard (like from a cardboard box)

• String

• Scissors

• Brass fasteners (long works best)

• Rubber bands

• Paper clips

• Sandpaper

• Toothpicks

• Testing materials: Candy variety (lollipops, candy hearts, chocolate candy, etc.)

• Container (Tupperware, box, etc. to drop candy in)

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