STEM Christmas Activity: Elf Zip Line (Engineering Design)
A fun Christmas STEM Challenge for the winter holidays with your Elf! Students will design a zip line vehicle to save an elf from a high place.
Grades: 2nd - 9th
Teaching Duration: 90 minutes
“I used this resource as a holiday activity with my gifted students. They had so much fun designing and building their ziplines. I will definitely use this again.”
lesson overview
A fun Christmas STEM Challenge for the winter holidays! Students will design a zip line vehicle to save an elf from a high place. This hands-on activity is an engaging design challenge that allows students to work in teams, apply the engineering design process, and connect math topics to real-world applications. Students will design a zip line to help rescue the elf!
Elf STEM: Zipline Adventure Activity Guide:
Detailed teachers guide with links to resources
Student handouts to guide them through the design process
Student recording sheet for each step of the process
Editable digital STEM journal and note to families
Grading rubric
Math connection problems including angles, ratios, geometry, and graphing (in customary and metric units)
