Winter Snowman STEM Catapult Challenge (Angles and Ratios)
Have a snowball fight with catapults and ping pong balls! This winter STEM catapult challenge involves engineering, geometry, ratios, critical thinking, and teamwork in an engaging winter-themed activity your students will love!
Grades: 3rd - 10th; Homeschool
Teaching Duration: 90 minutes
Have a snowball fight with catapults and ping pong balls! This winter STEM catapult challenge involves engineering, geometry, ratios, critical thinking, and teamwork in an engaging winter-themed activity your students will love!
Grades: 3rd - 10th; Homeschool
Teaching Duration: 90 minutes
Have a snowball fight with catapults and ping pong balls! This winter STEM catapult challenge involves engineering, geometry, ratios, critical thinking, and teamwork in an engaging winter-themed activity your students will love!
Grades: 3rd - 10th; Homeschool
Teaching Duration: 90 minutes
lesson overview
Have a snowball fight with catapults and ping pong balls! This winter STEM catapult challenge involves engineering, geometry, ratios, critical thinking, and teamwork in an engaging winter-themed activity your students will love!
Updated to include digital STEM journals for distance learning!
Using the engineering design process along with math skills, teams of students will build two catapult designs from common materials (popsicle sticks, rubber bands, newspapers, magazines, cans, and other recyclable materials). Each team will then test at three stations: Distance, Accuracy, and Power. Included are follow-up math problems for enhanced learning. One of my favorite STEM activities!
**This product is a winter version of our catapult challenge**
Included in this product:
Teachers guide with links to resources and photos
Editable instruction teacher slides with videos, science background, trivia, and design challenge steps to support classroom or distance learning instruction
Student catapult design sheet
Student recording sheet for each station
STEM Career Connection: Mechanical Engineering & Materials Engineer
Math connection problems including angles, ratios, and averages, and graphing