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STEM Fall Halloween Activity: Candy Grabber Math & Engineering Activity

$5.25

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.

Grades: 3rd - 9th; Homeschool

Teaching Duration: 3 Hours

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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.

Grades: 3rd - 9th; Homeschool

Teaching Duration: 3 Hours

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.

Grades: 3rd - 9th; Homeschool

Teaching Duration: 3 Hours

“We used this resource in our science class before Halloween. The students worked in teams and created their own candy grabbers. It was a very engaging lesson. This [resource] was great.”
— Vivian G.
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Fall or Halloween STEM Activity - updated with digital STEM journals and teacher slides!

**Note: this challenge is identical to the Valentine's Day Candy Grabber Challenge but with a Halloween and fall theme!**

This engineering design challenge is perfect for a fun and educational STEM Halloween project! 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 an answer key) in both customary and metric units

  • Related STEM career connection

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)

Looking for more STEM lessons? Find the Vivify resource guide here: bit.ly/VivifyResourceGuide

About STEM Challenges: Click here to learn more about the 3 Stages of STEM. STEM challenges are an engaging way to incorporate the engineering design process into your classroom or after school program! These hands-on activities allow students to work in teams, apply the engineering design process, and connect science topics to real-world applications. The teacher will provide the structure to the project, but students will take an active role in designing and building their own device

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