STEM Scavenger Hunt Icebreaker Activity
Updated: December 27, 2024
Type: Stage 1: Icebreakers & Teambuilding
Grade Level: K - 8
This scavenger hunt works great as an icebreaker game to transform the dynamics of your classroom– helping students get to know each other, work in teams, and learn something while having fun! This activity by Vivify also provides exposure to simple machines which are the foundation of tools used in physics and engineering to multiply force. In the scavenger hunt, students are asked to find items that represent the list of tools commonly used in STEM fields. Let the hunt and creativity begin!
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Get your students building and creating with 24 STEM activity task cards using common materials.
Grades: K - 8th
Teaching Duration: 30 minutes
This download includes interactive icebreaker activities that will help educators get to know their students and build a strong relationship in a distance learning environment with modifications for using Google Slides, Seesaw, Flipgrid, and take-home packets.
Grades: 2nd - 12th
Teaching Duration: 3 days
This packet contains 5 teamwork challenges that are great for back to school or as icebreakers for a new group of students. The sixth activity is a more in-depth engineering design challenge that uses the complete design process. This activity can be used to set the stage for more rigorous Stage 2 design challenges.
Grades: PreK - 12th
Teaching Duration: 3 hours
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