STEM Christmas Activity: Elf Zip Line (Engineering Design)

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Grade Levels

2nd - 9th

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Math, Gifted and Talented, Engineering

Resource Type

Projects, Activities

Standards

CCSS6.EE.A.1

CCSS7.EE.A.1

CCSS8.EE.A.1

CCSS8.EE.A.2

CCSS8.EE.A.3

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36 pages

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Our elf ziplines turned out great! We displayed them on the library shelves and my students got to demonstrate how they work to their parents.

— Nicole R.

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Students always amaze me with their creative abilities. I love watching them shine through activities like this!

— Jessica E.

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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 Zipline Adventure STEM 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)

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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 afterschool 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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Total Pages

36 pages

Answer Key

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Teaching Duration

90 minutes

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to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSS6.EE.A.1

Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents.

CCSS7.EE.A.1

Apply properties of operations as strategies to add, subtract, factor, and expand linear expressions with rational coefficients.

CCSS8.EE.A.1

Know and apply the properties of integer exponents to generate equivalent numerical expressions. For example, 3² × (3⁻⁵) = (3⁻³) = 1/3³ = 1/27.

CCSS8.EE.A.2

Use square root and cube root symbols to represent solutions to equations of the form 𝘹² = 𝘱 and 𝘹³ = 𝘱, where 𝘱 is a positive rational number. Evaluate square roots of small perfect squares and cube roots of small perfect cubes. Know that √2 is irrational.

CCSS8.EE.A.3

Use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 to estimate very large or very small quantities, and to express how many times as much one is than the other. For example, estimate the population of the United States as 3 × 10⁸ and the population of the world as 7 × 10⁹, and determine that the world population is more than 20 times larger.

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