Print out our free STEM worksheets below to accompany your next STEM lesson plan or STEM challenge. These simple STEM worksheets are perfect for elementary students ready to extend their STEM activities by recording data and results. Check out some great STEM activities to go along with these printable pages!
STEM Worksheets for Elementary
These STEM worksheets below are an excellent way for kids to stop and think about what’s happening within the STEM challenge or science experiment they are doing!
Now that he is in 4th grade, he is really into recording and drawing his observations, so we continue to use these STEM worksheets to encourage these skills while we enjoy new STEM challenges.
Read more about STEM and NGSS here to get started!
How to Set Up STEM Challenges
Adding these STEM worksheets allows kids to take what they are building, engineering, creating, and inventing and put it into words for others to understand.
Recording the thought processes, successes, failures, and results is an excellent way for kids to tap into those critical thinking skills and to step back and evaluate what is happening with their challenge or project. Learn more about the engineering design process!
Additionally, kids can express their passion for their STEM project and take ownership of the results.
Are you looking to source STEM supplies on a budget? Check out our printable STEM supplies list!
Get kids thinking about…
- What is the problem that needs to be solved?
- What supplies do I have to use?
- What will my plan of action be?
- What worked?
- What didn’t work?
- What did I learn from this challenge?
- What conclusions can I draw from my results and data collection?
Free Printable STEM Worksheets
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STEM Challenge Worksheets
Grab the 5 Day STEM pack and start with quick STEM activities today. These free STEM worksheets below are a fantastic way to incorporate more STEM into your day. Read more about the STEM challenges included here.
Science Process Worksheets
These printable worksheets explain and illustrate the steps of the scientific method and provide a place for kids to complete a science experiment.
Pair with any of the science activities found throughout this website. Find a new favorite science experiment here with easy-to-use supplies.
STEM Activities By Age Group
We’ve put together a few separate resources for different age groups, but remember that many projects and challenges will cross over and can be re-tried at several different age levels. Younger kiddos can enjoy the simplicity and hands-on fun. At the same time, you can talk back and forth about what is happening.
As kiddos get older, they can bring more complexity to the experiments, including using the engineering design process.
Shape STEM Worksheets
Explore shapes and building shapes for quick and easy STEM activities.
Simple Machines
Have you ever wondered how to make Archimedes Screw? We’ll show you how! Plus, you can grab these free simple machine worksheets.
More Printable STEM Worksheets
Fantastic and simple STEM challenges promote both creative and critical thinking skills! Kids work independently or in groups to develop solutions with various STEM task cards presented for each season or theme!
These printable STEM activities are simple enough for preschoolers to elementary and older!
Download, print, and laminate any of these STEM challenge cards below. Add to a basket of simple supplies gathered from the recycling bin!
STEM Challenge Cards
- Fall STEM Challenge Cards
- Apple STEM Challenge Cards
- Pumpkin STEM Challenge Cards
- Halloween STEM Challenge Cards
- Thanksgiving STEM Challenge Cards
- Christmas STEM Countdown Calendar Cards
- Winter STEM Challenge Cards
- Groundhog Day STEM Challenge Cards
- Valentines Day STEM Challenge Cards
- St Patrick’s Day STEM Challenge Cards
- Easter STEM Challenge Cards
- Earth Day STEM Challenge Cards
- Spring STEM Challenge Cards
- Summer STEM Challenge Cards
- Rainbow STEM Challenge Cards
- Ocean STEM Challenge Cards
- Space STEM Challenge Cards
- LEGO Challenge Cards (huge variety)
STEM PROJECTS
Each project below features free printable STEM worksheets for you to print and use at home, in the classroom, or with any group! You’ll find even more STEM printables here.
- Paper Chain Challenge
- Walk Through Paper Challenge
- Secret Coding Pictures
- Bridge Building Challenge
- Thaumatropes
- Binary Coding Activity
- STEM Scavenger Hunt
- Real World STEM
- 100 Cup Tower Challenge
- Spaghetti Tower Challenge
- Tower Challenge Mini Pack
- Catapult STEM Challenge
- 2D and 3D Shape Challenge Cards
Printable STEM Pack for Kids
80+ Doable Engineering Projects in one convenient pack!
- Full instructions with sample images
- Activity-specific instruction sheets
- Data Collection Sheets
- Questions for Reflection
- Architecture Building Cards: Try the tallest tower challenge
- Bridge Building Cards: Explore different types of bridges to build your own.
- Paper Chain STEM Challenge: Who can make the longest chain? Great icebreaker or quick challenge!
- 3 Little Pigs Architectural Pack: Design a house that won’t blow away!
- Great marshmallow challenge: A classic challenge kids love!
- Real-world STEM challenge lesson but don’t know where to start? Our easy-to-follow template shows the steps!
- What’s the difference between a scientist and an engineer?
- Crossword and word search with engineering vocabulary.
- Engineering vocabulary cards
- Design a one-of-a-kind invention and write about it with this 5-page activity!
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