Cardboard Engineering STEM Skills, Construction, Folding, Taping, Cutting
Cardboard Engineering STEM Skills, Construction, Folding, Taping, Cutting
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Help students build confidence with cutting, folding, and cardboard construction through hands-on engineering!
This Cardboard Construction Techniques resource gives elementary students visual references for shaping, connecting, and strengthening cardboard as they bring their ideas to life. Use it in your STEM classroom or makerspace to introduce construction skills students can apply to future engineering challenges.
Give students more ways to build with an idea board and portable technique cards they can reference while creating. From tabs and slots to hinges and braces, these supports encourage students to explore connections, solve building problems, and improve their designs.
What’s included:
- 12 construction technique cards: flange, tabs, slot, hang, L brace, hinge, wrap, toothpick, brad, peel off, link, and fold
- QR codes on technique cards for video instructions
- Teacher instructions for creating a cardboard construction idea board and optional binder-ring reference cards
- Cardboard construction challenge cards
- Engineering design process posters and guiding questions
- Makerspace material suggestions
- NGSS and TEKS connections
Use this resource for STEM centers, makerspace exploration, small-group building activities, or skill practice before a cardboard design challenge.
Help students turn everyday cardboard into creative structures while practicing fine motor skills, problem-solving, and the engineering design process!