Growth Mindset STEM Centers Minute to Win It Activities

Create a growth mindset with Minute to Win It STEM Challenges!

This STEM pack includes 10 STEM activity centers for students to try multiple times. This allows them to improve over time and see that they can grow in their skills. They build a growth mindset through each activity.

Why STEAM centers?

STEAM centers expose students to a lot of different ideas, materials, and challenges in a short amount of time. These challenges keep the attention of students and allow them to pick up those valuable STEM skills little by little as they work through each challenge.

STEAM centers also give students the flexibility to work independently or with a partner or small group. Look through the preview to see all of the STEM centers.

How to use STEAM centers:

Each center can be used as a whole class STEAM challenge or you may choose the activities you want students to complete and have them rotate through the activities as centers. If you are doing these challenges as centers we recommend students work for 10-15 minutes per center.

Students try to complete these minute to win it activities as quickly as possible. So they can do them multiple times.

Includes:

• Teacher instructions
• Center place cards for tables
• STEM worksheets
• Engineering Design Process poster
• Examples for each activity
• 10 STEM challenges
• NGSS Standards
• Common Core Standards
• TEKs Standards

Center 1: Float Your Boat!

Suggested Materials:

• aluminum foil
• basin with water
• weights

Center 2: Tower Power!

Suggested Materials:

• KEVA planks (or similar blocks)

Center 3: Chopstick Challenge!

Suggested Materials:

• chopsticks
• metal nuts

Center 4: Bounce Into Success!

Suggested Materials:

• egg carton
• 12 ping pong balls

Center 5: Stack It Up!

Suggested Materials:

• cups
• cardstock squares (larger than the cup opening)

Center 6: Domino Dynamite!

Suggested Materials:

• dominoes

Center 7: Super Sorter!

Suggested Materials:

• 6 count cupcake pan with colored circles printable (included)

or

• colored circles printable page (included)
• colored pom poms
• optional: add tweezers to increase the difficulty of the challenge

Center 8: Bridge Builders!

Suggested Materials:

• popsicle sticks
• rubber bands
• bridge mat (included)
• blocks
• printable bridge cards (included)

Center 9: Puzzle Masters!

Suggested Materials:

• cereal box front cut into pieces

Center 10: Pom Pom Push!

Suggested Materials:

• large pom pom balls
• plastic squeeze bottle
• printable start and finish (included)