Pumpkin Catapult Halloween STEM Activity Pumpkin Chucking, Craft, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Pumpkin Catapult Halloween STEM Activity Pumpkin Chucking, Craft, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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Make learning fun with this pumpkin-themed STEM activity. For this pumpkin activity, students must design and craft a catapult to launch a candy pumpkin. Perfect companion for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Students make predictions, test their predictions, and reflect on their results.
These activities align with the NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards).
This activity would be perfect to use during Pumpkin Day! It would also be the perfect addition to a Halloween party or fall party. This pumpkin catapult STEM activity would be perfect to use as a fall STEM activity or as a fall STEM center.
Includes:
- Teacher and Student Instructions
- Student Prediction and Testing Pages
- Student Reflection Pages
- Editable Canva Slides
- Photo Examples
Suggested Material List:
- rubber bands
- large popsicle sticks
- small popsicle sticks
- plastic spoon
- bag of candy pumpkins or pumpkin manipulatives