Symbols of the Summer Games Torch and Laurel Wreath STEM Activities

Integrate STEM in your classroom with this Olympic Torch and Wreath STEM activity! Perfect for the Summer Olympics 2024!

Get your students pumped up for Summer Games 2024 and STEM! Design and build an Olympic Torch and Laurel Wreath. Includes and option to use circuits to have your torch light up in the dark.

Learn the history of the Summer Olympics and the meaning of each of the Olympic symbols. Can be used in K-5 classrooms.

Amazing resource for STEM club, STEM teachers, elementary librarians, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educational environment in their classroom!

Aligns with NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards).

Includes:

• Example Pictures
• Timeline of the history of the Summer Olympic Games
• Reading Passage
• Quiz and Answer Key
• STEM Journal Cover
• Engineering Design Process Poster
• Student Instructions
• 3 STEM Challenges (Wreath, Circuit Torch, and Cardboard torch)
• Vocabulary Words
• Writing Extension
• NGSS Standards for Activity
• TEKS

Laurel Wreath Suggested Materials:

• uncoated paper plate
• glue
• leaf printables
• scissors
• crayons/color sticks/markers (optional)

Circuit Torch Suggested Materials:

• large popsicle stick
• coin cell battery
• LED light
• conductive cloth fabric adhesive tape (or copper tape)
• transparent tape
• binder clip
• red, orange, and yellow tissue paper

Cardboard Torch Suggested Materials:

• paper towel roll
• tape or glue
• red, orange, and yellow tissue paper
• decorative tape (optional)