3-5 Summer Games 2024 STEM Activities and Challenges Third, Fourth, Fifth Grade

Integrate STEM in your 3rd-grade, 4th-grade, and 5th-grade classrooms with this amazing Summer Games STEM bundle! Perfect for the Paris Summer Olympics 2024!

Get your students pumped up for Summer Games 2024 and STEM!

• Create a Laurel Wreath and Olympic Torch! Have your own opening ceremonies.
• Design and build your own miniature golf course. Have students keep score and compete around your classroom in a fun tabletop marble mini-golf game!
• Construct your own small bow and arrow to learn about Newton's 3rd Law of Motion. Plus, you can play your own tabletop archery game.
• Learn the history of the Summer Olympics and the sport of sailboat racing. Have your own classroom Sailboat Regatta
• Engineer your very own field hockey stick. Build and play a tabletop version of field hockey, bringing all the fun and excitement right into your classroom.
• Create a skatepark and fingerboard. Invent new tricks and learn about Newton's 3rd Law of Motion.

Designed for 3rd-5th students, but can be used for all elementary 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).

Each Activity 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
• STEM Lesson
• Vocabulary Words
• Writing Extension
• NGSS Standards for Activity
• TEKS

Kayak STEM Challenge Suggested Materials:

• paper plate
• kayak course and kayaker cutout printables (Included)
• paperclip
• glue stick or tape
• scissors
• magnet wands

Surfing STEM Challenge Suggested Materials:

• string
• large paper clips
• tape
• crayons, markers, or color sticks
• surfing printable (included)
• magnetic wand

Shot Put STEM Challenge Suggested Materials:

• cardstock
• small condiment cups
• paint stick or ruler
• tin foil ball / small bean bag ball
• tape
• cylinders with varying diameters (i.e. chips can, soup can, cardboard tubes, water bottle)
• printable scorecard (included)
• printable distance markers (included)

Mini Golf STEM Challenge Suggested Materials:

• makerspace consumables
• glue/tape
• marble (for golf ball)
• pencil
• course hole tent printable (included)
• scorecard printable (included)

Archery STEM Challenge Suggested Materials:

• Q-tips
• rubber bands
• popsicle sticks
• tape
• straws
• printable target (included)

Sailing Regatta STEM Challenge Suggested Materials:

• small cups
• cardboard
• aluminum foil
• paper
• wooden dowels or popsicle sticks
• tape and/or hot glue
• inflatable pool, kiddie pool, rain gutter, and something to hold water for the race (we used an inflatable buffet ice tray)
• handheld fans (or use your breath for power)

Field Hockey STEM Challenge Suggested Materials:

• pencils
• thin cardboard
• washi tape
• tin foil
• glue
• goal and player printables (included)
• binder clips or cardholders

Skateboarding STEM Challenge Suggested Materials:

• craft sticks

*If you don’t have access to wood dog tags you can also cut large popsicle sticks in half and round the edges.

• pony beads
• cardboard
• tape
• straws
• anti slip tape (optional)
• hot glue (optional)
• markers (optional)