K-2 Summer Games 2024 STEM Activities and Challenges Kindergarten, First, Second

Integrate STEM in your kindergarten, first-grade, and second-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.
• Engineer your very own kayak and use magnets to direct it through the course.
• Create your own surfer and use magnets to help them surf their way to gold!
• Learn the history of the Summer Olympics and the sport of shot put. Play your own shot put game!
• Build your very own javelin and play the famous track and field sport!
• Design and build an amazing basketball shooter and goal combined into one cup and ball game!

Designed for K-2 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)

Javelin STEM Challenge Suggested Materials:

• paper towel rolls
• mini cups
• paper
• foil
• tape
• printable scorecard (included)
• printable distance cards (included)

Basketball STEM Challenge Suggested Material List:

• small cup
• 2 feet of string per student
• ping pong ball or similar sphere (ex. foil ball)
• popsicle stick
• thin cardboard (optional)
• glue or tape
• sharpie or black markers (optional)
• backboard printable (included)