Valentine's Day STEM activities for middle school

Do your students like to make things and be creative in math? 

How do you have give students time to problem solve in math? 

Every year different students ask for projects or activities to do in class. This is the first year I have used STEM challenges. I've never used them before. Honestly I didn't know how they worked. Do they work?

Yes! I have found that there are STEM challenges that work. There are students that love to make and create. They are eager to build and work with other students on STEM challenges.

STEM Activities for Middle School 

Students create, implement, and test their designs. The STEM challenges give students objectives to follow and guidelines to stay within. Any student can be successful with these STEM activities. Here are some STEM challenges to try for Valentine's Day. 

1. Students make a Valentine Card. 

Involving problem solving and percents students have to create a Valentine's day card. Students design, plan, and test their creations. This is a highly engaging activity for students who like to create and play. 

2.  Students build a Candy box.

Students have to build a candy box from algebraic expressions and a design they make. Using algebraic expressions, numerical expressions, and problem solving to make their candy boxes useful for Valentine's day.

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3. Design a Heart Tray.

Students create a heart tray with area and problem solving. They test their designs to hold enough cookies for Valentine's day.

4. Construct a Tower.

This is my favorite STEM challenge. Students make a hearts card tower with volume and problem solving. Highly engaging, lots of fun, and who doesn't like to play with cards? 

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Valentine's Day STEM activities are for students to make connections to math with the STEM process. Students will practice their problem solving skills in many different areas of math. They will enjoy making and learning. 

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Valentine's Day Elementary Math

Do you want to engage your students in Math on Valentine's Day?

Do your students enjoy activities and puzzles?

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These Valentine's Day Elementary Math Activities are NO PREP and ready to keep your third, fourth, and fifth graders engaged! This packet is just plain fun. Not only is it PACKED with grade level common core math problems, it also gives students fun coloring, puzzles, and problem solving. 

Other teachers have used this packet for morning work, class work, or fast finishers. There are nine different activities that students can complete independently and review key math skills. All activities are centered on reviewing Upper Elementary math curriculum. 

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Topics covered: Addition, Subtraction, Operations with Money, Multiplication, Division, Operations with Decimals, Area, Geometry, Graphing on a Coordinate Plane and Adding & Subtracting with 3 or 4-Digit numbers

Activities Included:

-Valentine's Math (2 Different Versions with answer key)

-Valentine's Menu (rubric only)

-Valentine Equations (2 Different Versions with answer key)

-Dinner Dates (2 Different Versions with answer key)

-Find Sweet Prices (answer key)

-Spin & Send! (2 Different Versions with answer key)

-Find the Candy & Arrow (2 Different Printable Games)

-Number Puzzle (answer key)

-Valentine's Day Heart Area (answer key)

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Get your students engaged in Math this Valentine's Day! From buying gifts to calculating dinner costs, there are many teachable math moments.

Happy Teaching!

Valentine's Day Algebraic Expressions & Equations Coloring Pages

Are you preparing for Valentine's Day?

Do you want a fun review of algebraic expressions and algebraic equations?

Get your students excited about algebraic expressions and equations with coloring!

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Are you ready for February 14th? These Valentine's Day Algebraic Expressions & Equations Coloring Pages feature different colors with Valentine's Day and non-Valentine's Day colors. These coloring pages are a great way to practice algebra skills for class work, homework, or fast finishers!

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This Valentine's Day Algebraic Expressions & Equations Coloring Pages Features: 
*2 different Engaging Math Activities (3 different color options)
*1 Version of Valentine Cards Solving Algebraic Expressions (3 different color options)
*1 Version of Open Valentine Envelope Solving Algebraic Equations (3 different color options)
*3 different Banners to hang on a Bulletin Board
*NO PREP, Print & GO Activities! (Only materials needed: 3 different colored crayons or markers, and a pencil).
*FUN & rigorous activities centered on math curriculum
*HIGH QUALITY CLIPART is included
*Topics covered: Algebraic Expressions, Algebraic Equations, Variables
*Engage your students in Math for February!

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Get your students artistically involved in math and have fun on Valentine's Day. Reviewing algebra skills for fluency is always helpful. Students enjoy coloring and challenging puzzles to solve any time of the year. Valentine's Day is a great time to continue to build relationships with students and have them actively involved in the learning process. 

Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day Multiplication & Division Coloring Pages

Are you ready for Valentine's Day?

Do you want to have your students practice math and have fun?

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These Valentine's Day Multiplication & Division Coloring Pages feature different colors with Valentine's Day and non-Valentine's Day colors. These coloring pages are a great way to practice multiplication and division skills for class work, home work, or fast finishers!

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This Valentine's Day Multiplication & Division Coloring Packet Features: 

*2 different Engaging Math Activities (3 different versions each)
*1 Version of Valentine Cards Multiplying & Dividing by 1-digit (3 different color options)
*1 Version of Open Valentine Envelope Multiplying & Dividing by 10s (3 different color options)
*3 different Banners to hang on a Bulletin Board
*NO PREP, Print & GO Activities! (Only materials needed: 3 different colored crayons or markers, and a pencil). 
*FUN & rigorous activities centered on math curriculum
*HIGH QUALITY CLIPART is included 
*Topics covered: Multiplying & Dividing by 1-digit numbers, Multiplying & Dividing by 10s.

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Get your students artistically involved in math and have fun on Valentine's Day. Reviewing multiplication and division skills for fluency are always helpful. Students enjoy coloring and challenging puzzles to solve any time of the year. Valentine's Day is a great time to continue to build relationships with students and have them actively involved in the learning process. 

Happy Valentine's Day!

February Interactive Math Notebook Kindergarten

Do you use interactive notebooks or math journals with your kindergarteners? 

Do you want to practice Math and put it all in one meaningful place for your students? 

If you said YES, there is an Interactive Math Notebook activities set for your students. 

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These interactive notebook activities are intended to help students understand how to decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, write numbers from 0 to 20, understand the relationships between numbers and quantities, count “how many?”, identify whether the number of objects is greater than, less than, or equal to, compare two numbers between 1 and 10, add & subtract with objects, solve addition and subtraction word problems, fluently add and subtract within 5, and compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19.

Cutting and pasting manipulatives.

Great practice. Easy to cut squares.

Checking the answer before gluing and attending to precision.

Reviewing and verbalizing skills learned.

How to use it: 

1. A fun review of grade level Math CCSS skills

2. Substitute packet for days when you are sick or not at school

3. Morning Work, Classwork, and more

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This February Interactive Math Notebook FEATURES: 

✔50 Pages of February Math Activities in Color

✔50 Pages of February Math Activities in Black & White

✔Skills Reviewed: Represent, Count, and Write Numbers 0 to 5

✔Skills Reviewed: Compare Numbers To 5

✔Skills Reviewed: Represent, Count, and Write Numbers 6 to 9

✔Skills Reviewed: Represent, Count, and Write Numbers to 10

✔Skills Reviewed: Addition

✔Skills Reviewed: Subtraction

✔Skills Reviewed: Represent, Count, and Write Numbers 11 to 19

✔Fun February activities centered on reviewing Common Core State Standards

✔Packed with common core math problems for review and practice

✔Lots of coloring fun. A MUST: Using a set of crayons or markers.

These Interactive Math Notebook activities will engage your students in practicing, applying, and reviewing critical math skills for Kindergarten. All one-hundred pages are no prep, print & go for you to easily align with the Common Core State Standards at any time. My son loves his notebook and takes great pleasure in his math accomplishments. I hope your students take pride in theirs too!

Happy Teaching!