Thanksgiving STEM and Science Project Pack
Thanksgiving STEM & Science Project Pack
Bring hands-on science and engineering into your Thanksgiving lessons with this printable Thanksgiving STEM & Science Project Pack!
This collection includes food-themed science experiments, Thanksgiving engineering challenges, STEM journal pages, reflection activities, and seasonal extras that make it easy to add meaningful STEM learning to your classroom or homeschool plans.
Kids can explore concepts like osmosis, electricity, buoyancy, states of matter, chemical and physical changes, acids and bases, engineering design, gravity, friction, and more through engaging Thanksgiving-themed activities.
What's Included
Thanksgiving Science Activities
- Potato Battery
- Potato Osmosis
- Bread in a Bag
- Homemade Butter
- Dancing Cranberries
- Cranberry Oobleck
- Cranberry Secret Messages
- Potato Irreversible Change
- Popcorn Science
- Corn Painting process art activity
- Observation and recording pages for many of the science activities
The science portion begins with a fun STEMs-Giving menu that brings together Thanksgiving foods and hands-on learning activities. Thanksgiving STEM Labs Project …
Thanksgiving Engineering Challenges
Explore the engineering design process through seasonal challenges that encourage kids to brainstorm, build, test, and improve their ideas.
The engineering section includes:
- Thanksgiving STEM challenges
- Engineering Design Process pages
- STEM journal and planning pages
- Questions for reflection
- Writing prompts
- Vocabulary and concept connections Thanksgiving STEM Labs Project …
Kids can work through challenges such as building structures, creating designs, experimenting with buoyancy, and testing solutions using simple classroom or household supplies.
Seasonal STEM Extras
- Thanksgiving Word Search
- DIY Thanksgiving Decoder
- Secret code activity
- Crack the Joke decoder page
- Turkey-themed printable activities
The decoder activity adds a fun problem-solving element while connecting coding with evidence, observation, and drawing conclusions. Thanksgiving STEM Labs Project …
Great For
This printable pack works well for:
- Elementary classrooms
- Homeschool science
- Thanksgiving STEM centers
- Science stations
- Small groups
- Early finishers
- November lesson plans
- Thanksgiving week activities
- Family STEM activities
Skills & Concepts
Kids can explore:
- Engineering design
- Problem-solving
- Observation
- Prediction
- Testing and redesign
- Buoyancy
- Osmosis
- Electricity and circuits
- States of matter
- Physical and chemical changes
- Acids and bases
- Gravity and friction
Easy to Use
Choose a single science lab, set up a Thanksgiving STEM station, or use several activities together for a full Thanksgiving science and engineering theme.
Many activities use familiar materials such as cranberries, potatoes, popcorn, paper, craft supplies, cups, toothpicks, and other common household or classroom items.
Digital Download: This is a printable PDF resource. No physical product will be shipped.