Build a bridge for the gingerbread man! This December STEM challenge is perfect for any gingerbread week in kindergarten or 1st grade!

Looking for Gingerbread Man STEM Activities to do in your classroom? Look no further! These STEM Activities will have your students actively engaged!

The Gingerbread Man Fable STEM Challenge: In the fable, The Gingerbread Man, the Gingerbread Man is outsmarted by the fox. In this fable STEM activity, students are challenged to build a boat for the Gingerbread Man to safely get across the river. Students build their boat using pipe cleaners, aluminum foil, tape, straws, and popsicle sticks. What will your students create?

Why doesn't the Gingerbread Man swim across the water to avoid being eaten by the tricky fox? That's where this STEM challenge begins as you help children discover what happens to the Gingerbread Man when placed in water. Next, you'll embark on a learning journey down an engineering & design path as you work to design & build boats to carry the Gingerbread Man across the river. Great classroom or homeschool STEM STEAM activity & project for kindergarten, first grade or second grade children.

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A favorite Christmas cookie makes for awesome gingerbread man STEM activities, From fizzing chemical reactions, growing crystals and more.

12 Days of Christmas STEM: (Disguise the Gingerbread Man) One of our favorite ways to increase student engagement during the craziness of the holidays is with STEM. To make it easy for teachers to implement STEM during this busy time in the classroom, we have compiled a list of 12 Days of Christmas STEM activities. Our Day 4 activity is a Gingerbread Disguise STEAM activity. Follow these step-by-step instructions to engage your students in saving the gingerbread man! #STEAM #STEM

The kids will love this simple gingerbread house STEM project! Create engineering masterpieces by designing and building unique and edible structures.