Paper Engineering Pack: 3 Hands-On STEAM Design Challenges (PDFs + Videos + Templates)

Explore engineering through movement with this 3-project STEAM bundle! Includes lessons for a grabber, flextangle, and fidget spinner. Each comes with PDFs, templates, and demo videos. Ideal for grades 3–6.

Bring motion, creativity, and critical thinking into your classroom with this Paper Engineering Pack! Students will design, build, and test three interactive projects that move, grab, or spin — all while learning about mechanics, symmetry, and problem-solving.

These lessons are perfect for STEAM weeks, enrichment days, or anytime your students need hands-on, high-energy learning. Each lesson includes a printable guide, step-by-step template, and quick demo video for easy implementation.

🔧 Included Projects:

1. Tagboard Fidget Spinner – Create a working spinner using paper, toothpicks, and glue.

2. Cardboard Grabber – Engineer a functional tool that picks things up using brads and levers.

3. Flextangle – Fold and rotate a geometric flextangle that shifts shapes as it turns.

🎨 What’s Included:

- 3 one-page PDF lesson plans (directions, tips, reflection prompts)

- 3 printable templates (one per project)

- 3 MP4 demo videos (each under 5 minutes)

- Classroom setup & prep notes

- Student challenge options + extension activities

📚 Subjects Covered:

- STEAM, engineering, kinetic art, paper mechanics, simple machines, geometry, problem-solving

📦 Grade Levels:

- 3rd–6th (with adaptations for younger/older students)

👩🏾🏫 Why You'll Love It:

- High student engagement

-Easy-to-source materials (tagboard, brads, scissors)

- Encourages experimentation and design thinking

- Great for independent, group, or center-based learning

✨ Created by an educator who blends engineering, creativity, and classroom-tested fun.