Description
Bring hands-on science to your fall classroom with this Halloween STEM activity featuring spinning ghosts and scarecrows! Students build paper spinners, make predictions, and investigate force and motion as they watch their creations spin toward the ground.
What happens when you fold the arms or add a paperclip? Students test changes to their spinners, record results, and use the included pages to practice graphing and writing. It’s a playful way to turn seasonal excitement into meaningful learning!
Use the ghost designs for Halloween STEM centers or choose the scarecrows for a fall science activity. Try it for Fun Friday, a classroom STEM challenge, or a science lesson with writing extensions.
What’s included in this 14-page resource:
- Teacher directions with two ways to teach the activity
- Two ghost spinner designs
- Two scarecrow spinner designs
- Prediction pages
- Data recording pages
- Build, draw, and write pages
Skills students practice:
- Exploring force and motion
- Making and testing predictions
- Observing how design changes affect movement
- Recording and graphing data
- Drawing and writing about their investigations
Have students release their spinners from a safe standing height, observe what happens, and try again with a new design change.
Choose a ghost or scarecrow—and get your students building, testing, and thinking!
McIver B. –
My students loved doing this activity. The lesson was engaging and fun for them to complete. (Originally shared on my TpT store.)
Sara A. –
This was a fun way to keep my students engaged in science during the Halloween season. They loved it and wanted to colour their ghosts to see if it made a difference! (Originally shared on my TpT store.)
Trudy Z. –
My students loved this easy-to-use activity. They were definitely challenged and had book buddies to help. (Originally shared on my TpT store.)