Bring project-based learning to life with Create an Adventure Park, a design and STEM challenge unit for 2nd grade and up. Students plan, design, and build their own adventure park through hands-on STEM challenges, creative writing tasks, and design activities — making it a genuinely cross-curricular PBL unit. Perfect for upper elementary classrooms looking for an engaging, low-prep project that integrates STEM, writing, and critical thinking.
 
With 59 pages of content, this unit covers the full design process from brainstorming through to presentation.
 
Key Features:
6 STEM Challenges: A range of engineering and design challenges where students design, build, and create based on the planet they have invented — each with a full task description and step-by-step instructions.
STEM Challenge Choice Board: A visually engaging choice board giving students ownership over their learning.
Rubrics: A rubric for each STEM challenge makes assessment simple and consistent.
Design + Writing Tasks: Students design park layouts, create attraction profiles, and develop promotional materials, building real-world planning and communication skills.
Brainstorm + Planning Pages: Structured guides walk students through the full design process before building begins.
Teacher Slides: Ready-to-use slides to introduce every stage of the project, including each writing activity and STEM challenge.
Individual or Group Work: Flexible enough to be completed independently or as a collaborative group project, making it easy to adapt to your classroom setup.
Print-Friendly: Clean black-and-white design throughout.
 
Perfect for:
STEM and maker space projects
Project-based learning units
Early finisher extension work
Cross-curricular writing and design integration
Grades 2–6
 
Students Will:
Design and plan an original adventure park including attractions, layout, and theme
Complete hands-on STEM build challenges such as roller coasters, ferris wheels, and entry gates
Practice descriptive and persuasive writing in an engaging, purposeful context
Think critically about design decisions and justify their choices in writing
Work individually or in a group
 
Create an Adventure Park gives students a real design challenge with genuine stakes — and gives you a unit that runs itself.