28 engaging hands-on STEM activities that use recylced and craft materials for a home, library, or classroom makerspace
Ready to create a school makerspace? Use this manual to decide what items you need, what you don’t, and how to get your space up and running.
I've run an afterschool makers club at my school for the past two years. Here I share tips on creating norms, balancing guided projects & free time, & more.
28 engaging hands-on STEM activities that use recylced and craft materials for a home, library, or classroom makerspace
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We set out with several goals in mind when created the Teen MakerSpace at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County in Ohio. One of those goals was to engage our teens in learning how to code. We created a bank of iPad stations to help facilitate this goal and pre-loaded it with […]
Practicing conscious breathing helps when you feel anxious and overwhelmed. A mindful breathing stick can help guide young kids develop breathing techniques.
Building Challenge STEM and Writing Centers These centers have students building and writing about their build. There are challenges that include measurement, research and writing that go along with each build. There are 9 different building challenges with differentiation in some of the builds. I have also included a recording form for their thinking. I have included printables with just metric units of measurement using centimetres and milimetres for those classrooms outside of the US. GOOGLE CLASSROOM CAPABILITIES: I have included the google slides at the end of PDF for use in your google classroom SEESAW CAPABILITIES Here is a youtube tutorial on how to upload onto seesaw and have students do the challenges remotely. Seesaw Tutorial Check out my store for a freebie: Building Guidelines I have also have bundled this product with my Building Challenge Reading and Writing Centers The bundle is Building Challenge Bundle
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Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. All opinions are my own. My kids have recently started learning about coding - through a program at school, as well as one of their camps this summer. It's
I decided to take on my own challenge of incorporating a STEM activity every day for a week. It turned out to be a huge success where both my students and I had a blast. Here were the various …
These STEAM activities are perfect for homeschool classes or co-ops. Put science, technology, engineering, and math into hands-on homeschool STEM learning.
Teaching young children to code is far from a tedious exercise with the thoughtful, age-appropriate use of game-like apps and robotic devices.
Use STEM engineering activities in elementary school as a fun, engaging, and meaningful way to tackle the Next Generation Science Standards.
My monthly tween manga club is one of my favourite programs, largely because I am a life-long manga and anime nerd, and it thrills me to be able to share my passion with kids who love Japanese comi…
Writing your name in binary code on a bracelet or necklace makes great STEM fun for kids! Plus more fun STEM learning activities for kids.
Interested in learning how to start, schedule, and manage an elementary Makerspace?! Check out these supply suggestions, organization tips, and more.
With this collection of resources, you can teach your students to code—even if you’re still learning yourself.
Do your students love graphic novels? Mine do! Babymouse rarely makes it back to the shelf before someone else checks her out! I saw these printables and thought they might be a great way to get students writing. This is just one example of over 100 FREE printables at Make Believe Comix. As you can see, the printable pages have comic-style artwork, with a writing prompt. I can easily see the fun of the illustrations capturing my students' attention. My young writers could add to the picture or simply color it. They would be enthusiastic about having an illustrated piece of writing, instead of a plain ole piece of notebook paper, when they finish. I really like this. Do you think it would encourage YOUR young writers?
Check out these fun activities from Award Winning Author/Illustrator Jarett Lerner to do at home or in the classsroom. Includes comics, drawing, and more.
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Three KEVA plank building challenges to help kids with STEM learning
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The biggest barrier to teaching coding is the misconception that it is another skill that needs to be taught. In reality, coding is simply a tool that can be leveraged to teach standards in a more powerful, creative, and connected way!
This STEM challenge pack explains what “binary computer code” means and how computers, CDs, DVDs and apps use it to communicate.
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Are your kids wondering what to draw? Get this list of drawing prompts and fun things for kids to draw!
Recently we had a 'theme wall' in our dining room, and it was LEGO! (or LEGOS! if you're over the pond) I made a very simple banner over 2 sheets of A4, which the kids coloured it in. Click here to download FREE LEGO BANNER printout Then we all customised Lego mini-figures in our image. Click here to download FREE LEGO MINIFIG printout Nearly all of my kids are in the Scout and Guide family - so we made Beavers, Cubs, Brownies and Guides minifigs too! A great activity for your pack or troop. Click here to download SCOUT GUIDE LEGO MINIFIG printout We also did a spot of measuring and estimating with Lego too, good clean fun. Click here to download LEGO MEASURING printout Thanks for stopping by!
Unfortunately, not everything could be taught Seuss style last week, so we actually had to do normal people “stuff” as well. We have been r...
Learn how to make these sun changing binary bracelets which spell out someones name use binary code.
In Super Scratch Programming Adventure! (Scratch 3), kids learn programming fundamentals as they make their very own playable video games. Now updated to cover Scratch 3!
This is an easy, fun experiment to find out how strong different shapes are.
Teacher friends, It’s typical for students to begin losing focus in the classroom as the end of the school year is approaching. Real learning does not have to go out the window just yet, you just have to mask it such a way where it doesn’t quite seem like learning to students… but in fact, still is! Do your
Makey Makey Dance Revolution : This mat was made to be used with one Makey Makey Kit. For a fun games night use two kits and make a second mat, that way you and your friends can compete. Check out our Scratch game which we customized to be used with our mat!
Greetings, fellow STEM lovers, check this out! This nifty little infographic gives a quick overview of STEM.
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