STEM activities are a great way to engage children as they learn. This huge collection of 60 Best STEM Activities kids are sure to love.
STEM teaching integrates the subjects of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics with a unique learning approach, presenting hands on and
Are you looking for fun engineering activities for middle school students? Engineering activities are a great example of STEM activities for middle school students.
Last year, I started a new Space Club program at four middle schools. Not wanting to reinvent the wheel, I searched the web for ideas and curriculum to implement. I soon became excited to find great resources like NASA and TeachEngineering , but I was
Ready to build your STEM library with the best picture books? Start Here! Check out my Top 10 all time favorite read alouds for elementary STEM
Teamwork in STEM- Article featuring three STEM Challenges, posters, team-building activities, job badges, helpful tips, and more! 6 Ways to Focus on Teamwork
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You and your kids will love putting together these simple helicopters and watching them fly! *Video below
Students choose different ways to create the longest paper chain out of one sheet of construction paper in this easy to prep and complete STEM Challenge.
"It was like herding cats!" That was my answer to my husband the other day when he asked how my day had gone. Seriously, the days I have first and second graders are just hard - fun, but exhausting. That is until I found the SECRET to STEM and the littles! Are you ready for
Fairy Tales STEM Blog Series What are STEM Tales? STEM Tales are a way to integrate literacy and STEM/STEAM activities for kids in first through third grade. The stories engage the kids, and as they read through the story they are seamlessly lead through the Engineering Design Process. Click any of the images below to read more about the STEM challenge, read this post about how to run a STEM tale challenge, or visit my Teachers pay Teachers shop where you can purchase one STEM tale, sets of 3, or 12 altogether. Goldilocks and the Three Bears Robin Hood Rapunzel Hansel and Gretel Beauty and the Beast Jack and the Beanstalk The Ugly Duckling The 3 Billy Goats Gruff The 3 Little Pigs Snow White Little Red Riding Hood The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Try this fun pollination STEM activity for students to make a craft stick model bee then simulate pollination using mac and cheese powder!
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 …
This FREE Minecraft-themed activity ideas collection is full of fun and engaging activities for kids! Your child will cover literacy, numeracy, art, science, STEM & more!
Fun STEM activity for outdoor play and makes a great science lesson! (Includes a printable rocket template).
Outdoor math activities for kids from preschool to high school. Engaging way to prevent summer slide with fun active STEM activities to learn numbers, shapes, angles, time, algebra, geometry using materials in nature.
Looking for a fun kids ghost activity? Create vanishing ghosts with this simple Halloween activity that will amaze the kids. It's a super easy Halloween STEM activity they'll beg to do again and again.
Learn how to build a catapult cannon in this STEM activity, then play a game that explores physics and math. All inspired by Mr. Bean!
Reading about the explorers to America and doing hands-on activities helps us too explore. This time, we're exploring the explorers!
Firefighter STEM activities not only entertain but also educate. Provide a unique homeschool experience for kids and encourage a love for learning.
Moon STEM activities, books, videos and more are in store in this post! Whether you remember the Apollo 11 mission or have only seen past pictures, the feat remains awe-inspiring. This can be especially true for kids who desire to dream big. Join us in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo
FUN Turkey Game that is both Thanksgiving activities, Fall STEM, and a physics science experimetn too! Try Turkey Races in November!
Halloween potions science activity for kids. A fun STEM experiment for children who want to make their own bubbly cauldrons this October.
If you're on the lookout for a STEM project for elementary grades, you're going to love this one! Click through to get all the details and start today.
A whole month of daily low-prep STEAM activities for kids. You are going to love all of the low-prep STEAM activities that we have in store!
Fun STEM activity for outdoor play and makes a great science lesson! (Includes a printable rocket template).
With Farm STEM Activities, kids will have the opportunity to connect with their rural surroundings and appreciate the beauty of the farm.
Dancing corn makes a fun fall STEM activity for kids. Watch as the corn is lifted by bubbles and appears to dance around the jar...
As educators, we're always on the lookout for engaging ways to bring science to life in our classrooms. The bird beak animal adaptations investigation is the perfect activity to engage students in the principles of adaptation. Through this activity students complete a hands-on investigation to dis
Every once in a while, I create a product for my classroom or my TPT store that I get just giddily excited about. Products that are unique and that I know kids and teachers will both love. I felt this way when I released my escape rooms for early childhood, and I'm feeling it again with my latest project: STEM Safari! I've been working on it for weeks, and I am thrilled that it is finally live! STEM Safari is an organized approach to implementing STEM in your classroom, and so much fun! Each STEM session, a student picks a challenge card to complete. There are 5 different types of cards: 1. Elephant Engineering (engineering challenges) 2. Cheetah Challenge (challenges with specific parameters in place) 3. Rhino Riddles ("How can you...?" challenges) 4. Warthog Wonderings (reflection questions and challenges) 5. Buffalo Building (free choice building). I wanted to prevent students from always picking the same type of card, such as the free choice building, which is, of course, valuable, but doesn't do as well with developing problem-solving skills. To do this, and to encourage my students to try new things, they each have an Animal Checklist. Every time they complete a specific type of challenge, they check it off. When they have completed all 5 of the different challenge types, they color in one country in their STEM Safari Africa map. Then they "journey" to a new country and start again with a new animal checklist! This way, the fun just keeps going, but they have a way to track how many challenges they have completed. There is also a STEM Safari Journal included, which helps build their reflection skills. Any of the Warthog Wondering cards that say "write about it" can be completed in their STEM Safari Journals. There are also a few "design" challenges in the Elephant Engineering cards that can be completed in their journals. As they continue their STEM Safari journey, the reflections they have completed in the journal will help them polish their problem-solving and engineering skills. I love doing STEM projects with my students! It is amazing to see what they can accomplish with a few basic supplies and some open-ended directives. However, storing all of these supplies can be a challenge. Included in the STEM Safari kit are tons of supply labels with photographs, to help keep everything neat. Here's a close-up example of a supply label. I even included some editable labels so that you can customize them for any supplies you have on hand! I really hope that your students enjoy STEM Safari as much as mine do! Click here to purchase in my shop, or here to purchase in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. There's just something about open-ended, hands-on learning that gets kiddos excited. I would love to hear how you use STEM in your classroom; drop me a comment below! Happy teaching!
Space activities and centers (literacy, math, fine motor, stem, blocks, sensory, and more) for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students.
These STEM activities for preschoolers are perfect for young learners. Preschool STEM activities help kids develop early math skills, as well as problem-solving & communication skills.
All the BEST fall STEM activities! Explore the science of leaves, launch candy pumpkins with a catapult, observe rotting pumpkins, and more.
DNA Gene Bracelet for Kids, an easy STEAM Activity using beads to create pattern bracelets. DNA is also a pattern.
Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!
Lots of EPIC Simple Machine Projects for students to make using things around the house! Learn about simple machines for kids - levers, plleys, inclinned plane, wheel & axel, wedges, and screw.
Storytime STEAM with Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! This preschool STEAM activity put a fun STEM twist on a classic story.
Help Save Fred is a great stem activity! This save Fred the worm is super fun stem activity will help your students strengthen team building skills and...
Graphing comes to life with fun paper airplane math activity! Create, fly, collect data, & use technology for serious learning.
