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Make secret message coding bracelets using binary! Learn about the binary number system and keep your secrets at the same time.
One of our favorite ways to learn about a new concept is to read books that explore the new subject and expand our ideas. Here are some wonderful books that highlight engineering, simple machines and building concepts for kids!
RGC Public Library presents Fun Friday June schedule. Programs are FREE and OPEN to everyone! June 7 - Astronomy & Physics Show Edinburg Club June 14- John O'Bryant Magic Show June 21- Sylvan Learning - Lego EV3 Space Rover
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What is it about snot and farts that makes kids laugh? If it gets them to learn science, just go with it. Try these gross science experiments and activities.
Marble Machines
Your children will have fun learning about binary code as they create an out of this world star themed bracelet. A free planning printable is available.
Discover wonderful The BEST Books about Buildings for Little Architects! Your kids will fall in love with the artwork, the history, and the legends!
Last week I did a guest post for The Practically Speeching Blog on the topic of multiculturalism. In case you missed it, below I offer some suggestions on how to integrate multiculturalism into your group therapy sessions. I don’t know about you but I have a number of multicultural students on my caseload who exhibit
Fantastic free LEGO printables for science, math, STEM, and building challenges. These LEGO sheets are perfect for the classroom or home.
They say children are made readers on the laps of their parents. I couldn’t agree more, but what else can a child become between the covers of a book? A chef, an astronaut, an architect? Yes, yes, and yes. Books entertain us, expand us, spark the imagination, and...
Want to teach kids about constellations? This printable constellation set is a great way to do it in a fun way! Match the pictures to the star patterns.
Learning about real-world problems is a great way to engage your students and get them excited about STEM. As an educator, you have the opportunity to inspire future scientists and engineers by giving them opportunities to solve real-world problems using the skills being taught in the classroom.
Summer STEM Activities bucket list for kids! - 50+ STEM challenges that will get kids learning this summer all while having a blast!
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Did you watch the Mars rover landing last week? What a phenomenal accomplishment! As a Texan who has been weathering the storm (pun intended), so many of us needed something positive to read about for a change. So I'm dedicating this week on MommyMaestra to space. Today, I'm starting with Mars! This post contains affiliate links. The landing of Perseverance rover on Mars For older students: Watch the rover landing here on the NASA Mars Mission website. Here's another NASA site dedicated to the rover. For younger students: SpacePlace has the latest from NASA for young children. Lesson Plans about Mars NASA (again) has the best lesson plans and curriculum supplements for Mars Arizona State University also has some great lesson plans for K - 12 MENSA for Kids has these five lessons for upper elementary students (3rd - 5th) Teach Engineering has the following STEM lesson plans for middle schoolers (6th - 8th) - Lesson: The Amazing Red Planet - Unit: Mission to Mars PBS NEWSHOUR EXTRA has this for high school students (9th - 12th) :: Lesson plan: How inventions will land humans on Mars For older students from TED-Ed: Could we actually live on Mars? - Mari Foroutan Sending a sundial to Mars - Bill Nye Why we need to go back to Mars - Joel Levine The Exploration and Colonization of Mars: Why Mars? Why Humans? - Dr. Joel Levine How Curiosity got us to Mars - Bobak Ferdowsi Videos All About Mars: Astronomy and Space for Kids :: FreeSchool Mars 101 :: National Geographic (shown above) Science Trek - Mars :: PBS Marte, el planeta rojo - El Sistema Solar en 3D para niños Printables Mission to Mars: Perseverance Rover Interactive Notebook - Distance Learning :: STEM Printables Learn About the 2020 Mars Mission for Kids :: Woo! Jr. Coloring page of inner core :: Enchanted Learning Mars Word Search :: MommyMaestra Crafts Watercolor & Oil Pastel: Planet Mars for Kids :: 3 Dinosaurs COFFEE FILTER PLANETS SPACE CRAFT FOR KIDS :: Fun-a-Day Summer Special: Edible Mars Rover :: Library Makers Books (The following are affiliate links.) Want to find this post again? Pin it!
Bucket Towers is an original STEM Challenge for upper elementary classes and it is a student favorite. You will love the easy prep! This is hard to believe, but some of our best STEM Challenges have been created accidentally. The STEM Bucket Tower challenge is one of those! Building boats was another total spur-of-the-moment challenge.
Review of STEM books for elementary students with a global setting.
