Build a device with paper, tape, string, and paper clips to pick up a ping pong ball from a distance in this fun engineering lesson plan!
Middle school is such an exciting time for exploration! Check out the following middle school STEM projects and their lesson plans.
Are you looking for fun engineering activities for middle school students? Engineering activities are a great example of STEM activities for middle school students.
In this fun engineering challenge, your students will build rubber band-powered cars using the engineering design process and compete to see how far they can go.
Want to encourage a love of STEM in your kids? This article has plenty of fun STEM activities for middle school students!
STEM Challenge- students design a Newton’s Cradle to show the 3rd Law of Motion. This STEM Challenge is designed for upper elementary or middle school students.
If you have middle school aged students, these STEM projects for middle school will be great additions to your collection of STEAM activities for kids.
Looking for some inspiring STEM projects for your middle schooler? This guide has 13 great suggestions for lots of learning and fun!
Engineering... what is it? Battle misconceptions and excite your students with this engineering for middle school lesson and activities.
This activity is an I have Who has game focused on consequences, a group activity that gets students interacting and requires them to really focus.
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Are you looking for STEM activities for middle school students? These Fall STEM activities for middle school students are perfect for tweens and teens.
What middle schoolers learn, how they behave, and how they interact with others can carry on into adulthood—whether positive or negative.
Have your students create their own printing press when they learn about Joahnnes Gutenberg
How to engage students in science - This is a topic that I get questions about a lot from teachers. How do you engage your...
Are you looking for STEM activities for middle school students? These Fall STEM activities for middle school students are perfect for tweens and teens.
Ready to "cook up" a great first day of school? It's easy with this recipe for a successful start to the school year! PREP: ➤ ...
I’ve rounded up some of the best science movies for middle school here on my site Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus.
Have you ever wondered why students get bored in class? There are so many reasons really. They could already...
STEM students use materials to design models of classroom rules. Works perfectly for regular classrooms or STEM labs. Perfect for the start of a school year!
Ms. McCoy engages her eighth grade students in a science game to model the flow of energy in an ecosystem. She begins class with some review and note taking. Next, she gives the directions for the ecosystem simulation game, assigning each person in the class a freshwater organism. Next, the students play the game by meeting each other and exchanging beans to represent energy. At the end of class, the students tally the beans and discuss how the energy flowed through the ecosystem.
A perfect activity for encouraging temwork in the STEM lab or a regular classroom. All you need is string and a little imagination!
You might think that STEM activities for high school students are difficult to come by but if you're willing to look a little deeper, there are plenty of fun STEM activities for you to choose from.
These science games are an interactive way to get students learning outdoors. There's so much to learn from going out and observing nature!
Ladies and Gentleman... we officially have the first week down in the books!! And what an AMAZING week it was!! #BestFirstWeekEver!! My kiddos are just awesome. We learned a lot and laughed a lot! My own children also had a great week (aside from a quick bout of a stomach bug that kept one home for a day!). My oldest, Drew, started 1st grade. My middle, Quinn, started Kindergarten. And my toddler twins, Addy and Chase, began two-mornings-a-week preschool. Additionally, Mr. Musings from the Middle School (my husband Dennis), started a new school year, too! Phew!! My head is spinning! Anyway, I hope everyone is having a great weekend and recovering from this busy time of year. This post is mainly a pictorial of some of the goings on in my classroom this week. As we settle into our routine, I'll be back with more "meaty" posts (and hopefully some new videos, too!). One of my favorite activities from the week was this Growth Mindset lesson that I adapted from here. Basically, the kids had to create the image on top using just a piece of paper and scissors. It was NOT easy... but that's exactly the point! As the kids worked, I wrote down some of the comments I heard. Things like, "this is impossible," and "I give up!" After I let them struggle for a while, I brought them back together and discussed the activity with them. It was eye-opening to see their words. They all agreed that their attitude was too negative so of course they would never have been successful. Then we read the Growth Mindset posters hanging in our room and discussed what each one meant. I closed with this video from Khan Academy. It was a fun and powerful lesson. One of the BEST purchases I made from TpT for this school year is the Icebreakers that Rock bundle from Cult of Pedagogy. This product contains three PowerPoint activities that allow students to talk to each other in an easy, comfortable way. What is great about these is that you can use them as one, big activity, or you can break them up, showing just a few slides here and there, as "brain breaks" through out the day. That is how I used them. So, on the first day, I did a big "Find Someone Who" activity with them. This allowed all the kids to learn each other's names. Next, I assigned them all their lockers and we practiced opening the combination locks (super-stressful for these first time locker users)! After that, we did a few slides from Icebreakers that Rock. Then, we went over the syllabus. Next, a few more Icebreakers that Rock slides. After that, I handed out and went over all the paperwork that had to go home and be signed (oh, the paperwork!!!). Then, a few more slides right before lunch. And then a few more right after lunch. Next up, a tour of the building. Then a few more slides before trying our lockers again. Finally, another slide right before dismissal. It was the perfect break/filler/attention-getter/distraction to use throughout the day... actually, I used the slides throughout the whole week! Run to TpT and pick this product up today! Totally worth every penny. (Some of the slides can be done silently. I LOVED these slides!!) Of course, we had to number our notebooks to get ready for ELA next week. I always tell kids that this is the easiest, most difficult task that we do all year :) I really the love smell of a Mr. Sketch anchor poster in the morning! This year, I'm starting with Reading Nonfiction: Notice and Note Stances, Signposts, and Strategies. My thinking is that it will really help with getting started with Article of the Week. Here is one of several of the posters I'll be using to teach these strategies. I'm jumping on the #ObserveMe bandwagon! Read more about it here. I'll keep you updated on how this goes throughout the year! Okay... that is enough for now! The beach is calling my name... nothing beats September here at the Jersey Shore! Hope the back-to-school season is treating you well! I'd love to hear how your school year is going so far. Happy Teaching!!
If you're looking for STEM activities for older students, you will love this collection of easy STEM challenges for middle school.
If you're interested in STEAM activities for kids but you have a high school student, these STEM games for high school students might be just what you're looking for.
This resource is a direct instructional lesson on Bathroom Expectations to support your PBIS program. I am a member of my schools PBIS committee. This is a lesson I created as part of our PBIS lessons for grades 6 through 8. Our focus last year was to incorporate PBIS in the classroom as that was wh...
These are my favorite fun activities for teaching my middle school students about the amazing Periodic Table!
Need some middle school games and activities for your math or ELA classes? This post has several easy-prep ideas for you!
This light and sound unit study is full of meaningful, practical activities and books that will motivate your students to learn!
Teach important leadership skills in your middle or high school Leadership class or Student Council program with these use-tomorrow activity ideas.
Use a good behavior grid as a part of your classroom management strategies for your middle school classroom to create a positive learning environment.
Do you teach simple machines? They can be so much fun to discuss and explore. They are awesome to create simple...
These math projects for middle school will get tweens excited about math! Fun hands-on projects for homeschool and classroom.
