Don’t you love when science seems like combination of a magic trick and a riddle? Today’s STEM challenge will answer the question, “can you step through an index card?” SPOILER ALERT: the answer is a resounding YES!!! The big question though is HOW can you fit inside of an index card? If your kids get […]
Are you looking for Easy to implement critical and creative thinking activities, or maybe you just want to celebrate International Dot Day? This DOT Tower Challenge is the perfect companion for use with The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds, a picture book that provides meaningful instruction on the role of taking risks in growth mindset. Use this hands-on challenge with your students any time of year but it is particularly wonderful for International Dot Day! ⭐This Dot Tower Challenge goes through the Engineering Design Process. Students plan, design, and execute their own prototypes. After they have completed their build, they analyze and reflect on improvement. ⭐This is an AMAZING DIFFERENTIATED resource for STEM club, STEM teachers, elementary librarians, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educational environment in their classroom! ⭐Standards: NGSS: K-2-ETS1-2 and 3-5-ETS1-1. American Association for School Libraries. AASL.V.A.3 Explore: Think: Competency 3: Learners develop and satisfy personal curiosity by engaging in inquiry-based processes for personal growth. AASL.III.A.1 Collaborate: Think: Competency 1 Learners identity collaborative opportunities by demonstrating their desire to broaden and deepen understandings. ⭐Used mainly with grades 2-6th ⭐ ⭐Dare to Differentiate! Need more? Check Out WestenWerks Wonders and be sure to Follow WESTENWERKS on TPT for all your learning needs!⭐⭐ Try: Dot Day Activities | The Dot | Writing | Drawing | Deductive Reasoning It's Not A Box | Activities | Writing | Drawing | Deductive Reasoning
Exploring matter and energy in kindergarten and first grade is so much fun. Watching little ones see the objects around them scientifically is exciting and a tad bit adorable. But nothing beats the surprise as they see matter change before their eyes. Teaching states of matter may take a lot of preparation and experiments, but
Bridge building STEM challenge for kids: design a bridge that can hold a can of food.
All students learn better when there is parent support at home!Here is a reading resource to send home to your student's parents.This resource has standards that are tested on STAAR (pulled from 4th grade TEKS, but will also work for third and fifth grade) and question stems the parents can use to a...
See how Newton's Third Law of action and reaction explains why airplanes fly in the sky, ships move through water and rockets launch into space.
STEM activities for kindergarten students should be designed to spark curiosity and encourage exploration.
The Best STEM Challenge for Grades 2-5 Improve Student Learning with a STEM Challenge The Roller Coaster STEM Challenge from my May STEM Challenges pack covers a variety of standards related to force and motion. Students discover the difference between potential (stored) energy and kinetic (working) energy. Students also learn about friction, momentum, and gravity....
I have a house full of music-loving kids! Pumping up the music and breaking out a dance party is a regular occurrence in our kitchen! So I thought that a music lesson plan for kids would be so much fun! We will do music STEM projects, like discover how to “see” sound and why jars […]
While we still aren't quite sure what the new school year is going to hold, many teachers are beginning to prepare for situations where they and their
I’m always searching for simple, innovative ways to implement iPads into STEM challenges and activities. As a “newbie” to iPad integration over the past year, I continually look to the guidance of other iPad savvy teacher bloggers such as Kami Butterfield of Teaching with Appitude and Erin Flanagan of Erintegration. Here are my Top 3...
Question stems can be used as thinking prompts for class discussions, prompting, and various forms of assessment.
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Kids will have fun learning about physics with this fun Zipline Engineering Lesson. This Spring STEM Activity is perfect for kids of all ages!
Over the summer holidays, I've joined together with a group of bloggers to bring you weekly craft and play ideas using simple supplies from around the home or garden. We're starting with sticks (either sticks
Kids are fascinated by outer space, astronauts, moons, stars and planets! In fact, an outer space lesson plan may be our most requested topic EVER! We have scoured high and low for the best outer space science experiments including a DIY galaxy in a bottle (to learn about anti-gravity) and a balloon rocket STEM project. […]
13 STEM lessons and activities to teach about kinetic and potential energy.
Coding for kindergarten is actually much simpler than you think! Kids as young as five can already understand some of the basic coding concepts, even if they don’t know what they are specifically. So what
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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.
How high can you build? Your kids will love this STEM challenge and it requires little to no prep from parents/teachers. Start building today!
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From elementary school to middle school to high school, we've rounded up 41 STEM projects and activities for kids of all ages!
Sink or Foat and "Who Sank the Boat?" Check Out This Simple STEM Challenge for Kids. Partents and Teachers Save Time and Money Lesson Planning!
Teach genetics to your students to help them learn about traits being passed down from parents to their offspring with this fun demonstration.
If you are the teacher (or even the parent) of a gifted and talented child, you'll understand the challenges involved in providing the mental stimulation they require. Brilliant Activities for Stretching Gifted and Talented Children will help you to meet these challenges. This book contains refreshing, motivating activities, based on the latest theories and research, to stretch your pupils' analytical, creative and evaluative skills. Activities range from quick warm-ups, brainteasers and maths-focussed activities to entertaining, open-ended exercises for pupils to complete independently.
Has your preschooler been asking a lot of questions about their body lately? Looking for some simple anatomy activities to teach your preschooler all about the human body? It’s incredibly important to teach children about their bodies and how to take care of them. This knowledge will help them stay healthy and also help them … Human Body Activities for Preschoolers Read More »
Roundup with a variety of Montessori-inspired skeleton activities that can be used to create a multi-level skeleton unit for preschoolers on up.
Here's an easy science experiment that will get kids' hands burning, their minds racing, and learning something new in the process.
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A good question makes all the difference when it comes to deepening understanding and assessing mastery, and even the best teachers can add to their toolkit with this set of question stems, leveled according to Blooms Taxonomy. Teach Thought (link) describes Bloom's Taxonomy as "a hierarchical ordering of cognitive skills that can, among countless other uses, help teachers teach and students learn." Who is this resource for? This resource can be used by math teachers, tutors, and parents of students in any grade. Uses for this product: This resource includes question stems for all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy (knowing, organizing, applying, analyzing, generating, integrating, evaluating) and can be used for: creating assessments creating science resources planning lessons evaluating the complexity of questions or assignments self assessment unit planning for any set of standards What's Included? Purchase includes a printable PDF file. More questions? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions or email me at [email protected]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the question stems for your other core subjects as well: Science Social Studies Reading/Language Arts or, buy the bundle! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To stay updated on sales and new products, please follow my store: My TpT Store Connect and chat with me! My Blog Newsletter My Facebook Page On Pinterest Instagram
How to make interlocked Mobius Strip Hearts? Fun STEM activity idea for Valentine's day, for math center, math club, STEM lab, STEM club.
Teach kindergarten and first grade students how to take care of classroom and library book with my new post about teaching book care rules!
Explore how popping the bubbles in bubble wrap can help your child to develop their fine and gross motor skills.
I recently was tasked with planning a STEM night at a rural school in our state. I worked with one of our graduates who is currently teaching at the middle school to coordinate activities and presentations for the elementary students of the community. We trained the middle school students to facilitate the activities with the help of some of my college students. Here are 10 things I have learned from planning and carrying out this STEM Night: 1. STEM nights are A LOT of work! 2. Communication is the key to good attendance. 3. Using social media to share about the event works well! Most schools/school districts have Facebook pages. 4. People don't tend to RSVP even when an email RSVP form is sent to every family. 5. Find a guest speaker/presenter to kick off the event. 6. Volunteers appreciate food. 7. Plan and prepare plenty of materials for the activities. It's better to have too many than not enough. 8. Spread activities out. We used the cafeteria for the more mellow activities, and used classrooms for the louder ones and ones with projectiles. (Check out my STEM night product for activity ideas here). 9. Take pictures! (This is where I didn't do so well; I was distracted with organizing) 10. Get there early to get set up and organized. This will ease your stress on the day of the event.t I have participated in tons of STEM nights in my years of teaching, but this was the first one I actually coordinated. The biggest worry for me was that no one would show up. Since hardly any families RSVP'd I seriously didn't sleep the night before. But thankfully, people did show up and all my worries were for nothing. Another great bonus that I was fortunate enough to have was a guest speaker who was a real live astronaut. I truly believe the NASA astronaut was a huge draw for the community, and many wanted to come and listen to his presentation before the activities began. So my big take away is that this was a TON of work, but it was so worth it in the end. Seeing the kids smiling faces was amazing, and the turn out of volunteers was very impressive. Especially since they had to drive more than an hour to get to the school where the event was held.
Right now I’m in the process of creating a series of STEM projects for students who are studying Ancient Civilizations.. First stop, Ancient Mesopotamia! Ancient Civilizations has to be my favorite curriculum to teach. I find the ancient world fascinating, with all the different traditions, inventions, rituals, building structures, gods and goddesses.