This super simple STEM challenge requires only a straw, a potato and a willing volunteer. You'll need Two paper straws A large potato ( raw ) Instructions
What could possibly be a better combination than FREE and STEM?! Ok, maybe there are a few, but It’s a pretty amazing paring. I’d love to send you 2 low-prep STEM Activities for kids! E…
Teach your kids basic coding concepts with legos! Easy Lego coding activities t0 teach colors, sorting, patterns, and how to code. Plus free worksheets!
Exploding paint bombs are a dynamic artistic tool that creates unique and vibrant splashes of color on a canvas or surface.
Most young kids are drawn to activities that make them create, think, discover, and invent. These STEM activities for young kids are perfect and so easy.
STICK RAFT BUILDING STEM CHALLENGE - Can you build a raft that really floats? How much weight can it carry? Stretch kids' skills and engage them with Nature.
Take part in a super fun STEM activity using recyclables and other basic materials in this mystery bag STEM building challenge with free printable STEM challenge cards! Kids will receive a bag of mystery items and then use those materials to complete a design challenge. This activity is perfect to do both in the classroom or at …
STEM Project – This challenge uses one sheet of paper! Students create the longest paper chain possible. Great problem-solving & perfect for back to school.
Find the best STEM Kits here with this fantastic list of our favorite science, technology, engineering, and robotic kits for kids!
Hundreds of engaging Pre-K STEM activities that make learning fun for kids and easy on you. Science experiments, math centers...
We're back with another post for the A to Z of STEM series, hosted over at Little Bins for Little Hands. Several bloggers are sharing STEM activities (Science Technology Engineering & Maths) for all the
STEM building challenges are a great way to incorporate STEM skills into the classroom. Use them to learn about science, technology, engineering, and math in a lesson for the entire class, or use them as early finisher tasks. STEM building challenges are perfect extensions for students who finish work early.
If you’re looking for fun and engaging first grade STEM centers, you’ve come to the right spot. We can help take your teaching skills to the next level.
Teaching the states of matter can be one of the most exciting lessons of the year if you do it right. Here are some fun activities to try.
Are you excited about warmer weather coming? Spring is a great time to go outside and challenge your students to work in groups to complete fun STEM, STEAM, and Science Activities! The supplies are super cheap and easy to find. These are great for Elementary, Upper Elementary, and Middle School science and STEM classes! They are also great to add into your classroom for engaging outdoor brain breaks. Chromatography Tie-Dye Activity Tie-Dye is SO MUCH FUN…and messy. It's a great activity to do outside in mild weather! This is a different version of Tie Dye….with a science twist…and it’s a little easier and less messy ;-). Click here for a step-by-step tutorial with pictures! Oobleck STEM Activity Challenge This is perfect for a sunny day activity outside, especially due to its messy nature! In this activity, students will work in groups to explore the properties of Oobleck. They will be testing random objects such as paper clips, toothpicks, marbles, string, etc. to determine whether they float or sink. Oobleck has properties, unlike most substances we usually encounter. Click Below to check out this activity in its grade-level-appropriate version! Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Version 3-5th Grade Version 6-8th Grade Version Making Icecream This activity is perfect for warmer weather!! If we take a mixture of cream and sugar and place it in the freezer it will get hard and become solid after, maybe, an hour. We can also hand mix it with an ice-salt mixture that will speed up the freezing process. By putting salt with the ice, the freezing point will move lower. This is a colligative property called “freezing point depression” ..... If you'd like to learn how to make your own ice cream in a bag, click here for Step-by-Step Instructions! Levitating Ping Pong Ball STEM Activity Challenge Students will work in groups to discover the phenomenon that occurs when a ping pong ball is placed above a straw and air is blown through the straw. Most people would expect the ping-pong ball to fly up and off to the side—but it doesn't. Due to Bernoulli's Principle, the ball will hover in the air above the straw. This project can end with a demonstration using a shop-vac or hairdryer with a ping-pong ball that will produce the same interesting results. Click Below to check out this activity in its grade-level-appropriate version! Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Version 3-5th Grade Version 6-8th Grade Version Aluminum Foil Boats STEM Activity Challenge In this activity, students will work in groups to design and build a small boat from aluminum foil. They will then see how many pennies it can hold before it sinks. The goal is for each student to work with their group to build and modify their boat to hold as many pennies as possible. Click Below to check out this activity in its grade-level-appropriate version! Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Version 3-5th Grade Version 6-8th Grade Version
Does your child love science experiments? If so, they'll love this super simple dry erase marker experiment that creates floating hearts!
Whether you are a seasoned pro or new to teaching with STEM, these first-week activities for STEM are sure to be a hit in your classroom.
You get: The STEM challenge: Parking Lot Problems Description of the problem Student planning pages Supply request letter Tips & Tricks for success! This challenge is designed as application of students' math skills in finding using area. Using a poster board as a parking lot, students are tasked with designing the maximum number of spaces. Students will be required to measure, draw, and use a maxiumum area to design a parking lot. A super fun challenge for your students!
Most young kids are drawn to activities that make them create, think, discover, and invent. These STEM activities for young kids are perfect and so easy.
These STEM challenge cards make measuring fun and easy. Students will love discovering whether one pile of objects is heavier than another.
Does your child love science experiments? If so, they'll love this super simple dry erase marker experiment that creates floating hearts!
Easy DIY Pumpkin Stems That Look Realistic!
Find a super-simple tutorial to make a paper plate flying saucer toy that looks REALLY COOL when it is thrown like a frisbee!
Blow a balloon up with the process of yeast fermentation, then relate yeast fermentation to the Christian faith. Youth groups, children's church, and kids ministry kiddos will love this activity! This activity uses materials you can easily find at your local grocery store - easy to set up with few materials and super fun for kids! THIS IS A DIGITAL LESSON PLAN - NOT A PHYSICAL PRODUCT Students will learn: ⭐The importance of yeast ⭐Fermentation in yeast ⭐Fermentation of sugars ⭐Why decomposers are important ⭐How the Bible uses yeast as an object lesson on spiritual growth This activity includes: ⭐Proofing yeast ⭐Blowing up a balloon with yeast ⭐How to speed up a fermentation process This is an engaging, faith-based STEM lesson geared toward middle school students. This lesson is perfect for homeschoolers, Christian schools, Sunday schools, or Youth Groups. The materials are easy to find and the activity does not require any preparation. The included content links science to the Bible. Just print the materials, read and teach! Follow Easy Fun Science on Instagram for updated lessons, STEM Your Faith, ideas for teaching in the classroom/homeschool, and science experiment hacks!! Total Pages: 5 pages Teaching Duration: 45 minutes
Chemical change happens every day. This lab is easy for teaching middle school chemistry because it demonstrates chemical change with basic household items.
Looking for the best preschool activities?! This list is full of hands-on preschool STEM, art, and literacy activities with no worksheets.
Science lessons don't have to be difficult or boring. You can make science accessible and fun with some easy experiments with materials you already have
Here are our best kids LEGO activities and projects. Free LEGO Challenge calendars, STEM challenges, science activities, and art projects.
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.
This year, I revised the materials in my reader's notebooks. I'm using a combo of a binder and a notebook for reading workshop this year, and I'm not 100% happy with it. I thought I would share some of what I've been doing. Maybe you can help me tweak. Let me first tell you how I've been working it. In their binder, they have a section for anchor charts and handouts. There's an index where they write the title of the paper so they can see at a glance what they have. It' sort of like a mini version of my anchor chart binder, but they have only the few charts I give the entire class and the ones I give specifically to them as needed during conferencing. There's also a section in their binder to keep track of books they have read, books they want to read, and a genre tracker. Now, the notebook is more of our workhorse. The notebook is where they take notes during mini-lessons, jot their thinking about their independent reading, and write their weekly letter to me for assessment. These are the notebooks I use. I got them at Staples during the ten cent sale. My friends turn their notebooks in one day a week. This way I only have to read 4 or 5 a day rather than all 24 at once. As you can see, orange notebooks are due on Tuesdays. When you open the notebook, you will first find this page: I think the note is pretty clear. Our focus this year is all about thinking deeper about our reading. The next couple of pages give an example of friendly letter format and how to edit/proofread their letter. We edited "idea chart" to read "thinking stems" Next, there are facing pages that have the "thinking stems" we use. A reader had asked me to post a link to these, but I just can't find it. I pulled these pages from a file I've had for a few years. I know I originally found them on the web, but when I tried to find them again this year I couldn't. If you have ever run across these, please let me know where so I can credit the author. This is glued on to the left page of the notebook. The other pages is on the right side. I like them facing each other so they can see it all at once. For some reason, I took two half-page pictures of the other page, Update! (7/22/12) Special thanks to Marilyn who emailed me the link she found for these Thinking Stems. This link should take you to a Word document you can print out. I believe they are from the Calhoun School District, but again not sure. CLICK HERE TO GO TO DOCUMENT. These thinking stems are good for helping my friends who have difficulty coming up with something to write. I used them as a springboard when I modeled writing a reading response letter not just once, but twice for my friends. I will do more modeling of this as time goes on and I expect more from their letters. After these pages, I still have two blank pages. One is for a rubric that I have yet to put in their notebook. That's one of the things I've not yet figured out to my satisfaction. While the kids know what I'm looking for, I want a rubric in their notebook. The problem is I can't find one that fits exactly what I want and I've been too lazy busy to just sit down and make my own. I guess I'm going to have to just do it this weekend. The rest of their notebook is filled with notes from our mini-lessons, their independent writing about their reading, and their weekly reading response letter to me. It's actually all working pretty well so far, but I just have this gnawing feeling that I'm missing something. So, I'm throwing it out there to you! What are you doing with your reading notebooks? What do your friends do with their notebooks? Do you use a rubric? What and how are you assessing them? What's worked for you? By the way, don't forget to ENTER MY THANK YOU GIVE AWAY! There are only about 22 or so entries thus far, so the odds are pretty good! You have also been leaving some great ideas for picture books to use in mini-lessons. Click over and check out the comments. Even if you don't enter, you will get some great picture book suggestions.
Get ready for the holidays with this festive Kumihimo Beaded Swirl Candy Cane Kit. This kit teaches several techniques including starting with an interlaced end and trading around a wire core. Kit includes materials to make Kumihimo Beaded Swirl Candy Canes; C-Lon bead cord, beads, core wire.
EdBlocks is a fully graphical drag-and-drop robot programming language for the Edison robot that is super easy to use. Ideal for students age 7-10 years old
Water can float in midair! Try this simple science experiment to see how air pressure works to create magical floating water.
We live on a ranch on the top of a mountain so needless to say we get a lot of wind! This makes for the perfect opportunity to learn more about what wind is, the effects of wind and how to measure it. LET’S-READ-AND-FIND-OUT SCIENCE® Series “Feel the Wind” from the LET’S-READ-AND-FIND-OUT SCIENCE® series is […]
This DIY jet pack will be perfect for your space-themed dramatic play area. Learn how to easily make a jet pack with a few inexpensive supplies. Your little astronauts will have so much fun blasting
This magic pepper and soap science experiment is super fun and incredibly easy to do! Add it to your preschool or early elementary science lesson plans.
25 STEAM Projects for Kids
Learning chemistry with kids? Challenge them to figure out how to separate a mixture they cannot touch, it makes for a great STEM challenge.
