Women make up about half of the workforce in America, but they only represent 24% of the workforce in STEM fields. Why should we care? First and foremost, this statistic calls attention to an untapped potential; talent that we need in science, technology, engineering and mathematics in order to remain [...]

Use these STEM Experiments in your classroom to engage your students! Free from The Curriculum Corner and The Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

30+ engineering STEM challenges with simple materials. Kids can tinker with bridges, catapults, boats, and more using recycled and inexpensive materials.

Most Magnificent Thing is a wonderful storybook that puts the engineering design process in action and in the hands of a young girl with a big idea.

Kids will love this simple center of gravity activity! Make craft sticks balance in crazy ways by adding weights. Fun science!

Use these STEM Experiments in your classroom to engage your students! Free from The Curriculum Corner and The Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

Learn how to build a catapult! This STEM activity is so fun for kids and needs just a few simple supplies! Plus learn history in the process.

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Find the latest teaching resources and ideas for the elementary and middle school classroom. Interactive notebooks, classroom management, and more

Learn new tricks for domino chains with these awesome engineering challenges! There are 8 printable domino challenge cards which will inspire hours of fun!

The tech world is notorious for its gender discrimination, but more and more women are pushing for change.

Use these STEM Experiments in your classroom to engage your students! Free from The Curriculum Corner and The Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

In this post, we discuss how to engage the youngest learners in meaningful STEM through our brand-new Alphabet STEM curriculum for Kindergarten! Alphabet STEM was a collaborative effort from the Vivify STEM team. Read on for our favorite letters, advice on teaching kinder STEM, and grab the free

A free learn to code program from code.org. Kids learn coding with Anna and Elsa from Frozen. A great introductory coding course for kids, especially girls.

Welcome back STEM and Science Friends!This is the last week of my Summer STEM Series! But, it's a doozy.I overheard this one day, "STEM is just fluff. All they do is play and build things!"Grrrr......

Five engineering challenges for kids – with wooden clothespins, binder clips, and craft sticks! It’s a simple STEM activity that kids of all ages will love. Move over, expensive building sets! These simple materials were a huge hit with my boys. The first time we got them out, Owen (almost 7) spent well over an […]

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How to make a robotic coloring machine for kids using items from your toy box.

STEM activities are a lot of fun and educational, but the best kind of STEM activities are open-ended, allowing children to think for themselves. In this paper plate maze STEM challenge, kids are challenged to make a marble maze using household materials. They must follow all elements of a real design process, including brainstorming, blueprints,

Learn about the human body the I Heart Guts way! Anatomy info starring your favorite organ characters. Read and learn all about your body and put some more brains into that brain of yours. Cute funny anatomy pals drop facts on how the body works. Bite-sized physiology tidbits for curious kids!

Build some index card castles! This is a fun and engaging STEM challenge that kids will love, and the supplies are so simple.

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Sphero. The opinions and text are all mine. Coding. Robots. STEM. As parents and teachers, we know that we need to incorporate technology and computer science into our kids’ education, but it can be a little overwhelming, especially for those of us who grew […]

Kids will LOVE these engineering challenges with craft sticks, cups, and wood cubes. Engaging, open-ended, and creative!

Five engineering challenges for kids – with wooden clothespins, binder clips, and craft sticks! It’s a simple STEM activity that kids of all ages will love. Move over, expensive building sets! These simple materials were a huge hit with my boys. The first time we got them out, Owen (almost 7) spent well over an […]

Kids will LOVE these engineering challenges with craft sticks, cups, and wood cubes. Engaging, open-ended, and creative!

How to make (and test) DIY craft stick catapults! Fun catapult STEM project for kids, that combines physics, engineering and math with play. Making catapults is one of those classic STEM activities that are so much fun. Y’all know what a STEM activity is, right? STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, and a …

A few weeks ago our little daredevil had her first x-ray due to a little jumping on the bed incident. Yup 1 little monkey jumping on the bed, she fell off and bumped her head… broke her clavicle. Well ever since, she has been fascinated with the bones inside her body so there couldn’t be […]

X chromosome Inactivation Science Project: Investigate whether X chromosome inactivation is random or predetermined by looking at coat color patterns in tortoiseshell cats.

Origami has been around for thousands of years, so what makes it one of the best unplugged coding activities for kids? Find out here! Whenever I come across a kids' coding activity, I am always

Fun kids activities to learn coding without a computer. Unplugged STEM activities for Hour of Code, computer porgramming class, elementary school students.

These sound experiments are fun and engaging! They're perfect science lessons for 1st graders and are aligned with NGSS for teaching sound.

Step by step instructions for how to make a pencil catapult for a fun and hands-on STEM activity. What are you going to launch?

When you shop for the little girls in your life — whether daughters, granddaughters, nieces, etc. — do you walk right past the Legos and building blocks and head straight for the pink aisle with the Barbies and baby dolls?

Free coding game for kids to learn critical thinking skills, think from different perspectives, and find solution to cover all scenario. No computer needed.

Here are five fun engineering challenges for kids to do with KEVA planks! If you’re not familiar with KEVA planks (the brand is Mind Ware), they are small wooden building blocks. You can use them to build all sorts of amazing structures without glue or connections – just stack them! We purchased ours two years […]

This post includes a fun approach to introducing and teaching kids about sound. These simple science experiments for kids are perfect for home or classroom!

Secret message coding bracelets are a unique form of wearable communication that allows individuals to encode and share messages through patterns of beads.

This set of printable geometry cards has both 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional shapes to use for building shapes. They show right on the cards how many toothpicks and marshmallows you will need to build the shape. Then there is a graphic to help you see what it will look like. The printable set comes with 10 2D cards and 12 3D cards.

Inspiring young minds doesn't have to be such a struggle.These STEAM project ideas have been tested and tried by kids all over the world to boost creativity

Make bridge building simple and hands-on with these 10 Bridge Building STEM Challenges. From acorns to elastics there's an activity for you!