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!
Last year, I started a new Space Club program at four middle schools. Not wanting to reinvent the wheel, I searched the web for ideas and curriculum to implement. I soon became excited to find great resources like NASA and TeachEngineering , but I was
The biggest barrier to teaching coding is the misconception that it is another skill that needs to be taught. In reality, coding is simply a tool that can be leveraged to teach standards in a more powerful, creative, and connected way!
Find the best STEM Kits here with this fantastic list of our favorite science, technology, engineering, and robotic kits for kids!
Build a Heart Model - STEM activity about heart rates and how blood flows through the body. Engineer a functioning model of a beating heart.
Find out how to make a simple stethoscope that your kids can use to listen to heartbeats and learn how to calculate the resting heart rate.
Build a marshmallow and toothpick tower for a fun and budget-friendly way to explore STEM with kids. Free printable.
Digestion experiment for kids! An easy science experiment from at-home materials about how the stomach breaks down food. Anatomy science for kids.
As educators, we're always on the lookout for engaging ways to bring science to life in our classrooms. The bird beak animal adaptations investigation is the perfect activity to engage students in the principles of adaptation. Through this activity students complete a hands-on investigation to dis
5 Best STEM Challenges voted by students! Includes Basketball Goals, Index Card Towers, Water, Slides, Earthquake Structures, &Roller Coasters. STEM Projects!
Here’s a fun STEM challenge, and the materials couldn’t be simpler! Challenge kids to build the longest possible paper chain with just one sheet of paper and tape. That’s it! This math activity will appeal to a wise range of ages. I’d recommend it for kids age 5 to 10. If they can safely cut […]
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Teaching science in second or third grade? These force and motion activities, experiments, and lessons are easy to plan, NGSS aligned, and SO much fun! Your students will love the STEM challenges and the Science worksheets are so engaging.
See unique and creative plant life cycle activities and teaching ideas with hands-on plant needs experiments for kids.
This simple, hands-on science STEM activity demonstrates how the eardrums inside our ears help us hear sounds. Have fun getting creative with science!
When going through a STEM Activity, it's nice for students to have a visual guide of the design process to reference. Download this STEM poster set for FREE!!! Each poster contains one of the steps in the Engineering Process along with a cute monster illustration. I hope you enjoy these posters! Please also check out the STEM Activity Challenges in my store!! Thank you :-) Science Demo Guy Store 6 Individual Process Step Posters: • Ask • Imagine • Plan • Create• Test • Improve Great for: • Bulletin Boards • STEM Binders • STEM Night Displays • Science Lab Decor This set also includes one process poster that has all 6 steps. Science Demo Guy Store STEM Activity Challenge Bundle: 36 Challenges {Kindergarten, First and Second Grades} STEM Activity Challenge Bundle: 36 Challenges {Third, Fourth and Fifth Grades} STEM Activity Challenge Bundle: 36 Challenges {Middle School}
Create this 5 minute craft with this kid made chromatography! This is a simple science experiment for your STEM classroom that includes an easy art lesson.
Have you tried the egg drop project yet? This was our 4th year in a row taking part this super fun STEM activity for kids! Check out how to do it with your children or students, and be sure to print out our two free printable recording sheets. Follow our STEM and STEAM Activities for …
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Kids can learn about solar energy with their very own solar-powered paper house. This fun STEM project comes with a helpful template, too.
In STEM club this week, we wanted to find a way to add some Leap Year Science and engineering to our hour. The funny thing is that no one really knew why leap year even exists. We generated some great ideas and then we headed over to Mystery Doug to find out the answers. We followed up with some great origami inspirations, which was taught by a student led team... and we finished it up with creating a game that needed to incorporate our frog in some way. The criteria and constraints: the frog had to be part of the game you only have 15 minutes to prepare the game the game must have written rules the frog doesn't have to jump as part of the game you must use what you see around the room as the supplies for the game The science components that we included in day two of our STEM club Leap Frog Theme was to create a controlled experiment using our frogs. We tested the following variables: Does the size of the frog make the frog hop farther? Does the type of paper used determine how far our frog jumps? Does where we fold the bottom affect how far the frog jumps? Does how/where we push on the back of the frog affect how far our frog jumps? Mystery Doug has a great video all about Leap Year, which is a perfect springboard for your leapfrog lessons in science! Find the Mystery Doug video here. Want a quick Science and Engineering lesson? Hop on over to the Science School Yard for a leapfrog/leap year resource on sale this week! Leap Frog Leap Year Science and STEM Pack Found HERE. I am hoppy that you joined me here in the Science School Yard! Happy February 29th!
Weathering vs Erosion STEM activity is a super easy and fun Science experiment that will teach your kids how the earth works.
Six free, hands-on STEM activities to learn about thermal energy and heat
This simple solar magnification experiment helps students see how powerful it is to concentrate solar energy. Use when studying the solar system.
STEM Earthquake Challenge - students experiment on cardboard houses & different materials to create the best structure to withstand a simulated earthquake.
Most kids have a natural curiosity about the world and the way things work. That makes it easy to teach them some basic science concepts in fun hands-on ways. In the past we have done a Magnet
Challenge your students with these logic puzzles! Includes one simple puzzle and one more complex puzzle. Also included in my Spanish logic puzzle bundle. Check out my other spanish logic puzzles: Materiales Escolares y las clases logic puzzles Los quehaceres y la casa logic puzzles Spanish Stem Changing Verbs Logic Puzzles
Remember overhead projectors? Surely you have one of these dinosaurs steadily gathering dust in the back corner of a classroom at your school, a trusty back up plan in the event of a technological apocalypse. I know that my school has a few of these mini-metallic brontosaurus-like contraptions lying around, but better yet, we also have leftover overhead transparencies which are the true inspiration for this creative project that I'm THRILLED to share with you!! How To Make a Hologram Viewer for your iPad/iPhone Step #1: Obtain an Overhead Transparency Step #2: Download template Step #3: Tape template onto the transparency Step #4: Cut the OUTSIDE of the template with scissors, then carefully cut the inside. Do NOT cut the dotted lines. Step #5: Before removing the template, fold and firmly crease the template (and transparency) at the dotted lines. Step #6: Remove the template and discard Step #7: Mold and shape the folded transparency until it forms a rectangular pyramid (sans top). Step #8: Secure the loose edges together with cellophane tape. Using Your Hologram Viewer There are many 3D hologram videos available. I've catalogued several of my favorites here . Step #1: Open a 3D hologram video Step #2: Place the narrow end of your viewer on top of your iPhone/iPad Step #3: For best viewing, move device to the edge of a desk or table Step #4: View the hologram from the side of device This nifty project is sure to DELIGHT your students! Once again, thanks for: ChatGPT for Teachers!! Are you unfamiliar with AI? Curious how ChatGPT can support you as an educator? Get this FABULOUS resource to help support YOU as an educator!! Written BY a teacher FOR teachers!
Check out this fun DIY Lung Model Activity for Kids: Step-by-Step Guide to Making a Fun Learning Experience.
After our fabulous SOLO professional development day with Pam Hook, I was commissioned to design and make a poster to use in all the classrooms. It is to be for the staff and students to refer to for the words and meanings of the SOLO taxonomy levels. I started a design and shared it backwards and forwards, getting feedback and opinions. It is always an interesting process to work with a client, as their opinions and views don't always match your own!! So suggestions for words were shared and we referred to information on the SOLO Taxonomy website. Then the design was put into the staff Google Plus community where it was voted on and comments made as feedback. So I went from one client to 40 !! Alterations were made following the feedback and a really good suggestion came in too. I made a copy of the design and left the section where the words are blank. Teachers can then fill this part in themselves with subject / topic related words that they are specifically using at the time. This is the main poster that everyone is getting a copy of...... Here is the blank copy. Teachers can order these from me if they want one to fill in them selves. They will be laminated so that they are re-usable for different topics, as they will wipe clean.
To fly, airplanes require lift, drag, gravity, and thrust. With this journaling activity, students will think, predict, observe, and interpret a diagram to learn more.
What is inertia? Investigate Newton's First Law Of Motion in this amusing egg drop experiment.
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Explore the 5 senses with a cool candy! This fun and simple to set up Pop Rocks experiment is sure to be a hit with kids.
Learn how to make a working pumping heart model with kids. This pumping heart model demonstrates how a real heart pumps blood in and out of its chambers!
It's Science Week here on Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas! I am being joined by a few of my fave bloggy buddies - Megan of Coffee Cups and Crayons...
