Science and art combine in this amazing and simple rainbow experiment. The kids will love to make, explore and paint rainbows,
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Learn how to make both a basic homopolar motor and a tiny dancing motor! Great science fair project for older kids!
100 STEAM Projects for Teachers: This is a collection of 100 STEAM Projects created for teachers and educators to do with youth. Each project encourages exploration, modification, and students to pursue their own ideas and curiosities. They are also meant to be accessible, both in …
Science isn't drab! No need to stick to boring STEM activities when you can learn just as well with these colorful STEAM Art Projects!
Learn how to make both a basic homopolar motor and a tiny dancing motor! Great science fair project for older kids!
Do you remember how to make a paper cup phone? Does yarn work for cup phones? Teach your child how to make a string phone with cups and test how far it works.
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
Choose from 58 fun STEAM art projects and activities for kids to explore art while learning science, technology, engineering, and math, too!
This oil resist Escher tessellation art is a great way to combine science, art, and math into one masterful STEAM activity for kids!
Kids have more fun when you combine favorite books with science, technology, engineering, art, & math with these Book Inspired STEAM Activities for Kids.
A round up of over 15 great STEAM projects – where math concepts are used to make pieces of art!
How to make an indoor boomerang out of paper. What a fun boredom buster science and engineering project for kids when they are stuck inside!
A round up of over 15 great STEAM projects – where math concepts are used to make pieces of art!
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Googly Monster Kinetic Sculpture is a fun way to teach kids kinetics, the study of how forces make things move. Perfect STEM and STEAM skills builder.
Extending Grabber: You can find the lesson plan, 1-page project sheet, and more project ideas at STEM-Inventions.com
Learn how to make both a basic homopolar motor and a tiny dancing motor! Great science fair project for older kids!
A whole month of daily low-prep STEAM activities for kids. You are going to love all of the low-prep STEAM activities that we have in store!
Use materials from around the house to create a shape geoboard. This simple shape geoboard activity is great for STEAM. Encourage learn through play.
Learn how to make both a basic homopolar motor and a tiny dancing motor! Great science fair project for older kids!
How to make a thaumatrope. Mix art and science to teach about the persistence of vision with this old fashioned DIY toy.
Who knew playing with straws could be so fun? Straw bridges are a great whole class activity that also sharpens students' STEM skills!
STEM Elevator Challenge- Build a cranking elevator to lift a heavy load. A perfect challenge for Halloween, Easter, or any time!
This is a really quick little artwork. Credit for the artwork that inspired me goes to Sedef Yilmabasar . Its something I would use for w...
28 engaging hands-on STEM activities that use recylced and craft materials for a home, library, or classroom makerspace
Balloon rockets, naked eggs, and biodomes ... so many hands-on ways to learn!
Learn how to make a simple Newton's Cradle, the classic science project demonstrating momentum!
Kinetic Curling Paper Sculpture STEAM: This project creates a kinetic curling sculpture. When the outside top edge is opened, the whole sculpture curls inward like a tenticle or fern leaf.
Knex Catapult: This is an really cool catapult! it shoots pretty far and its really simple! This is my original idea. Hope you like it!! :):):):)
Kids can make these Colored Paper Collage Sculptures as a sculpture and colored paper collage project all rolled into one.
Stop getting frustrated by projects that rely on specialty materials. Inspire your kids' curiosity with STEAM projects at home using common household items.
Platonic solids inscribed into another Platonic solid using maximal configuration. Computer generated models from Moritz Firsching's article about computing maximal side lengths of inscribed polytopes. * After making Da Vinci's divine proportion polyhedra models, see blog posts https://papercraftetc.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-stem-project-constructing-da-vincis.html and https://papercraftetc.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-stem-project-constructing-da-vincis_21.html, I decided to inscribe the polyhedra models into one another. Pacioli wrote in his Divine Proportion book about these inscriptions. The five Platonic solids, the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, icosahedron and dodecahedron, can be derived from a single one, the dodecahedron, which, according to Pacioli, "sustains the existence of all the others and governs the manifold harmonies and interrelations among all five". Since the dodecahedron is the basis for all others, Pacioli claimed that it would be only mathematically possible with a specific proportion which he named the "Divine Proportion". Pacioli wrote about inscriptions of the five Platonic solids solids using the sphere method of calculating the side lengths of the interior polyhedron. I inscribed the Platonic solids as I thought Da Vinci would have done if he had the Silhouette software and cutting technology. I found out while making the models that as the inscribed polyhedron’s size approached a sphere, the size calculations became more complex and difficult to calculate. With some investigation on the internet, I discovered an article about maximizing the side lengths of the interior polyhedron. The computations for six of the polyhedra were just calculated in 2018 by the article's author, Moritz Firsching. These maximal size calculations were in the annals of unsolved geometric problems for many centuries. Using Firsching’s calculations, I was able to complete the 20 inscribed Platonic solid models. "Computing maximal copies of polytopes contained in a polytope", by Moritz Firsching, Institut fu ̈r Mathematik FU Berlin Arnimallee 2 14195 Berlin Germany, July 16, 2018 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1407.0683.pdf * The following calculations were cited in this paper: Maximum side lengths of polyhedron inscribed in another polyhedron. Using the above calculations, I created my models. I used Glue Dots to affix the inscribed polyhedra. I also used clear acetate to make a base for some of the models so that I could adhere the inscribed polyhedra model to something since the point of contact was sometimes in mid-space in the outer hollow polyhedron. Here is the PDF. I used 65lb. cardstock to make the models. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iDsHsBYoMphk455tLWf2wuO57xXTEvOw/view?usp=sharing Here is the .Studio file. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aABrjbhXo7eHu2nSUxUl9iu4xiAmiCL8/view?usp=sharing Here is the SVG. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YUDG1c--YuN4wJ_xHuC8D2ZFLKo2Vdti/view?usp=sharing Polyhedron Inscribed in a Tetrahedron I made the side length of the Tetrahedron 3 inches in order to get a larger sized model. 1). Cube in a Tetrahedron. The side length of the cube was calculated as 0.296 x 3 = 0.888 inches. 0.888 in. side length Cube in a 3 in. side length Tetrahedron 2). Octahedron in a Tetrahedron. The side length of the octahedron was calculated as 0.500 x 3 = 1.5 inches. 1.5 in. side length Octahedron in a 3 in. side length Tetrahedron 3). Dodecahedron in a Tetrahedron. The side length of the dodecahedron is calculated as 0.163 x 3 = 0.489 inches. 0.489 in. side length Dodecahedron in a 3 in. side length Tetrahedron 4). Icosahedron in a Tetrahedron. The side length of the icosahedron is calculated as 0.27 x 3 = 0.81 inches. 0.81 in. side length Icosahedron in a 3 in. side length Tetrahedron Polyhedron Inscribed in a Cube I made the side length of the Cube 2 inches in order to get a larger sized model. 5). Tetrahedron in a Cube. The side length of the tetrahedron is calculated as 1.414 x 2 = 2.828 inches. 2.828 in. side length Tetrahedron in a 2 in. side length Cube 6). Octahedron in a Cube. The side length of the octahedron is calculated as 1.06 x 2 = 2.12 inches. 2.12 in. side length Octahedron in a 2 in. side length Cube 7). Dodecahedron in a Cube. The side length of the dodecahedron is calculated as 0.394 x 2 = 0.788 inches. 0.788 in. side length dodecahedron in a 2 in. side length Cube 8). Icosahedron in a Cube. The side length of the icosahedron is calculated as 0.618 x 2 = 1.236 inches. 1.236 in. side length icosahedron in a 2 in. side length Cube Polyhedron Inscribed in an Octahedron I made the side length of the Octahedron 3 inches in order to get a larger sized model. 9). Tetrahedron in an Octahedron. The side length of the tetrahedron is calculated as 1 x 3 = 3 inches. 3 in. side length Tetrahedron in a 3 in. side length Octahedron 10). Cube in an Octahedron. The side length of the cube is calculated as 0.586 x 3 = 1.758 inches. 1.758 in. side length cube in a 3 in. side length Octahedron 11). Dodecahedron in an Octahedron. The side length of the dodecahedron is calculated as 0.313 x 3 = 0.939 inches. 0.939 in. side length dodecahedron in a 3 in. side length Octahedron 12). Icosahedron in an Octahedron. The side length of the icosahedron is calculated as 0.54 x 3 = 1.62 inches. 1.62 in. side length icosahedron in a 3 in. side length Octahedron Polyhedron Inscribed in a Dodecahedron The side length of the Dodecahedron is 1 inch 13). Tetrahedron in a Dodecahedron. 2.288 in. side length Tetrahedron in a 1 in. side length Dodecahedron 14). Cube in a Dodecahedron. 1.618 in. side length cube in a 1 in. side length Dodecahedron 15). Octahedron in a Dodecahedron. 1.851 in. side length octahedron in a 1 in. side length Dodecahedron 16). Icosahedron in a Dodecahedron. 1.309 in. side length icosahedron in a 1 in. side length Dodecahedron Polyhedron Inscribed in an Icosahedron I made the side length of the Icosahedron 2 inches in order to get a larger sized model. 17). Tetrahedron in an Icosahedron. The side length of the tetrahedron is calculated as 1.347 x 2 = 2.694 inches. 2.694 in. side length Tetrahedron in a 2 in. side length Icosahedron 18). Cube in an Icosahedron. The side length of the cube is calculated as 0.939 x 2 = 1.878 inches. 1.878 in. side length cube in a 2 in. side length Icosahedron 19). Octahedron in an Icosahedron. The side length of the octahedron is calculated as 1.181 x 2 = 2.362 inches. 2.362 in. side length octahedron in a 2 in. side length Icosahedron 20). Dodecahedron in an Icosahedron. The side length of the dodecahedron is calculated as 0.58 x 2 = 1.16 inches. 1.16 in. side length Dodecahedron in a 2 in. side length Icosahedron
Flextangle STEAM Art Project: Fusing Math and Art. Hexaflexagon, Color Schemes & Zentangle Patterns, Middle School & High School Art STEAM Lesson
Learn how to make a light box and try out some cool colr and light experiments with your kids! This is a fun experiment that kids love.
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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.
Start with a square. Cut the top and add to the right (90 degrees). Cut the bottom and add to the left (90 degrees). Trace your design on paper and rotate! Click here to see how to create a translat
Master the art of building a REALLY tall spaghetti and marshmallow tower. Here’s some tips on how you can build a science prize winning spaghetti and marshmallow tower.
Balloon rockets, naked eggs, and biodomes ... so many hands-on ways to learn!
