Sunscreen painting! Creative STEAM activity teaches the science of sunscreen and is a fun art project. Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and all kids.
Explore a collection of over 45 hands-on STEM challenge ideas that kids are sure to love at home or in a classroom. What will you build?
How kids can build a model steam engine for a 2nd grade science project.
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!
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
Keep your kids busy and having fun inside on rainy winter days with this selection of 50 fantastic indoor activities for kids. Easy crafts + games.
How can sound be waves? It is a hard concept for kids. Try these 7 science experiments for kids to SEE sound. Learn the 5 senses with STEM activities.
Learn how to make a kaleidoscope in this fun STEM/science activity and craft for kids. It’s such a fun way to explore light, reflections, and symmetry! Follow our Science for Kids Pinterest board! *This post was originally published 2/2/16 and has since been updated. Last week I made these super fun kaleidoscopes with my …
Try growing borax crystals on pipe cleaners. This is a simple science experiment to do with kids and creates such beautiful results! You can make any shape.
Get fun, free printable worksheets and enjoy cool science activities to do at home
10 free STEM activities you can do with empty cardboard tubes from toilet paper or paper towel tubes.
Do you want to know how to teach STEAM in your school or homeschool? Learn why STEAM education is important and how to incorporate it!
Explore sound science with a tonoscope, a device that helps you see sound vibrations. It's a super fun sound science experiment for kids.
28 engaging hands-on STEM activities that use recylced and craft materials for a home, library, or classroom makerspace
Build some index card castles! This is a fun and engaging STEM challenge that kids will love, and the supplies are so simple.
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!
If you need STEM projects ideas, this is THE place to go! This is a collection of over 200 STEM projects and activities that kids love!
The Animals and Ecosystems Zoo Project is my FAVORITE project of the year! I sit all the kids down and announce that our class has bought a zoo! And we're
Find out how to create a toy that seems to defy gravity-- a cool balance trick and neat science experiment.
Custom Operation Game Using Makey Makey: Hello! In this instructable I will teach you how to build your own personalized operation game powered by Makey Makey! You will create a tabletop game similar to Hasbro's Classic Operation Game. This build also houses all the wires and the Makey Mak…
Super simple sport science experiments for kids. Test hockey pucks, investigate how heart rate changes and more sporty science ideas
Every once in a while, I create a product for my classroom or my TPT store that I get just giddily excited about. Products that are unique and that I know kids and teachers will both love. I felt this way when I released my escape rooms for early childhood, and I'm feeling it again with my latest project: STEM Safari! I've been working on it for weeks, and I am thrilled that it is finally live! STEM Safari is an organized approach to implementing STEM in your classroom, and so much fun! Each STEM session, a student picks a challenge card to complete. There are 5 different types of cards: 1. Elephant Engineering (engineering challenges) 2. Cheetah Challenge (challenges with specific parameters in place) 3. Rhino Riddles ("How can you...?" challenges) 4. Warthog Wonderings (reflection questions and challenges) 5. Buffalo Building (free choice building). I wanted to prevent students from always picking the same type of card, such as the free choice building, which is, of course, valuable, but doesn't do as well with developing problem-solving skills. To do this, and to encourage my students to try new things, they each have an Animal Checklist. Every time they complete a specific type of challenge, they check it off. When they have completed all 5 of the different challenge types, they color in one country in their STEM Safari Africa map. Then they "journey" to a new country and start again with a new animal checklist! This way, the fun just keeps going, but they have a way to track how many challenges they have completed. There is also a STEM Safari Journal included, which helps build their reflection skills. Any of the Warthog Wondering cards that say "write about it" can be completed in their STEM Safari Journals. There are also a few "design" challenges in the Elephant Engineering cards that can be completed in their journals. As they continue their STEM Safari journey, the reflections they have completed in the journal will help them polish their problem-solving and engineering skills. I love doing STEM projects with my students! It is amazing to see what they can accomplish with a few basic supplies and some open-ended directives. However, storing all of these supplies can be a challenge. Included in the STEM Safari kit are tons of supply labels with photographs, to help keep everything neat. Here's a close-up example of a supply label. I even included some editable labels so that you can customize them for any supplies you have on hand! I really hope that your students enjoy STEM Safari as much as mine do! Click here to purchase in my shop, or here to purchase in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. There's just something about open-ended, hands-on learning that gets kiddos excited. I would love to hear how you use STEM in your classroom; drop me a comment below! Happy teaching!
STEM Challenges- this post features tips about building bridges and ideas for using bridge-building challenges at five grade levels.
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. Recommended Grade Level: preschool kindergarten
Use STEM in your science activities for kids. It's easy! Just add technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Setting up a STEM Classroom or Makerspace and not sure where to start. These STEM Classroom supplies are a must have for any STEM teacher.
A list of easy to implement STEM activities for the classroom. Effortlessly teach collaboration and communication with these amazing STEM lessons.
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Hi Teachers, Do you conduct STEM challenges or Project Based Learning activities in the classroom? If so, your students NEED this awesome handbook! Students are reminded how to collaborate, communicate, and work together in a group setting It will keep students motivated when they are ready to give up on a
Everything you need to start teaching STEM in your classroom. In this blog you will be given practical ways so you can start to teach STEM immediately.
Looking for simple science activities for kids? This viscosity project is a colorful STEAM activity. It's a fun art project and science experiment in one!
Sunscreen painting! Creative STEAM activity teaches the science of sunscreen and is a fun art project. Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and all kids.
Are you ready to have lots of fun with STEM Challenges? These activities will keep your homeschoolers entertained for hours. They will also promote learning in Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math! This free printable features 30 days of STEM challenge ideas. You can choose to do one each day, picking the one that corresponds with ... Read More about 30 Days of STEM Challenges – Free Printable!
In a word? Art. Art is the difference between STEM and STEAM.
Are you struggling with shortened class periods? The biggest difference between being a classroom teacher and a specials teacher is that you can not overlap time. If you’re in the middle of a STEM challenge in a homeroom, you can always extend into the next period, and put your materials aside for the next day, ... Read more
One of the biggest barriers keeping teachers from engaging in STEM challenges is the large amount of materials some activities require. This is further complicated this year by the fact that students can’t share materials so teachers need to have enough materials on hand for each individual student.
Explore a collection of over 45 hands-on STEM challenge ideas that kids are sure to love at home or in a classroom. What will you build?
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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!
How kids can build a model steam engine for a 2nd grade science project.
Get access to the best STEM resources! Are you a teacher or a parent and want to know more about STEM, check out our ultimate STEM guide.
Discover hands-on beginning of the year science activities that will excite your students and build the foundation for future science lessons!
StudyJams gives you FREE hands on stem for Your classroom homeschool or at home learning And there is even a Study Jams math We will discuss What is taught in STEM and STEAM and awesome lesson plans for different grades and levels and alternatives online
Inject the 'A' into your STEM challenge projects with cut paper and the free app Stop Motion on the iPad. The 'A' being Art of course! Full STEAM ahead... We used Stop Motion and cut paper to make moving models of the Lunar Cycle and the phases of the moon in science. The challenge was that students were only allowed to use cut paper (you could also use Oreos for this to mimic the moon as shown in this free download) and the app Stop Motion to show all 8 lunar phases. As with any STEM/STEAM challenge, I introduced
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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!
Developing skills in STEAM and STEM will also develop creative thinking and problem-solving. Check out this list of STEAM + STEM activities for homeschoolers!
