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 some fun ideas to do with your kiddos?! Take a look at these ten fantastic STEM activities with straws that kids will love.
Hands-on STEM fun with paper plate roller coasters! Elementary students will love designing paper plate STEM roller coaster to learn about energy physics.
Join the STEM Teachers Club and get this STEM Challenge and 500+ more ready to use lessons today! Earlier this fall we experienced multiple hurricanes in and around the United States. As a teacher in Indiana, my students are not very familiar with hurricanes. I wanted a fun and hands on
Help Save Fred is a great stem activity! This save Fred the worm is super fun stem activity will help your students strengthen team building skills and...
STEM Activities: car building in the elementary STEM Lab. From designing to racing, discover how young minds learn about motion and mechanics through hands-on exploration.
Choose from 58 fun STEAM art projects and activities for kids to explore art while learning science, technology, engineering, and math, too!
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,
The best kind of kindergarten STEM challenge is one that has children working together to find a solution to a fun, engaging problem using simple supplies that don't take lots of prep time. Enter The Floor is Lava STEM activity for kindergarteners. It's so simple, you can do it with preschoolers too! Don't forget to
Add in some fun with these STEM activities with popsicle sticks. With simple craft sticks and other household items, kids can begin STEM fun.
Learn how to make a pom pom shooter. This fun craft doubles as a STEM activity for kids. Kids will love learning physics with this fun toy.
Make these fun penny spinners with just a few simple supplies. This project could be an awesome STEM lesson on physics, too!
The anatomy of our hands is complex and intricate. To explore how our fingers on our hands are able to move, build a robot hand with your kid!
It’s a new year and you likely have new goals, grant money to spend, or maybe just a renewed enthusiasm for inspiring and instructing young minds! Whatever the case, there has never been a better time to gear up your classroom or home with the latest and greatest STEM gadgets and tools. We are have
Students choose different ways to create the longest paper chain out of one sheet of construction paper in this easy to prep and complete STEM Challenge.
Learn how to build a catapult cannon in this STEM activity, then play a game that explores physics and math. All inspired by Mr. Bean!
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 one of these 16+ free engineering design challenges and engineering projects to get middle school students brainstorming, building, and innovating with the engineering design process!
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!
30+ engineering STEM challenges with simple materials. Kids can tinker with bridges, catapults, boats, and more using recycled and inexpensive materials.
STEM Challenge; students design a Ferris Wheel using craft sticks! This challenging STEM project is the most fun as kids tackle creating 2 symmetrical sides and connecting them to allow turning.
Discover some fascinating, no prep, STEM activities and challenges you can do with your students using paper! Engineering, math and science.
Build some index card castles! This is a fun and engaging STEM challenge that kids will love, and the supplies are so simple.
A list of easy to implement STEM activities for the classroom. Effortlessly teach collaboration and communication with these amazing STEM lessons.
These STEAM activities are perfect for homeschool classes or co-ops. Put science, technology, engineering, and math into hands-on homeschool STEM learning.
If your students aren’t excited about STEM, the problem might be a lack of exposure to real-world challenges. Real-world problem solving should be at the core of any STEM education program. It increases student buy-in as students realize that their work has an impact that extends beyond the classro
I decided to take on my own challenge of incorporating a STEM activity every day for a week. It turned out to be a huge success where both my students and I had a blast. Here were the various …
You and your kids will love putting together these simple helicopters and watching them fly! *Video below
Join us as we give you all the details about our popular Space Lander STEM Challenge and link up with some other great STEM educators sharing the BEST STEM CHALLENGE EVER! Teachers love the Space Lander STEM challenge because the students are completely engaged. Students not only learn, but deeply
Build a marshmallow and toothpick tower for a fun and budget-friendly way to explore STEM with kids. Free printable.
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.
Build a device with paper, tape, string, and paper clips to pick up a ping pong ball from a distance in this fun engineering lesson plan!
These 20 Engineering STEM Challenges are great because they use simple materials you probably have at home already.. and they are fun!
Using straws in STEM Challenges as a main building material. This post tells about six different STEM activities including towers, rescue devices, geodesic domes, and platforms.
Teacher friends, Looking for a fun (and educational) way to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day with upper-elementary students? It’s typical for students to begin losing focus in the classroom, especially during holidays. Real learning does not have to go out the window just yet, you just have to mask it such a way where it doesn’t quite seem like learning
28 Days of STEM Activities and STEAM Activities for Kids is loaded with hands-on science, technology, engineering, art, and math projects perfect for the classroom and at home. The kids are gonna love this!
As educators, we are constantly on the lookout for innovative ways to integrate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) into our classrooms. One such engaging method is through the use of literature-based STEM challenges, which not only foster a love for science and engineering but
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 umbrella STEM challenge, kids are challenged to make an umbrella from household supplies. They must follow all elements of a real design process, including brainstorming, blueprints, prototypes, tweaking, and
Complete STEM activities based on a famous landmarks AROUND the WORLD! Students travel through Australia, France, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Egypt and America earning passport stamps as they complete their challenges. This is a fantastic resource for team building activities. Click HERE to SAVE over 20% with our Travel the World STEM Bundle. These task cards allow flexibility with the teacher to either grab and go or build further lessons around each challenge. They lend themselves to Geography, Science, History and Inquiry subjects. Students will learn how to identify key elements of information how to build and design with constraints such as materials how to reflect on their own learning facts about the Ocean and the environmental affect. Included ➞ 7 STEM CHALLENGE CARDS ➞ STUDENT PASSPORT BOOKLET ➞ INFORMATION PAGE PER LOCATION ➞ STAMPS (CUT-OUTS) FOR STUDENT PASSPORTS CHALLENGES ➤ Italy - Leaning Tower of Pisa ➤ France - Eiffel Tower ➤ Australia - Sydney Harbour Bridge ➤ Sweden - Viking Catapult ➤ America - Basketball Hoop ➤ Egypt - Pyramids ➤ Russia - Rockets and Airplanes SUPPLIES/MATERIALS -Straws -Craft Sticks -Newspaper -Tin Foil -Paper STUDENT PASSPORT -one STAMP for completing the challenge -one STAMP for answering design questions INFORMATION FACT SHEET ➞ Includes key information about each location Teacher guide includes way to enhance the activity or challenge students NOTE: Imperial and metric versions (this only applies to one task in this set of challenges) Target Grades: These cards best suit grades 3 to 6 With guidance they can be used for younger grades and with more time restrictions they can be used for older grades also. The design is repeated for all task cards to make it easier for students The design questions are the same for each task card, allowing students to build on how they analyze and evaluate their own designs. =============================================================== For STEM Task Cards AROUND the WORLD Check activities here For STEM Task Cards around ASIA Check activities here Follow at my store - CURIOSITY and the HUNGRY MIND
Don’t you love when science seems like combination of a magic trick and a riddle? Today’s STEM challenge will answer the question, “can you step through an index card?” SPOILER ALERT: the answer is a resounding YES!!! The big question though is HOW can you fit inside of an index card? If your kids get […]
Bucket Tower: This amazing challenge uses one basic material- Straws! Add a few more items and see if your students can build a suspended bucket that will hold weight!
"If I Built a School STEM Challenge" - Carly and Adam blog post provides exciting and creative STEM activities for kids. Discover fun ways to engage children in STEM learning and boost their scientific knowledge. Perfect for educators, parents, and caregivers. Explore now! #STEMchallenge
These STEM Building Challenges for Kids are great for building skills in Math, Technology and Engineering, & they're super fun for all age groups!
Can you build a ring using only Pringles chips? The Pringles Ringle is an engineering challenge in which students create a ring using only Pringles chips, no tape or glue allowed! The challenge requires a lot of patience as well as careful and precise chip placement. Although, the hardest part o
Articulated Grabber - Engineering Project for Kids: Have you ever dropped something behind the couch and couldn’t get it? Or perhaps your parents keep the best snacks on the top shelf, out of reach? If so, this project is perfect for you! This’ll extend your reach by over 30" (76cm)! I’ll show you ho…
