1st grade stem activities

Getting Started With First Grade STEM Activities and Challenges

Did you know that STEM activities are a great way to build classroom community and teamwork at the beginning of the year?Unfortunately, STEM challenges can tend to be used as a classroom competition where students and groups are competing against each other. While classroom competitions can be fun, the goal of STEM should be to encourage a growth mindset in students.How do we accomplish this?

If you're looking for more ways to incorporate STEM activities into your classroom, check out this post! I'm sharing STEM challenges for kindergarten for each season of the school year! Your students will enjoy these hands-on kindergarten STEM activities.

Discover some fascinating, no prep, STEM activities and challenges you can do with your students using paper! Engineering, math and science.

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Looking for a free STEM activity for the elementary classroom? Teachers are loving STEM because it's fun, hands-on, and engaging. The challenges are great for team building. This challenge is free and easy to implement. Great for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders. I usually use this challenge for back to school stem, but it can be done at any time. Students will have a great time working together to discuss, design, build, and reflect.

If you’re looking for fun and engaging 1st grade STEM activities (science, technology, engineering, and math), you’ve come to the right spot! 1st grade is such a wonderful time of growth and learning, and these simple activities are the perfect way for students to expand their knowledge of the world around them! They are perfect for STEM boxes, science centers, or early finisher activities!! #1stgradestem #firstgradestem #stemactivities #stemcenters #stem

Are you looking for fun, hands-on ways to incorporate STEM into your kindergarten classroom? I got you covered! In this blog, I highlight 10 super easy kindergarten STEM activities your students will love! Some of the activities included are using Lego blocks, kindergarten STEM for the holidays, building a birdhouse, measuring challenges, and much more! These are perfect ideas for introducing the world of STEM to your kindergarten students in a fun and simple way! #MissTechQueen

Here's simple and engaging ways to teach shapes for preschool and kindergarten. Includes shape activities and printable shape worksheets.

If you love STEAM activities for kids but hate having to buy a ton of extra materials and tools, you are going to LOVE these free STEM activities.