Families, Fun, and Engineering: Building Community Relationships through STEM
Have you ever heard of a Family Engineering Night? Our guest bloggers share the story of how they started an annual Family Engineering Night at their school and what a wild success it has become! Learn more about this fun opportunity to not only teach your students more about STEM but also their parents, siblings, and grandparents! Click through to read this blog post. #science #STEM #STEAM #engineering #elementaryschool #middleschool #teachingadvice #teachingtips #teachertips
Fun and Easy Science Night Photo Booth for Kids
Looking for fun and easy Family STEM Night ideas? This blog post is packed with creative STEM photo booth and decoration ideas to make your family science night or STEM Night event unforgettable! Learn how to create a DIY STEM photo booth with printable props, science-themed signs, and colorful backdrops. Discover tips for using lab coats, goggles, caution tape, and giant beaker decorations to transform your space into an engaging STEM-themed event. Whether you're a teacher planning a school-wide Science Night or a parent volunteer looking for simple decor, this post has everything you need to elevate your STEM Night or STEAM Night activities. Perfect for elementary classrooms and family after school events!
How to Grow Crystals Activity for Kids
With a few simple ingredients, you can grow your own crystals! Try making crystal letters and shapes with pipe cleaners in this fun STEM activity for kids! This is a great project to learn bout solutions and states of matter - while making cool crafts and decorations. Spell your name in crystals or make DIY holiday decorations. Click to find kids activities, STEM challenges, STEAM projects and science experiments at STEMtropolis.com
Simple STEM Activities + Read Alouds
Duck! Rabbit! + Think Like an Engineer divergent thinking and multiple perspectives activity Find this activity and more simple STEM Activities and Read Alouds on teachoutsidethebox.com
Brooke Brown - Teach Outside the Box
The obsession in our house this week is building marble runs! Inspired by Roller Coaster by Marla Frazee, we built rollercoasters for marbles. This is the perfect book to teach kids how to write detailed small moments, but it was fun to use the book in a new way! . We used Duplos and tape to construct supports for pool noodles. It took a lot of persistence and troubleshooting. Such a great STEM project! The kids watch the marbles zip and zoom around the track over and over 🎢
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