STEM Tower Challenges- 5 easy prep fabulous towers. Five STEM challenges tested with upper elementary. Each challenge has a detailed teacher’s guide.

How to Make a Pom Pom Shooter. This is a fun STEM activity for preschool and kindergarten kids to make. #stem #preschool #kindergarten

Looking for a first day of school activity that's fun but not fluff? How about 5 Back-to-School STEM Challenge Activities with modifications for grades 2-8? Work on Newton's Laws of Motion, forces, measurement, the 4 C's of Engineering and more! Click through to learn more about each challenge, watch video walk-throughs, see materials and more.

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?

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

March has finally arrived and in just one short week selection Sunday will be upon us and the madness will begin. Unfortunately, the madness that I am referring to does not just apply to basketball. After being cooped up inside during the winter months, the warmer weather seems to trigger some kind of alarm that tends to set students off. Students in the upper grades are also on edge due to standardized testing.Why not give your students a break and allow them to embrace the madness? Allow…

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 …

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!

Kids will love this simple center of gravity activity! Make craft sticks balance in crazy ways by adding weights. Fun science!

Do you have craft sticks hanging around? Check out these 14 fun STEM activities with craft sticks to try with the kids. They are simple and loads of fun!