The excitement surrounding Christmas break can be a distraction from learning! Adding in a few simple, fun, STEM Challenges can help engage students' imaginations to spark creativity! These activities will challenge them to use their engineering skills to brainstorm, plan, draw, test, and revise their creations using the STEM engineering design process. These six engaging Christmas STEM labs are VERY easy and simple to put together! This will make your life easier and make the days leading…

Getting kids to focus during the winter months was always a struggle for me. The cold temperatures made it impossible to go outside, leaving kids with no way to burn off energy. Times like these require extremely engaging lessons to keep students focused and engaged. Fortunately, I found the secret

This post may contain affiliate links. See our disclosure policy for details. Dig in to some fun Christmas Science Experiments this holiday season! Read on for fifteen holiday-themed experiments. The majority of activities I see around the holidays are cookies and crafts. Now, I love eating cookies, but I am notorious for baking bad ones…

This Christmas STEM activity is sure to engage your students and get them thinking (and using math). Click to read more and download the free printables to try this Christmas engineering activity with your students.

Keep your students engaged and focused with these Christmas STEM challenge activities! Students will have lots of energy to spare this winter season, so give them some hands on challenges to keep their brains excited and focused. These Winter and Christmas STEM activities include challenges such as building, testing and problem solving. Students will love using creativity and problem solving to solve these Christmas STEM challenges. #STEM #Christmas #math #science

How to Spark Learning with a Candy Cane Maze STEM Activity. I have a fantastic candy cane maze STEM activity. Be sure you grab more ideas for winter fun on my page Winter Season Unit Study. Besides, this is a great activity to do to celebrate December 26th as National Candy Cane Day. Simple themed STEM activities like this are great for developing your child's critical thinking skills. Also, they develop innovation, creativity, curiosity, persistence, decision-making,and problem-solving…

TONS of Amazingly FUN Christmas STEM Activities for Prek, Kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade students. Perfect Christmas activities for kids, Christmas break, homeschooling in December, and more.

Using a simple catapult design, your kids can determine who will win a snowball fight if one uses marshmallows and the other cotton balls. Let the fun begin!

It's a challenge to keep students engaged when winter holidays are around the corner. These Christmas STEM activities are just what you need!

Snow ball fights, candy canes, and reindeer…time for some winter STEM activities for kids! Read on for 30 science experiments, math activities, engineering design challenges, and even coding fun - all with a winter theme! All these activities use simple materials and are perfect for the classroom or at home while stuck indoors.