Toothpick tower

At Childrens Emporium Pre-School, they did a fun STEM activity! They learned about giant buildings created by people such as skyscrapers and discussed how such buildings need to be built in certain

The popsicle stick creations of NDSU architecture students scrape the sky in the Museum atrium. On display April 7 - 12.

You know what I love even more than when an activity goes exactly as planned? When my kids take the lesson even further than I'd dreamed. That sends this deceptively educational mom over the moon! This simple engineering activity is a perfect example. I got the idea from a local STEM event eons ago, that provided kids with mostly edible building supplies and asked them to build and evaluate which shapes created the strongest, most stable structure. On the table were gumdrops, marshmallows…

Making fractals from marshmallows and toothpicks.

Making marshmallow and toothpick sculptures is a fun (and yummy!) construction project for kids of all ages!

This winter STEM activity is so fun for a group! Grab some toothpicks and marshmallows and design intricate marshmallow snowflakes.

I met Stan Munro at the Reading Museum. He is an interesting guy. He was seated in the center of the museum’s lobby with a case of toothpicks and a container of Elmer’s glue. He was bui…