Summer stem

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…

Here are 25 water STEM activities for kids to try these summer holidays. Learn some science and cool off with these fun experiments.

Design a boat made from nothing but straws and tape, and see how many items it can hold before it sinks. Straw boats STEM challenge!

Add some fun, hands-on learning to your summer bucket list with this collection of 37 Summer STEAM activities. From melting crayon art and rainbow shadows to DIY smores oven and tent building challenges, there is lots to keep kids busy, and learning all summer long.

A fun summer project, the paper plate greenhouse combines crafting with a STEM-based science project about seed germination and watch it happen.

Cup Holder STEM Challenge: build the tallest structure possible that will hold up 2 cups as far apart as possible.

3, 2, 1 Blast off the fun this summer with Bottle Rockets! This simple and fun summer STEM activity is a favourite of kids everywhere!

Upper elementary ideas for the California Gold Rush. This includes a STEM Challenge about building a raft. #teachersareterrific #goldrush

STEM activities are a lot of fun and educational, but the best kind of STEM activities are open-ended, allowing children to think for themselves. In this umbrella STEM challenge, kids are challenged to make an umbrella from household supplies. They must follow all elements of a real design process, including brainstorming, blueprints, prototypes, tweaking, and