Stem toothpick structures

Get down to the basics with this simple STEAM building challenge, Marshmallow Engineering. It's fun, open-ended, and a great way to learn.

Skyscrapers are incredible structures! Discover the forces at work by building your own structural frame using toothpicks, marshmallows, and spaghetti. Most skyscraper designs use triangles because they are the strongest shape and can resist the forces of compression (pushing) and tension (pulling). Watch the following video for some clues about how triangles can help your

Can you build a toothpick structure which can support the weight of a chocolate egg? fun and easy Easter STEM challenge for kids.

Check out these super fun STEM toothpick activities that the kids are going to love. Kids will have fun exploring concepts in a hands-on way!

Kids will love learning when given an opportunity to learn with this fantastic toothpick and marshmallow stem building activity!

Category: Preschool

What a fun STEM project for kids! Build jellybean and toothpick structures. Great engineering challenge!

Are you a reader? Do you worry about your students being readers? Of course, you do! Several years ago I became a trainer for our local science curriculum and now teach teachers how to use the science kits adopted for each grade. At one of those training sessions I conducted, a teacher said

Free STEM challenges with a zoo theme. Fun for preschool or elementary aged kids.

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…