Back to School Resources

Get your STEM or STEAM space ready for a fresh start! Whether you’re setting up a makerspace, planning first-week activities, or looking for engaging ways to spark curiosity, these back-to-school blog posts are here to help. Explore tips, ideas, and inspiration to kick off the year with hands-on learning and discovery.

How the Engineering Design Process Shapes Our STEAM Classroom

How the Engineering Design Process Shapes Our STEAM Classroom

2024-08-22T17:54:42+00:00By Mary O'Brien|

After forty years of teaching second grade, I transitioned in the spring of 2022 to a new role as the STEAM educator for grades 2-5. This fall, I’ll be [...]

Setting up a Secondary Science Classroom

Setting up a Secondary Science Classroom

2024-08-15T18:12:58+00:00By Maggie Fernando|

When setting up a science classroom, it is so important to consider not only the aesthetics of the classroom but also the practicality of the classroom. Science and STEM [...]

Downtime STEM Worksheets

Downtime STEM Worksheets

2023-09-14T18:11:26+00:00By Jessica Fitzpatrick|

Break out the colored pencils and encourage students to be creative, invent, and make. These are perfect “I am done with my work” worksheets, great for students Kindergarten through [...]

3 Ways to Calm Back to School Anxiety for You and Your Students

3 Ways to Calm Back to School Anxiety for You and Your Students

2022-09-13T22:27:19+00:00By Jessica Fitzpatrick|

Back to school is always an emotional time for parents, students, and teachers. Personally, I know that I am excited about the new school year, but also full of [...]

5 Ways to Make Math More Hands-On

5 Ways to Make Math More Hands-On

2025-03-19T16:24:38+00:00By Rachel Fees|

STEM education has been built on the idea that students learn best by exploring complex science, technology, engineering, and math ideas through hands-on and inquiry-based methodologies. However, the “M” [...]

3 Educational & Active Video Games

3 Educational & Active Video Games

2022-08-03T20:27:53+00:00By STEM Supplies|

When you hear, “children playing video games” you don’t often associate that with an educational activity. With all the criticism video games receive you might assume none of them [...]

3 Ways to Get Ready for Back to School

3 Ways to Get Ready for Back to School

2025-07-28T19:04:04+00:00By STEM Supplies|

It’s hard to believe, but the next school year is right around the corner. To ease some of the stress that comes with starting a new school year, make [...]

Why You Should Use Picture Books in Science Lessons

Why You Should Use Picture Books in Science Lessons

2021-07-08T15:26:00+00:00By Jessica Fitzpatrick|

When you think of STEM, often people do not think of picture books. Books are often associated with reading, English, social studies, and history, but they can be incredibly [...]

5 Planning Tips for a Memorable Summer STEM Program

5 Planning Tips for a Memorable Summer STEM Program

2023-06-14T16:17:28+00:00By STEM Supplies|

With the end of the school year quickly approaching, you may be thinking towards summer. For many teachers, summer is a time to plan for the next school year. [...]

What Does STEM Look Like At A Vocational School?

What Does STEM Look Like At A Vocational School?

2022-08-03T20:17:01+00:00By Savannah Lodge-Scharff|

As the ongoing debate of college as a destination for young people spins on, vocational schools are coming back into focus. They are a unique place for application style [...]

How the Engineering Design Process Shapes Our STEAM Classroom

Setting up a Secondary Science Classroom

Downtime STEM Worksheets

3 Ways to Calm Back to School Anxiety for You and Your Students

5 Ways to Make Math More Hands-On

3 Educational & Active Video Games

3 Ways to Get Ready for Back to School

Why You Should Use Picture Books in Science Lessons

5 Planning Tips for a Memorable Summer STEM Program

What Does STEM Look Like At A Vocational School?

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