Fall STEM Activity: Make Your Own Giant Gummy Bear
Another fall STEM activity favorite in my classroom, students create GIANT gummies using only gummies and water! Download Halloween GIANT Gummies Worksheet >>
Fall STEM Activity: The Great Candy Corn Tower
One of my students' favorite fall STEM activities is The Great Candy Corn Tower! Using forty pieces of candy corn and twenty toothpicks, challenge them to see how tall [...]
Dissolving Candy Corn Science Experiment
Engage your students with this fun science experiment! Students use the chart to see which liquids dissolve candy corn the fastest. You can modify this activity for other holidays [...]
5 Awesome Fall Activities for Your STEAM Classroom
Fall is always such a magical time of the year with the seasons changing, and all the excitement that fall brings. This season is the perfect time to see [...]
Easy as Pie Math Activity
In this lesson, students can learn about fractions and geometry. Students are challenged to split three pies into equal pieces. Older students can measure the angles formed by the [...]
Pumpkin Catapults Fall Engineering Activity
Spoon catapults are a great way to exercise engineering skills to learn about physics principles. In this example, make a spoon catapult to launch a candy pumpkin (or candy [...]
5 STEM Products for CTE Classes
STEM education and CTE programs are two complementary practices. Both STEM and CTE rely on real-world, hands-on instruction, and often through CTE, students can learn more about a career [...]
16 Ways to Use Makey Makey in the Gym
Makey Makey is a small circuit board kit that allows students to connect everyday items to their computer’s keys. From there, the number of projects that can be done [...]
5 Experiments to Teach Chemical Changes to Elementary Students
Why You Should Teach Chemical Changes A chemical change occurs when a chemical substance is transformed into one or more other substances. I find that teaching chemical changes is [...]
5 Reasons You Need a CreateKit in Your STEAM Classroom
All STEM education research supports that students learn best by engaging in problem-based learning and real-world experiences. To encourage 21st century learning skills like problem solving, critical thinking, design [...]
