How to Bring a Scientist into Your Library or Classroom
One of my favorite things to do is to bring science to life to my students. So often my students have their theory about scientists acting and looking a [...]
Science Classroom Resolutions 2021: Part 1
What a year 2020 was for education. We faced the challenge of remote, hybrid, and in-person learning during a pandemic. As STEM teachers this was especially difficult. As we [...]
4 DIY Weather Tools to Build at Home
Weather was always my favorite unit to teach when I was a classroom teacher. My favorite part of teaching weather was how it brought science to life in a [...]
4 Thanksgiving STEM Activities
This Thanksgiving may be a little quieter than others as the world continues to social distance. The long weekend is the perfect time to have a little fun with your [...]
3 Free-Build Engineering Products in Every Price-Range
Encourage student creativity, spatial awareness, and hand-eye coordination by adding free-building to your classroom or STEM program. Allowing students to get hands-on with building also helps promote STEM careers, like engineering. Here are a few of our favorite building and engineering products your [...]
Magic 3D Pen Fun for Summer
Over the summer, I am always looking for things to do with my library programming that is fun (because if it’s not fun then they will not come in) [...]
3 Printable STEM Games
Over the past couple months, STEM Universe has been working to create educational, active and fun resources for distance learning. These resources are totally free and translate to a [...]
How to Make DIY LED Name Tags
I am always looking for fun activities for students that involve STEAM principles and encourage students to come into the library. Last school year, I attended the Texas Librarian [...]
5 STEM Puzzles You Can Do at Home
I love a good puzzle. They’re a great way to kill time, especially while staying at home! But what I also love about puzzles is how challenging they are [...]
Using Recycled Cardboard Boxes to Teach Engineering
Boxes are one of those things that you always have a ton of, especially if you are addicted to online shopping like I am. I always recycle my boxes, [...]