Make a Digital Piano with MaKey MaKey for World Piano Day
World Piano Day is a celebration of music and creativity, which is perfect for introducing kids and adults to the possibilities of combining technology and art. What better way [...]
Using Makedo to Inspire Resourcefulness and Creativity
Everyday objects like cardboard can become powerful tools for incorporating art into STEM and transforming it into STEAM. With Makedo Construction Tools and a bit of creativity, students can [...]
Video Game Design with Bloxels
Have you ever wished you could make your own video game? With Bloxels, kids can do just that—creating characters, levels, enemies, power-ups, and even the artwork for their games. [...]
Setting Up a Library Makerspace
Libraries have evolved beyond being book guardians. They now serve as dynamic hubs for learning, creativity, and exploration. To fully engage patrons, libraries must address various literacies, including digital, [...]
Brick by Brick: Exploring the STEM Behind LEGO Landmarks
Of course, LEGOs are often used in STEM classrooms to build robots, but what about creating independent structures? Recreating well-known monuments or tasking students with imagining their own are [...]
Halloween-Themed STEM for High School Libraries
Halloween is an exciting time of year full of costumes, candy, and spooky fun. But did you know that Halloween can also be a fantastic opportunity to engage high [...]
Four Ways to Use Innovation and Entrepreneurship to Engage All Learners
I've been a teacher for almost four decades and worked in school classrooms ranging from university to high school to middle school to elementary school and preschool. I've taught [...]
The Benefits of Creating in STEM
STEM has many benefits, from hands-on learning and building critical thinking skills to expanding real-world knowledge and growing creativity. STEM grows students to think outside the box and always [...]
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 [...]
5 STEM Products to Exercise the Brain and the Body
At STEM Supplies, we love creating unique STEM products that combine active movement with STEM concepts – also known as kinesthetic STEM! With research showing that active students learn better, bringing physical activity and hands-on STEM principles together only made sense. Below are 5 kinesthetic STEM products [...]
