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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 in [...]
Five Lessons to Bring Together STEM and CTE
Career and technical education (CTE) are classes that offer students opportunities to focus their education based on their future career interests. CTE classes are a major program in most high [...]
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 try [...]
Seeing Sounds Experiment with Activity Worksheet
This worksheet corresponds with a hands-on sound experiment that is ideal for grade levels K-2. Before distributing the Seeing Sounds Worksheet, set up three stations: A ruler clamped to a [...]
4 Ways Afterschool Programs Impact STEM Education
In the United States, afterschool programs have been around for more than one hundred years, but in recent history, there has been an explosion of STEM programming available in these [...]
5 Afterschool STEM Products to Elevate Your Programs
Afterschool programs provide an opportunity for students to focus attention on a topic area of interest to them while also promoting STEM fields and future career opportunities. These five STEM [...]
Afterschool Program Federal and State Funding Sources Available
Afterschool programs are an extremely important part of a student’s overall academic success. However, as a supplemental school program, you may be looking for additional funding resources to support your [...]
STEM Activity: Make Your Own Giant Gummy Bear
Another STEM activity favorite in my classroom, students conduct an experiment to create GIANT gummy bears with just water! This activity is ideal for grade levels 4-6. Materials: 1 Bag [...]
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 of [...]
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 like [...]
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 science [...]
3 Ways to Calm Back to School Anxiety for You and Your Students
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 anxiety [...]