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Articulated Grabber - Engineering Project for Kids: Have you ever dropped something behind the couch and couldn’t get it? Or perhaps your parents keep the best snacks on the top shelf, out of reach? If so, this project is perfect for you! This’ll extend your reach by over 30" (76cm)! I’ll show y…

STEM Challenge featuring rolling and zipping along! Elementary students create a car using an empty plastic bottle and then try to use the dynamics of Newton's Laws of Motion to make the car travel on a straight path with the most acceleration and distanc

These 40+ free STEM websites: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are for grades 6-12, and great for teaching STEM.

STEM Challenge: Making a Balloon Car is so much fun and has students using the Design Process for Engineering!

Need a real-life STEM engineering task? How about creating a model of a robotic hand? Have a quick discussion about how the hand works and then design a model. Your students are going to love this! This resource features three different ways to design the hand. All three ways are detailed in the 4-page teacher's guide. Students record their thinking on lab sheets. The challenge only uses a few materials and is so fun! #STEM #elementary

All teachers have their favorite go-to methods for teaching vocabulary words to their students. It may be the use of word walls, flashcards, analyzing the root word, or simply the repetition of writing down the word over and over. Interactive VocAPPulary™ is a simple, yet effective way for students to learn vocabulary on a specific

In 2018, we conducted a study in collaboration with Dr. Shalini Kesar called Closing the STEM Gap. Our findings revealed that 31 percent of girls believe that

Teacher friends, Looking for a fun (and educational) way to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day with upper-elementary students? It’s typical for students to begin losing focus in the classroom, especially during holidays. Real learning does not have to go out the window just yet, you just have to mask it such a way where it doesn’t quite seem like learning

The classic egg drop STEM challenge is fun for kids of all ages #STEM #kidsactivities #handsonlearning