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January 5, 2018 by: Kristen

Valentine Box STEAM Challenge

Valentine Box STEAM Challenge

This valentine box STEAM challenge is a wonderful way to encourage students to build design and engineering skills. Send it home as a family STEAM activity or send it up as a STEM center – either way, it’s sure to be a hit! Getting Ready First, you’ll need to decide if this will be done at school or at home.  If you’re doing it in

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January 27, 2017 by: Malia

Valentine’s Day STEAM for Kids

Valentine’s Day STEAM for Kids

Looking for easy to follow and engaging STEAM activities (science, technology, engineering, art and math) for kids this Valentine’s Day?! We’ve got you covered with 14 projects that are great to use as STEM centers, whole class activities, Makerspaces or homeschool activities. Grab the instant download HERE! What is STEAM? STEAM activities (science, technology, engineering, art and math) are all the buzz in education. And for good reason! Thriving

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January 17, 2017 by: Noirin Lynch

Agamograph Valentines

Agamograph Valentines

If you’ve never heard of an agamograph, you’re not alone. I had no idea what they were. But like me,  you’ve probably been amazed by them before. An agamograph is a kinetic image created by artist Yaccov Agam that changes based on the angle of the viewer. My little artists already have Valentine’s Day on their minds so we decided to use the magic of agamographs to

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August 7, 2016 by: Malia

Famous Landmark STEM Challenge

Famous Landmark STEM Challenge

My kids are in love with obsessed with LEGOS so anytime I can add them into a learning activity, I know it’s going to be a hit. I wanted to find an easy way to incorporate STEM engineering skills into their building routine so I pulled together a batch of 47 cards that would challenge them to build replicas of famous landmarks from around the world. They’re

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July 1, 2016 by: Malia

15 Backyard Engineering Projects for Kids

15 Backyard Engineering Projects for Kids

Whether you’re looking for a fun way to enjoy the outdoors or you want to sneak in a little learning into your summer days, these 15 backyard engineering projects for kids are must-tries. Race LEGOs down DIY ziplines, build rockets that really soar, launch marshmallows in the air and try your hand at classic egg drop science experiments. Kids will be tackling backyard engineering projects for days!

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May 20, 2016 by: Malia

DIY Smart Phone Projector

DIY Smart Phone Projector

Wondering what to do with your overflowing recycling bin? This oh-so-cool DIY smart phone projector will inspire little engineers to turn recyclables into inventions. There’s no stopping the possibilities in a simple cardboard box! Getting Ready To make our DIY smartphone projector, we grabbed: a small cardboard box (ours was 8 inches wide x 6 inches high x 12 inches long) a magnify glass or camera lens scissors,

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March 10, 2016 by: Malia

STEM Jellybean Structures

STEM Jellybean Structures

Jelly beans + toothpicks = an afternoon of engineering fun! My six year old has been learning all about 2 and 3 dimensional shapes in Kindergarten at school and building jellybean structures was a deliciously entertaining way of reinforcing her learning at home. Want a printable version of this activity? Grab our toothpick STEM challenge cards! We’ve done this activity before using marshmallows but those always proved

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March 6, 2016 by: Malia

LEGO Volcano

LEGO Volcano

Erupting LEGO volcanoes are as cool as STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) activities come! Young builders of all ages will love designing, building and erupting LEGO volcanoes again, and again… and again. Getting Ready Although LEGO volcanoes have major “wow” factor, the prep was actually quite simple. We grabbed: A bucket of DUPLOS (LEGOS would work just as well but the volcanoes will be smaller) A

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February 9, 2016 by: Malia

Straw Bridges

Straw Bridges

Building straw bridges is a fun way to strengthen kids’ science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills. With just a few simple supplies, they can design a load bearing bridge just like the ones they drive across in cars! This post contains an Amazon affiliate link. Learning About Bridges Before diving into our engineering project, I wanted to introduce the kids to some bridge basics so I pulled out

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January 27, 2016 by: Malia

Hot Wheels Race Track

Hot Wheels Race Track

My boys are big Hot Wheels fans so challenging them to create a paper towel race track was a no-brainer! They loved seeing how fast they could make their cars zoom and I loved that the motivating STEM activity was helping them develop important engineering skills. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Getting Ready The prep for our STEM activity was quick and easy. We gathered together the pile

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