February 25, 2021
The Night Before St. Patrick's Day by Natasha Wing + STEM Activity
February 20, 2021
Crackle and Pop! Bible Science Experiments by Hanna Holwerda + STEM Activity
February 10, 2021
Dragon's Breath by Michael Gordon + STEM Activity
January 31, 2021
The Adventures of Scout by The3engineers
January 14, 2021
Saving Planet Earthly by ClimateScience
January 5, 2021
Love Grows Love by Lauren Grabois Fischer + STEM Activity
November 19, 2020
Hot Chocolate Surprise + STEM Activity
Teachers are always on the lookout for fast and easy science experiments to complement what their students are learning from their textbooks. Sometimes science textbooks are dry and not very interesting... even when they are introducing interesting subject matter! Science experiments are a fun, hands-on way to bring energy and excitement to those pesky pages. If you are looking for a science experiment that is easy to prepare and conduct, educational, and with a high-interest level, give Hot Chocolate Surprise a try. Hot Chocolate Surprise appeals to students of all ages and meets a number of objectives. Read on for a list of materials needed, directions, a free printable, and a (yummy) extension activity.
November 4, 2020
Goo on My Shoe by Jacqui Sheperd + STEM Activity
October 1, 2020
It Came from Under the High Chair: A Mystery by Karl Beckstrand + STEM Activity
September 30, 2020
Oozing Pumpkins + STEM Activity
Halloween is coming! Families will be carving pumpkins and decorating their houses with them. When Halloween is over, these pumpkins will be thrown away, fed to animals, or tossed into compost piles. But... these pumpkins can be used for something fun and educational before being disposed of... science! Read on to learn more about a fun science experiment you can do with these leftover pumpkins.
September 11, 2020
Does Halloween Candy Sink or Float? + STEM Activity
It's only September and the stores are already gearing up for Halloween. Shelf after shelf after shelf is loaded up with bags of Halloween candy waiting for you to buy it and take it home. Of course, we can eat the Halloween candy or pass it out to trick-or-treaters, but we can also use it to teach little ones about one of the basic fundamentals of science... does it sink or float?
September 8, 2020
How to Grow Celery from Scraps + STEM Activity
A couple of years ago I had an interesting conversation with my second and third-grade class. We were having a conversation about edible plants and some of the children were grossed out when they made the connection between vegetables and the plants we eat. Carrots are roots? Gross! Lettuce is a leaf? Gross! Celery is a stem? Gross! My students truly did not know where their vegetables come from. They knew that vegetables come from the grocery store, often in cans and freezer bags. They knew they could find fresh vegetables in the produce section... but most of them did not know anything more than that. To help your students make the connection between plants and the foods they eat, you can use their food scraps to grow veggies in the classroom. Keep reading to find out how.
August 31, 2020
How Do Seeds Travel? + STEM Activity
August 29, 2020
Germs vs. Soap by Didi Dragon + STEM Activity
August 25, 2020
What Happens When You Plant Birdseed? + STEM Activity
Earlier this summer, I had an interesting conversation with one of the children in my neighborhood. She wondered out loud if birdseed were 'real seeds' and if they could be planted the same way 'real seeds' could be. This set the stage for a fun, month-long science experiment in which we tried to answer the question... what happens when you plant birdseed?