Teaching stem

The first lessons you teach set the tone for the rest of the year in the classroom! During the first week of school, your schedule should include a mix of teaching procedures and expectations as well as building a strong classroom community. Unfortunately, introducing procedures and practicing the

Are you ready for this? Brace yourselves! What would you do with ten tons of pencils you don't need? We built stuff. Don't worry- the pencils were not wasted! It's the great Pencil Challenge extravaganza! Okay, full disclosure here! I am a teacher.Why wouldn't I need pencils?So, let me explain (and I know I begin a lot of

Teaching Second Grade's students absolutely love to work on STEM projects. This week’s stem activity was to build a house, or a structure, of cards. I got this activity from Brook Brown ~ Teach Outside the Box. Check out her link on this post. It’s currently my favorite STEM project for elementary grades.

How high can you build? Your kids will love this STEM challenge and it requires little to no prep from parents/teachers. Start building today!

If your students aren’t excited about STEM, the problem might be a lack of exposure to real-world challenges. Real-world problem solving should be at the core of any STEM education program. It increases student buy-in as students realize that their work has an impact that extends beyond the classro

Learning about real-world problems is a great way to engage your students and get them excited about STEM. As an educator, you have the opportunity to inspire future scientists and engineers by giving them opportunities to solve real-world problems using the skills being taught in the classroom.

If this is your first foray into STEM you are in for a treat. These challenges are easy to set up, great fun, and oh-so-loved! These are sure-fire winners- not to be missed! The Truth! These 5 challenges are: all just loads of fun have easy materials and easy prep great for lots of age

20+ Engineering STEM Challenges With Simple Materials. These are really great ideas for doing engineering with your kids.

If you love STEAM activities for kids but hate having to buy a ton of extra materials and tools, you are going to LOVE these free STEM activities.

If you have middle school aged students, these STEM projects for middle school will be great additions to your collection of STEAM activities for kids.