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May 16, 2025 8:00 AM
Looking for last-minute STEM ideas for the end of the year, for after testing, for a classroom warmup, or for a rainy day at home? Try these paper-based STEM activities!
Science Activities that Use Paper!
Doing science and engineering activities doesn't have to require lots of materials. If you are looking for something to do with students in the classroom or with kids at home, an engaging STEM learning experience might be just a stack of paper…
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March 20, 2025 8:00 AM
Celebrate spring with these free science and engineering lessons, projects, and activities for enriching hands-on STEM related to spring weather, flowers, plants, and more!
STEM Activities to Explore Spring Themes to Science Class
After the winter months, the return of spring brings fresh patterns of weather, animal behavior, plant growth, and more. There are plenty of opportunities for students to explore science with activities related to…
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February 6, 2025 8:06 AM
Follow the 10 steps below to do the 2025 Science Buddies Engineering Challenge with your students! The Rocket Catcher Challenge is a fun and accessible space science activity for students in grades K-12.
The 2025 Rocket Catcher Challenge is an exciting way to have students try engineering. As they design, build, test, and improve their rocket catcher devices, students will be using the engineering design process, engaging with relevant, cutting-edge…
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January 30, 2025 8:00 AM
February is Black History Month. Learn more about some of the many African American scientists and engineers who have made important contributions to science history.
Black History Month: 40 Scientists to learn more about!
Update! This post has been updated for 2025 to include additional African American scientists and engineers.
In honor of Black History Month, we highlight 40 African American scientists and engineers who made important…
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January 23, 2025 8:00 AM
Thinking about the 2025 Rocket Catcher Challenge? Here are 10 reasons this is a great STEM challenge for your students!
The annual Science Buddies Engineering Challenge makes it fun for students to try engineering!
Each year, the Science Buddies Engineering Challenge presents an innovative and engaging engineering task and asks students in grades K-12 around the world to use the engineering design process to brainstorm, design, build, and test a…
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January 20, 2025 8:00 AM
Celebrate Lunar New Year and the Year of the Dragon with these free science and engineering activities for enriching hands-on STEM.
What is Lunar New Year?
Lunar New Year (also known as Chinese New Year) begins January 29, 2025. Lunar New Year starts with the new moon that happens in late January or February. Celebrations continue for 15 days and culminate with a Lantern Festival. In Chinese culture, 2025 will mark the year of the snake. There are…
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January 2, 2025 8:00 AM
Plan ahead to bring exciting science and engineering to your students all year long. Our STEM Calendar offers a roadmap for finding teaching materials and hands-on experiments to match with seasonal and calendar events throughout the year.
STEM Calendar — A Roadmap of Monthly Science and Engineering Connections for Events and Popular Themes
We know educators often plan weeks or even months in advance for hands-on STEM experiments and…
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December 19, 2024 8:00 AM
Warm up with hands-on science and engineering! Match winter's cold weather, snow, and ice with these free lessons and activities for engaging hands-on STEM.
STEM Activities to Bring Winter Themes to Science Class
1. Make Foamy Snow
In the Foaming Fake Snow activity, students use baking soda and water to make fake snow they can then use to make snow people or other small sculptures. Like real snow, the fake snow won't last. What happens…
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December 17, 2024 8:00 AM
These 16 activities combine creativity, science, and engineering to make unique STEM gifts students can make to keep or to give!
Science and Engineering to Make and Give
Do your students like to do projects that give them a take-away at the end? Many students especially enjoy projects that result in a finished product they can use, display, keep, or share. All of the projects and activities below provide opportunities for STEM learning and result…
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December 4, 2024 8:00 AM
Gingerbread houses and characters are a great way to capture students' attention in the days leading up to winter break! Shake things up this December with a gingerbread house building STEM challenge in your classroom or try one of these other fun gingerbread-themed science and engineering explorations.
Gingerbread STEM!
Activities involving gingerbread houses and gingerbread people pop up in many classrooms in December and through the winter months.…
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