When the leaves start to turn colors and temperatures start to drop, it’s time for fall science experiments. These autumn science experiments are perfect for elementary! Fall science activities are the perfect way to celebrate the turning of the season when it’s too early to do Halloween STEM activities but it’s too late to do back …

Packed with specials days such as Thanksgiving and Veterans Day, November is the time of the year when the weather just starts to get colder. When days are shorter and the nights are longer, make your students feel the heart-warming efforts you’ve put into your classroom door decorations for November as part of your fall …

I love doing STEM activities with preschoolers. STEM for preschoolers is all about learning about the basics of how the world works and the thinking process that is necessary to complete more complicated STEM and science activities later. Learning how to sort and classify items is an important STEM skill for preschoolers, and in this …

One of the first activities that young children can do is color sorting. Color recognition and color sorting activities are a fun way for preschoolers to learn about color and classifying objects, which is one of the very first preschool STEM activities that a preschooler can try! When my middle daughter was two, I set …

Preschoolers are capable of learning more about the world than many of us might think. I like to start my kids off with exposure to STEM activities early, starting as early as toddlers. Definitely by the preschool years children can do all sorts of preschool STEM activities. When my middle daughter was in preschool, I …

If you’ve been hanging out on the Internet recently, you may have seen the viral laminar flow experiment with a balloon. YouTube or TikTok recently (go follow STEAMsational if you haven’t yet!). In the laminar flow experiment, water appears to freeze when it’s coming out of a balloon. The secret to this magic trick is, …