Leprechauns aren’t real, right? This is what you will ask your kids before presenting them with this STEM activity challenge. This St. Patrick’s Day, challenge your class or children at home to design their very own leprechaun trap. This leprechaun trap STEM activity will push kids’ creativity and engineering skills to the max and they …
When it comes to STEAM projects, my kids love activities that involve a wide range of skills. For example, we used engineering to make a perler bead rainbow! We love making our STEM activities so much fun that kids don’t realize they are learning while having fun! In this project, kids can boost their engineering skills …
Looking for Valentine engineering challenges? These creative engineering activities for Valentine’s Day are suitable for any classroom. Pick out a few to try in the STEM classroom this Valentine’s Day! Kids will have fun exploring their creativity and power of critical thinking in these engineering challenges that fit in perfectly with valentines STEM activities! Creative …
When it comes to easy LEGO creations, we like to set a few rules. First, the projects should be able to be made with bricks that most people have, for the most part. Next, the projects should be creative and fun! That’s why this fall we decided to create this 3D LEGO pumpkin and display …
A big part of STEM activities in elementary are engineering activities for kids. Constructing bridges out of various materials like this q tip bridge and testing them has long been a staple of the classic bridge building engineering challenge, but for this version, I used cotton swabs because I was out of toothpicks and it …
The paper airplane engineering challenge is a fun way to test kids’ design skills and makes a wonderful introduction to engineering activities for kids and as part of no-prep STEM challenges! One of my kids’ favorite things are paper airplanes. Any time my kids get a piece of loose paper, they try to turn it …