Several years ago, when my daughter was in kindergarten, we watched as the third graders carefully carried in their rainbow-colored Leprechaun traps. They were all so creative, and you could tell how proud each student was as they brought their creation to school. Building a Leprechaun trap is a fun STEM challenge that you can […]
STEM Challenge: Design a Boat that Floats
Grab the recyclables, toss the kids in the car (gently!), and head to a local creek. It’s a great time for a simple STEM challenge: design a boat that floats. This is one of our favorite STEM activities, and can be done over and over as the kids get older and their designs become more […]
Building with Styrofoam
We had so much fun with hammers and screwdrivers and creating with Styrofoam, that we had to try some other Styrofoam fun. I cut some small blocks from the large pieces we had used in our earlier fun. Then we got out the white school glue and had fun Building with Styrofoam! To […]