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💡 STEM education is my passion! 💡 If you are looking for 1️⃣ easy-to-implement, 2️⃣ low-cost, and 3️⃣ engaging STEM activities, gifted and talented enrichment activities, and hands-on learning FUN, you've come to the right place.
📚 STEM and language arts go hand in hand for elementary grades. Whether it's a fairy tale, a picture book, or a novel, I ❤️ finding ways to bring a story alive with STEM so students can experience the story in a memorable and interactive way.
💼 STEM and careers are the perfect pair for upper grades. Look for STEM activities and projects that tie directly to engineering and other STEM careers, from my packaging engineer challenge to creating a 4-bar linkage mechanism mechanical engineering challenge to exploring bridge types and structures with civil engineering, to learning about coding or being an inventor.
With my background as a mechanical engineer and homeschooling parent, designing engineering resources for kids as well as hands-on math activities and science experiments is not just my calling, it is a true privilege. I have developed activities for use in classrooms, homeschool co-ops, STEM clubs, and makerspaces for over 15 years now and I LOVE it! 😍
➡️ Read more at www.stemactivitiesforkids.com and www.momgineer.com
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Greek and Latin Roots 4th Grade 5th Activity Morphology Vocabulary ELA Test Prep
Enhance your students' vocabulary with a creative and engaging Greek and Latin Roots Pennant Activity! In this hands-on morphology activity, students become active participants in their learning process. Students add words, definitions, or visuals to create their own unique representation of these 60 roots. Please read These pennant pieces have the root, meaning, and one graphic to start. Students will add their own touches to make them unique and then color in as desired. ✅ What You'll Get ✅
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Reading, Vocabulary
CCSS
L.3.4c
, L.4.4b
, L.5.4b
+3
Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving Parade STEM Activity Stop Motion Animation
Float into parade fun this Thanksgiving with a digital STEM activity! This resource pairs perfectly to the beloved read aloud Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet. ✅ What You'll Get ✅ 5 Instruction Pages for Students You do not need to know how to do digital stop motion animation before trying this! Background City Page and Balloon Float Elements Students can used the components provided, create their own, or do an image search to create just the right float! Includes animals like the one s
3rd - 8th
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering
Winter STEM Activities Challenges Paper Snowflakes Engineering Science of Snow
BEST SELLER! Looking for an activity for back to school after winter break? This winter STEM activity has three main paper engineering challenges, plus warm up activities and multiple bonus challenges. Explore symmetry with Winter STEM Snowflake Challenges while engaging students with hands-on design inspired by the beauty of snowflakes! This is the perfect tie-in to the book Snowflake Bentley (about Wilson Bentley). Reinforce geometry and engineering skills while sneaking in some fine motor
3rd - 8th
Engineering
CCSS, NGSS
4.G.A.3
, MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
+5
Quadrilaterals Robot Craftivity Math Shapes Craft 3rd Grade Geometry Activity
Sort and classify quadrilaterals while doing a fun hands-on math activity! This geometry craftivity and sorting activity for elementary math that is also excellent fine motor skills practice! This is a great way to get hands-on with quadrilaterals. Several options are included so that you can use what makes sense for your students. Print, cut, glue, and tally up those shapes! This activity is straightforward - keep it for review or add it to your sub tub. ✅ What You'll Get ✅ Instructions and sa
2nd - 4th
Geometry, Math
CCSS
3.G.A.1
, 4.G.A.2
All About Me Science Worksheet ✏️ First Day of School Activities Pennant ✏️
This first day of school activity for science is the perfect ALL ABOUT ME pennant for the first day of science or STEM class (or a back to school activity in ANY class)! As a bonus, you'll get to know your students in a fun and unusual way. This resource can be used as a springboard into various other activities, such as: the solar systemgenetics and traits (fingerprints, hair and eye color, etc.)light and soundanimal traits or adaptationssenses or body systems (circulatory, respiratory, muscula
3rd - 8th
Science
The Wild Robot Activities STEM Challenges Novel Study Projects Science Math
Get ready for STEM activities with The Wild Robot by Peter Brown! In this set of challenges, students follow the adventures of Roz the robot on an island where she must adapt in order to survive. Along the way, Roz encounters many challenges which she must overcome. Your students will overcome the challenges right alongside Roz as they complete the STEM challenges that go along with this engaging read aloud. ✅ What You'll Get ✅ 3 Main STEM ChallengesCamouflage STEM Activity ChallengeShelter
3rd - 6th
Balanced Literacy, Engineering
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Back to School STEM Activities First Day of School Team Building Icebreakers
Team building activities and ice breakers are the perfect first day of school STEM activities for elementary (including a fun cup stacking challenge )! Not only will your students instantly engage in these hands-on challenges, they will begin to build your classroom community. Your students will need to work in teams throughout the year, and the best way to set the foundation for that is with fun, engaging, and brain-stretching STEM challenges. What You'll Get ✅ This resource includes ice brea
2nd - 7th
Engineering
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Partner Pairing Cards Group Cards Grouping Cards Sorting Students into Groups
Partner pairing cards are a great choice when you want to randomly group students for different tasks or sort students into groups with ease. Why not make it fun for them? Food pairs, idioms and sayings, and fun groups like rock, paper, scissors are included!Students each choose (or receive) one card and then seek out their pair or group. Forming groups for projects or STEM challenges can elicit groans from students, but by making it fun and engaging for students, this will become your go-to way
K - 12th
Classroom Community, Engineering, Not Subject Specific
Fairy Tale STEM STEAM Activities Challenges Task Cards Gifted & Talented Centers
Hands-on fairy tale STEM challenges that are open-ended and allow for student creativity! Students can complete all 20 STEM activities OR use the choice board and pick their challenge(s). These low prep activities are easy to set up with materials you already have, like paper, recyclables, or building bricks and blocks. Your students will be begging to do more! ✅ What You'll Get ✅ 20 Fairy Tale STEM challenges: These can be displayed from the PDF file or from Google Slides, or printed at 4 per
K - 3rd
Engineering
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+3
Equivalent Fractions Grade 4 Activity Math Game BINGO Test Prep Review 5th Grade
Review and practice equivalent fractions with a BINGO game! There are 24 unique bingo cards included in this set. Some cards have more than one equal fraction, however, you may only check off one equivalent fraction at a time. Strategy may become the deciding factor in this game. ⭐ What You'll Get ⭐ 24 unique bingo cards (fractions up to tenths)Calling cardsBlank BINGO templatesMarker templateChoose from bright color border or black & white (print on bright paper if desired)When to Use this
3rd - 6th
Fractions, Math, Math Test Prep
CCSS
4.NF.A.1
Also included in: Equivalent Fractions Improper Fractions Mixed Numbers BINGO Games BUNDLE
No Prep End of the Year STEM Activity Paper Airplane Engineering Design Process
This is the paper airplane STEM activity you are looking for! This low prep paper engineering challenge is EASY to implement and a fun force and motion exploration. ✅ This activity can be used with ANY grade (students will need to be able to fold and crease paper). It's an excellent fine motor skills activity and always produces surprising results. If you are learning about force and motion or measurement, this challenge is perfect for you! ✅ What You'll Get ✅ Challenge PosterDescription and te
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Physics
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
All About Me STEM Back to School Activity First Day of School Bulletin Board
A back to school STEM All About Me activity! Choose from light bulb, gear, or plain pennant layouts and then display on your bulletin board or classroom wall. Students will fill out one of the options that have a mix of traditional and STEM-inspired get to know you sections. Once they are all completed, students can compare completed samples to see similarities and differences among classmates. ⬇️ What You'll Get ⬇️ ✅ Teacher notes and instructions with sample images (2 pages) ✅ Light bulb
2nd - 8th
Engineering
STEM Activities Challenges Spring Engineering Design Process Science Gifted
60 STEM activities PLUS Engineering Design Process worksheets and guide! These STEM projects are the perfect way to tackle career exploration while honing science concepts like sound, force and motion, kinetic and potential energy, aerodynamics, and math concepts such as symmetry, area, perimeter, and dimensional design. These challenges can be used at any time; there are no holiday-specific challenges included in this download, which makes them suitable for any classroom! Use for STEM fam
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Science
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Engineering Design Process Worksheets STEM Activities Career Exploration Project
STEM without the Engineering Design Process is like making a pizza without the crust. STEM challenges *need* a solid foundation to provide the best learning experience and growth opportunities for your students. The EDP is the foundational process that should be guiding ALL your STEM activities.If you are new to teaching STEM or the engineering design process, this resource has everything you need to understand the EDP and how to implement it with your students. If you a seasoned STEM educator,
2nd - 12th
Engineering
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
+4
Robot Activities Robotics Mazes Hour of Code Sphero Finch Dash STEM Challenge
"This is my absolute favorite robot resource. Students loved to make their own maze and try to get their Sphero through it. It was wonderful for kids to work on teamwork and problem-solving skills." "In one word, "WOW!" My students are obsessed with this product!" Tired of taping mazes all over your floors? Not sure what to do with your class set of robots? Save the tape for STEM challenges and use these coding maze cards instead. Use your robots like Dash, Cue, Sphero, BeeBot, Finch, and Code a
K - 8th
Engineering, Robotics
Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM Activity Fairy Tale Engineering Design
Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM: Design a New Bed for Goldilocks! What do you get when you combine fairy tales and STEM? A fun, hands-on STEM tale! This fairy tale with a twist guides students through the engineering design process to create a new bed for Goldilocks. The storybook can be read aloud together. Students will complete it as they work through the STEM activity. ⚙️ The STEM Activity ⚙️ Your students will help Baby Bear build Goldilocks a new bed of her own! In this story, the
K - 3rd
Engineering
CCSS, NGSS
K.MD.A.1
, 1.MD.A.2
, 2.MD.A.1
+15
Fairy Tale STEM Activities Engineering Kindergarten 1st 2nd Grade Homeschool
Try fairy tale STEM activities by bringing a classic story alive in a hands-on way! Explore force and motion, sound, measurement, kinetic and potential energy, and more using the engineering design process to creatively solve problems. ⭐ Students will join characters like Goldilocks, Rapunzel, and Jack and the Beanstalk on 12 engineering adventures, with 48 STEM activities included. They will be challenged to use their problem-solving skills to help the characters solve an engineering dilemm
K - 3rd
Engineering
CCSS, NGSS
RL.1.1
, RL.1.2
, RL.1.3
+10
Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions Bingo Game Math Test Prep & Review 4th
Mixed numbers and improper fractions BINGO Game: this is a great way to practice mixed numbers and improper fractions, review for test prep, or even use for indoor recess. There are 24 unique cards included in this set. ✅ What You'll Get ✅ Fractions up to tenthsCalling cardsBlank bingo templatesMarker templateBingo cards in both color and ink saving black & white option (print on brightly colored paper)Use for review or test prep, or as review before addressing CCSS 4.NF.B.3c. What Teachers A
3rd - 6th
Fractions, Math, Math Test Prep
Also included in: Equivalent Fractions Improper Fractions Mixed Numbers BINGO Games BUNDLE
Shapes Attributes Geometry 1st Grade 2D 3D Shapes Worksheets Games Sorts
Explore planar and solid shapes in a variety of ways to reinforce attributes of 2D and 3D shapes through geometry games, sorting activities, printable worksheets, and hands-on activities (build the shapes with craft sticks or play dough). What You'll Get✅ NO PREP Printable Worksheets (45 pages) ✅ Defining Attributes of Planar and Solid Shape (12 pages)Shape Sort (4 pages): Sort 2D and 3D shapesTracing and Drawing Activities (3 pages)Halves and Fourths (4 pages)Find the shapes, order the s
K - 1st
Fractions, Geometry
CCSS
K.G.A.3
, K.G.B.4
, K.G.B.5
+4
Place Value Worksheets Logic Puzzles 2nd Grade Math 3rd Grade Math Worksheets
Place Value Logic Puzzles - Start your day with an activity that reinforces place value concepts, or save these for your early finishers or sub tub. What You'll Get✅ 20 logic puzzles (plus a bonus puzzle) in 2 different levels of difficulty (10 beginner, 10 intermediate). Use these puzzles to solidify place value understanding (ones, tens, hundreds). ✅ Answer key! What Each Problem Looks LikeYou can check out some problems by viewing the preview. Each problem is a short story problem where stu
2nd - 4th
Other (Math), Place Value
CCSS
2.NBT.A.1
, 2.NBT.A.4
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About the store
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💡 STEM education is my passion! 💡 If you are looking for 1️⃣ easy-to-implement, 2️⃣ low-cost, and 3️⃣ engaging STEM activities, gifted and talented enrichment activities, and hands-on learning FUN, you've come to the right place.
📚 STEM and language arts go hand in hand for elementary grades. Whether it's a fairy tale, a picture book, or a novel, I ❤️ finding ways to bring a story alive with STEM so students can experience the story in a memorable and interactive way.
💼 STEM and careers are the perfect pair for upper grades. Look for STEM activities and projects that tie directly to engineering and other STEM careers, from my packaging engineer challenge to creating a 4-bar linkage mechanism mechanical engineering challenge to exploring bridge types and structures with civil engineering, to learning about coding or being an inventor.
With my background as a mechanical engineer and homeschooling parent, designing engineering resources for kids as well as hands-on math activities and science experiments is not just my calling, it is a true privilege. I have developed activities for use in classrooms, homeschool co-ops, STEM clubs, and makerspaces for over 15 years now and I LOVE it! 😍
➡️ Read more at www.stemactivitiesforkids.com and www.momgineer.com
Teaching style
I strive to make learning as hands-on as possible as that is how my own children learn - by doing! I have implemented this style of learning in my STEM Tales challenges, which are perfect for students in Grades 1-3 (ages 6-9), as well as all of my other STEM activities, games like Pair Stare, and all of my STEM Challenges.
As the parent of a 2E child, I am also always looking for ways to reach as many kids as possible in creative and engaging ways. You'll find a number of games and unusual learning activities in my shop.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I hold several patents and patent applications in the field of implantable medical devices from my engineering career. I can't imagine you will want to read about them, but if you are curious you can find them here:
https://patents.google.com/?inventor=%22Anderson;+Meredith%22&oq=%22Anderson;+Meredith%22
⚕️ US9421361B2 Methods for fabricating stimulator leads
⚕️ US8364280B2 Engagement tool for implantable medical devices
⚕️ US9320891B2 Lead anchor for implantable devices and methods of manufacture and use
⚕️ US20100152818A1 Non-linear electrode array
⚕️ US8165679B2 Implantable medical device with polymer-polymer interfaces and methods of manufacture and use
⚕️ US7857819B2 Implant tool for use with a microstimulator
My own education history
🎓 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), 2000
🎓 Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), 2002
Additional biographical information
🐾 Dog mom
🍓 Backyard gardener
👈 Southpaw
💙 Chronic illness warrior
📚 Bibliophile
Meredith Anderson - Momgineer
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