STEM Mom
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I have 12 years experience as a public middle and high school English and science teacher. Since then I have been teaching undergraduate preservice teachers and graduate-level education courses. And I now am homeschooling my two boys.
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Free Food Chain Card Game
This free download includes 21 cards of varying images and the remaining cards have food chain vocabulary. These cards can be used at any age. I use them with kindergarten but vocabulary cards make the activity applicable to the higher grades.
There are 4 pages of cards with 8 cards per page, ready to laminate and use with students.
I include the vocabulary terms:
Plant Eating (herbivore)
Meat Eating (carnivore)
Plant and Meat Eating (omnivore)
Producer
Decomposer
Consumer
Primary Consumer
K - 8th
Basic Principles, Biology, Earth Sciences
Marshmallow Flight Lab
Do your students love a good competition? You might want to try this lesson titled “Marshmallow Flight.” I have used this lab with junior and high school students, but have also done a simpler version of this lab with my kindergartner.
The file contains two versions of the same lab. The first is a commonly used version in which students follow directions, collect data, and answer post-lab questions. The second version of this lab is a higher-level inquiry lab, where students move through the
PreK - 12th
Applied Math, Physical Science, Physics
Gumdrop Structure Inquiry Challenge
Let the kids play with gumdrops to build a structure with toothpicks, that will hold a book. I include in this file a through teacher's guide to show how this activity can be used with kindergartners all the way up to high school at varying levels of inquiry.
This file includes 2 pages of teacher instructions, a student handout for K-3, and a handout for 4-12.
Materials needed for this activity; per student or pair of students; 20 toothpicks and 10 gumdrops, with a paper plate as a work surf
K - 9th
For All Subjects, Geometry, Other (Science)
Building Blocks to Learn to Read Color Words Activity
This simple game has children build patterns using Unifix Cubes according the the color words. The best feature of this activity is that the student cards don't have any color cues on them, only text (lower-case). Then after the child constructs his chain of blocks, he can pull out the answer key and self-check his work. Children can do this independently at a center, or while you are making dinner, they don't need help. (I know, right?)
The size of the colors were designed to use with Unifi
PreK - 2nd
Reading, Spelling, Writing
Matching Color Pictures to Color Words
These student handouts will help emerging readers recognize 10 color words and to distinguish it from other color words. Product includes 5 student activity pages, with two colors per page. The colored pairs include green and red, blue and orange, yellow and purple, black and white, pink and brown. Directions at the top of each page read, "Look at the picture and say its color. Draw a line from the picture to all the words that spell its color. There are 5 for each picture." The color words are
PreK - 1st
Reading, Reading Strategies, Spelling
pH Baseline Table for Field Studies
This file contains a baseline pH table that can be printed for students as they determine the colors that pH indicators (solution or pH paper) show along the spectrum. (This might be best done as a demonstration as some of the materials are dangerous.)
Materials needed:
Lemon
Vinegar
Water
Baking Soda
Washing Soda
Drain Cleaner
Color crayons or colored pencils
Once students tested each of these substances for color changes, they use crayons to color in the provided char using crayons or penc
K - 8th
Chemistry, Environment, General Science
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About the store
Experience
I have 12 years experience as a public middle and high school English and science teacher. Since then I have been teaching undergraduate preservice teachers and graduate-level education courses. And I now am homeschooling my two boys.
Teaching style
For my STEM lessons, I scaffold lessons into varying degrees of inquiry, to prepare students to do their own independent research project.
For homeschooling my own children, we use literature (trade books) and learn using thematic units.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I am the author of the NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) Press Book titled, the "STEM Student Research Handbook" which guides high school and undergraduate researchers through an independent research project.
My own education history
Undergraduate degree in English and Biology Secondary Education.
Masters degree in Curriculum and Instruction
Ph.D. degree in Educational Technology
Additional biographical information
I am also the author of a blog (http://www.STEMmom.org) that has become a compilation of my experiences as a homeschooling mother of 2 (ages 5 and 18 months) who also still teaches STEM labs twice a week.
This means that the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) activities I share are for the two extremes; early childhood and high school. Therefore, one day I may post the STEM connections related to playing with playdough; the next post may share ways to increase students' curiosity about molecular and cellular biology; and another post may address the struggles of being a believer who enjoys the scientific method. This is my life, and for what its worth, I'm going to share it with you. Let's enjoy the ride.
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