STEMfully Yours

The toothpick bridge building STEM project has a new spin. This resource includes a 30 page google document that can be edited for your classroom needs.Students form engineering groups and assign the following jobs: accountant, project manager, architect, and carpenter. Groups must work within the design constraints, including maintaining a budget. Classroom materials are minimal per group including: 500 toothpicks, small cup of wood glue, waxed paper, & graph paper. This is a highly m

After reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, students will be challenged to construct three and four bladed windmills to determine which wind pumping windmill is the fastest in the west. Students will be immersed in the STEM processes; developing prototypes, making modifications, evaluating effectiveness, gauging the wind speeds of our box fans and determining the perfect angle to operate their prototypes. Included in this project are detailed procedures with pictures, safety guidelines, deta

Students participate in all the steps of the Engineering Design process in this STEAM wizard challenge incorporating the picture book titled, “ The Electrical Wizard How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World." There are two investigations students will conduct to learn more about solar energy, how solar panels work best, and how solar panels can power something as cool as a solar water fountain. The two investigations are the Solar Wizard Scavenger Hunt and a Solar Water Pump investigation. The STEAM

The following STEM build is a perfect way to end the school year. The Challenge is posed after reading the children's book Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot, a story about Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen and the famous Berlin Airdrop missions. Students are to design an economical parachute that lands with the least amount of damage to the graham cracker that is attached to the Duplo block payload. Students choose design materials, itemize these costs, determine the surface area of their canopy, and