STEMsational STEM

Finish the Picture STEM Style is just what it says it is! Students get to finish the picture, but with an added STEM component. This would really help students learn to plan better before they begin engineering! I love the concept behind the finish the picture activities, but I wanted something that I could use in my STEM lab with a STEM connection! With these, students are given a problem. For example: Billy's sled just broke and he needs a new sled for the fresh snow to play in. It t

This is a ready to use STEM challenge featuring the story Here Comes the Garbage Barge. We use the book as the hook and then the students are asked to use trash to build a new toy, build something to solve a problem around their house, or even a new tool. Basically, they are using items they have around the house to re-purpose their trash to save it from the landfill. This STEM challenge was created for parents, teachers, or students to use at home while we use distance learning. It is a short

My STEM lab runs off of donations from our families!! I send this home to parents during the month of May! This gives my students, parents, and other family members ALL summer to collect supplies. They bring them during Open House or the first week of school. This list is easy to use and parents often make copies to share with grandparents. This has been a life saver for my STEM program!!! My families are very supportive and ask for this list every year! Thank you! This is just a printable lis

Looking for a fun Valentine's Day and shape lesson that is also a STEM challenge? This is a ready to use lesson featuring the story Grogglle's Monster Valentine. This is a fun STEM activity for Valentine's Day. After reading the story, students are asked to engineer a monster that students can then feed shapes to! This is just a fun Engineering STEM Challenge!! This lesson gives you information about the book, links to videos for the book, and then video links for kiddos to learn more abou

States of matter, physical and chemical changes are supposed to be FUN!! This is a super fun STEM challenge that incorporates all three!!! This is a ready to use STEM challenge featuring the story Jumanji. We use the book as the hook and then the students learn about the science of states of matter, physical and chemical changes, and volcanoes with this STEM Challenge. The students find out they are now stuck in STEM Jumanji!!! The only way out is to engineer a volcano and then make it erupt

This is a ready to use STEM challenge featuring the story Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup. This can be used for a one class period type of STEM lesson. I use them in my STEM lab with my first grade students. We use the book as the hook and then turn the bears problem into our STEM challenge. This would be a good lesson to introduce students to STEM. This lesson show students how people all around the world have problems and then we have to solve them! I have my students for 45 minutes

This is a STEM planning guide to help teachers add more STEM into their regular classroom by using any type of children's book.