Key Takeaways:
· Here are 5 favorite S.T.E.A.M. activities and kits that are perfect for all classrooms to encouraging learning through exploration in every classroom.
· Stand back and let kids discover S.T.E.A.M concepts firsthand with these easy-to-follow activities and kits!
· These S.T.E.A.M. activities make learning exciting for kids. Plus, you can recreate them in the classroom time and time again!
From science experiments to art projects, S.T.E.A.M activities are perfect for powering kids’ imaginations through hands-on learning. With these suggested activities and kits, kids have the freedom to explore new ideas with their peers or independently.
To get started building S.T.E.A.M. lessons or adding new centers to your classroom, our editors handpicked five of their favorite kid-centered, hands-on activities from the S.T.E.A.M. Scholastic Book Clubs for you to use in the classroom—they’re perfect for center time or whole-class mini lessons.
Electrifying Science Plus Electron Tube
With these ten cool hands-on science experiments, your young scientists will be excited to learn how electricity really works.
Classroom Tip: Demonstrate the power of electricity by holding hands and forming a circle around the classroom. In order to close the circuit, have two students hold the ends of the Electron Tube. Them watch the tube to see how your class created electricity!
Kids Get Coding: Learn to Program
Perfect for your tech-savvy kids, this how-to book on programming will inspire your students to learn how to code and build their twenty-first century skills.
Classroom Tip: Bring the book to life with extra hands-on programming activities available online!
These soft foam building blocks encourage creativity, self-expression, and help your students develop spatial awareness and pre-math skills.
Classroom Tip: These are perfect for Center Time in lower grades, but also great for using in math lessons while kids are at their desks. No noise manipulatives? Done!
This artist activity kit brings out kids’ creative side with a watercolor palette, 18 illustrations to paint, and a guide that teaches students how to make their paintings pop!
Classroom Tip: Make it a small-group activity by photocopying the illustration pages (best if copied on cardstock paper)! Kids can do their own thing, or can follow the directions in the book to learn new ways to practice brushwork or color mixing!
Magic Times Tables & Magic Adding and Subtraction
Make math even more fun with a touch of magic. All students need is some scrap paper to solve these multiplication problems or these addition and subtraction problems. Then they can use their magic spyglass to check their work!
Classroom Tip: The magic spyglass makes it fun for students to solve number problems on their own or with a partner!
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