Are you excited about warmer weather coming? Spring is a great time to go outside and challenge your students to work in groups to complete fun STEM, STEAM, and Science Activities! The supplies are super cheap and easy to find. These are great for Elementary, Upper Elementary, and Middle School science and STEM classes! They are also great to add into your classroom for engaging outdoor brain breaks.
Chromatography Tie-Dye Activity
Tie-Dye is SO MUCH FUN…and messy. It’s a great activity to do outside in mild weather! This is a different version of Tie Dye….with a science twist…and it’s a little easier and less messy ;-). Click here for a step-by-step tutorial with pictures!
Oobleck STEM Activity Challenge
This is perfect for a sunny day activity outside, especially due to its messy nature! In this activity, students will work in groups to explore the properties of Oobleck. They will be testing random objects such as paper clips, toothpicks, marbles, string, etc. to determine whether they float or sink. Oobleck has properties, unlike most substances we usually encounter.
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Kindergarten – 2nd Grade Version
Making Icecream
This activity is perfect for warmer weather!! If we take a mixture of cream and sugar and place it in the freezer it will get hard and become solid after, maybe, an hour. We can also hand mix it with an ice-salt mixture that will speed up the freezing process. By putting salt with the ice, the freezing point will move lower. This is a colligative property called “freezing point depression” ….. If you’d like to learn how to make your own ice cream in a bag, click here for Step-by-Step Instructions!
Levitating Ping Pong Ball STEM Activity Challenge
Students will work in groups to discover the phenomenon that occurs when a ping pong ball is placed above a straw and air is blown through the straw. Most people would expect the ping-pong ball to fly up and off to the side—but it doesn’t. Due to Bernoulli’s Principle, the ball will hover in the air above the straw. This project can end with a demonstration using a shop-vac or hairdryer with a ping-pong ball that will produce the same interesting results.
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Kindergarten – 2nd Grade Version
Aluminum Foil Boats STEM Activity Challenge
In this activity, students will work in groups to design and build a small boat from aluminum foil. They will then see how many pennies it can hold before it sinks. The goal is for each student to work with their group to build and modify their boat to hold as many pennies as possible.
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Kindergarten – 2nd Grade Version
36 Low-Prep STEM Activities!
