Scott Cripps’ team, the Pearbots Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies, won first place overall in the 2017 All-Earth Ecobot Challenge. Scott attends Rogers Middle School in Pearland ISD. His favorite class is science. Most recently, he received recognition for the A Honor Roll, Master of the Mile, and was DUKE TIP recognized. He rounds out academics...
Amy is an 8th grader at Olle Middle School STEM Academy. This is what she has to say about STEM: STEM is a great thing to be apart of. It has not only taught me life skills but, it also taught me life lessons. STEM has helped me explore areas that I have never thought...
If you’re like me (and be honest, many of you are), the holiday season has snuck up on you, and you still have gifts to buy. Allow me to make life a little easier for you and make you the greatest gift-giver ever. Two truly phenomenal gift ideas that very literally keeps on giving are Tinker...
Make Fake Snow This is especially fun with younger kids, but even older ones will love it. Reindeer Races You could use balloons decorated as reindeer taped to a straw on a “zipline” for younger students and student-built “cars” (mousetrap or otherwise) for older ones. For other STEM ideas, see these posts.
This project fits beautifully as part of our list of winter-themed STEM activities and can be used with all different ages/grade levels. Use balloons (decorated as reindeer) that are taped to a straw on a “zipline” for younger students, and use decorated “cars” (mousetrap, Lego, or otherwise) for older ones. Another idea to involve younger...
This is especially fun with younger kids, but even older ones will love it. There a few recipes for fake snow, so one way to incorporate a cross-curricular lesson is to make all the recipes and see which is the best; use charts and graphs to show results, and then write a compare and contrast...