by Meredith Martin | Feb 17, 2015 | Common Core Standards, How-To, resources, STEM
Let your students become engineers in this engaging engineering activity. Using only marshmallows and spaghetti, students compete to build the tallest tower that can support weight. Includes lesson instructions, writing assignment, and NGSS/CCSS.
by Meredith Martin | Feb 12, 2015 | Common Core Standards, How-To, resources, Science, STEM
In this engaging lab, students will design a model of what happens when two air masses meet to form a front. They will learn about types of fronts, and how they affect weather prediction. This activity includes instructions for the physical model, as well as a variety...
by Meredith Martin | Feb 10, 2015 | Common Core Standards, How-To, Math, resources, STEM
Math and chocolate, what a great combination. My students loved learning about the distributive property with this fun and tasty lab. How about a delicious math activity to teach the distributive property? In this STEM lesson, students learn about the distributive...
by Meredith Martin | Feb 5, 2015 | Common Core Standards, How-To, resources, Science, STEM
Our 4th graders are learning about adaptations, so I put together this fun lab for them. We had a ton of fun with it. This is a fun lab for learning about adaptations. Students will rotate between stations with different types of ‘bird food’ and use...
by Meredith Martin | Feb 3, 2015 | Common Core Standards, How-To, resources, Science, STEM
Time for some more STEM lessons. I ran this one with my 6th graders and they loved it! Make sure you have plenty of space. When we look at traditional models of the solar system, the distances between planets does not seem that great. In reality, the planets are...
by Meredith Martin | Dec 17, 2014 | resources, Science, STEM
Today is a busy day in the lab. I have several more crystal snowflake lessons to do, and we’re doing the Jelly Baby Wave Machine lesson for one of the classes that missed it earlier. It’s such a fun way to demonstrate how waves work and to stimulate...
