Christmas steam activities

Maybe you've been seeing all of the cool STEM and STEAM engineering projects floating around Pinterest but you are still unsure about whether you want to try them in your class. I have made it super simple for you to dip your toes in to STEM because I created a set of task cards that only require the most basic of materials.

Using a simple catapult design, your kids can determine who will win a snowball fight if one uses marshmallows and the other cotton balls. Let the fun begin!

Christmas STEM Activities for Kids Ho, ho, ho! Try out these Christmas STEM activities this holiday season to keep students engaged all the way until holiday break. I have created twelve fun AND differentiated STEM and STEAM activities that range from simple towers to moving conveyors! Get started with Christmas STEM Jump right in with peppermint candy and have students create either a tower or a bridge. Don't forget to follow the engineering design process! While you don't need to spend a…

This Christmas STEM activity is sure to engage your students and get them thinking (and using math). Click to read more and download the free printables to try this Christmas engineering activity with your students.

Fizzing Christmas trees, melting candy canes, flying reindeer and so much more! Christmas is the perfect time to try a creative, hands-on activity. This collection of 25 Christmas STEM activities will keep you busy and creating all December!

If you like art, science, or you just like to be amazed, you'll love creating these magic Christmas pictures with the kids in your life this holiday season!

Christmas STEM projects have been so fun to develop! Kids are already excited and this challenge worked so well! They loved building and decorating these sleighs! This unique idea will really present great problem-solving opportunities as your students pre-test their sleighs. It's an amazingly fun challenge!

Find out how to make a thaumatrope with this super easy STEAM activity for kids. A simple Christmas craft that is also an optical illusion!

This Borax snowflake experiment makes a great crystal science project, stuck at home winter activities for kids, or homemade Christmas tree ornament! It's also a fun addition to your crystal structure formation science lessons or STEM studies for kids. These are fun snowflake crafts for adults and kids — even for winter preschool activities and kindergarten ideas.

Keep your students engaged and focused with these Christmas STEM challenge activities! Students will have lots of energy to spare this winter season, so give them some hands on challenges to keep their brains excited and focused. These Winter and Christmas STEM activities include challenges such as building, testing and problem solving. Students will love using creativity and problem solving to solve these Christmas STEM challenges. #STEM #Christmas #math #science