STEM, STEAM and more Science Experiments and Ideas for the classroon

Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics: STEM STEAM lessons and ideas for the elementary educator.
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When Science Reaches the Dinner Table, We’ve Won! 💡
Science that sticks! 🌟 Shari Stewart shares her passion for making science memorable for students—so much so that they’re eager to share it at the dinner table! 🍽️ Discover tips for engaging students in hands-on science activities in our latest podcast episode. Perfect for teachers looking to inspire curiosity and excitement in the classroom! 🧪👩‍🏫 #ScienceInTheClassroom #STEMEducation #TeacherLife #EngagingLearning #TeacherPodcast
Classroom Science Made Easy: Engaging Tips & Tricks for Teachers 🎉
Want to bring more hands-on science to your classroom without the overwhelm? 🤯 Science expert Shari Stewart shares creative, low-prep tips that’ll keep your students excited and engaged! 🌟 Discover practical ideas and fun ways to integrate science into your everyday teaching. Watch the highlights reel for quick tips you can try tomorrow! 🎥👩‍🔬 #ScienceInTheClassroom #HandsOnLearning #TeacherTips #STEMActivities #TeacherPodcast
Back to School Resources for Upper Elementary and Middle School | Beginning of the Year Prep
Are you a teacher who is looking for back to school resources? Minds in Bloom has a wealth of products, both paid and free, that will prepare you for your entire school year! Products cover classroom management, community building, math, reading, spelling, writing, and more. Perfect for upper elementary grades, including 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade, these resources will make the beginning of the year smoother for you. No need to reinvent the wheel! Click through now to see the round-up.
Preventing Summer Slide | Tips for Parents to Work on Learning Activities During the Summer
We all know that preventing summer slide is extremely important for our children, whether you're a parent or a teacher. This guest post shares a wealth of ideas for fun ways that parents can incorporate learning into everyday activities during the summer months. There are so many opportunities to squeeze in some learning into normal summer activities and kids often might not even realize they're practicing and reviewing! Click through to read our guest blogger's suggestions for the summer slide.
Reversing the Summer Slide | Summer Break Teaching Tips for Teachers and Parents
Experts say that students lose up to 22% of knowledge over the summer -- and when you look at that statistic after a challenging and tumultuous year of learning during a global pandemic, it's rather concerning! This makes reversing the summer slide literally more important than ever. Our guest blogger shares five rigorous ways to help reverse the summer slide, many of which requires the students to do the thinking and the work! Click through now to read all of her tips and suggestions.
50 Ways to Slow the Summer Slide
The summer slide is a real challenge that teachers and parents face -- and that's especially true after this most recent school year, where we were all teaching and learning during a global pandemic. Our students struggled to learn all the content they needed to in an organized way this past year, so support over the summer will be key! This blog post provides 48 ideas that will help you slow or prevent the summer slide. Click through to read the suggestions for both younger and older kids!
Legacy Projects for Any Subject Area in Upper Elementary
Have you heard of legacy projects before? If not, they might be a fun new addition to your instructional plans! A legacy project is a project where students create some type of product that they leave for students who will be entering your class the next school year. They can be standards-based to help students practice the content they need to master! This specific blog post is all about doing a science legacy project, so if you'd like a fun scientist project, then click through now to read!
Awesome Hands-On End of Year Projects - Minds in Bloom
When it gets to the end of the school year, we all know that kids' brains are pretty much fried, and they're not very interested in learning anything new. How can we combat that? Our guest blogger shares three end of year projects that are hands-on and creative, including building time capsules, creating their own countries, and inventing something new. These hands-on and engaging projects will keep your students engaged during those last few weeks of school! Click through to read the blog post.
How to Teach a Unit on Natural Disasters
Teaching about natural disasters in the elementary classroom? Click the pin to check out these natural disasters activities for kids and all the tips and ideas for how to teach about them effectively!
Teaching Volume with Hands-On Activities - Teaching with a Mountain View
Are you teaching about volume in your 5th grade math lessons? I incorporate these hands-on volume activities to engage my students and help them build meaningful connections to our math lessons. Take a peek fifth-grade teachers!
Free Science Worksheets for Elementary
Get this helpful resource from Kristen Sullins Teaching. 10 free printable product downloads for kindergarten, first or second grade science. #elementary #teacherresources
Teaching Physical and Chemical Changes
Can this change be reversed? In grade two and three science we are working on physical and chemical changes. This is such a FUN hands-on unit that is just full of STEM challenges and experiments. Take a peek at these science lessons helping second and third grade students to understand the difference between a physical and chemical change.
Science is for Kids Home Page
Are you looking for books to add to your STEM library? Don't overlook this book by Gail Gibbons.How a House is Built by Gail Gibbons is great STEM book that can be found in most libraries. Easy ideas for using this book in classroom are shared in this post. Everyday objects will get the students in the STEM mindset right away. The vocabulary is presented in an easy to way and your students will be learning and using new words.
Scientific Method Lesson
It's important for students in second and third grade to be comfortable with the steps in the scientific method. We learn all about each step early on so that students are comfortable using correct vocabulary as we conduct hands-on experiments throughout the year. Check out our favorite scientific method lessons, activities and worksheets!
FREE Remote Learning Workshop for Teachers
In light of the fast, global spread of COVID-19, schools all over the world have closed for varying amounts of time and put educators in the position of needing to learn how to facilitate distance learning -- and quickly. This FREE workshop will teach you everything you need to know about remote learning so that you and your students can be successful while teaching and learning from home. Click through now to sign up for this free remote teaching workshop! #remoteteaching #distancelearning