Wed, Jan 05, 2022 8:57 AM in Your Top 5 coolest low tech STEM activities
Are you planning to use the STEM activity where you have students make those simple paper helicopters that twirl down? The way we always used it was that everyone could use a standard sheet of paper, scissors, and one paper clip to make the helicopter. The design and redesign was to see who could get a pattern/version to stay in the air the longest (and why!). Or it could be a fun connection to e...
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Wed, Nov 13, 2019 12:17 PM in Family Stem Night
Sounds fun Ashleigh! I'll share a few things that seemed the most successful from our attempts, however, our events were a little more tailored to adding STEM/STEAM to a Science Night. Our examples are light in the way of authentic problem solving. Though to be honest, I'm not sure a one night event, especially including many ages and novice levels is really that conducive to fully explor...
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Fri, Apr 21, 2017 5:13 PM in Writing in STEM
One really simple addition to any STEM project is to include a "funding request" or persuasive piece that tries to convince a company/factory that a student's design is worth manufacturing (and should be chosen above any others because...). This puts a real-world spin on their project and begins to hammer home how important it is to be able to effectively and appropriately communicate about a top...
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