STEM

442 Activities

STEM

Curious minds come alive through hands-on STEM exploration. Learners solve problems, build designs, and explore real-world challenges using science, technology, engineering, and math.

Activities

Engineering Paper Airplanes

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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Grades 6 - 8

Engineering Paper Airplanes

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Students learn how paper airplanes work and create their own using the engineering design process.

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Engineering Paper Airplanes

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 6 - 8

Melting Ice and Water Levels

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Melting Ice and Water Levels

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

In this activity, two student groups investigate how melting ice affects water levels. The two groups compare the effects of floating ice and land ice. Students also research before-and-after images of melting glaciers and look for evidence that glaciers are either melting or not melting. This activity builds awareness about how melting ice affects the water level of Earth’s oceans.

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Melting Ice and Water Levels

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Science Notebooks Across Time

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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Grades 3 - 12

Science Notebooks Across Time

By California Academy of Sciences

3 - 12

Students peruse sample pages from the notebooks of many different scientists, including scientists their own age, high school scientists, science teachers, and field scientists dating back to 1905. They consider how scientists have used notebooks over the last several hundred years, and start to think about how they'll use their own.

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Science Notebooks Across Time

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 3 - 12

Dragonfly Species Survey

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 20m

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Grades 6 - 8

Dragonfly Species Survey

By City Parks Foundation

6 - 8

1h 20m

In this interactive activity, students learn how to catch and identify dragonflies, conduct a biodiversity study, and observe which dragonflies live in the area.

This is activity 2 of 3 in the "Indicator Species" module from City Parks Foundation.

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Dragonfly Species Survey

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 20m•Grades 6 - 8

What is a Space Station?

History and Society • STEM

45m

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Grades K - 2

What is a Space Station?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

In this activity, children learn why a space station moves around Earth instead of crashing to Earth or floating away from it. They also learn how people from many countries work together to keep the International Space Station running.

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What is a Space Station?

History and Society • STEM

45m•Grades K - 2

Social Media and Big Data

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Social Media and Big Data

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, groups of students discuss social media privacy issues. Then they conduct a privacy survey. They graph the results in their groups, and then compare their results with the whole groups’ results.

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Social Media and Big Data

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Memory Card Game (Grades 3-5)

STEM • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Memory Card Game (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students make and play a card game to work on their memory skills using multiplication facts. Since this activity helps students practice basic math facts, it is a great game to play often.

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Memory Card Game (Grades 3-5)

STEM • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Evaluating Websites (Grades 3-5)

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Evaluating Websites (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students explore the criteria for evaluating websites and the importance of this type of evaluation.

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Evaluating Websites (Grades 3-5)

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Where Have I Left My Digital Footprint?

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Where Have I Left My Digital Footprint?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Every time we use the internet, we leave a trail of footprints behind. Students learn about the importance of digital footprints and look at where they have left their trail.

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Where Have I Left My Digital Footprint?

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Target Quest (Grades 9-12)

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Target Quest (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this jigsaw activity, students assemble and follow instructions to meet a specific goal, or target. Following the instructions and meeting the target rely on measurement, computational skills, and cooperation.

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Target Quest (Grades 9-12)

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 9 - 12

A Navigation Experiment

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

A Navigation Experiment

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

In this tech-centric activity, students play a web navigation game to discover strategies many webmasters implement to keep users on their sites.

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A Navigation Experiment

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Mission to Mars

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Mission to Mars

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students work in groups to plan a mission to Mars. This activity builds teamwork, speaking and listening skills, and problem-solving skills.

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Mission to Mars

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 9 - 12

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Operation: Mindset

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

6 Items

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Grades 6 - 12

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Operation: Mindset

By Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship

6 - 12

Students discover what it means to think and act like an entrepreneur in this series of fun and engaging lessons. First, students learn about the mindset traits and behaviors of successful entrepreneurs before taking a survey that reveals the characteristics of their own entrepreneurial mindset. Students then participate in a series of four challenges – each designed to activate two of the eight domains of the entrepreneurial mindset. The module wraps up with students creating an action plan to further grow their own entrepreneurial potential.

Recommended Module Sequence

NFTE recommends that Lessons 1, 2, and 6 are facilitated in the order listed below. However, Lessons 3, 4, and 5 can be facilitated in any order. Lessons 3, 4, 5, and 6 can also be done independently for teachers looking for exercises that engage students in those non-cognitive skills.

Lesson 1: Pitch Yourself

Lesson 2: EMI Pre-Survey Analysis

Lesson 3: Tower of Power

Entrepreneurial Mindset Domain Focus: Creativity & Innovation and Initiative & Self-Reliance

Lesson 4: Chill or Grill

Entrepreneurial Mindset Domain Focus: Flexibility & Adaptability and Comfort with Risk

Lesson 5: Picture This

Entrepreneurial Mindset Domain Focus: Communication & Collaboration and Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Lesson 6: Startup Survival

Entrepreneurial Mindset Domains: Opportunity Recognition & Future Orientation

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Operation: Mindset

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

Grades 6 - 12

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Animal Families and Nearby Nature

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

3 Items

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Grades K - 8

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Animal Families and Nearby Nature

By National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

We can learn a lot when we take time to observe nature nearby. In this playlist, youth learn about six animal families, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, fish, birds, and mammals. Additionally, we take a look at the plants in the community and how they support the animal families.

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Animal Families and Nearby Nature

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

Grades K - 8

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S.INQ Up Earth and Space

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

7 Items

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Grades 6 - 8

Collection

S.INQ Up Earth and Space

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Earth and Space is an inquiry and exploration-based curriculum that uses hands-on activities focused on the relationship between the earth, the solar system, and human impacts on our global environment.

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S.INQ Up Earth and Space

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

Grades 6 - 8

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STEAM Activities for Middle School at Home

STEM • Arts

9 Items

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Grades 6 - 8

Collection

STEAM Activities for Middle School at Home

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

This Playlist gives middle school aged students fun engineering and design activities that can be done at home or in small groups.

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STEAM Activities for Middle School at Home

STEM • Arts

Grades 6 - 8

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Animal Homes

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

4 Items

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Grades K - 8

Collection

Animal Homes

By National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

In this module youth will learn about animal homes. They will find similarities and differences between the places we call home.

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Animal Homes

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

Grades K - 8

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Animal Migrations

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

4 Items

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Grades K - 8

Collection

Animal Migrations

By National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

Migration is the seasonal movement of animals from one habitat to another as they search for food or living conditions. In this playlist we'll connect to nature and learn a little about the migrations of the monarch butterfly, bats, and raptors.

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Animal Migrations

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

Grades K - 8

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Visual Arts Activities For 3rd-5th Grade at Home

Arts • STEM

5 Items

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Grades 3 - 5

Collection

Visual Arts Activities For 3rd-5th Grade at Home

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

This Playlist provides younger students a variety of visual arts activities that encourages creative thinking at home.

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Visual Arts Activities For 3rd-5th Grade at Home

Arts • STEM

Grades 3 - 5

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S.INQ Sound

STEM • Arts

9 Items

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Grades K - 5

Collection

S.INQ Sound

By OregonASK

K - 5

This lesson has hands-on activities ranging from learning about sound, pitch, and amplification through material exploration to designing, building, testing and modifying their own musical instruments.

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S.INQ Sound

STEM • Arts

Grades K - 5

COLLECTION

STEM Activities at Home for 9-12th Grades

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

9 Items

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Grades 9 - 12

Collection

STEM Activities at Home for 9-12th Grades

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

Students engage in science and engineering activities that contain accessible materials.

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STEM Activities at Home for 9-12th Grades

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

Grades 9 - 12

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Activities

Engineering Paper Airplanes

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

•

Grades 6 - 8

Engineering Paper Airplanes

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Students learn how paper airplanes work and create their own using the engineering design process.

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Engineering Paper Airplanes

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 6 - 8

Melting Ice and Water Levels

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m

•

Grades 6 - 8

Melting Ice and Water Levels

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

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Melting Ice and Water Levels

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Science Notebooks Across Time

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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Grades 3 - 12

Science Notebooks Across Time

By California Academy of Sciences

3 - 12

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Science Notebooks Across Time

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 3 - 12

Dragonfly Species Survey

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 20m

•

Grades 6 - 8

Dragonfly Species Survey

By City Parks Foundation

6 - 8

1h 20m

In this interactive activity, students learn how to catch and identify dragonflies, conduct a biodiversity study, and observe which dragonflies live in the area.

This is activity 2 of 3 in the "Indicator Species" module from City Parks Foundation.

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Dragonfly Species Survey

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 20m•Grades 6 - 8

What is a Space Station?

History and Society • STEM

45m

•

Grades K - 2

What is a Space Station?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

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What is a Space Station?

History and Society • STEM

45m•Grades K - 2

Social Media and Big Data

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Social Media and Big Data

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

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Social Media and Big Data

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Memory Card Game (Grades 3-5)

STEM • Literacy

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Memory Card Game (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students make and play a card game to work on their memory skills using multiplication facts. Since this activity helps students practice basic math facts, it is a great game to play often.

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Memory Card Game (Grades 3-5)

STEM • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Evaluating Websites (Grades 3-5)

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Evaluating Websites (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students explore the criteria for evaluating websites and the importance of this type of evaluation.

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Evaluating Websites (Grades 3-5)

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Where Have I Left My Digital Footprint?

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Where Have I Left My Digital Footprint?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Every time we use the internet, we leave a trail of footprints behind. Students learn about the importance of digital footprints and look at where they have left their trail.

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Where Have I Left My Digital Footprint?

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Target Quest (Grades 9-12)

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Target Quest (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

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Target Quest (Grades 9-12)

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 9 - 12

A Navigation Experiment

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m

•

Grades 6 - 8

A Navigation Experiment

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

In this tech-centric activity, students play a web navigation game to discover strategies many webmasters implement to keep users on their sites.

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A Navigation Experiment

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Mission to Mars

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Mission to Mars

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students work in groups to plan a mission to Mars. This activity builds teamwork, speaking and listening skills, and problem-solving skills.

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Mission to Mars

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Collections

Operation: Mindset

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

6 Items

•

Grades 6 - 12

Collection

Operation: Mindset

By Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship

6 - 12

Recommended Module Sequence

Lesson 1: Pitch Yourself

Lesson 2: EMI Pre-Survey Analysis

Lesson 3: Tower of Power

Entrepreneurial Mindset Domain Focus: Creativity & Innovation and Initiative & Self-Reliance

Lesson 4: Chill or Grill

Entrepreneurial Mindset Domain Focus: Flexibility & Adaptability and Comfort with Risk

Lesson 5: Picture This

Entrepreneurial Mindset Domain Focus: Communication & Collaboration and Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Lesson 6: Startup Survival

Entrepreneurial Mindset Domains: Opportunity Recognition & Future Orientation

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Operation: Mindset

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

Grades 6 - 12

COLLECTION

Animal Families and Nearby Nature

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

3 Items

•

Grades K - 8

Collection

Animal Families and Nearby Nature

By National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

Discover Collection

Animal Families and Nearby Nature

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

Grades K - 8

COLLECTION

S.INQ Up Earth and Space

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

7 Items

•

Grades 6 - 8

Collection

S.INQ Up Earth and Space

By OregonASK

6 - 8

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S.INQ Up Earth and Space

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

Grades 6 - 8

COLLECTION

STEAM Activities for Middle School at Home

STEM • Arts

9 Items

•

Grades 6 - 8

Collection

STEAM Activities for Middle School at Home

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

This Playlist gives middle school aged students fun engineering and design activities that can be done at home or in small groups.

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STEAM Activities for Middle School at Home

STEM • Arts

Grades 6 - 8

COLLECTION

Animal Homes

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

4 Items

•

Grades K - 8

Collection

Animal Homes

By National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

In this module youth will learn about animal homes. They will find similarities and differences between the places we call home.

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Animal Homes

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

Grades K - 8

COLLECTION

Animal Migrations

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

4 Items

•

Grades K - 8

Collection

Animal Migrations

By National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

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Animal Migrations

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

Grades K - 8

COLLECTION

Visual Arts Activities For 3rd-5th Grade at Home

Arts • STEM

5 Items

•

Grades 3 - 5

Collection

Visual Arts Activities For 3rd-5th Grade at Home

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

This Playlist provides younger students a variety of visual arts activities that encourages creative thinking at home.

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Visual Arts Activities For 3rd-5th Grade at Home

Arts • STEM

Grades 3 - 5

COLLECTION

S.INQ Sound

STEM • Arts

9 Items

•

Grades K - 5

Collection

S.INQ Sound

By OregonASK

K - 5

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S.INQ Sound

STEM • Arts

Grades K - 5

COLLECTION

STEM Activities at Home for 9-12th Grades

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

9 Items

•

Grades 9 - 12

Collection

STEM Activities at Home for 9-12th Grades

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

Students engage in science and engineering activities that contain accessible materials.

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STEM Activities at Home for 9-12th Grades

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

Grades 9 - 12

COLLECTION