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

Where Have I Left My Digital Footprint?

STEM, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 3 - 5

Where Have I Left My Digital Footprint?

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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?

STEM, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 3 - 5

Evaluating Websites (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 3 - 5

Evaluating Websites (Grades 3-5)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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

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Evaluating Websites (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 3 - 5

Arm & Belt Accessories

STEM, Arts

Grades 3 - 8

Arm & Belt Accessories

Rediscover Center

3 - 8

1 Hour 30 Minutes

In this activity, students will be challenged to create a wearable glove, shoulder attachment, wrist or belt attachment using cardboard and crafting techniques. They will be able to explore and/or combine materials to make a unique costume that represents themselves!

This is part 3 of the Cardboard Costumes series from reDiscover Center.

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Arm & Belt Accessories

STEM, Arts

Grades 3 - 8

S.INQ Invisible Forces Relay

Nature and Wildlife, STEM

Grades K - 5

S.INQ Invisible Forces Relay

OregonASK

K - 5

30 Minutes

In this lesson, students compete with each other to move objects from one place to another using magnets.

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S.INQ Invisible Forces Relay

Nature and Wildlife, STEM

Grades K - 5

Amazing Bodies! 3: Prototype Build

Career and Future Readiness, STEM

Grades 6 - 8

Amazing Bodies! 3: Prototype Build

OregonASK

6 - 8

1 Hour

Students design and build their medical inventions.

This activity is Part 3 of 6 in the Amazing Bodies! series, with activities designed to build upon each another:

Amazing Bodies! 1: Prototype Brainstorm

Amazing Bodies! 2: Prototype Selection

Amazing Bodies! 3: Prototype Build

Amazing Bodies! 4: Prototype Test & Modify

Amazing Bodies! 5: Prototype Naming

Amazing Bodies! 6: Prototype Presentations

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Amazing Bodies! 3: Prototype Build

Career and Future Readiness, STEM

Grades 6 - 8

Garden Eyes Open! How to Garden Journal Like a Pro

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 3 - 8

Garden Eyes Open! How to Garden Journal Like a Pro

Farm to Table Kids

3 - 8

1 Hour 15 Minutes

In this engaging and interactive lesson, students will practice mindful garden walks and document their observations in both personal and class-wide garden journals. They will learn to record their findings on plant growth, soil health, pollinators, weather, and more by using visual cues, sketches, and sensory reflections. The journal will serve as both a scientific tool and a narrative for the garden!

This activity is 3 of 4 in the "Things to Know Before You Grow" module from Farm to Table Kids. Visit the module to view the full set of learning resource and learn more about Part 2 of the module series, "How to Grow Dahlias."

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Garden Eyes Open! How to Garden Journal Like a Pro

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 3 - 8

Mission to Mars

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM

Grades 9 - 12

Mission to Mars

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM

Grades 9 - 12

A Navigation Experiment

STEM, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 6 - 8

A Navigation Experiment

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

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

STEM, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 6 - 8

Target Quest (Grades 9-12)

Nature and Wildlife, STEM

Grades 9 - 12

Target Quest (Grades 9-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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)

Nature and Wildlife, STEM

Grades 9 - 12

Engineering Paper Airplanes

Nature and Wildlife, STEM

Grades 6 - 8

Engineering Paper Airplanes

OregonASK

6 - 8

1 Hour

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

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Engineering Paper Airplanes

Nature and Wildlife, STEM

Grades 6 - 8

Melting Ice and Water Levels

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 6 - 8

Melting Ice and Water Levels

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

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

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 6 - 8

Science Notebooks Across Time

Nature and Wildlife, STEM

Grades 3 - 12

Science Notebooks Across Time

California Academy of Sciences

3 - 12

1 Hour

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

Nature and Wildlife, STEM

Grades 3 - 12

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Operation: Mindset

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

6 Activities

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Grades 6 - 12

Operation: Mindset

Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship

6 - 12

8 Hours 20 Minutes

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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Animal Families and Nearby Nature

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

3 Activities

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Grades K - 8

Animal Families and Nearby Nature

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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S.INQ Up Earth and Space

Nature and Wildlife, STEM

7 Activities

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Grades 6 - 8

S.INQ Up Earth and Space

OregonASK

6 - 8

6 Hours 15 Minutes

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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Animal Homes

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

4 Activities

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Grades K - 8

Animal Homes

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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STEAM Activities for Middle School at Home

Arts, STEM

10 Activities

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Grades 6 - 8

STEAM Activities for Middle School at Home

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

8 Hours 35 Minutes

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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Animal Migrations

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

4 Activities

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Grades K - 8

Animal Migrations

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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STEM Activities at Home for 9-12th Grades

Nature and Wildlife, STEM

9 Activities

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Grades 9 - 12

STEM Activities at Home for 9-12th Grades

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

7 Hours 45 Minutes

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

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Intro to Entrepreneurship (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

3 Activities

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Grades 3 - 5

Intro to Entrepreneurship (Grades 3-5)

VentureLab

3 - 5

1 Hour 30 Minutes

This foundational series of activities introduces upper elementary students to the concept of entrepreneurship. Expanding beyond the idea that entrepreneurs are just people who set up and run a company, the team at VentureLab wants students to also develop an entrepreneurial way of thinking and acting on ideas.

Through this collection of activities, students develop an understanding of the basic entrepreneurial skills and mindset, as well as what it means and feels like to be an entrepreneur.

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

STEM, Arts

13 Activities

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Grades 3 - 5

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

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

13 Hours 30 Minutes

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

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