STEAM Activities for Middle School at Home

9 Activities

Grades 6 - 8

8 Hours 35 Minutes

Categories: STEM, Arts

Overview

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

Build Your Own Roller Coaster

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 6 - 8

Build Your Own Roller Coaster

OregonASK

6 - 8

1 Hour

Students create their own roller coasters! Working in teams, students get as creative as they want to make the best roller coasters.

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Build Your Own Roller CoasterSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

1 Hour•Grades 6 - 8

Gumdrop Structure Challenge

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 6 - 8

Gumdrop Structure Challenge

OregonASK

6 - 8

1 Hour

Students use gumdrops to design a structure that can hold the weight of a textbook. Students engage in a fun activity, expanding their knowledge and creativity.

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Gumdrop Structure ChallengeSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

1 Hour•Grades 6 - 8

Build An Extension Arm

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 6 - 12

Build An Extension Arm

OregonASK

6 - 12

45 Minutes

In this activity, students learn about engineering as they design, build and test an extension arm.

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Build An Extension ArmSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

45 Minutes•Grades 6 - 12

Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

STEM, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

VentureLab

3 - 5

35 Minutes

Students work in teams to complete a challenge to build the tallest free-standing structure out of paper that can support a marshmallow. Along the way, teams will be asked to reflect on what they've been doing and how they're feeling as they experience what it means to have an entrepreneurial mindset. It will also help students start building some key entrepreneurial skills including creativity, teamwork, and prototyping.

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Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow ChallengeSTEM, Arts

35 Minutes•Grades 3 - 5

Cotton Catapults

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 3 - 8

Cotton Catapults

OregonASK

3 - 8

1 Hour 15 Minutes

Students create a catapult to launch cotton balls.

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Cotton CatapultsSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

1 Hour 15 Minutes•Grades 3 - 8

Modeling an Elbow

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 6 - 8

Modeling an Elbow

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

In this activity, students use rubber bands and a foam board to construct a working model of an elbow joint. By experimenting with the model, students observe that muscles work in pairs to bend joints and move body parts. Flexing and extending the arm at the elbow joint is one example.

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Modeling an ElbowSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

45 Minutes•Grades 6 - 8

Modeling How the Heart Works

Nature and Wildlife, STEM

Grades 3 - 5

Modeling How the Heart Works

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this activity, students use paper cups and coffee stirrers to model a human heart. They use the models to examine how the heart pumps blood. This activity builds an understanding of the structure and function of the heart muscle.

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Modeling How the Heart WorksNature and Wildlife, STEM

45 Minutes•Grades 3 - 5

Building a Buzzer Alarm

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 6 - 8

Building a Buzzer Alarm

OregonASK

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students create a circuit that causes an alarm to trigger. In addition, they learn about electrical currents and circuits!

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Building a Buzzer AlarmSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

45 Minutes•Grades 6 - 8

Building Card Houses

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 6 - 8

Building Card Houses

OregonASK

6 - 8

1 Hour

Students work with cards to complete a structure-building challenge.

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Building Card HousesSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

1 Hour•Grades 6 - 8

STEAM Activities for Middle School at Home

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STEAM Activities for Middle School at Home

Grades 6 - 8

8 Hours 35 Minutes

Overview

Build Your Own Roller Coaster

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 6 - 8

Build Your Own Roller Coaster

OregonASK

6 - 8

1 Hour

Students create their own roller coasters! Working in teams, students get as creative as they want to make the best roller coasters.

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Build Your Own Roller CoasterSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

1 Hour•Grades 6 - 8

Gumdrop Structure Challenge

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 6 - 8

Gumdrop Structure Challenge

OregonASK

6 - 8

1 Hour

Students use gumdrops to design a structure that can hold the weight of a textbook. Students engage in a fun activity, expanding their knowledge and creativity.

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Gumdrop Structure ChallengeSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

1 Hour•Grades 6 - 8

Build An Extension Arm

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 6 - 12

Build An Extension Arm

OregonASK

6 - 12

45 Minutes

In this activity, students learn about engineering as they design, build and test an extension arm.

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Build An Extension ArmSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

45 Minutes•Grades 6 - 12

Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

STEM, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

VentureLab

3 - 5

35 Minutes

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Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow ChallengeSTEM, Arts

35 Minutes•Grades 3 - 5

Cotton Catapults

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 3 - 8

Cotton Catapults

OregonASK

3 - 8

1 Hour 15 Minutes

Students create a catapult to launch cotton balls.

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Cotton CatapultsSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

1 Hour 15 Minutes•Grades 3 - 8

Modeling an Elbow

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 6 - 8

Modeling an Elbow

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

Modeling an ElbowSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

45 Minutes•Grades 6 - 8

Modeling How the Heart Works

Nature and Wildlife, STEM

Grades 3 - 5

Modeling How the Heart Works

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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Modeling How the Heart WorksNature and Wildlife, STEM

45 Minutes•Grades 3 - 5

Building a Buzzer Alarm

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 6 - 8

Building a Buzzer Alarm

OregonASK

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students create a circuit that causes an alarm to trigger. In addition, they learn about electrical currents and circuits!

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Building a Buzzer AlarmSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

45 Minutes•Grades 6 - 8

Building Card Houses

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 6 - 8

Building Card Houses

OregonASK

6 - 8

1 Hour

Students work with cards to complete a structure-building challenge.

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Building Card HousesSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

1 Hour•Grades 6 - 8

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