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STEAM Activities for Middle School at Home

9 Items

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

Grades 6 - 8

50m

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

Grades 6 - 8

50m

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

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Grades 6 - 8

Build Your Own Roller Coaster

By OregonASK

6 - 8

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 Coaster

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 6 - 8

Gumdrop Structure Challenge

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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Grades 6 - 8

Gumdrop Structure Challenge

By OregonASK

6 - 8

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 Challenge

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 6 - 8

Build An Extension Arm

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 6 - 12

Build An Extension Arm

By OregonASK

6 - 12

45m

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

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Build An Extension Arm

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 6 - 12

Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

STEM • Arts

35m

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Grades 3 - 5

Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

By VentureLab

3 - 5

35m

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 Challenge

STEM • Arts

35m•Grades 3 - 5

Cotton Catapults

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 15m

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Grades 3 - 8

Cotton Catapults

By OregonASK

3 - 8

1h 15m

Students create a catapult to launch cotton balls.

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Cotton Catapults

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 15m•Grades 3 - 8

Modeling an Elbow

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Modeling an Elbow

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

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 Elbow

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Modeling How the Heart Works

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Modeling How the Heart Works

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

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 Works

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Building a Buzzer Alarm

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Building a Buzzer Alarm

By OregonASK

6 - 8

45m

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 Alarm

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Building Card Houses

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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Grades 6 - 8

Building Card Houses

By OregonASK

6 - 8

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

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Building Card Houses

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 6 - 8

COLLECTION

STEAM Activities for Middle School at Home

9 Items

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

Grades 6 - 8

50m

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

Grades 6 - 8

50m

Categories: STEM, Arts

Overview

Build Your Own Roller Coaster

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

•

Grades 6 - 8

Build Your Own Roller Coaster

By OregonASK

6 - 8

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

Discover Activity

Build Your Own Roller Coaster

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 6 - 8

Gumdrop Structure Challenge

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

•

Grades 6 - 8

Gumdrop Structure Challenge

By OregonASK

6 - 8

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 Challenge

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 6 - 8

Build An Extension Arm

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

•

Grades 6 - 12

Build An Extension Arm

By OregonASK

6 - 12

45m

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

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Build An Extension Arm

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 6 - 12

Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

STEM • Arts

35m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

By VentureLab

3 - 5

35m

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Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

STEM • Arts

35m•Grades 3 - 5

Cotton Catapults

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 15m

•

Grades 3 - 8

Cotton Catapults

By OregonASK

3 - 8

1h 15m

Students create a catapult to launch cotton balls.

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Cotton Catapults

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 15m•Grades 3 - 8

Modeling an Elbow

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

•

Grades 6 - 8

Modeling an Elbow

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Discover Activity

Modeling an Elbow

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Modeling How the Heart Works

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Modeling How the Heart Works

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Discover Activity

Modeling How the Heart Works

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Building a Buzzer Alarm

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

•

Grades 6 - 8

Building a Buzzer Alarm

By OregonASK

6 - 8

45m

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 Alarm

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Building Card Houses

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

•

Grades 6 - 8

Building Card Houses

By OregonASK

6 - 8

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

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Building Card Houses

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 6 - 8

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