STEAM Discovery & Learning with Mizzen Education

19 Activities

Grades K - 12

Categories: STEM, Arts

Overview

This playlist will ignite curiosity and creativity for grades K-12 with a lineup of specially-curated STEAM activities! From mind-bending math puzzles and hands-on science experiments to coding adventures and imaginative art projects, each activity is a new gateway to discovery!

Color Collage

Arts, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Color Collage

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children clip and assemble photographs to make collages that represent a color. This fun activity introduces collages as an art form and helps students develop design skills.

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Color CollageArts, Literacy

45 Minutes•Grades K - 2

Secret Sentence

Literacy, STEM

Grades K - 2

Secret Sentence

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children must discern matching patterns to link together word cards and reveal a secret message. This activity builds spatial reasoning and cooperative learning skills.

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Secret SentenceLiteracy, STEM

45 Minutes•Grades K - 2

Balanced Mobile

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades K - 2

Balanced Mobile

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children explore balanced forces as they create a mobile using a hanger and various objects. Then, they test their skills by attaching a second hanger with more objects.

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Balanced MobileSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

45 Minutes•Grades K - 2

Meet the Robots

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades K - 2

Meet the Robots

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children draw a picture of a robot, watch a video that shows real-life modern robots, and if feasible, play with a simple robot or robot kit.

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Meet the RobotsSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

45 Minutes•Grades K - 2

All Aboard! (Grades K-2)

STEM, Arts

Grades K - 2

All Aboard! (Grades K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children use creativity, engineering, and planning, as they work in pairs to create trains and buildings for a model railroad.

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All Aboard! (Grades K-2)STEM, Arts

45 Minutes•Grades K - 2

Making A Fruit Battery

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 3 - 5

Making A Fruit Battery

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this fun hands-on activity, students make a fruit battery using lemons. They use the battery and other simple materials to build a circuit that powers an LED light. Students then conduct research to discover how their fruit battery and circuit work.

Background Information: The source of energy in the lemon battery is not the lemon itself, but the copper and zinc that make up the electrodes. The zinc is oxidized, meaning they release electrons and become a positively charged zinc ion. Inside the lemon, hydrogen ions are reduced, meaning they accept the electrons and become hydrogen gas. The juices inside the lemon act as an electrolyte to carry electrons from the zinc electrode to the copper electrode, which then transmits the electrons through the wires of the circuit.

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Making A Fruit BatterySTEM, Nature and Wildlife

45 Minutes•Grades 3 - 5

Pattern Exchange

STEM, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

Pattern Exchange

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Recognizing patterns is a useful skill in mathematics and in real-world contexts. In this activity, students will generate patterns of their own, and then exchange their work to identify the patterns that others created.

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Pattern ExchangeSTEM, Literacy

45 Minutes•Grades 3 - 5

Make Quicksand

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 3 - 5

Make Quicksand

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Student pairs work together to make quicksand out of cornstarch and water. They observe and experiment with the quicksand to analyze its properties. Students then explain in their own words how the quicksand works. This activity builds understanding of solids, liquids, and suspensions.

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Make QuicksandSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

45 Minutes•Grades 3 - 5

Prototype a Transportation Vehicle/Vessel

STEM, Arts

Grades 3 - 8

Prototype a Transportation Vehicle/Vessel

Rediscover Center

3 - 8

1 Hour

In this activity, students will create prototypes of transportation vehicles. This project was inspired by Rosie Revere, Engineer, written by Andrea Beaty, and illustrated by David Roberts.

Rosie Revere, Engineer is a story of a young girl who dreams of becoming an engineer. We can all take a lesson from Rosie to realize that dreams, professions, skills, and passion are gender neutral. With the help of a wonderful role model in great-great Aunt Rose, Rosie realized that she should celebrate her failures and not hide her inventions! In this story, Rosie engineers a helicopter to make her Great Aunt Rose's dreams come true: to fly. With her inspiration, let's prototype our own transportation vehicle or vessel.

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Prototype a Transportation Vehicle/VesselSTEM, Arts

1 Hour•Grades 3 - 8

Open Scenes (Grades 3-5)

Arts, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

Open Scenes (Grades 3-5)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students work in pairs on an open script, which has dialogue but no indication of characters, plot, or setting. Students write and perform scenes for the open scripts, and the audience guesses what is happening.

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Open Scenes (Grades 3-5)Arts, Literacy

45 Minutes•Grades 3 - 5

Fantastic Footwear

Arts, STEM

Grades 3 - 8

Fantastic Footwear

Rediscover Center

3 - 8

1 Hour

In this activity, students will be challenged to create a wearable shoe, ankle attachment, or leg attachment out of cardboard. They will learn about measuring techniques that can be used for feet.

This is part 2 of the Cardboard Costumes series from reDiscover Center.

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Fantastic FootwearArts, STEM

1 Hour•Grades 3 - 8

What’s the Favorite Square? A Chess and Statistics Problem

STEM

Grades 6 - 8

What’s the Favorite Square? A Chess and Statistics Problem

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Which square is visited most often in a chess game? Which is visited the least? Students will tabulate data to answer these questions as they enjoy a round of chess.

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What’s the Favorite Square? A Chess and Statistics ProblemSTEM

45 Minutes•Grades 6 - 8

Solar System Bead Activity

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades K - 8

Solar System Bead Activity

NASA

K - 8

1 Hour

Students construct -- and where appropriate, calculate -- a scale model of the solar system using beads and string.

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Solar System Bead ActivitySTEM, Nature and Wildlife

1 Hour•Grades K - 8

A Navigation Experiment

Digital Media and Communications, STEM

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 ExperimentDigital Media and Communications, STEM

45 Minutes•Grades 6 - 8

Catapult (Team Building) Game

STEM, Leadership and Teamwork

Grades 6 - 12

Video

Catapult (Team Building) Game

!Mpact Players

6 - 12

30 Minutes

Build the ultimate catapult and compete as your team launches coins across the room!

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Video

Catapult (Team Building) GameSTEM, Leadership and Teamwork

30 Minutes•Grades 6 - 12

Find the Bugs! Fix the Bugs!

STEM, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 9 - 12

Find the Bugs! Fix the Bugs!

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

When a newly written program is run on a computer, it rarely works as the coder intended. Programmers use the word bugs to describe errors in a program that affect the user. In this activity, students will analyze 1 or more programs in the Basic language to identify the bugs, and then fix them. The 5 sample programs offer a range of experiences for student coders, from novice to expert.

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Find the Bugs! Fix the Bugs!STEM, Digital Media and Communications

45 Minutes•Grades 9 - 12

Stats-Minded Scrabble® Tournament

STEM, History and Society

Grades 9 - 12

Stats-Minded Scrabble® Tournament

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

In traditional games of Scrabble® or other word games, the player with the highest total score is declared the winner. Not so in today’s activity! Students will play a word game in which the winner achieves a certain statistical goal, such as a mean score closest to 12 points or a set of scores with the greatest standard deviation.

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Stats-Minded Scrabble® TournamentSTEM, History and Society

45 Minutes•Grades 9 - 12

Factory Product and Promotional Material

Arts, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 9 - 12

Factory Product and Promotional Material

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students work in pairs and small groups to come up with an idea for a factory and a product the factory can make. Then they choose 1 visual item to design: a logo, a storyboard for a video ad, a poster announcing job openings, a drawing of their product, etc.

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Factory Product and Promotional MaterialArts, Digital Media and Communications

45 Minutes•Grades 9 - 12

Modeling DNA

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 9 - 12

Modeling DNA

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students construct a model of half of a strand of DNA, then work with partners to complete the double-strand. This activity builds understanding of the structure and function of DNA and prepares students for a deeper understanding of molecular genetics.

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Modeling DNASTEM, Nature and Wildlife

45 Minutes•Grades 9 - 12

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Grades K - 12

Overview

Color Collage

Arts, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Color Collage

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children clip and assemble photographs to make collages that represent a color. This fun activity introduces collages as an art form and helps students develop design skills.

Discover Activity

Color CollageArts, Literacy

45 Minutes•Grades K - 2

Secret Sentence

Literacy, STEM

Grades K - 2

Secret Sentence

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children must discern matching patterns to link together word cards and reveal a secret message. This activity builds spatial reasoning and cooperative learning skills.

Discover Activity

Secret SentenceLiteracy, STEM

45 Minutes•Grades K - 2

Balanced Mobile

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades K - 2

Balanced Mobile

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children explore balanced forces as they create a mobile using a hanger and various objects. Then, they test their skills by attaching a second hanger with more objects.

Discover Activity

Balanced MobileSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

45 Minutes•Grades K - 2

Meet the Robots

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades K - 2

Meet the Robots

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children draw a picture of a robot, watch a video that shows real-life modern robots, and if feasible, play with a simple robot or robot kit.

Discover Activity

Meet the RobotsSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

45 Minutes•Grades K - 2

All Aboard! (Grades K-2)

STEM, Arts

Grades K - 2

All Aboard! (Grades K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children use creativity, engineering, and planning, as they work in pairs to create trains and buildings for a model railroad.

Discover Activity

All Aboard! (Grades K-2)STEM, Arts

45 Minutes•Grades K - 2

Making A Fruit Battery

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 3 - 5

Making A Fruit Battery

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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Making A Fruit BatterySTEM, Nature and Wildlife

45 Minutes•Grades 3 - 5

Pattern Exchange

STEM, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

Pattern Exchange

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

Pattern ExchangeSTEM, Literacy

45 Minutes•Grades 3 - 5

Make Quicksand

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 3 - 5

Make Quicksand

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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Make QuicksandSTEM, Nature and Wildlife

45 Minutes•Grades 3 - 5

Prototype a Transportation Vehicle/Vessel

STEM, Arts

Grades 3 - 8

Prototype a Transportation Vehicle/Vessel

Rediscover Center

3 - 8

1 Hour

In this activity, students will create prototypes of transportation vehicles. This project was inspired by Rosie Revere, Engineer, written by Andrea Beaty, and illustrated by David Roberts.

Discover Activity

Prototype a Transportation Vehicle/VesselSTEM, Arts

1 Hour•Grades 3 - 8

Open Scenes (Grades 3-5)

Arts, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

Open Scenes (Grades 3-5)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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Open Scenes (Grades 3-5)Arts, Literacy

45 Minutes•Grades 3 - 5

Fantastic Footwear

Arts, STEM

Grades 3 - 8

Fantastic Footwear

Rediscover Center

3 - 8

1 Hour

In this activity, students will be challenged to create a wearable shoe, ankle attachment, or leg attachment out of cardboard. They will learn about measuring techniques that can be used for feet.

This is part 2 of the Cardboard Costumes series from reDiscover Center.

Discover Activity

Fantastic FootwearArts, STEM

1 Hour•Grades 3 - 8

What’s the Favorite Square? A Chess and Statistics Problem

STEM

Grades 6 - 8

What’s the Favorite Square? A Chess and Statistics Problem

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Which square is visited most often in a chess game? Which is visited the least? Students will tabulate data to answer these questions as they enjoy a round of chess.

Discover Activity

What’s the Favorite Square? A Chess and Statistics ProblemSTEM

45 Minutes•Grades 6 - 8

Solar System Bead Activity

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades K - 8

Solar System Bead Activity

NASA

K - 8

1 Hour

Students construct -- and where appropriate, calculate -- a scale model of the solar system using beads and string.

Discover Activity

Solar System Bead ActivitySTEM, Nature and Wildlife

1 Hour•Grades K - 8

A Navigation Experiment

Digital Media and Communications, STEM

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.

Discover Activity

A Navigation ExperimentDigital Media and Communications, STEM

45 Minutes•Grades 6 - 8

Catapult (Team Building) Game

STEM, Leadership and Teamwork

Grades 6 - 12

Video

Catapult (Team Building) Game

!Mpact Players

6 - 12

30 Minutes

Build the ultimate catapult and compete as your team launches coins across the room!

Discover Activity

Video

Catapult (Team Building) GameSTEM, Leadership and Teamwork

30 Minutes•Grades 6 - 12

Find the Bugs! Fix the Bugs!

STEM, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 9 - 12

Find the Bugs! Fix the Bugs!

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

Find the Bugs! Fix the Bugs!STEM, Digital Media and Communications

45 Minutes•Grades 9 - 12

Stats-Minded Scrabble® Tournament

STEM, History and Society

Grades 9 - 12

Stats-Minded Scrabble® Tournament

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

Stats-Minded Scrabble® TournamentSTEM, History and Society

45 Minutes•Grades 9 - 12

Factory Product and Promotional Material

Arts, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 9 - 12

Factory Product and Promotional Material

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

Factory Product and Promotional MaterialArts, Digital Media and Communications

45 Minutes•Grades 9 - 12

Modeling DNA

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 9 - 12

Modeling DNA

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

Modeling DNASTEM, Nature and Wildlife

45 Minutes•Grades 9 - 12

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