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STEM Activities for K-5th Grade at Home or in Small Groups

8 Items

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

Grades K - 5

50m

Overview

This playlist is a great mix of engineering and science activities that are easy and fun for home or small groups of kids k-5.

Making Voices Travel

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h

Grades 6 - 8

Making Voices Travel

By OregonASK

6 - 8

1h

Students investigate how sound travels through string and air. They create their own creations for their investigation!

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Making Voices Travel
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
1hGrades 6 - 8

Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

STEM • Arts

35m

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
35mGrades 3 - 5

Building a Mini Greenhouse

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h

Grades 6 - 8

Building a Mini Greenhouse

By OregonASK

6 - 8

1h

Students make a mini greenhouse and learn about how they work.

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Building a Mini Greenhouse
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
1hGrades 6 - 8

Model of the Seasons

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

Grades 6 - 8

Model of the Seasons

By OregonASK

6 - 8

45m

Students make a model of the Earth demonstrating why we have seasons.

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Model of the Seasons
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
45mGrades 6 - 8

Building Card Houses

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h

Grades 6 - 8

Building Card Houses

By OregonASK

6 - 8

1h

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

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Building Card Houses
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
1hGrades 6 - 8

Balloon Tower Challenge

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

30m

Grades 6 - 8

Balloon Tower Challenge

By OregonASK

6 - 8

30m

Students are divided into small teams to build the tallest, free-standing tower they can using just balloons, tape , and a timer!

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Balloon Tower Challenge
STEM • Leadership and Teamwork
30mGrades 6 - 8

Building Canoes

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 15m

Grades 6 - 12

Building Canoes

By OregonASK

6 - 12

1h 15m

In this activity, students learn to engineer a canoe out of popsicle sticks and other everyday materials.

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Building Canoes
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
1h 15mGrades 6 - 12

Scientific Sketching Practice

STEM • Arts

45m

Grades 3 - 12

Scientific Sketching Practice

By California Academy of Sciences

3 - 12

45m

Conducting science involves both careful observation and drawing what you see. Most students won’t know where to start if you ask them to sketch a crayfish, a beaker, or even a rock. Lay the foundation for sketching by explicitly teaching drawing techniques so students can build the confidence and skills they need to sketch during science investigations.

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Scientific Sketching Practice
STEM • Arts
45mGrades 3 - 12

COLLECTION

STEM Activities for K-5th Grade at Home or in Small Groups

8 Items

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

Grades K - 5

50m

Overview

Making Voices Travel

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h

Grades 6 - 8

Making Voices Travel

By OregonASK

6 - 8

1h

Students investigate how sound travels through string and air. They create their own creations for their investigation!

Discover Activity

Making Voices Travel
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
1hGrades 6 - 8

Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

STEM • Arts

35m

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.

Discover Activity

Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge
STEM • Arts
35mGrades 3 - 5

Building a Mini Greenhouse

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h

Grades 6 - 8

Building a Mini Greenhouse

By OregonASK

6 - 8

1h

Students make a mini greenhouse and learn about how they work.

Discover Activity

Building a Mini Greenhouse
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
1hGrades 6 - 8

Model of the Seasons

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

Grades 6 - 8

Model of the Seasons

By OregonASK

6 - 8

45m

Students make a model of the Earth demonstrating why we have seasons.

Discover Activity

Model of the Seasons
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
45mGrades 6 - 8

Building Card Houses

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h

Grades 6 - 8

Building Card Houses

By OregonASK

6 - 8

1h

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

Discover Activity

Building Card Houses
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
1hGrades 6 - 8

Balloon Tower Challenge

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

30m

Grades 6 - 8

Balloon Tower Challenge

By OregonASK

6 - 8

30m

Students are divided into small teams to build the tallest, free-standing tower they can using just balloons, tape , and a timer!

Discover Activity

Balloon Tower Challenge
STEM • Leadership and Teamwork
30mGrades 6 - 8

Building Canoes

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 15m

Grades 6 - 12

Building Canoes

By OregonASK

6 - 12

1h 15m

In this activity, students learn to engineer a canoe out of popsicle sticks and other everyday materials.

Discover Activity

Building Canoes
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
1h 15mGrades 6 - 12

Scientific Sketching Practice

STEM • Arts

45m

Grades 3 - 12

Scientific Sketching Practice

By California Academy of Sciences

3 - 12

45m

Conducting science involves both careful observation and drawing what you see. Most students won’t know where to start if you ask them to sketch a crayfish, a beaker, or even a rock. Lay the foundation for sketching by explicitly teaching drawing techniques so students can build the confidence and skills they need to sketch during science investigations.

Discover Activity

Scientific Sketching Practice
STEM • Arts
45mGrades 3 - 12

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