STEM Activities Andrea Carver, 1st Grade Teacher   STEM activities are a great way to engage and excite students. These activities can be used for mini lessons, class building, and after school clubs as well as regular classroom lessons. In this session, you will have a chance to see, participate in, and take home different activities and lessons you can implement next week.

Additional Information Agenda See Slime and others Investigation bottles Code.org Do Will it melt/dissolve? Pipe cleaner towers (Fred wants to see!) Gumdrop base Bag of stuff, if time Additional Information Sample journal entry Other activity ideas Academic connections

See Slime and others Investigation bottles Code.org

Will it melt? Supplies Directions Ice Cube Tray Sample candy Pipets (Squeeze bottle) Water Timer One piece of candy in each section Add water Test and record Time - 15 minutes Be prepared to share out

Pipe Cleaner Towers Criteria and Constraints Supplies One pompom 20 pipe cleaners (chenille stems) Build the tallest tower Hold a pompom…not attached Must be free standing (not attached to table, wall, etc. Only the given supplies Time – 15 minutes Be prepared to share out

Gumdrop Base Create a base with toothpicks and gum drops to support a book. 10 gumdrops 20 toothpicks Be prepared to share out

Other Activities Foil boats Towers Bridges Other Redo with clay Cups, spaghetti, paper, newspaper, etc. Strongest, tallest, to hold golf ball, etc. Bridges gumdrops, index cards, pasta, etc. strongest, longest, etc. Other Film canisters, ice cream, balloon rockets

Sample Journal Sheet

Connections to standards You can always… Write about it Talk about it Create a story about it Measure it Predict Use evidence Compare and contrast Open ended or with sentence stems…easy to differentiate Add technology with pictures and/or videos The list goes on and on