Join CINSAM live for some FREE, fun, hands-on STEM activities that you can do in the classroom or right at home! We’ll meet via Zoom and do exciting, educational activities together.
STEM2U lessons are targeted to elementary and middle school grades. Read on to learn more about the STEM2U activities and register today!
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Students will design and build a hand-pollinator using selected materials. The pollinators will compete to see which one can carry the most “pollen” to a flower.Materials Needed:
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Students will observe first-hand what happens to energy when objects collide on their pinball prototypes. We will use evidence from our observations to answer questions regarding the relationship of the speed of an object and its energy.Materials Needed:
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Students will learn about the importance and cause of the autumnal equinox. They will then build their own sundial and explore how it works.Materials Needed:
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Students will work to demonstrate their skills on the greatest cup stacking challenge while adhering to the criteria and constraints given to them. They will also dive into beginner-level unplugged coding!Materials Needed:
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Students will explore balanced and unbalanced forces while they create balloon-powered cars. Students will get to experience Newton’s third law firsthand as they work to get their car to move.Materials Needed:
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Dive into Biochemistry with this chromatography challenge! Students will learn to use chromatography to separate colors.Materials Needed:
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Who doesn’t love pumpkin chunking? Students will design, build, and test their own pumpkin catapults using basic materials and little candy corn pumpkins.
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Unsure of what to do with all that extra candy? Donate it to science while learning about physical and chemical changes.Materials Needed:
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How do computers talk to one another? They transmit information through a code of 0s and 1s called binary. Students will learn about binary code and will create a bracelet of their initials in binary made out of beads.
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Students will take their tower building skills to new heights with this challenge. Not only will they construct towers with limited materials, but they will have the added challenge of supporting a load-bearing bucket!Materials Needed:
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Ready for an Escape Room challenge? Students will use logic and reasoning to find clues to unlock the State of Matter digital breakout puzzle.Materials Needed:
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Aerodynamics will help you take flight in this lesson when you apply the concepts of drag, thrust, lift, and gravity to your paper airplane designs. Can you build an airplane that will fly the farthest?
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Why do we wear coats in the winter? If you put a coat on a snowman, will it melt faster? Students will conduct a scientific experiment to test the impact of insulators on cold objects.
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