Stem lesson plans

Build a device with paper, tape, string, and paper clips to pick up a ping pong ball from a distance in this fun engineering lesson plan!

Our STEM activities make lesson planning so much easier! Here is a list of STEM activities for kids in second grade. Add these to STEM centers, science units, or have fun at home with your toddler!

These STEAM lesson plans can be used and adapted for any STEM activity. Just find a fun STEM project or challenge (such as this edible DNA model for example), print off these free STEAM lesson plans, and go through the prompts with your kids!

Introducing the scientific method to elementary school students? Try the Paper Rockets lesson (grades 3-5). Free NGSS-aligned lesson plan at Science Buddies. (There is also a version for grades 6-8.) #STEM #STEMeducation #teachfromhome #homeschool #remotelearning #scienceteacher #scientificmethod #lessonplan

Easy STEM challenge that only requires an index card (or small piece of paper) and scissors! Can you fit through an index card? This science trick will amaze your kids! The question of "how do you cut an index card into a necklace" is answered too!

Build a device with paper, tape, string, and paper clips to pick up a ping pong ball from a distance in this fun engineering lesson plan!

Bucket Towers is an original STEM Challenge for upper elementary classes and it is a student favorite. You will love the easy prep! This is hard to believe, but some of our best STEM Challenges have been created accidentally. The STEM Bucket Tower challenge is one of those! Building boats was another total spur-of-the-moment challenge.

Are you looking for a unique STEM activity that will engage all of your learners? Do you wish your students would read directions instead of instantly raising their hands? Looking for something low-prep and inexpensive? Check out this innovative lesson plan delivering content and STEM fun in comic form. Students will thoroughly enjoy creating their catapults, and they will remember the activity all year. The Cool School Comics provide science content, STEM activities, and project ideas.

Create engaging and highly educational STEM lesson plans with these 5 simple steps that can turn any topic into a STEM activity.

Here’s an easy science lesson plan about forces. Children can make a simple spinning top and use it for a forces experiment to see the effect of forces, gravity, and friction. Easy forces science lesson plan with free spinning tops printable In this simple science lesson we will use spinning tops to explore […]