Showing posts with label stem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stem. Show all posts

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Educents Back to School Science Projects!

Check out these science experiments, science freebies, and science books that will make back-to-school fun for everyone. 
Science Projects - Educents Blog 
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Magic School Bus Polymer Group Pack

Seat belts everyone! Get ready to grow amazing polymers! Young Scientists grow super balls, snow, rainbow beads, crystal gels, and polymer flowers while learning about the importance and science of super-absorbent polymers. This kit provides enough materials for 30 students and i s great for the classroom, after-school programs, science enrichment, boys and girls sco uts, camps, and a Magic School Bus birthday Party! 
 

FREE - Osmosis: The Colorful Celery Experiment

 Celery Experiment - Educents Blog

Are you teaching your students about osmosis? Perhaps it is a part of your science curriculum, or maybe you want to just do a little experimenting... The Colorful Celery Experiment is th e perfect introduction to Osmosis. Your students will learn how water moves with this fun experiment. 

 

Science Story eBooks - 50% OFF

BRIANIACS 

Follow Merrin and Pearl to combine science with adventure in Brainiacs. Also learn about the nervous, digestive, immune, skeletal and circulatory system with a five part series from Human Body Detectives eBooks. 

Magic School Bus Inspired Planet Study - 30% OFF

Plan games, worksheets, and coloring pages to expand your young astronomer's understanding of space!
    
Planets

  
More Science Resources

Looking for more inspiration for science experiments? Check out these resources:
  • The Young Scientists Club - Engage boys and girls around the world in an educational science ad venture that lasts a lifetime.
  • Science printables for older kids - Teach With Fergy offers printable task cards, complete science units, PowerPoint lessons, and more!
  • STEM Mystery Books - T each science and math with these books full of dozens of one-minute mysteries that kids love to solve!

How will you incorporate science into your lesson plan? What do you like the most about science?

Friday, July 31, 2015

Electric STEM Groovy Box

It's Electric! - Dance Pad
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It's Electric! is now available as a groovy SINGLE BOX!

Groove on over to the Groovy Lab in a Box website to do the "E" in STEM! Groovy Lab in a Box is hands-on STEM, project based learning made FUN where ?STEMists? do the "E" in ?STEM?! Engineering Design Challenge in every groovy box! 
 
Investigate static electricity, origin and structure of the atom, paper circuits, switches, a groovy door alarm to keep any trespassers out of your room and much, much more!

The Engineering Design Challenge: You are a groovy electrical engineer who has been contracted by the latest groovy dance group. Using only the materials from your Groovy Lab in a Box, can you design and build a groovy dance pad with specific criteria and constraints?
Explore various science and engineering practices aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. 

Don't forget: Every Groovy Lab in a Box comes with a groovy, retro-themed Lab Notebook where STEMists will take notes, draw pictures, redesign their engineering projects and apply their critical thinking skills. Plus, all groovy STEMists get access to the Beyond...in a Box web portal for additional groovy learning and STEM fun!

* Emphasis on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)
* Extended learning through an exclusive online portal
* For groovy kids ages 8 and up