Spring is HERE! I am always happy to move on to a new season, because each new season provides inspiration for STEM challenges! I’ve got some super-engaging & fun ways to bust through that spring fever — five collaborative, super-charged critical thinking & problem-solving STEM activities: Nice Nest, Egg-hanced, Basket Bounce, Carrot Carriage, and Bean Bind! And don’t worry if you aren’t interested in Easter challenges; there are simple tweaks to make these just for spring!
Use the table of contents to navigate to a quick description of 5 of my fabulous Easter STEM activities, plus video walk-throughs and teaching resources for each one!
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Spring & Easter STEM Activity 1: Nice Nest
Basic Premise: Individually, or in partners/groups, students will build a nest that holds as many eggs as possible using predominantly toilet paper.
You’ll want the very cheapest TP one can find – maybe you can even use the school’s TP! The thinner the TP, the harder this challenge becomes!
Learn more in the video walk-through and the teaching resource below.
Spring & STEM Activity 2: Bean Bind
Basic Premise: Due to equipment malfunctioning at the bean factory, several types of beans are all mixed-up,
putting the Easter Bunny in a bind! Individually or in partners/groups, students will design and build a device to sort the jelly beans from the mixed-up beans. (Not to worry, if your students are too cool for this explanation, we can take down the cutesy factor by just calling it a factory mix-up!)
If you’re working with younger students, you’ll want to mix jelly beans with only one other bean type that is not too similar in size (e.g. black beans). For older students, increase to two or three other bean types, some of which may be closer in size to the jelly beans.
Learn more in the video walk-through and the teaching resource below.
Spring & Easter STEM Activity 3: Carrot Carriage
Basic Premise: Individually, or in partners/groups, students will design and build a carriage to hold cargo and roll downhill made primarily of carrots.
Note: You’ll need to demonstrate to students before starting how to handle the toothpicks safely so they don’t poke their fingers. Pictures and notes are included in the prepared lesson.
Learn more in the video walk-through and the teaching resource below.
Spring & Easter STEM Activity 4: Egg-hanced
Learn more in the video walk-through and the teaching resource below.
Spring & Easter STEM Activity 5: Basket Bounce
Basic Premise: Individually, or in partners/groups, students design and build a basket that will hold and contain Easter eggs as they participate in the Basket Bounce relay race.
Learn more in the video walk-through and the teaching resource below.
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