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In this marshmallow STEM challenge, Frozen Fortress, students build a fortress wall, aiming for the biggest - and most stable - wall possible!

Popular Marshmallow Winter STEM Challenge: Frozen Fortress

By now, I hope you’re home enjoying a well-earned Winter Break! Maybe you’re sipping on some hot chocolate, looking for some engaging ways to get your kids thinking deeply when you return to school. Keep this winter STEM activity in your back pocket! Wait for one of those tough days when you and your students […]

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Worthwhile Winter STEM Activity: Sleigh/Sled & Slope

You are almost to Winter Break and this winter STEM activity is just what you need to solve every teacher’s dilemma during this time of year–how can you have fun and enjoy the holidays without wasting instructional time? STEM Challenges … the answer is always STEM Challenges!! Premise of Sleigh/Sled & Slope In Sleigh/Sled &

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In Reindeer Relay, students design the reindeer antlers to transport and transfer Christmas decorations during a relay race.

December STEM Challenge: Riveting Reindeer Relay

As the holiday break inches ever closer, keeping students engaged in academic work can be an uphill battle! Engaging winter or Christmas classroom activities like this December STEM challenge are the perfect way to get kids excited to work collaboratively in deep critical thinking and problem solving! This week’s December STEM challenge is one of

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Candy Cane Calamity is a Christmas STEM activity challenging students to design and build a way to safely “mail” two candy canes in one paper bag package without breakage.

Festive Winter/Christmas STEM Activity: Candy Cane Calamity

Congratulations, teachers! You are almost to a beautiful, well-deserved Christmas/Winter break, but getting to that finish line can be its own impossible challenge! The kids’ brains are toast, and (likely) so is yours!  But because you are a responsible adult, you don’t want to throw in the towel too early and risk wasting instructional time,

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Christmas STEM Challenges

5 Incredible Winter or Christmas STEM Activities

Looking for creative ways to keep your students engaged during this festive season and celebrate the magic of this exciting time of year? These winter and Christmas STEM activities will surely help you harness some of that holiday energy and direct it toward intentional, educational STEM challenges designed to encourage imaginative thinking and nurture your

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