Tagged STEM Activities

EC is really into his STEM projects and loves to build things. This week I set a cork raft challenge for him (and of course YC); to see who could build a cork raft out of the material we had. And whose could st...

I always find (as with most holidays) we seem to end up with lots of sweets around the house. At Easter we obviously have lots of chocolate.  Halloween it is just sweets in general. But at Christmas we end up w...

Make sure you follow my STEM board on Pinterest for more ideas, and don’t forget to save the pin for later. Phew! Last week was a scorcher of a week. I thought I had missed all the really hot weather when I...

Make sure you follow my STEM board on Pinterest for more ideas, and don't forget to save the pin for later.  I’m not going to lie; this is a really cool experiment. That takes no time to prep and about 5-10 mi...

Make sure you follow my STEM board on Pinterest for more ideas, and don't forget to save the pin for later. Over the last few days we have been doing quite a few activities using balloons. I haven't posted th...

When I worked for the Disney Cruise Line there was a show that I did (about once a week) that involved experiments with eggs. We would try and make them spin, float, and then finally launch them; it was basical...

Firstly, I admit this isn't a really magic trick - but it certainly has a wow factor that makes it looks like magic. When I asked EC if he wanted to do the activity I told him it was a magic trick and that once...

YC and EC love to grow things, be it plants, those odd growing toys or crystals. We have done a few crystal growing experiments over the years; we've made fake snow and egg geodes. This time we grew Epsom overn...