1. STEM Activities Andrea Carver, 1st Grade Teacher
STEM activities are a great way to engage and excite students. These activities can be used for mini lessons, class building, and after school clubs as well as regular classroom lessons. In this session, you will have a chance to see, participate in, and take home different activities and lessons you can implement next week.

2. Additional Information
Agenda
See
Slime and others
Investigation bottles
Code.org Do
Will it melt/dissolve?
Pipe cleaner towers (Fred wants to see!)
Gumdrop base
Bag of stuff, if time
Additional Information
Sample journal entry
Other activity ideas
Academic connections

3. See
Slime and others
Investigation bottles
Code.org

4. Will it melt? Supplies Directions Ice Cube Tray Sample candy
Pipets (Squeeze bottle)
Water
Timer
One piece of candy in each section
Add water
Test and record
Time - 15 minutes
Be prepared to share out

5. Pipe Cleaner Towers Criteria and Constraints Supplies One pompom
20 pipe cleaners (chenille stems)
Build the tallest tower
Hold a pompom…not attached
Must be free standing (not attached to table, wall, etc.
Only the given supplies
Time – 15 minutes
Be prepared to share out

6. Gumdrop Base
Create a base with toothpicks and gum drops to support a book.
10 gumdrops
20 toothpicks
Be prepared to share out

7. Other Activities Foil boats Towers Bridges Other Redo with clay
Cups, spaghetti, paper, newspaper, etc.
Strongest, tallest, to hold golf ball, etc.
Bridges
gumdrops, index cards, pasta, etc.
strongest, longest, etc.
Other
Film canisters, ice cream, balloon rockets

8. Sample Journal Sheet

9. Connections to standards
You can always…
Write about it
Talk about it
Create a story about it
Measure it
Predict
Use evidence
Compare and contrast
Open ended or with sentence stems…easy to differentiate
Add technology with pictures and/or videos
The list goes on and on