Tag: stem activities for 1st grade
This category contains all STEM activities that are good for developing STEM skills in 1st grade children.
How to Make Colorful Milk Polarity Experiment
What do you get when you mix milk, food colors, and dishwashing soap? You get amazing dancing colors! Find out how this work in this fun experiment. Hint: it’s all about polarity!
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How to Make a Lava Lamp
Can we mix together water and oil? Maybe you already know the answer is no, but do you know why that’s the case? Find out all about the chemical processes behind polarity and learn how to demonstrate it by making a cool Lava Lamp!
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How to make a Pinecone Christmas Tree
The holiday season is nearing and it is almost time to decorate the Christmas tree. But how about doing something a bit different this year? How about making a pinecone Holiday tree? We can go full creative and make a unique holiday tree or pinecone ornaments.
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How to make and Use Cipher Wheel
Ever wanted to send a secret message to someone that only he or she will understand? Who didn’t! But there is an easier way than producing your own secret language. Cipher wheel! You encrypt the message with the secret key and only the person who knows that key can decrypt it. Find out how to be mysterious with your own cipher wheel!
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How to make and solve the Tower of Hanoi
Have you ever heard of the Tower of Hanoi? It’s a great mathematical puzzle that quickly becomes deviously hard! It was invented in the 19th century and since then it’s been used as a way to practice math concepts and algorithmic thinking. Today, we will show you how to make your own version of this popular puzzle and also how to solve it. Difficulty can be modified by the number of pieces, so it’s appropriate for any age.
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How to Demonstrate Diffusion with Hot and Cold Water
We all need some space sometimes, right? That’s true down to a molecular level. Molecules don’t like to stay too close together and will try to move to less crowded areas. That process is called diffusion and we will explore all about it in this simple but revealing experiment.
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What is Inertia and how to demonstrate it
Change is hard, we all know it. And we don’t mean that in a purely psychological sense. Did you know that is one of the fundamental laws of the universe? Resistance to change even has a name – inertia, and it’s a very important topic in physics. Let’s explore all about it in this super simple, but effective experiment.
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How to Make a Toilet Roll Christmas Tree
Decorating some sort of evergreen tree has long been a tradition around the end of the year. We will honor that tradition but in a slightly modified way. Presenting Toilet paper rolls. Hey, they have been trees once! Or better to say Toilet roll evergreen tree. And what’s more evergreen than recycling? We promise you’ll be impressed with the result
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7 fun Activities to Learn Letters and Numbers
Letters and numbers are the foundation for almost all educational activities and knowing them opens so many wonderful opportunities for exploration. But they can be hard and boring to learn…It’s all in the presentation! We will show you 7 great activities for learning letters and numbers
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How to make Origami House
Everyone thinks about their dream house at one point in their life. Today we will show you how to make Origami House which you can design and decorate as you wish! You may not be able to live in it, but you can show everyone what a great eye for design you have
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How to make bouncy and glowing Egg
What can we do with an egg? Great omelet for one! But did you know that this frail-looking egg is actually very durable? We will show you how to explore its properties and make a fun toy out of it in this cool egg in the vinegar experiment!
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5 amazing Balloon experiments
Everyone loves Balloons! And today we will show you how to make them even more fun. How? With the science of course. We will show you 5 amazing Balloon experiments for demonstrating various scientific principles. Fun is guaranteed!
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How to make Origami Boat
It’s boating season! So let’s make some boats. It’s not only super fun and simple but also a proven activity for boosting your cognitive and motoric skills. Set sail!
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How to make a Dancing Grain Experiment
Are you in a mood for some dancing? How about some chemistry? Let’s combine the two in this fun kitchen experiment starring grain. With the help of the well-known accomplices baking soda and vinegar, the dancing grain will surely produce a reaction. 🙂
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How to make Origami Pig and Develop Cognitive Skills
Making Origami Pig is an excellent (and fun!) way to boost cognitive skills, creativity, and other STEM skills
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How to make a Homemade Volcano – STEM Science for Kids
Have you ever seen an erupting volcano? Well, you can now with this STEM science activity in which you are making your own volcano!
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How to create amazing structures – STEM Activity for Kids
Do you have some Marshmallows at your hands? Or some Playdough? Or how about some Cubes? Well, then you’re set to engage in some creative and fun building Projects with your Child
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Origami Fortune Teller – develop math reasoning skills with origami
Let your child practice his skills with this simple, yet effective origami fortune teller, and have fun with it in the end
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How to make Homemade Playdough and learn Science while doing it
Does your child like to play with playdough? Well, who doesn’t! In this article, we will show you how to make your own playdough and learn science while doing it
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Fun activities for Practicing Matching Patterns
Did you know math is often called “science of patterns”? Patterns are really all around us, we just need to recognize them. So let’s explore how to boost your pattern matching skills with some fun and simple activities
Learning Colors – How to teach your Child about Colors
Learn with your kids about colors in the most fun way possible, through the experiment! In the process, you will be learning colors and something extra – about chemistry in liquids
How to make a cardboard clock and learn to tell the Time
Does your child know what time it is? No worries. Learning to tell the time can be an exhausting process both for you and your child. But if you make your own clock together, learning will be so much more fun! In this article, we’ll show you how to make this awesome didactic toy.
How to Demonstrate Light Bending or Refraction
Mirror, mirror on the wall… You wink with your left eye and your mirror image winks with the right. What an annoying copycat! Well, it’s not his fault – that’s how reflection works. We will learn all about it, but also show something even cooler – refraction
Orange Density Experiment
Will it sink or will it float? Answering that question is one of the favorite activity of the preschoolers. But how can we tell? Stop the guesswork and learn what really determines it. And as a bonus, you can eat an orange!
Candle in the vacuum experiment
Today we will play with the fire – but won’t get burned (hopefully!). Let’s explore what happens when we put a glass over a burning candle that is surrounded by some water. It looks like magic, but as always it’s only science!
