Other STEM Subjects Activities
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Spooky Lava Lamps
Through this activity, students will learn about the concepts of density, polarity, and chemical reactions.
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Whistle with Straws
This activity teaches students about sound. It describes the definition of a pitch, how volume is emitted, and the vibrations involved.
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Be a Mineralogist
This activity teaches middle school students how to distinguish between minerals by using the acid and scratch test.
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Marble Coaster
Through this activity, students will learn how gravity affects objects in motion. They will be able to experiment where to place hills in a roller coaster for marbles!
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Magnetic Slime
This activity involves making magnetic slime. Through the activity, students will learn about the properties of magnets!
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Human Physiology
The activities will teach students about human physiology.
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Is Yeast Alive?
The activity will teach students to use the scientific method to see whether or not yeast is alive.
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Potato Battery
Students will learn about electricity through the use of a potato as a battery. They will learn how and why a potato works as a battery.
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Why Do Leaves Change Color?
This activity teaches students why leaves change color!
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Make a Bouncy Ball
The activity allows students to make their own bouncy balls! Through this activity, they will learn all about polymers!
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Summer STEM Activities
This is a list of 20 summer STEM activities for kids! These range from self research/discoveries to hands-on experiments!
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Shrink an Egg
This activity will teach students about diffusion, osmosis, cells, and chemistry! They will learn how to shrink an egg without cracking the shell!
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How Old is That Tree?
Students will learn how to measure circumference and how it is related to the age of the tree! They will also learn how a new layer of bark grows on trees each year!
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Crystal Lollipops
Students will learn about saturation and dissolvability of sugar. They will learn how heat affects and increases the speed at which things dissolve. They will also learn about evapora…
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Acids and Bases
The activity teaches students the difference between acids and bases through a safe experiment using items from around the house. They will, however, need safety goggles.
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Adding Colors: An Optical Experiment
Through this activity students will learn how different colors are combined when light beams mix. They will also learn that when the right combination is made, the color seems white!
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Color Changing Milk
This exciting experiment is all about learning about diffusion and density! Students will use household items and create color changing milk!
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Growing and Shrinking Marshmallows
Through this fun activity, with items from around the house, and adult supervision, students will learn how air transfer works!
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Balloon Amplifiers
This experiment teaches students about sound conductivity through the simple means of a balloon. The balloon amplifies sound when your ear is close to it, and this experiment explains…
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Oil and Water
Students will explore the concepts of density and molecule compactness through the mixing of oil and water! They will learn that the solutions do not mix together because their molecu…
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Saint Patricks Day Soda
This activity teaches kids the science behind soda by teaching them how to make it. They will also get to change the color of the soda to green to make it Saint Patrick's Day themed. …
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Soda Geyser
This activity teaches students how different foods react with each other. They will drop Mentos into Diet Coke and learn why it reacts this way. They can then test the Mentos with dif…
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Strawberry DNA
Students will learn how to extract DNA from a strawberry. They will follow the steps of the scientific method and view real DNA in the end!
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Paper Chromatography
In this activity, students will separate the different pigments in a black marker to reveal the different colors that went into the marker. They will learn why and how the different c…
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Make Green Slime!
Students will learn about scientific processes and small chemical reactions in this activity! They will use household, non-toxic items to create their own slime! The slime is harmless…
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Flower Dissection
This activity teaches students about the different parts of a flower. Students will dissect a flower, and they will learn about the plant and the processes that go on inside the plant…
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Dancing Valentines Day Hearts!
This activity allows students to explore the concepts of carbonation and chemical reactions. They will use Valentine's Day candy and explore scientific concepts!
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Cabbage Chemistry
This activity teaches students about the differences between acids and bases, and it also gives them a way to test different materials and see which substances are acids, and which su…
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Reversing Arrows
This activity allows students to explore the properties of light and learn what refraction is. They will draw an arrow, put it behind a glass of water, and will see the arrow turn aro…
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Chemistry in a Bag
Students will learn all about the concepts of chemical reactions. Worksheets are provided along with the activity to assess what they observe, and what they learned from the experiment.
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Fireworks in a Jar
By using household objects and creating fireworks in a jar, students will explore the concept of density. The different densities of the objects used will cause a separation of the di…
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Energy Map
The world has many different sources of power, however many of us don't know where our energy comes from. This interactive map will help in finding out what sources certain places use…
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Word-O-Rama
How well do you know your basic sceintific terms? Play Word-O-Rama and refresh your memory with words you already know, and learn some new ones along the way. All while increasing wha…
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Water Quality
Water is one of the planets most important resources and it's running out! Test your knowledge of this essential liquid by playing this game!
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Electricity: Dance Pad Mania
Engage your students, elementary to high school, with this exciting engineering project. The class will work together to build a dance pad that will sound a buzzer or flash a light wh…