Ephemeral Art Play
In this lesson, children will explore their immediate neighborhood and look for natural elements that they can collect to create ephemeral art, which is art that only lasts for a short period of time.
In this lesson, children will explore their immediate neighborhood and look for natural elements that they can collect to create ephemeral art, which is art that only lasts for a short period of time.
Celebrate the warm winds of spring with a colorful, breezy pinwheel investigation! In this lesson, students will learn about wind energy as they use a pinwheel to model a wind turbine.
To be a child again and rediscover the joy of a simple box? This lesson represents STEM creativity at its finest!
Salt painting is a creative way to teach children about absorption. In this lesson, children will learn how the watercolor paint reacts with the salt as the paint “travels” along the glue/salt line.
In this lesson, children will learn scientific facts as they follow the book, “If You Decide to Go to the Moon,” which documents a boy’s fascinating excursion to the moon and back. The children will then construct and launch straw rockets to learn about the physics of space.
In this lesson, children will use magnifying glasses to explore the world around them.
This lesson introduces children to the concept of weight, buoyancy and density as they observe some rocks floating on water and some rocks sinking.
Designing a skyscraper involves choosing the best materials and arranging them in the best way to keep the structure stable as it grows taller and taller.
In this lesson, students will learn about items that can be recycled and why this is important to protect the earth.
In this lesson, children will be introduced to map reading and create a map of their own classroom.