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Home & School Learning: STEM/STEAM Resources Collection 6
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We know that teachers & parents are always surfing the web looking for fun, interesting activities for their children, so we’re sharing our Inspiration Stations to help.
Each Inspiration Station is packed with home & school resources, videos, virtual tours, projects, awards and more! There are 60+ collections with over 2000 ideas!
You can also find activities to promote positivity, mindfulness and exercise.
Science – Technology – Engineering – Art – Maths – Mind – Body – Enjoy!
- LIVE: Don’t miss the Chester Zoo live tour today!
Get close to all of the amazing animals and learn more about them.
- Create your own rainbow roses – it’s easier than you think.
(A great demonstration of how plants draw moisture!)
- Make coffee-can vanilla ice cream – yum!
(Ice crystals, freezing point, molecules, density, liquids to solids)
- Make raisins from grapes – a delicious dehydration experiment.
- SLIME! We had to include it didn’t we?
Borax free – 3 experiments (including a fail) …all good scientists learn from those!
- Make Minecraft-Inspired Exploding Creepers with Schooling a Monkey and see how far they go. This is a messy one (adult supervision required) but it is so much fun!
- Create your own instruction video!
Make your favourite recipe or show off your craft skills & use technology to produce a video of it to instruct others. With adult supervision you could try some editing apps too with special effects!
- Check out the latest Technology Home Learning Resources from STEM Learning, fantastic for Secondary School children!
- Can you create a satellite in a can? Enter the Cansat Competition!
- It’s so little! Make the tiniest LEGO candy dispenser.
- Learn about super-cooling… freeze water with one touch!
- Make a maze for your pet! (Skip this one if you have fish.)
- Design your own entertainment system & you could be on your way to earning a CREST Award!
- The paper challenge! Who can make the strongest structure with one sheet of A4 paper?
Today’s focus – Mosaic
- Paper Mosaic
- Make mosaic tiles from old CD’s (Adult supervision required.)
- Make a beautiful mosaic! You could use your CD tiles or here’s another example. (Adult supervision required.)
- Nerf Maths: Stick random post-it notes to the wall with different numbers on them. When you hear a maths question and you know the answer, shoot it – Peeow!
(Can also be played with small bean-bags or sponge balls if you want to protect your walls.)
- Yes/No Game
– Both players put a card on their head with a number or shape.
– Players take turns to ask a question which can only be answered with ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
‘Am I under 10?’ ‘Am I even?’ ‘Do I have 7 sides?’
– Keep asking until there’s enough information to find the answer!
- Roll em! Check out these online dice games.
- The Maths Zone covers every area of maths it’s packed with fun activities.
- May I have a large container of coffee beans? Never forget Pi again! 25 fun maths tricks…
- Make a glitter vortex in bottle and watch it spin…
- Read. Audible are offering children free books to stream online during school closures. Take a look at the titles and find a new favourite book.
- Make a Zen Garden… you don’t need to make a box, you can use a tray or tub if you prefer. Rake the sand and relax.
- Try the Mindful Family app.
- Change 4 Life – The Shake Up Game & more!
So many ways to get moving with your favourite movie characters.
- Zumba & Banana!
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