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July 14, 2021 10:00 AM
Use these free STEM lessons and activities to help students get hands-on modeling, testing, and exploring the science of the human body and its interconnected systems.
The free STEM lessons and activities below help educators teach students about human body systems, with a focus on the circulatory and cardiovascular systems that helps keep blood pumping through the body, the respiratory system that continuously makes oxygen available to the body and…
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July 8, 2021 10:00 AM
Use these free STEM lessons and activities to teach about electromagnetism.
Independently, electricity and magnetism are both powerful concepts in physics. Electromagnetism is the study of how electricity and magnetism can work together, and electromagnetism is one approach to generating electricity.
Teaching students about electromagnetism helps them synthesize what they know about magnets and electricity to see how they can work together. The…
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May 26, 2021 9:00 AM
Use these free STEM lessons and activities to help students get hands-on building, testing, and exploring the science of circuits.
The free STEM lessons and activities below guide students in designing, building, testing, and troubleshooting circuits. In these activities, students will learn about series and parallel circuits; open, closed, and short circuits; the importance of conductive and insulating materials; voltage, current, resistance, and…
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April 26, 2021 12:00 PM
Use these free STEM lessons and activities to explore the science of sound.
The free STEM lessons and activities below help you teach students about the science of sound, from learning about the relationship between sound waves and vibration to understanding amplitude, frequency, and pitch. In these activities, students can experiment with sound waves by building and testing a variety of simple instruments and noise makers, including rubber band…
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February 24, 2021 9:00 AM
Use these free STEM lessons and activities to teach about electricity, electrodes, electrolytes, current, batteries, generators, and more.
We all interact with electricity dozens of times a day. Every time we flip a switch to turn on a light, we use electricity. Every time we check a cell phone, open a refrigerator, or turn on a computer or TV, we are using something that depends upon electricity in the background. We use electricity without necessarily…
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February 15, 2021 8:00 AM
Use these free STEM lessons and activities to explore magnetism, the strength of magnetic fields, and the real-world application of magnets.
When teaching about magnetism, hands-on learning opportunities enable students to actively observe and engage with principles of magnetism and magnetic fields. Experimenting with magnets, students quickly grasp the concept of magnetic poles and how magnets attract and repel. In early grades, students can expand…
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August 25, 2020 6:00 AM
Use these free STEM lesson plans and activities to explore science related to viruses, pandemics, and COVID-19 with K-12 students.
Science teachers have always taught health, human biology, and microbiology to K-12 students. This year, however, these topics have new urgency and real-world impact. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, students are aware of viruses in new ways. But what makes COVID-19 different than the flu? How does social distancing make a…
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May 12, 2020 7:00 AM
Use these free hands-on STEM activities help teach students about states of matter.
Free STEM Activities to Teach about States of Matter
The following hands-on science activities from Science Buddies' library of STEM Activities for Kids can be used with students in or out of the classroom to explore states of matter science:
Colorful Patterns in Melting Ice: colorful science activity helps students visualize and explore changes from solid to liquid.…
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May 12, 2020 6:00 AM
Use these free STEM activities help students explore thermal energy and heat science.
Free STEM Activities to Teach about Thermal Energy and Heat
The following hands-on science activities from Science Buddies' library of STEM Activities for Kids can be used with students in or out of the classroom to explore thermal energy and heat science:
Bake Your Ice Cream: discover how meringue can serve as an insulator to prevent ice cream from melting in the…
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October 14, 2019 6:00 AM
Set up a DIY weather station in the classroom for fun, hands-on learning about weather science! New standards-aligned STEM lessons help teachers plan an innovative weather science unit.
Educators! For resources to teach weather science, view the 17 Weather Science Projects and Lessons collection, part of our Teaching Science Units resources.
Weather science appears at various points in the elementary and middle school science curriculum. Luckily,…
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