Simple Machines Science

Apple Annihilator is the 3rd STEM Challenge in my back-to-school series. These challenges are great for fall apple activities and studies of forces and motion! Working against a criteria & constraints list, students (individually or in partners) will design an apple wrecking ball built for annihilation and/or accuracy.

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It’s not quite Halloween yet, but that doesn’t mean you can’t throw a little monster mash for your little ones! We love this inventive DIY Monster Jaws craft from It’s Always Autumn – it transforms simple cereal boxes and craft supplies into a chompin’ good time. Find other great craft ideas in Design Studio, or explore …

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The perfect STEM Challenge for back-to-school, apple week, or any time! Students design and build an apple wrecking ball built for annihilation and/or accuracy! It's a great way to learn about Newton's laws of motion, too. Click through to the blog post for more details and a full video walk through.

Teach your students about kinetic and potential energy using paper roller coasters.

Using rulers and plastic lids we created gears with sharpies and watercolors. Table mates working together. A gear piece for 2 different students put together to create one gear in their machine. Group planning and design. On an extra 6x6 piece of paper create a single gear or two extra gears that will be cut out and added to the original drawing. I found these gear blue tracers on Dick Blick but I think I like our freehand gears with the lids better. At a recent STEAM Event #NAEA17 one of...

Wondering why gears are important? This STEM activity provides an easy way to to explore gears using items you find around the kitchen. Detailed instructions...

Here’s a fun STEM challenge: Build working gears out of plastic caps, popsicle sticks, and a cardboard box! This project demonstrates mechanical concepts using materials you probably already have. Kids will be able to explore how gears mesh together to create motion. We started our project with a sturdy Amazon prime box, an assortment of […]