Ideas & Inspiration

Trying to catch a Leprechaun is a fun STEAM Challenge to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day! This challenge will take around an hour to complete. Befor...

  Do you have a stash of buttons you’ve been holding on to? We have a fun STEM challenge that will have your students use buttons to create uniqu...

Welcome to The Maker News! We are here to bring you the latest news in STEM education.

This month we are excited to be introducing you to Career and Technical Education (CTE). Plus, we are going to be sharing a way you can celebrate CTE Month during February.

Comics are a wonderful medium for students to use to express their ideas with images, text, and other visual information! For this challenge, students will take a book they have read and make the important parts into a comic. 

1. Students read the book, What Do You Do With A Problem by, Kobi Yamada. 2. Students were then given 8 popsicle sticks, 4 rubber bands...

Red Hots have been around since 1932 and have become quite famous! But, did you know that these spicy sweets can be used for more than just snac...

This is the perfect STEM Challenge for the chilly weather we are having! It will teach students all about why we put salt on icy roads during wi...

  Emojis are the perfect way to share thoughts and feelings while we are hybrid learning and maybe not face-to-face. Wondering how you can bring ...

  Make teaching surface tension fun and easy with our STEM Challenge! The challenge is to find out how many drops of water you can put on a ...

  Do you have toilet paper tubes, paper towel tubes, and paper plates laying around? Put them to good use with our STEM Challenge tha...

  Can you create a constellation? Our STEM Challenge is a great way to invite students to practice researching and use their imagination, in a w...