-There are a plethora of resources for STEM hands- on activities to integrate into math to make it more engaging!
-Getting started with STEM at first can be overwhelming and confusing. Stem-by-design is a good place to start for teachers to get comfortable with STEM. This website provides links to videos that are explaining STEM and teachers implementing STEM activities/ projects in the classroom. It gives you a glimpse into the STEM process in real-time.
- Teachers pay teachers is a great resource for math STEM activities- it offers free and low cost activity bundles and ideas for STEM activities in math centers. One activity from teacherspayteachers that is a great STEM activity for area and perimeter. Students are manipulating, working with their hands, and putting their learned skill to use (cat area/perimeter activity).
- Stem Activities for Kids is a resource with free math STEM activities. It allows for you to download the free resources and have explicit directions for students and teacher in order to complete the activity successfully. One activity involves learning about volume through a popcorn activity. The ideas are creative and allow for hands-on authentic learning.
-The STEM laboratory is another great resource to integrate into your classroom for engaging math stations! This is geared for lower elementary grades. These activities cost a few dollars but are worth the learning experience for students. The 3-D shape activity is an awesome STEM activity that students could complete during math stations- allowing students to work directly with shapes through games, creation, and activities.
-Sphero Education This is a website that has great products you can purchase for STEM activities in the classroom. By joining SPHERO you get a robot that you can do lessons with. The lessons have steps, videos, and activities to go along with the interactive website. This is something a school could purchase a few of the robots to share along the school. An example lesson I found was the Beyond The Square. This allowed students to go in depth with different shapes. The lesson is linked here to explore.
-Getting started with STEM at first can be overwhelming and confusing. Stem-by-design is a good place to start for teachers to get comfortable with STEM. This website provides links to videos that are explaining STEM and teachers implementing STEM activities/ projects in the classroom. It gives you a glimpse into the STEM process in real-time.
- Teachers pay teachers is a great resource for math STEM activities- it offers free and low cost activity bundles and ideas for STEM activities in math centers. One activity from teacherspayteachers that is a great STEM activity for area and perimeter. Students are manipulating, working with their hands, and putting their learned skill to use (cat area/perimeter activity).
- Stem Activities for Kids is a resource with free math STEM activities. It allows for you to download the free resources and have explicit directions for students and teacher in order to complete the activity successfully. One activity involves learning about volume through a popcorn activity. The ideas are creative and allow for hands-on authentic learning.
-The STEM laboratory is another great resource to integrate into your classroom for engaging math stations! This is geared for lower elementary grades. These activities cost a few dollars but are worth the learning experience for students. The 3-D shape activity is an awesome STEM activity that students could complete during math stations- allowing students to work directly with shapes through games, creation, and activities.
-Sphero Education This is a website that has great products you can purchase for STEM activities in the classroom. By joining SPHERO you get a robot that you can do lessons with. The lessons have steps, videos, and activities to go along with the interactive website. This is something a school could purchase a few of the robots to share along the school. An example lesson I found was the Beyond The Square. This allowed students to go in depth with different shapes. The lesson is linked here to explore.