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Air powered Easter egg STEM activity

April 8, 2020 by The Stem Mum Leave a Comment

This is an activity to roll an Easter egg through a maze using just the power of air. It’s a perfect Easter STEM activity after your egg hunt to stop all those eggs from being eaten at once. Plus you will only need 3 items that you will likely already have at home. I’ve also […]

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Gingerbread house STEM challenge

December 20, 2019 by The Stem Mum Leave a Comment

This is a gingerbread house STEM challenge which seems deceptively simple. You need to design a gingerbread house from the given materials so that your gingerbread man can fit inside. It’s a perfect challenge to develop building and engineering skills whilst working on your inventive thinking and problem solving. *This page may contain affiliate links […]

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Coordinate System with Playdough

October 8, 2019 by The Stem Mum Leave a Comment

This is an activity to learn the concept of the coordinate system. We have presented it with hands on play using … playdough! It introduces the concept of 3D representation and different planes of reference. This is an activity to learn the STEM ideas of spatial representation, object formation, geometry and maths co-ordinates. *This page […]

Filed Under: Activities Tagged With: geometry, mathematics, playdough, STEM

Why playdough is the key to preschool STEM

March 30, 2019 by The Stem Mum Leave a Comment

Playdough is one of my favourite activities for implementing STEM ideas for preschoolers. It really can encompass all of the STEM disciplines without it being too much of a forced learning experience. There are lots of subtleties to this play activity. Here, I will outline why it is a great STEM activity, how to promote […]

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