Designing a bridge to span a gap and hold weight is so exciting! This is a highly engaging activity and students love it! We have built so many different types of bridges. Students love to drive little cars across their bridges and they love to add weight to the bridge to see how well it will ... READ the POST
5 Tips About Building Bridges in STEM
One of the very first structures I ever built with kids was a bridge. Boy, I could have used some tips about building bridges right then! This was many, many years ago when I was the Science Club sponsor. At one of our club meetings, I gave students some spaghetti strands (uncooked), some tape, ... READ the POST
Why This Might be the Perfect STEM Challenge
The fabulous marshmallow bridge challenge is the perfect STEM activity. This is one we have repeated so many times and each time is a little different. The things that stay the same are the reasons it is so perfect. The materials are easy. Prep work takes about 2 minutes. The ... READ the POST
Please Pardon Our Mess! Learning in Progress!
So, I was going back through blog posts the other day, looking for a photo and I kept finding the best little posts all about the STEM Lab. And y'all, the posts always look just so pretty! Anyway, I seem to always make my classroom look just perfectly spectacular and all good and you ... READ the POST
