STEM-apalooza

𝗗𝗜𝗬: 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲
https://frugalfun4boys.com/how-to-make-a-cardboard-box-marble-labyrinth-game/

Thanks to Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls for this great STEM resource!

This is the COOLEST project, and it's so much fun, too! Also great for improvement of hand-eye coordination, critical thinking & problem solving. In addition, this a great activity that demonstrates recycling, repurposing & creativity at no or low cost. Enjoy! 😁

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗞𝗶𝗱𝘀: https://tinyurl.com/2r7b3s8u

𝗘𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟮, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1C6PpbV9sW/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Thanks to AyE uniVERSE for another very timely post!

Get ready for one of the most spectacular sky events of 2026! On August 12, the Moon will pass directly between Earth and the Sun, creating a breathtaking Total Solar Eclipse. 🌑🌍☀️

🗓️ Date: August 12, 2026
🕒 Maximum Eclipse: 15:46 UTC
⏰ Eclipse: 15:35–19:57 UTC

🌑 During totality, the Moon will completely cover the Sun, turning daylight into darkness and revealing the Sun’s stunning corona — its glowing outer atmosphere! ✨

📍 Path of totality: Greenland • Iceland • Northern Spain • parts of Russia

🌍 A partial solar eclipse will also be visible across a much wider region, including parts of Europe, North Africa, and North America, wherever the Sun is above the horizon.

🇪🇺 This will be the first total solar eclipse visible from mainland Europe since 1999!

Imagine watching the sky go dark in the middle of the day… 🌑
The Sun disappears.
The stars and planets emerge.
And the solar corona shines around the Moon. 🤯✨

⚠️ Never look directly at the Sun without proper certified solar eclipse protection.

📌 Mark August 12, 2026 on your calendar!

🌑☀️ Would you travel to see totality? 👇

𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 - 𝗢𝗵, 𝗠𝘆!
https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/science-snacks-for-kids/

Thanks to Little Bins for Little Hands for this great summer STEM resource that kids will love (& learn, too!)

Whip up science snack labs this summer for tasty science!

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀: https://tinyurl.com/2r7b3s8u

𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗘𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19JYLBSqcf/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Thanks to AyE uniVERSE for this timely & informative STEM post!

Get ready for one of the most dramatic sky events of 2026! On August 27–28, nearly the entire Moon will be swallowed by Earth's shadow during a deep partial lunar eclipse, with about 96% of the lunar disk covered at maximum.

⏰ Maximum Eclipse: August 28, 2026 • 04:12 UTC

🌍 Best Places to Watch
🇺🇸 The central and eastern United States will enjoy the entire eclipse, while western North America will see the Moon at or near its maximum eclipse as it rises.

🌑 Although it isn't a total lunar eclipse, the Moon will appear strikingly dark and may take on a deep reddish hue as only a tiny sliver remains illuminated.

🔭 No special equipment is required—just find a clear sky and watch Earth's shadow slowly transform the Moon over several hours.

📅 Don't miss this breathtaking celestial event—one of the deepest partial lunar eclipses of the decade!

🌌 Will you be watching this incredible "almost Blood Moon"? Let us know where you'll be viewing from! 🌕✨

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝗻: https://tinyurl.com/yckhbnye

𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗖𝗿𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18A9tNbgaK/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Thanks to Supercharged Science and Math Education for this excellent STEM post!

This is a simple science experiment you can start today… and then let time do the work.

With just salt or sugar, water, and a little patience, kids can grow beautiful crystals that slowly form over days. It’s a great reminder that not all learning happens instantly — some of the best science takes time.

WHAT TO DO:

You’ll need:
• Salt or sugar
• Warm water
• A jar or small bowl
• Food coloring (optional)
• Small rocks, sponge pieces, or charcoal

Steps:

1. Dissolve ½ cup salt or sugar in 3 tablespoons of warm water until no more will dissolve.

2. Pour the solution into a shallow dish with your rocks or sponge pieces.

3. Add a few drops of food coloring if you’d like.

4. Place the dish somewhere it won’t be disturbed.

In a few days, crystals will start to form. In a week or two, you’ll have a garden of crystals.

No rushing. No fixing. Just watching and noticing! This is real science — observing change over time.

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀: https://tinyurl.com/2r7b3s8u

𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀𝘆𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GyjYtzBWy/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Thanks to EduSphere Academy for this great visual!

Here’s a simple scientific chart explaining how green plants make their own food using sunlight, carbon dioxide, water, and chlorophyll.
The diagram clearly shows how oxygen is released during the process.



𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀: https://tinyurl.com/2r7b3s8u

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗕𝘂𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀!
https://tinyurl.com/yc3z6e2r (Madly Odd)

With a little hot glue, paperclips, and a few spare parts you can transform an ordinary clothespin into a mini robot bug with glowing LED eyes that moves across smooth surfaces. Simple materials are super easy to come by make it a quick & easy DIY project guaranteed to engage!

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀: https://tinyurl.com/

𝟱𝟬 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗨𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟭𝟱 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀
https://teachingideas.ca/2024/05/13/stem-activities-2/

One of the great things about STEM activities is that they don’t have to be expensive. As teachers, finding a collection of STEM activities and challenges that doesn’t require expensive materials or a lot of prep is important.

The author created this collection of 50 Simple STEM Activities using only 15 materials. Most of the materials are supplies you likely already have on hand, such as paper, elastics and scissors.
STEM activities are a great way to develop Science, Technology, Engineering and Math skills. The more of these skills mixed into the activity, the better.

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀: https://tinyurl.com/2r7b3s8u

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲-𝟮𝟳 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆!
Thanks to FIRST LEGO League for this timely post!

The 2026-20267 season kicks off tomorrow, August 4 at 12pm ET! Teams around the 🌍 will experience the vibrancy of the world's ecosystems, through two program editions: Founders Edition and Future Edition.

Make sure to visit the Game & Season page, where you’ll be able to explore the season materials when they’re released: https://hubs.ly/Q04nLmqy0

𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸?
𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲! 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗬-𝘁𝗼-𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 & 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘀—𝙁𝘼𝙎𝙏!
https://tinyurl.com/2r7b3s8u

Yes, it’s August, still summer vacation season, and your time is more limited than ever, right? Here are some teacher-designed lesson plans, activities & books to help teach STEM concepts to kids in Gr. K-8 with NO prep time!

These activities use very simple, materials readily available to create an introduction to binary code, a working heart model, some math magic & MORE!

Discover these very engaging, hands-on activities for the students in your classroom or homeschool. Excellent for enrichment, too! Just CLICK to see these inexpensive lesson plans!

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀: https://tinyurl.com/225rtthk