TEACHERS BOOKLET science with photos

TEACHERS BOOKLET
20+ SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS

25+ STEM
ACTIVITIES

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Index

TERM 1: Science Experiments & Activities ....................................................................... Page No.
1 X-Ray Playdough Experiment................................................................................... 5
2 Body Part Puzzle Activity ......................................................................................... 5
3 Small World at the Farm Experiment.....................................................................5-6
4 Memory Game Activity.............................................................................................. 6
5 Leaf Rubbing Experiment.......................................................................................... 6
6 Who lives here?......................................................................................................... 6
7 Melting Process Experiment ..................................................................................... 7
8 Melt or Not? Activity .................................................................................................. 7
9 Beanstalk Germination Experiment .......................................................................7-8
10 Table Top Activity...................................................................................................... 8
11 Bubble within a Bubble Experiment .......................................................................... 8
12 Bubble Mixture Activity.............................................................................................. 8

TERM 2: Science Experiments & Activities
1 Illuminating Balloon Experiment ............................................................................... 9
2 Sorting Activity .......................................................................................................... 9
3 Oil & Water Science Experiment............................................................................... 9
4 Sand Tray Activity ................................................................................................... 10
5 Autumn Leaf Prints Experiment .............................................................................. 10
6 Nature Exploring Activity ......................................................................................... 10
7 Hat Craft .............................................................................................................10-11
8 Search & Discover Activity ...................................................................................... 11
9 Color the Cabbage Experiment............................................................................... 11
10 Spring Tree Decoration Activity .........................................................................11-12

TERM 3: Science Experiments & Activities
1 Magnetic Race Track .............................................................................................. 12
2 Toys Activity............................................................................................................ 12
3 Walking Rainbow Experiment............................................................................12-13
4 Original Plane Craft Activity .................................................................................... 13
5 Melts in the Sun Experiment..............................................................................13-14
6 Role Play Activity .................................................................................................... 14

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7 Floating Egg Experiment ........................................................................................ 14
8 Focus Activity.......................................................................................................... 15

TERM 1: STEAM Experiments / Activities
1 Building Shapes with Marshmallow & Toothpicks .................................................. 17
2 Tissue Paper Art with Snow.................................................................................... 17
3 Geometric Bubble ................................................................................................... 18
4 Paper Building Blocks ............................................................................................. 18
5 Ice Color Theory ................................................................................................18-19
6 How to make a moveable Pulley? .......................................................................... 19
7 String Telephone..................................................................................................... 19
8 Aluminum Foil Floating Boat .............................................................................19-20
9 Juice Pouch Stomp Rocket................................................................................20-21
10 Building a snow Flake............................................................................................. 21

TERM 2: STEAM Experiments / Activities
1 Water Cycle in a bag............................................................................................... 22
2 How to make a Volcano with kids......................................................................22-23
3 Floating Ink ............................................................................................................ 23
4 Making Rain .......................................................................................................23-24
5 Color Changing Flowers ......................................................................................... 24
6 M&M Rainbow....................................................................................................24-25
7 Playdough & Building material Construction .......................................................... 25
8 A Clean Coin Experiment ..................................................................................25-26

TERM 3: STEAM Experiments / Activities
1 Painting with Gumballs ........................................................................................... 26
2 Robot Math.........................................................................................................26-27
3 Colorful Marble with Paper ..................................................................................... 27
4 Missing Numbers ...............................................................................................27-28
5 Stop Motion Animation............................................................................................ 28
6 Make a Balance ...................................................................................................... 29
7 Spinning Top Color Mixing.................................................................................29-30
8 Build a Paddle Boat ..........................................................................................30-31

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SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS &

ACTIVITIES

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Term 1

OBJECTIVES WHAT YOU DIRECTIONS / RESOURCE
NEED?
WEEK 1:  WARM UP
 WARM UP  WARM UP  Gather your black playdough
 Black play  Print off the skulls and laminate them .Use
Experiment 1:
 X-RAY plays dough a hot glue gun to attach them to the outlet
dough craft.  Q-tips covers
 To sculpt and  Skull  Cut your Q-Tips into various lengths
demonstrate the  Place them in the skeleton shape on the
skeleton structure template black dough.
and body parts. 
https://www.icanteachmychild.com/x-ray-playdough/

Activity 1:  Body part  Printout the templates
 Body parts templates  Assemble the puzzle to form a human
puzzle activity
 To identify  Tray body.
assemble the body  Toys animals
parts.  Farm toys  Set up a farm / zoo in a tuff spot tray.
 Include lots of different farm / zoo animals
Experiment 2:
 Small world at and their young.
the farm.  Classify the young’s and adults
 To build a farm
and discuss about accordingly.
several different
animals, matching
the adults to their
young’s using
toys.

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Activity 2:  Template  Reference activity plan 6 from snap
 Memory game printouts science.
 To identify
different animals  Tracing  Follow the directions from above reference.
and match them to paper
their young.  Place the leaf on a 9 x 12 Clipboard (it
 Parchment helps to hold everything in place as we
Experiment 3: paper created our prints)
 Leaf rubbing
activity.  Wax paper  Cover the leaf with each type of paper you
 To learn the basic  Large are using for the activity
structure of a leaf
and observe the leaves  Slowly, use each medium (crayons,
stripy pattern.  Aluminum colored pencils and oil pastels) and rub it
over the top of the paper to see the outline
foil and details of the leaf
 Crayons
 clipboard

Activity 3:  Use the cut  Use the cut out cards from the Resource
 Who lives here? out cards sheet.
 To identify and from the
differentiate Resource  Match the home to the home owner and to
between living sheet. the materials from which it is made.
beings habitats.
 Resource
sheet (Card
Match)

 Scissor

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Experiment 4:  Sugar cubes  Cut the can from middle and place the
 Melting  Can(Pepsi candle inside the can.
process.
 To be able to or any)  Place the ice cubes on the top of the can
observe and  Candle. and light the candle inside.
extract  Lighter
observation  Cutter  Hence the sugar cube melts as can heats
from the up.
melting
process.

Activity 4: Melt or not?  A4 white  Cut out the cards from the Resource
 sheets. sheet and ask children to sort the cards
 To identify into objects that melt and those that
different  Scissor don’t.
materials
that’s melts.  Once they have sorted the cards, ask
children to tell you what material each
object is made of.

Snap Science Activity plan 9. Resource sheet (
What melts )

Experiment 5:  Beans  Fill half the jar with cotton
 Beanstalk  Glass jar  Put the beans on the cotton against the
germination  Cotton
 water sides such that you can see them through
 To observe the the jar.
various stages of  Fill the rest of the jar with cotton
germination of  Pour the water in the jar
beanstalk.  Observe the various stages of germination
over the next few days

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Activity 5:  Resource sheet  Print out the sheets given & place the cut outs for
from Snap children to sequence the crop from sowing to eating.
 Tabletop activity. science: What
 To sort different plants can I grow for  Paste the cutouts accordingly on an A4 sheet to better
my dinner? demonstrate the stages they have leant.
out and then sequence
them.  Scissor.  Prepare the bubble mix.
 A4 sheets  Turn the cup upside down and place it on a flat
Experiment 6:  Glue
surface like a table.
 Bubble within in the • Plastic cup
bubble • Wire loop  Wet the surface of the cup with water.
• Straw  Use the wire loop to blow a bubble on the base of the
 To describe the • Bubble mix
bubbles and what they • Water cup, which is now on the top.
do, for example pop,
explode or float.  Wet the straw with the bubble liquid by dipping the

straw in the liquid.

 Slide it into the bubble and blow a smaller bubble.
 You now have a bubble inside a bubble.

Activity 6:  A measuring jug  Measure 300 ml water and pour into the bowl.

 Bubble mixture  A tablespoon  Mix gently.

Activity  A bottle for your  Leave to rest overnight if possible.

 To experience bubble bubbles  Have fun blowing your bubbly bubbles!

mixing process using  A bubble wand  Measure 2 tablespoons of washing-up liquid and add
different liquids.
 A mixing bowl to the bowl

 Water

 Washing-up Refer to Resource sheet from snap science Activity
plan 12 ( how do you make a good bubble)
liquid

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Term 2

OBJECTIVES WHAT YOU NEED? DIRECTIONS / RESOURCE

Experiment 1:  Bulb  In a dark room rub the balloon to your hair
 Balloons for 5 minutes
 Illuminating Balloon
Experiment  Touch it to the light bulb
 You will be able to see the sparks.
 To observe the light
appears at night.

Activity 1:  A4 sheets  Cut out the cards along the dotted lines.
 Scissors  Place them face down in a pile to play Night
 Sorting activity.
 To identify and  Baby oil or vegetable or not.
oil  In turns, pick a card and read the word. Does
differentiate between
objects we use at night.  Washable liquid this happen at night? Sort into three piles –
watercolors or food
Experiment 2: coloring night, day or both.

 Oil and Water Science  Pipettes or droppers. Resource sheet from activity plan :13
Exploration Snap science: What happens at night?

 To observe that water and  Put water in several cups and add food
Oil do not mix together? coloring or liquid water colors to the water.
Then stir to combine.

 Place a pipette in each colored glass of
water.

 Fill a cup about half way with oil.
 Now let the kids have fun exploring oil and

water.

https://funlearningforkids.com/oil-water-
science-exploration/

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Activity 2:  Container / Tray  Mix different materials together with sand.
 Utensils
 Sand tray activity.  Materials: Pebbles, Resource sheet from activity plan :10
 To focus on mixing Snap science: What happens when you mix
shavings, shredded it?
materials together. paper or marble.
 Sand

Experiment 3:  Paints  Use the roller to spread some paint on a paint
 White paper tray.
 Autumn Leaf ink prints  Leaves
 To study leaf structure  Paint tray  Place the leaf, vein side up, on a newspaper.
 Rubber roller  Roll over the leaf with the roller
with the help of prints  News paper  Now, place the leaf ink side down on white

paper and press it evenly. Remove the leaf to
see the print.

Activity 3:  Resource template  Cut out the cards and place with a selection
 A4 sheet of fruit, leaves, seeds and sticks, on the
 Nature exploring  Scissor nature table.
activity.  Autumn fruits, leaves,
Resource sheet from activity plan :19
 To prompt investigation stem and seeds etc. Snap science: What is happening to the tree
and discussion about (Autumn)?
autumn season.  Paper plates
 Scissor  Fold the plate in half and cut the hole for
Experiment 4:  Colors the head (remember to leave a little part
where the center design is still attached to
 Hat craft the brim.)
 To know the suitability of
 Cut the shamrock leaf symmetrically open it
the hat as per the up and decorate it any way you like.
occasion.

https://alphamom.com/family-
fun/holidays/diy-holiday-hats-for-every-
occasion/

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Activity 4:  Newspaper  Cut out the hat pictures as per the season
 Search and discover  Scissor
 Hat template(resource (spring) from newspapers and paste it on the
activity
 To identify different types sheet) hat template.

of hats as per the season. Resource sheet from activity plan :8
Snap science: Which hat is the best to wear
Experiment 5: today?

 Color the cabbage  Cabbage leaves  First you will need to add some water to each
experiment  we can do jar.

 To observe how plants this with flowers also  Then add a different colored food dye to each
absorbs water and reflect  Food colouring jar.
the different shades of  Water
spring.  Jars  We used about 10 drops per jar to make sure
the water was nice and vibrant!

http://pagingfunmums.com/2013/07/09/fu
n-science-experiment-learning-how-plants-

absorb-water/?pp=1

Activity 5:  Paint  Provide copies of the Resource sheet and
 Spring tree decoration  Tree template. ask the children to collect or suggest
materials that they could use to make the tree
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 To identify and create look spring like

spring season using tree Resource sheet from activity plan : 20
template Snap science: What happens when you mix
it?

TERM 3

OBJECTIVES WHAT YOU NEED? DIRECTIONS / RESOURCE

Experiment 1:  Cardboard  Draw a race track on the cardboard
 Toy car  Place the magnets under the car and park the car
 Magnetic race  Pencil
track  Magnets on the track
  Hold another magnet under the cardboard and use
 To demonstrate
the pull and push it to guide the car through the race track.
movement using
magnetic force.

Activity 1:  Kids toys
 Toys activity
 Investigate a Independent Activity plan : 16
Snap science: What makes it move?
variety toys and
observe their  5 Clear Containers  fill up all five cups with water and the rainbow colors
movement.  Primary Color Food  Set up the towels for the colors to crawl across!

Experiment 2: Dye (Red, Yellow, To do this you will roll up a paper towel and take
Blue) or Washable an edge to go into each cup.
 Walking rainbow W aterc olors  Observe the color mixing.
 TO learn about  Paper Towels
 Water http://parentingchaos.com/crawling-colors-color-
how color travels mixing-science-experiment/
through paper
towel.

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Activity 2:  Origami Paper sheets  Make a model of something that travels in the sky?
 Scissor Paper plane.
 Origami plane
craft  Fold down the middle and un fold to create a crease.
 Now fold each corner towards the crease line as
 To construct the
paper place and shown in the link
observe the  Fold along the crease line to form a body of a plane,
movement in the
air. then folds the wings down, one at a time.
 And finally, unfold the wings to form your paper

plane.

http://www.origami-instructions.com/paper-
airplanes-simplest.html

Experiment 3:  A muffin pan  Arrange the items in the muffin pan and place your
 coin pan outside in the sun.
 Melts in the sun  An ice-block
 To observe the  Crayons  You can hang around with the kids to witness which of
 A piece of Lego the objects start to melt first..
objects that’s  blob of butter
melts under the  A piece of cheese https://steemit.com/steemiteducation/@sweetpe
 A wooden block a/let-s-see-what-melts-in-the-sun
sun.  A marble
 Piece of chocolate
 Some jelly
 Natural sun.

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Activity 3:  Towels  Conduct a role play using beach toys, discuss about
 Deck chairs sunny day, weather at the beach and how shadow
 Role play activity  Tuff spot changes.
 To observe the  Sand
 Buckets Snap science (INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES)
summer season  Spades Plan 23: What is the weather like today? (summer)
outdoor activities.
 Raw eggs x 2  Add the salt to half a glass of water.
Experiment 4:  Salt x 6 tbsps.
 Water  Pour tap water till the glass is full. Try not to mix the
 Floating eggs  2 empty clear salt water and plain water.
 To observe the
glasses  Fill the other glass with tap water
floating process
and discuss the  Gently lower the eggs into both the glasses. It will not
concept of sink all the way in the salty glass. Instead, it will float
sinking. in the middle of the glass with the salty water.

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Activity 4:  Template printout  Print out the template from the resource sheet.
 A4 sheet  Draw / paste the objects that float and sink.
 Focus Activity  Glue
 To classify the  Crayons Resource sheet from activity plan : 18
Snap science: What floats?
objects and
differentiate them
on the template.

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STEAM EXPERIMENTS
S: Science
T: Technology
E: Engineering
A: Art
M: Maths

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TERM 1

OBJECTIVES WHAT YOU DIRECTIONS / RESOURCE
NEED?
STEAM 1:  Cut out different shapes.
 Printable  Inset the Tooth picks inside the marshmallow.
 Building Shapes Shapes.  While placing the inserted toothpicks around the
with
Marshmallow  Marshmallows shapes cutouts, let the kids figure out on their own
and toothpicks.  Toothpicks how to make different shapes.

 To create different https://homeschoolpreschool.net/building-shapes-
shapes and marshmallows/
discover shape
recognition.

STEAM 2:  Bleeding tissue  Cut the tissue paper into small squares.
paper  Spread the tissue paper squares onto the
 Tissue Paper Art
with snow.  Scissors watercolor paper. If you plan on bringing the tissue paper
 Watercolor paper outside, secure each square with a small dot of water so
 Investigate the  Snow they don't blow away.
concept of melting  Tray  Take the paper outside or bring the snow inside. If it is
while exploring snowing, allow the snow to gently fall on top of the paper.
different colors. If it is not actively snowing, sprinkle a small amount of
snow on top of the paper.
 Bring the snow-covered paper indoors and place the paper
on a tray. As the snow melts, the dye from the tissue paper
will "bleed" into the watercolor paper, leaving behind a
vibrant wash of color!
 Allow the tissue paper and watercolor paper to dry
completely.
 When both papers are dry, gently brush away the tissue
paper.
 If desired, mount the tissue paper art on a piece of colored
paper with double-sided tape.
 Your snowy day tissue paper art is complete!

https://www.firefliesandmudpies.com/snowy-
day-tissue-paper-art/

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STEAM 3:  Pipe Cleaners  Prepare the Bubble solution.
 Bubble solutions  Give 2D/3D Shapes to the Pipes cleaners.
 Geometric  Shallow Pan  Use your pipe cleaners to form different shapes
Bubble Activity. Bubble Solution:
 ½ cup of light corn from bubbles. You can either make your shapes
 To Encourage 2D or 3D.
Questions, syrup.
Exploration and  1 cup dish soap. https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/geometric-
self-discovery of  3 cups of water bubble-stem-activity/
how light reflect
rainbow of colors.

STEAM 4:  Thick colored  Select your first piece of paper and place it on your
paper cutting mat. Score your paper vertically at the 1-inch
 Paper building and 2-inch marks and trim your paper completely at
Blocks  Paper cutter the 3-inch mark. To score paper, lightly drag your
 Tape Exacto blade along your straightedge, making a light
 To construct and line in the paper. This will make folding easier.
observe the
balancing.  Repeat the scoring and trimming process with each
color of paper.

 Trim the lengths of scored paper crosswise into 1-
inch strips. If you have a paper cutter this would be
the fastest method for cutting. I don’t have a paper
cutter (I know, can you believe it, a paper lover like
me without a paper cutter?) so I trimmed it the old
fashioned way with an Exacto and a straightedge.

 Cut some paper “planks,” 1-inch strips of paper that
are not scored. They can be 3 to 6 inches long.

 Fold your 1-inch strips into thirds along the scored
lines.

 Tape the open edges together to form a triangle.
 Repeat folding and cutting until you have a bunch of

blocks assembled.

https://babbledabbledo.com/science-for-kids-
paper-building-blocks/

STEAM 5:  3 x clear glass/  Pre freeze the ice cubes with food colors. Use Red/
jars blue and yellow.
 Ice Color Theory.
 To understand the  Water  Place (Yellow/ Blue), (yellow/ Red), and (blue/red) in
 Food Color. separate jars.
process of

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defrosting and ice  Big sheet of  Let the pupil explore and discuss how Green colors
painting. paper. starts to form in (yellow/ blue) jar.

 Let children use colored ice to paint on paper.

https://www.redtedart.com/quick-craft-post-ice-
colour-theory/

STEAM 6:  Simple plastic  Cut holes in the container, thread strings through
container holes, tie to create a handle, & stick magnets on the
 How to make a bottom.
moveable  Scissors
pulley?  Strings  Cut a yard long piece of string, tie to adore handle,
 Magnets and thread the handle of the container onto the string.
 Illustrating how a  Paper clips
simple pulley  Slide container along string to pick up paper clips with
system works and magnets.
impact of weight.
https://carrotsareorange.com/how-to-make-a-
pulley/

STEAM 7:  1 paper cup  Use a nail to make a small hole in the bottom of a
 piece of string paper cup
 String telephone.
 To Describe how (about 2 feet, or  Pull string through the cup and tie a knot
30 cm)  Hold string straight out from cup with two fingers of
sound travels  1 small nail
through different one hand, pressing your fingernail to hold it extra
media( string tight.
telephone)  Gently draw your other finger along the string, making
a sound.

https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/
cub_sound_lesson02_activity1

STEAM 8:  Aluminum Foil  Cut a piece of tin foil 5 x 6 inches.
 Bowl  Fold up the sides of the boat so it will not sink and
 Aluminum foils  Scissors
floating Boat.  Pennies hold a cargo of pennies.
 Water  Place the boat in the bowl of water. Begin adding

pennies for the boat's cargo.

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 To discover what  See how many pennies your boat can carry before it
floats and observe sinks.
the foil being
water resistant.  Have some friends over and try this experiment with
them. See which one of you can create the boat that
will carry the greatest amount of cargo.

 Be sure to dry the pennies before you begin adding
them as cargo because remember water has weight!

 Have the person who created the boat begin adding
pennies to their boat while another person counts the
number of pennies as they are added to the boat.

 Try different ways to distribute the weight of the
pennies on your barge so you can carry the maximum

number.

https://www.kids-fun-science.com/easy-science-
experiment.html

STEAM 9:  1 x flexible straw(  Snip off the end of the flexible straw on and angle.
that comes with
 Juice Pouch the pouch)  Insert the pointed end of the straw into the straw
Stomp rocket. hole of the juice pouch,
 1 x empty juice
 To Demonstrate pouch.  Cut the second straw in half. This will be your
How rocket uses rocket.
a power of  1 x standard
compressed air to straw.  Make three trapezoids from cardstock, in the
launch into the following dimensions: 3 in. (base) x 1 in. (height)
sky.  1 x colored x ¾ in. (top). Set two aside to be full fins. Cut the
cardstock last one in half vertically.

 Washi tape  Tape the full fins on each side of the straw. Don’t
(optional) flatten the straw.

 Modeling clay  Tape one half-fin perpendicularly to each full fin
as shown. Add washi tape to decorate the straw if
des ir ed.

 Roll a small bit of clay into a ball. Add this to the
top to seal the straw completely.

 To launch the rocket, inflate the pouch by blowing
into the flexible straw. Bend the flexible straw to
aim and place the rocket straw over the end.
Stomp down hard for liftoff!

https://www.parents.com/kids/education/math-

and-science/5-fun-stem-crafts-for-

kids/?slide=slide_2016184#slide_2016184

https://joyfulparenting.co/2018/03/29/juice-
pouch-stomp-rocket/

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STEAM 10:  Construction  Place a glue dot on one end of each Popsicle
Paper or a piece stick.
 Building a Snow of Cardstock.
Flake.  Place Popsicle sticks where one end is touching
 6- Popsicle each other Glue down Popsicle sticks where they
 To Discover Glue sticks create a star like representation on the
(how it’s sticky), to construction paper.
talk about  1Cotton ball
snowflakes and  2Pipe cleaners  Cut pipe cleaners in thirds.
where snow  12Q-tips In the meantime, while your glue is drying…take
comes from.  Small pom pom two q-tips side by side and twist a pipe cleaner
around the middle, twist out the q-tips to form an x
balls and continue twisting pipe cleaner around to
 Glue secure. (This was harder for the younger
 Scissors preschoolers, again let them do their best and then
I just tightened up the pipe cleaner).

 Repeat step 4 until all 6 are made.
Back to the Popsicle sticks on the construction
paper: Place some glue on the cotton ball, then
place in the middle of the “stick star”.
Using either glue dots or glue let them put their
small pom-pom balls on their sticks (this was their
favorite part!)

 Lastly take their “x” q-tips and with a glue dot
place these on the ends creating a fancy
sn owf l ake.

https://www.sixthbloom.com/steam-preschool-
activity-build-snowflake/

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TERM 2

OBJECTIVES WHAT YOU DIRECTIONS / RESOURCE

STEAM 1: NEED?  In a cup add water squeezed four big drops of
 Water cycle in a food color.
 Ziploc sandwich
bag bag  Draw a sun, cloud and water waves on the bag
 To discover the using a permanent marker.
 Blue food color
earth has a limited  W ater  Slowly pour the water into the Ziploc bag.
amount of water,  Cup  Use tape to hang the bag on the window and
it has to change  Black permanent
around in then sit back and watch it work.
something called marker
a water cycle.
https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/water-
cycle-bag/

STEAM 2:  Small disposable  Cut the small disposable paper cup in half, about
paper cup 2 inches from the bottom.
 How to make a
volcano with  Play dough  Use some old play dough that was starting to dry
kids  Baking soda out to make a base for the volcano. Place the
 Vinegar bottom part of the cup on top of the play dough
 To demonstrate  Red food color blob.
how different
substances react  Use more play dough to build up around the
when they are base and make it look more like a volcano.
mixed with each
other.  Once the volcano is ready take it outside. Pour a
little baking soda into the top of the volcano.

 Pour vinegar in a cup.
 Add a drop or two of red food coloring.
 Pour the red vinegar into the top of the volcano

and watch what happens.

https://happybrownhouse.com/simple-science-
how-to-make-a-volcano-with-kids/

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STEAM 3:  Expo dry erase  Test your markers to make sure the ink flows
markers well.
 Floating Ink
Experiment  Jug of water  Draw various shapes, stick figures or letters on
 Dinner plate or your plate or baking dish.
 To understand
why some objects baking dish  Pour water into the dish, close to the edges of
float while others  Towel your drawings.
sink.
https://happyhooligans.ca/dry-erase-and-water-floating-
ink/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_
campaign=tailwind_tribes&utm_content=tribes

STEAM 4:  Clear cup  Fill the cup with water (air).
 Water  Add a thin layer of shaving cream (clouds –
 Making rain  Shaving cream
Experiment  Blue food coloring water vapor).

 To observe and  Place drops of blue food coloring on the top of
demonstrate the the shaving cream (water droplets).
cycle of rain fall.
 Wait for the “rain” to fall.

https://www.mrsjonescreationstation.com/si
mple-science-how-clouds-make-rain/

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STEAM 5:  Real white  To start you will want to trim down the stems of
flowers the flowers so they fit your cups.
 Color
changing  Three food  Add water to each cup.
flowers colors. (Red, blue  Then put about 10-15 drops of food coloring in
Experiment and green)
the water and stir around a bit.
 To discover how  Water  Add at least one carnation to each glass of
the water travels  Clear cup
through the stem colored water.
and creates  Check in on the flowers every couple of hours
different colors.
and observe any changes.

https://funlearningforkids.com/color-changing-flowers-
science-
experiment/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_mediu
m=email&utm_content=Two+new+spring+printables+for
+you!&utm_campaign=April+2,+20

STEAM 6:  M&Ms  Start by putting some M&Ms onto a plate.
 Plate  Arrange the M&Ms in a large circle at the
 M&M  Water
experiment. outside edge of the plate.
 The next step is to gently add enough water to
 To investigate the
concept of melting the middle of the plate until the water is
while exploring touching all of the M&Ms. be careful not to add
different colors. the water too roughly or it will cause some of
the M&Ms to move out of the circle.
 Then just watch. Over the next few minutes, a
beautiful rainbow will form right before your
eyes!

https://www.giftofcuriosity.com/mm-science-
rainbow-steam-for-kids/

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STEAM 7:  play dough  Use the popsicle sticks for the roof
 toy trucks  To practice patience placing each one
 Play dough and  Blocks
building  wooden carefully on top.
materials  Need to learn about supporting the small
Construction. popsicles sticks
 Rocks sheets of plywood with enough “legs” to keep it
 To construct and  Plywood sticks securely standing!
observe the  To make some more buildings use the ply
balancing. wood sticks and play dough to help it
stand up!

https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/play-

dough-construction-and-building-activity/

STEAM 8:  4 clear cups  Put 3-4 coins in 4 small glasses. Then, add one
 12 coins of the liquids to each glass. Then take turns
 A Clean coins  Water pouring the liquids in the glasses – and of
(experiment).  Juice box course, wear the safety goggles as they pour.
 Soda
 To explore the  Vinegar  Leave the coins to soak in the cups overnight.
effectiveness of  Safety goggles.
various cleaning  The next morning drain the cups, rinse off the
solutions in coins and make your final observations.
cleaning coins.

https://playgroundparkbench.com/clean-coins-
quick-stem-activities-for-preschool/

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TERM 3

OBJECTIVES WHAT YOU NEED? DIRECTIONS / RESOURCE

STEAM 1:  Gumballs  Place white paper inside your shallow
 Washable Paint cardboard or plastic box.
 Painting with  Plastic Bag
gumballs(art)  Water  Pour a few squirts of paint into the plastic
 Shallow Box (Cardboard or bag along with a splash of water.
 To discover their
own color and mix Plastic)  Add your gumballs to the plastic bag of paint
together with the  White Card Stock Paper and smoosh the gumballs around so that
paint to create they are covered in paint.
new colors.

https://kidssteamlab.com/action-painting-gumballs/

STEAM 2:  Shape die which will include  First, you’ll need a shape die. You can print

 Robot Math shapes like circle, rectangle, and glue together a die, based on our
(Math)
oval, triangle, semicircle, template. The shapes included are circle,
 To recognize
different shapes. and trapezoid. rectangle, oval, triangle, semicircle, and

 To learn how to  Robot Math table. trapezoid
draw with different
shapes. 

https://www.adventure-in-a-box.com/robot-math-

printable-game-of-art-geometric-shapes-for-kids/

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STEAM 3:  Almond milk or cow milk  Cut your watercolor paper to a size that
 Casserole dish easily fits within your tray. Place the stack of
 Colorful Marbled  Food coloring paper near your tray; once your start swirling
 Dish soap the colors you will have to work quickly to get
Milk Paper (Art)  Cotton swabs the best effects.
 Watercolor paper
 To express new  Pour roughly 3-4 tablespoons of almond milk
fun ways of into a tray; basically enough for a thin layer
painting. of milk that covers the bottom of your tray.

 Add in drops of food coloring around the
milk.

 Add a couple dollops of dish soap around the
tray. The soap and food coloring will now
start interacting.

 Using a q-tip or toothpick, begin swirling the
colors.

 Before the colors get too mixed together take
one sheet of paper and lay it on top of the
milk mixture. Press down. Gently lift it, set
aside to dry, and continue with additional
sheets.

 Let everything dry completely

https://babbledabbledo.com/science-art-for-kids-
marbled-milk-paper/

STEAM 4:  Popsicles sticks  First, write your number sequences out on
 Pegs craft sticks. We used colored craft sticks for
 Missing number  Marker a bit of fun color. You can use the plain ones
(math) as well.
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 To identify the  Leave blanks for the children to fill in the
missing number missing numbers. You can leave it just as a
by following the blank space, or draw a line to show
correct sequence something is missing.

 Next, write the missing numbers for you
sticks on clothespins. We used these plain
ones, but colored ones would work too.

 Finally, let the children go to work. Have
them count down each stick, clipping on the
missing number clothes pins as they go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocS_t-Hek5E

https://planningplaytime.com/missing-number-math-
activity

STEAM 5:  Two pieces of foam core  Set up a backdrop. This could be a wall or

 Stop Motion  Collection of objects to piece of foam core.
Animation
(technology) animate  Gather toys to include in your animation.

 To offer children  Smart phone, touchpad, or  Set up your touch pad or smart phone on a
ownership and
autonomy in the iPad. We used an iPad stand or tripod, across from the foam core.
film making
process mini.  Start the Stop Motion Animation App and

 To encourage  Tripod or stand to hold your make your movie!
children to project
and plan out device steady
where a story is
heading  Stop Motion Animation App. https://tinkerlab.com/easy-stop-motion-animation-kids/
We used the FREE version

of Stop Motion Studio by

Cateater for iOS

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STEAM 6:  2 plastic recycle cups.  Two plastic cups attached to three
 Hanger
 Make a balance  Yarn strands of yarn each and hung from an
 To observe how  Rice/pulse child's plastic hanger

to balance the  Then hung the balance from the knob of
objects
a low cabinet in our kitchen.

 Trying to balance rice or pulse on either

side of the balance.

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/17228/science-for-kids-
hanger-balance/

STEAM 7:  Thin cardboard circle  You only need one circle per top. We made
shape four different tops to test our different color
 Spinning tops combinations.
 primary paint colors
color mixing  Toothpick  After we cut out our circles, we divided them
(Art)  Scissors into four equal sections.
 To explore the
mixing of colors  Using our primary paint colors, we alternated
by motion. the colors in each section. We used only two
colors per top.

 Once our paint was dry, I made a tiny hole in
the center of each top. (Use a pair of sharp
scissors or a paper clip to make the hole.

 We then poked a toothpick into the middle of
each circle.

 We started spinning and were amazed to
see the colors blend together. So cool!

https://creativefamilyfun.net/science-art-color-mixing-
tops/

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STEAM 8:  shallow plastic container  Using a rubber band, wrap the two pencils
 3 large rubber bands onto the plastic container, one on each
 Build a paddle  2 pencils side.
boat  cardboard or thick piece of
 Put one more rubber band binding the two
 To build a paddle paper as paddles (I used pencils behind the boat, and another one in
boat and observe foam shapes front of the boat for balance.
its rotation.
 Cut the cardboard into 4 small pieces that
are small enough to fit in the space
between the two pencils.

 On each cardboard, make a cut in the
middle but stop half the way (do not cut it all
the way).

 Put 2 pieces of cardboard together by
sliding one slit onto the other to make a
rotating paddle. Do the same to the other 2.

 Fit the paddles onto the rubber bands.
 To make them rotate, twist the paddles on

the rubber bands to wind them up.
 Although there are two paddle wheels, you

can use only one of them or both.
 The second wheel is there for balancing the

boat so it doesn’t tilt.
 If you use both, be sure to turn both wheels

in the same direction.
 Without releasing the twists, place the boat

on the water and then let go.
 Observe which direction the boat goes.

https://www.rookieparenting.com

/build-a-paddle-boat-stem-for-

kids/

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