More Spring STEM Ideas – Lesson Plans

I’ve been on a bit of a spring STEM kick this week, mostly because the weather has been (intermittently) nice and I’m looking for things we can do outside when the weather is nice.

Here are a couple more great resources for you to check out if you’re thinking about spring STEM, too.

Proud to Be Primary has a great collection of 20 spring STEAM ideas, which covers everything from the life cycle of a butterfly to growing sprouts in egg shells. There are some great craft projects, games and engineering ideas, too.

And don’t miss the Easter science and STEM activities at Little Bins for Little Hands. She has Easter challenge cards to print, with ideas like egg drops, Easter slime, erupting eggs and more. Plus there are links to each of the activities so you’ll know just how to do them with your kids.

Weather Craft kits and Activity books.

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Fun Activities to Learn about Butterflies

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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