by MakeCrate | Feb 14, 2020 | STEM Concepts, STEM Education, STEM Projects and Puzzles, STEM Teacher Resources
Valentine’s Day is a great time to get kids excited about STEM. STEM engineering and coding projects can be used to combine holiday cheer with science, technology, engineering, and math to inspire kids’ love of all things STEM. Check out these great STEM...
by brittyhamby@gmail.com | Sep 5, 2019 | Coding concepts, Engineering Concepts, STEM Concepts, STEM Education, STEM for Homeschoolers, STEM Projects and Puzzles, STEM Teacher Resources
Project-based learning is where students gain knowledge and skills by investigating and responding to authentic, engaging, and complex questions, problems or challenges. It’s a teaching method you’ll often find in classrooms, homeschools and learning centers, and...
by brittyhamby@gmail.com | Aug 22, 2019 | STEM for Homeschoolers, STEM Projects and Puzzles
Parents can spend up to $1,000 a month on after school coding camps, hoping to instill the life-long value of STEM skills in their children. We get it: learning STEM is important, and we think that being exposed to coding as early as possible makes for a brighter...
by brittyhamby@gmail.com | Aug 8, 2019 | STEM for Homeschoolers, STEM Projects and Puzzles
STEM is for everyone! And it doesn’t take too long or too much money for your kiddos (or you!) to learn essential skills in science and engineering. We pulled together three projects that don’t take too much time or cash – and still give you a fun...
by brittyhamby@gmail.com | Aug 2, 2019 | STEM for Homeschoolers, STEM Projects and Puzzles
Take a Field Trip Take virtual field trips to the cultures, times and places you’re learning about in your current curriculum. Have students do independent research on a home computer, compiling photos and information, and maybe even have them teach YOU what they’ve...
by MakeCrate | Jul 7, 2019 | STEM for Homeschoolers, STEM Projects and Puzzles
Making Screentime Productive There are lots of articles that discuss why screen time is bad for kids, and explain how much screen time is good for kids, as well as tools for limiting it. Out-of-school time creates more time for parents and students to argue about...
