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Problem and Project Based Learning Activities Tons of links to activities, problems, and projects in a variety of subject areas.

Kids can play learn with their food with these fun Goldfish crackers STEAM snack activities. Great for young engineers, mathematicians artists.

A variety of Engineering STEM activities 

40 STEM Activities for young children 4 and up 

How Does the 5E Instructional Model Promote Active, Collaborative, Inquiry-Based Learning?  This article talks about the use of the 5E inquiry cycle to lesson planning to support inquiry science. This may be helpful in framing lesson design.

Today, PBL is viewed as a model for classroom activity that shifts away from teacher-centered instruction and emphasizes student-centered projects.  Great introduction to PBL and its benefits based on current research..

Project-based learning is a dynamic classroom approach in which students actively explore real-world problems and challenges and acquire a deeper knowledge.

Project based learning

WHAT WORKS IN EDUCATION The George Lucas Educational Foundation

Reinventing Project-Based Learning Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss Reinventing Project-Based Learning offers educators an accessible guide for maximizing the benefits of project-based learning in today's technology-rich learning environment. This reader-friendly book speaks directly to educators, administrators, and professional development specialists who want to transform learning into a more active, student-driven experience, using technology tools for inquiry, collaboration, and connection to the world beyond the classroom. Examples from educators in many different countries showcase this new vision of instructional design.

Bridge Building Popsicle Stick Challenge.  A great STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) activity for students in the classroom or kids at home. Challenge:  Construct a bridge that spans at least 12 inches and hold one action figure (or whatever toy you have in your home). Stuck inside for winter?  Too hot?  Too rainy?  Just need a …

Free on Teachers Pay Teachers: This is a great collaborative activity where groups of 3 students create a test to give to two other groups of students. Each student ends up taking two tests,

Free on Teachers Pay Teachers: A graphic organizer to help guide you through the process of creating a problem based learning unit or activity for your class. The PBL planner helps you gets

Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is an instructional method of hands-on, active learning centered on the investigation and resolution of messy, real-world problems.  This may help our teachers find Science PBL projects to do with their kids.

Getting kids excited about math and science may be as easy as finding how their interest can be explored through STEM resources!  We might consider doing outreach to parents about STEM project they can do at home with their  kids. Maybe we create a parent stem email with ideas once a month. This site gave me the idea for this.

Gardening ideas for STEAM

Lokks like an interesting and well designed engineering activity.

Over the past five years, we've amassed a body of lesson plans, activities, project briefs, and resources that we have used in our Studio H and Camp H programs. Some are bite-size creative calisthenics, some are obscure design theory readings, others are big, crazy, year-long construction projects.

This resource contains Pinterest ideas for STEAM in Kindergarten.