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Triangle Butterfly
Adapted from Arvind Gupta’s Toys from Trash Beautiful Butterfly.
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Our core belief is that children learn by doing – by touching, feeling, cutting, sticking — pulling things apart, putting things together. We believe that this hands-on science helps them relate to curriculum and get conceptual understanding. We believe this will revolutionize the way children learn. A child lighting up a LED with a Syringe…
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#STEMontheCheap at its best! Toys from Trash is an incredible collection of projects made with inexpensive materials. You will have to consider the minds-on ways you will use these projects to engage students but most work well with our IDEAS Engineering Journal. Harness the power of play! Toys from Trash Philosophy: Our core belief is…
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Turn a water bottle into a ball launcher with some simple supplies.
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Use pool noodles to create your own set of quiet blocks. #STEMontheCheap
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Adding a Styrofoam cup as a sounding board to a metal Slinky turns it into a Star Wars sound machine!
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Create these #STEMontheCheap harmonicas using large craft sticks, rubber bands, index cards, tape, and straws. Then, let young engineers decide which design is better. Encourage them to support their claim with evidence! Continue the engineering by allowing young engineers to make modifications to the designs, test them, and determine (with support of evidence) whether their…
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Using two different diameter straws, create an oboe with just a simple cut to create a reed and a little bit of practice.
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These #STEMontheCheap models can be used to teach perspective and vantage point. Challenge students to model actual constellations.
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