Workshop Resources – Page 34 – STEMAZing Systems Thinking

Cap Maracas

Reuse plastic bottle caps to create these fun maracas.

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…

Finger Flute

Sturdy cardboard tubes, straws, tape, and other inexpensive materials can be used to create this fun noisemaker!

Straw Oboe

Using two different diameter straws, create an oboe with just a simple cut to create a reed and a little bit of practice.

Pie Pan Tambourine

Turn a foil pie pan into a tambourine!

Coconut Can Percussion

Turn a coconut can into a percussion instrument you can shake, tap, and scrape to create a beat.

Astronomy Dresses from Svaha

Smart dresses for smart women! Find all manner of nerdy dresses with constellations, DNA strands, math symbols, gears for engineering, and much more.

Star Finder

Make your own Star Finder using templates printed on cardstock and manila folders.

Marshmallow Constellations

Students can use mini marshmallows and toothpicks to create models of the constellations.

Constellation Boxes

These #STEMontheCheap models can be used to teach perspective and vantage point. Challenge students to model actual constellations.