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These straw rockets are very easy to make and great fun. You can make them plain or theme in different ways. We've made Pterodactyls and rockets!

They're also a fantastic introduction to forces, gravity and trajectory!

Don't forget I also have a book filled with rocket and space science experiments for kids. This IS Rocket Science is available from Amazon in the UK and book stores in America.

Straw Rocket Materials

There are two ways to make these, you can either use a wide straw as the rocket part ( sealed with tape at one end ) or use paper sealed at three ends so the open end fits over the straw.

or

How to make a straw rocket

Paper version

Cut a small strip of paper, fold in half and seal the top and long side opposite the fold with tape.

This should fit loosely over the top of your straw.

Place it over the straw and blow, it should shoot into the air!

Decorate if you want!

Straw Version

Cut the wider straw so you have a segment about one third the length of your normal width straw.

Completely seal one end of the wide straw with sellotape so no air can pass through it. Check this by blowing down the straw, does any air escape?

Draw a picture of a rocket or other space object on a piece of paper and use sellotape ( double sided works best ) to attach to the wider straw.

Place the wider straw onto one end of the normal straw and blow!

Watch your rocket fly!

Try pointing the straw at different angles and blowing harder/less hard to see how the flight of the rocket changes.

Why does this happen?

When you blow air down the straw it travels to the end and pushes its way out, taking the rocket straw segment with it as it moves. The harder you blow into the straw the more energy the air has and the further your rocket will fly!

Change the trajectory

What happens to your straw rocket if you point it straight up? How far does it fly? Does it fly differently if you point it horizontally?

There are two forces acting on the straw rocket. Gravity is pulling it down while the force from you blowing the straw is pushing it forward. These two forces combined give a curved movement. A real rocket needs to overcome the gravitational force downwards.

Extension Activity

Add some weight to your straw rocket and see if that affects how far it travels, you could use cardboard instead of paper for the rocket or add paper clips!

Make lots of different themes for your straw shooters, Red Ted Art has some beautiful summer themed straw shooters!

More Rocket Science for Kids

If you've got kids who love space and rockets, you might like our easy bottle rocket experiment , film canister rocket or squeezy bottle rockets!

For younger children I'd recommend a rocket mouse! These are great fun for little ones and bigger sibling might enjoy getting involved too!

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These straw rockets are very easy to make and great fun. You can make them plain or theme in different ways. We've made Pterodactyls and rockets! They're also a fantastic introduction to forces , gravity and trajectory! Don't forget I also have a book filled with rocket and space science experiments for kids.

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With Halloween just around the corner I thought the boys would enjoy this Monster Footprint Hop and boy was I right! They went back through it over and over at least 10 times each! Such a perfect gross motor activity during Halloween season or anytime of year really! Perfect for a monster-themed party or event too! And the best part is that it only took 10 minutes to set up!

MATERIALS NEEDED TO MAKE A MONSTER FOOTPRINT HOP: (affiliate links)

* Construction paper in various colors

* Masking Tape

WHAT TO DO:

1. Start by collecting various colors of construction paper. Be sure to get even numbers of each color so you have 2 footprint sets.

2. Then trace the outline of a monster print (basically a large oval on the bottom and then four pointed claws on top) on one of the sheets. I am not an artist at all and was easily able to sketch this out.

3. Cut out the monster print.

4. Hold this print over about 6 sheets of construction paper and cut more matching prints out. Repeat until you have all your prints cut out. For kids working on their scissor skills you could trace the monster print on all the pieces of construction paper and have the kids cut out the prints.

5. Take a small piece of masking tap and apply it to the bottom of each footprint.

6. Place each print on the ground with a matching print.

7. Be sure to turn sets of prints different directions to make the course more challenging.

VARIATIONS FOR DIFFERENT AGES:

* For preschool kids, have them work on color recognition by shouting out the colors they are jumping on as they move through the course.

* For elementary kids have them count by twos when they are jumping through the course.

Check out the below video to see the boys in action!

For more fun Halloween ideas, check out our other Halloween activities here.

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Monster Footprint Hop * ages 2+ ⋆ Raising Dragons

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With Halloween just around the corner I thought the boys would enjoy this Monster Footprint Hop and boy was I right! They went back through it over and over at least 10 times each! Such a perfect gross motor activity during Halloween season or anytime of year really!

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I'm excited about sharing some shape activities for toddlers today! I used to do these all the time with my son and then we recently added in some color and size sorting to mix it up and provide some critical thinking. The kids loved it, especially Skyla. As soon as she was done sorting, she would say, "Okay lets mess it up and do it again!"

The set up for this is super easy, so in a very short amount of time, using materials that you already have in the house, you should be able to set this activity up for some fun with the kids. So take a look at how we did this toddler project quick and easy!

If you love activity ideas, check out my recent post on dot marker activities or space shuttle craft post! Also, head on over to Pinterest and follow me for daily update craft ideas!

Shape Sort Materials

1.Grab a marker, pen, crayon, or whatever you like.

2. Next grab some colored construction paper or maybe an old poster board or cardboard you have laying around if you are not doing the color sorting . It doesn't have to be big, just big enough to to outline shapes.

3. Next, go through your toddlers toys and find anything that has a shape.

The How (Time: Less than 5 min)

1.I used a marker to write "SHAPE MATCH" on top of an old poster board when my son was a toddler, but it's not necessary.

2. Next I used that same marker to outline his shapes. Now my son was beside me while I was doing this. He was stepping on the board, trying to take my marker, making me mess up the lines, etc. LOL. So you can do this part before hand or have them participate. It doesn't have to be perfect and my toddler was already getting excited. This step still only took me five minutes even with the interference.

3. Let your toddler have at it!

For more shape activities visit one of my favorite kids activity bloggers, Happy Toddler Playtime

Check out this video! My daughter had such a great time.
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I hope you enjoyed this shape sorting activity post! Please comment below and let me know some activities that keep your kids entertained! I would love to see some additional ideas!

Also check out my posts on a great pom pom frame craft and popsicle stick crafts for more fun ideas!

Also, remember to sign up for your FREE weekly activities planner on the top or the right side of the page and check out my printables page

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Shape Activities For Toddlers: Color and Shape Sorting

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I'm excited about sharing some shape activities for toddlers today! I used to do these all the time with my son and then we recently added in some color and size sorting to mix it up and provide some critical thinking. The kids loved it, especially Skyla.

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20 Best Educational Games for Kids by Subjects & Grades

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21 Clever Science Classroom Decorating Ideas for Your Classroom Door | Science classroom decorations, Science room, Science classroom

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Monster Footprint Hop, Halloween Gross Motor Skill Activity [Video] in 2022 | Preschool art activities, Toddler learning activities, Physical activities for kids

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Aug 24, 2022 - Welcome :) You can watch the video about Monster Footprint Hop, Halloween Gross Motor Skill Activity below. I share many ideas about educational kids activity on my blog. For example: Halloween Activities for Toddlers Fun,Halloween Activities for Toddlers Easy,Halloween Activities…

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Use materials you likely have at home to make your own Homemade Lava Lamp!

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Turtle Diary's dynamic and fun science games are for kids who are curious. They encourage kids to explore early science concepts and reinforce skills.

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NASA encourages you to visit NASA Kids' Club and use its games and activities to inspire the next generation.

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STEM Challenges are perfect to use at the beginning of the school year as students are learning how to work in groups. Students learn teamwork and problem solving skills as they work together to design, build, and test a tower out of popsicle sticks and cups.
The STEM Process:
Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't. This STEM Project aligns with the NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards).
Includes:

Teacher and Student Instructions

Student Planning Pages

Student Reflection Pages

Student STEM Journal

NGSS Standards

TpT Digital STEM Activity for Google Distance Learning

Material List:

mini paper or plastic cups

popsicle sticks

rulers

What Teachers are saying about this back to school activity: "This STEM project was a great activity for the beginning of the year. The students truly enjoyed it." - Lejandra E. "My second graders absolutely LOVED this. They had a blast! It was the perfect first week of school activity!" -Amanda O. "Simple but effective. The conversations this activity has created are priceless. The problem solving and creative reasoning is fantastic." -Debra S. "This was a wonderful community building activity for my students. Thank you!" NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS
K-2-ETS1-1 Engineering Design

Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a

situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can

be solved through the development of a new or improved object or

tool.

K-2-ETS1-2 Engineering Design

Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how

the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given

problem.

3-5-ETS1-2 Engineering Design

Generate and compare multiple solutions to a problem based on

how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the

problem.

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Integrate STEM in your classroom with this Back to School STEM Challenge!STEM Challenges are perfect to use at the beginning of the school year as students are learning how to work in groups. Students learn teamwork and problem solving skills as they work together to design, build, and test a tower ...

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STEM Challenge Sticks and Cups Tower FREEBIE

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This is a tower building event using two very simple materials! Kids will love this and so will you! If you are looking for an easy STEM challenge to get started with STEM this is perfect! (And, of course, it's free!)This tower challenge is one we completed purely for fun.

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by Filed Under: feelgoodteaching Back-To-School, Fall, Spring, Summer

Ah...the boat building challenge - a total classic! I remember doing this myself in elementary school, though the grade escapes me. The thing is, I remember making my clay boat and trying to get it to hold as many pennies as possible. I do not, however, remember a whole host of worksheets throughout my school career, and that speaks to the power of using STEM challenges in your classroom. If you're new to this world, I always say boats, bridges, and towers are a great introduction, so you're in the right place!

Or maybe you're a STEM challenge veteran. You may have already done a boat challenge for capacity, and maybe even for speed. Never fear; I've got some fresh new ideas to take your boat building to a whole new level!

Premise

Materials

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At least one per class, if not one per student or group:

Container filled with water to test the boats (be sure to choose a container with appropriate dimensions, or constrain students on length, width, height accordingly. For sailing tests, stream tables, under-bed-storage bins, or kiddie pools work well).
- Set of uniform objects to measure capacity (pennies, base-ten blocks, paperclips, balance weights, bouncy balls, etc.)
For each student or group:

Video Walk-through

If you're familiar with my work, you know I've been switching over to using video to explain the bulk of my STEM challenges. It seems to be the best/fastest way to explain the important details: materials, set-up, tips, modifications, extensions, demonstrations, and more! Who has time to read all that?! However, if you do prefer to read instead, you'll find the video transcription at the end of this post.

Check out the video below to see Boat Building in action:

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Video Transcription

Hi, there. Welcome to the very best day of the week, STEM Challenge Day. The last time, I told you we were all done with the summer STEM challenges, and it turns out that was not entirely true. I didn't mean to lie to you. It's just that I think of the Build a Boat Challenge as an anytime challenge, but of course it's great for summer. You might recall back in November; we did a boat challenge called Mini Mayflower. You might be wondering if this is really any different, and the answer is yes, I have a lot of new ideas for you. Mini Mayflower is basically a holiday-themed smaller subset of this challenge, so today I'm going to be giving you some new ideas. I'm going to assume you're already familiar with the Mini Mayflower challenge, so if you're not, you might want to pause this. Go ahead and watch the Mini Mayflower video and come right on back. I'll link that down in the description below. There are basically three categories that you can adjust and shift to make this boat-building challenge an entirely new experience for your students.

0:52

Now, if you've already done a capacity boat challenge with your students, the most obvious thing to do differently here would be to focus on sailboats and have the students design boats built for speed. If you've already done a capacity and boat speed challenge with your students, don't worry. I'm going to give you some new ideas you can use today. Since the other video focused on capacity, today I'm going to be focusing on the sailing challenges. Now, if you're doing a sailing challenge, you're going to need a larger container, so if you have a stream table, that's great. Another idea is to use under-the-bed storage bins or kiddie pools, and, of course, you're going to want to get those in place before you fill them up with water. Figured that one out the hard way myself. A straight sailing test would just be to time the boat from the start to the finish line. Well, let's say you've been there and done that, and you want to try something different.

1:35

One idea is to focus on the relationship between mass and inertia, so you can tape just with masking tape a line in the bin before you fill it with water and have the students power the boat up until that point, and they stop. Then they see how much the boat drifts on its own past that point, and they measure that off. If you're going to do that test, you're going to need a scale so that students can determine the mass or at least the weight of their boat. One idea I love to shake this challenge up is to create an obstacle course within the sailing container, so what you can do is just drop some bottles or some vases in, and the boats can either need to sail through them or around them, or you can even create ports where the boats have to sail up to them and touch, and then they either need to load cargo or unload cargo before proceeding to the next port. In terms of measuring results, you can do it one of two ways.

2:24

You could either measure how much time it takes the boats to complete whatever the obstacle course is, and the other way to do it is to give students a set amount of time to collect as much cargo from the ports as possible, so they would touch one bottle. They would collect one piece of cargo, proceed to the next one, collect one piece of cargo, and they could go back and forth to as many different ports as there are and collect as much as they can within the allotted timeframe. Another idea is something I call capture the flag, though it doesn't really need to be a flag. Over the sailing container, you can rig up just a piece of string, or you can even have two students hold either end of the string. Have something dangling, maybe even just a pipe cleaner formed into a circle, loosely over the string, and task students with designing a boat that can sail past and capture one or more rings.

3:13

Another way to make this boat challenge very different from one you may have already done is to think about the materials you provided and change them pretty dramatically. So if the students all used foil sheets in their first iteration, don't provide foil this time. Try using wax paper or clay, or even some other kind of paper, or whatever you can think of. Each of these materials comes with its advantages and disadvantages, so a design that works well with one doesn't always translate well to another. Just a quick note on materials. They are always suggested places to start. You can always add in other ideas, and you should, and you'll see here some ideas that were not in the picture. The wax paper, that's a shower cap down there, and I didn't have the types of cargo that you're going to see here today.

3:58

Even if you're not planning to do a capacity test, you're only going to do sailboat speed, you want to make sure you still have some marbles or some pennies, some kind of weighted materials available, because some students will find, when they put their boat in the water, that it's sort of off-balance, but they can fix it by adding weights in certain points of the boat. Assuming you're doing this challenge outside, you're going to want to pay attention to the direction the wind is blowing so that the students aren't working against the wind. Now, you can let the students power the boats. You can let the wind do it naturally, or you could even bring in a small fan. Even if you choose to use a fan or natural wind, I would still always give students an option to have either a straw or a balloon, some way that they can get their boats unstuck without actually touching them, because I usually put that in the constraints list, that they're not allowed to touch them physically once they're in the water.

4:47

It's also nice if you have smaller plastic containers, maybe shoebox size, to let students have with their group, so that they can give their boats a balance test before they get out and do the main test. One thing to think about if the students are powering their boats with their own wind power is to make sure that each team has an equal number of students who are allowed to participate in powering the boat to sort of even the playing field. And the final idea to make this challenge unique against all other boat challenges is to focus on what you do in the extension activities. I recommend a deeper, class-wide data analysis activity. You could have students graph different types of results. Older students could calculate speed, and design their own experiments where they use the scientific method to figure out what changes can they make to impact the speed of sailboats. You have all the basics to conduct boat-building in your class on your own, but this resource just got a crazy update, complete overhaul. Take a second to check it out. It's going to save you so much time.

5:45

This time-saving resource contains everything you need, including modifications for use with second through eighth-graders. You'll still need to gather the simple materials, of course, but the rest is ready and waiting. You'll get Aligned Next Generation Science Standards, links to my STEM Challenge How-to videos to help you get the most from each challenge, and the Boat-Building Materials list. In Teacher Tips, you'll find premise and setup, how to increase or decrease difficulty through the Criteria and Constraints list, measuring results, and cross-curricular extension suggestions. You'll find two editable Criteria and Constraints lists so you can tailor the challenge to your students. For student design analysis handouts, there are two versions. Five-page expanded room for response for younger students, and a three-page condensed space paper-saver version. You'll get one set for a capacity challenge and a second for capacity and/or speed. You'll also find a set of group discussion questions. In the Extension Handouts, you'll find a class-wide data analysis activity, graphing templates, a design-your-own-experiment activity, and calculating boat speed handouts, as well as additional math extension, design, report, and process flow templates.

You'll also receive a detailed Teacher Guide and everything that comes with the holiday version of the boat building challenge, Mini Mayflower. This resource is available individually and is part of the discounted Mega STEM Challenge Bundle. Links can be found in the description below the video. So much goodness, right? Make sure you're following my store and Teachers Pay Teachers, and subscribed on YouTube so you don't miss anything. I hope you and your students have a fantastic time building your boats. Have a great week. I'll see you next time.

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- reasons for hosting a science night is provided on "Rationale/ Purpose of the event"
- start and end times on "decision possible times hours" (pros and cons)
-location: Crouch Elementary school
-invited? Family of students/ students/ staff/ volunteers/ and people assisting with the science night roles.

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-  Family involvement in education when it comes to science in having a bond between school and home.
- Discover components of science such as how its built/ other factors behind it.
-Encourage and promote hands-on activities to try with their families even at home such as materials that families have in their homes and that are easy to create.
-Most importantly, they are having fun discovering and exploring activities without realizing they are learning just by creating(hands-on activities).

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The Challenge With its mission of providing safer living and working environments for people everywhere through the application of safety and environmental sciences and hazard-based safety engineering, Underwriters Laboratories (UL) was looking for a way to inspire a passion for STEM education at a young age while elevating the importance of the safety behind science.

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STEM Family Night Planning Guide — Vivify STEM | Stem family night, Family science night, Family night

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That Ben Franklin was a pretty bright guy. He discovered. He invented. And let's not forget what he said: "Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I learn." Heck, if Mr. Franklin were alive today, he'd definitely give a big thumbs-up to our free Family Science Night program (he'd also be on the PTO-cochair of All the STEM Things, of course).

No worries, though-you don't have to be a Ben Franklin or a Bill Nye to host a Family Science Night at school (after all, most of us need Google to answer why the sky is blue). Our Family Science Night kit includes everything you need, from 25 kid-friendly experiments to Facebook graphics.

So go on, do Franklin a solid and get that Family Science Night on the calendar. Here are 33 fun ideas to get you super stoked for this awesome event!

1. Invite families to wear mad scientist costumes.

2. Donate all that leftover candy corn in the name of science. See how far it flies with this fun catapult activity.
Get a "build a catapult" activity in PTO Today's free Family Science Night kit!
3. Use Facebook to remind parents about your event. Hey, even Albert Einstein had trouble remembering dates (typical parent).

4. A dancing Bill Nye gif will get their attention, too.

5. Drive attendance by raffling off a door prize, like this Mad Scientist gift basket.

via PTO Today

6. Don't forget the Mad Scientist gift tag!

7. Get volunteers in the spirit with these science-y T-shirts. Pair with mad scientist wigs (bed head works in a pinch, too).

8. Have a "make a mess" station that includes the messier, more tactile things to do. Activities like make your own bouncy ball, slippery slime, and oobleck are always popular with the under-11 crowd.
Get a "make your own bouncy ball" activity in PTO Today's free Family Science Night kit (free download).
9. Just make sure you're prepared for any spills...

10. ...especially if you're planning to make elephant toothpaste!
Get this "make your own elephant toothpaste" experiment in PTO Today's free Family Science Night kit (free download)!
11. Encourage families to take a few photos at your "Cell-fie Station" (see how much fun life sciences can be?!). Just don't forget the photo booth props.

12. It doesn't get easier than this backdrop made of plastic tablecloths and black trash bags.

13. Bring the stars inside! Poke constellations in black paper and hang them from windows.

14. Send kids home with a fun badge to show how many "science things" they learned.

15. Turn Dixie cups into flowers to show how bees pollinate.
Get this "bee and pollination" activity in PTO Today's free Family Science Night kit (free download).
16. To truly understand the power of pollination, one must eat a lot of Cheetos. No complaints here.

17. These bee snacks are pretty cute, too.

18. Frankenstein was created by a mad scientist, so naturally, you'd want to serve these.

19. Give a nod to the earth sciences with some geological Jell-O.

20. Experiment with your decorations! Start with a giant cardboard beaker.

21. No kid can resist a snack served in a petri dish. Trust us.

22. Generate excitement for your event with a mad scientist lab coat T-shirt drive. Then invite families to make their own!

23. Put everyone's newfound STEM skills to work and make your own rocket ship bananas.

24. Or, because kids are super-science-smart now, you could just ask them to build their own molecules. No biggie.

25. Clear plastic cups + permanent marker = instant beaker cups.

26. Don't forget the H20!

27. Bunch balloons together to make atoms.

28. How could you pass up this experimental drink station?

29. Beach balls and tablecloths make for an intergalactic evening.

30. Set up a periodic table battleship station for the older kids.

31. Hold an on-site supply drive for your science teachers.

32. Turn the lights out for this fun experiment!

33. When all is said and done, you'll have learned a lot, too. Let's just hope that this is next week's science homework.

Electrifying hairdos aside, there's really so much good that can come out of parents and kids getting together to do more science, more often. Download your free Family Science Night kit now and it'll be easier than ever for your group to make that happen!
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- Tuesday 6:30 pm- 8 pm (the difference will be during the weekday, and fewer people might go, but it does have the benefit of starting later higher chance of parents going)
- Thursday 6-7 pm (only 1 hour where families can come without thinking it is too much time on Science Night)

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