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Autumn is my favorite season of the year. Why? My top reason- the heat of the Texas summer is behind us (hopefully). Coming in at a close second is decorating cookies with the TCEA staff and their families. It is such a delight to hunt for Halloween sprinkles and decorating supplies for this fun activity. Of course, the third reason I love fall is because I get to find and create activities for students and teachers!

Are you ready to get your spooky-ooky on? Carve out some time for fun in your classroom with these seven fa-boo-lous activities for 2021!

Difficult Dictionary Dress-Up Day

Mr. Donnie Piercey is a teacher in Lexington, Kentucky. I love that he has his fifth-graders dress up around Halloween as a difficult dictionary word. Can you match the words below to students in the photo?

Check out Donnie''s Dictionary Day parent letter here for the details and some tips on how to put an educational twist on Halloween costumes. Also, you should follow him on Twitter! He's the 2021 Kentucky Teacher of the Year and he is always tweeting good stuff.

Halloween Adjective Challenge

Since last year's Halloween Synonym Challenge was a success, this year I have added the Halloween Adjective Challenge. This Google Form has ten images. Your challenge is to read the three sentences and choose the sentence that has correct adjectives for each image. The challenge has been created as a Google Form quiz, so look for your score and answers after submitting. Try it out here.

Halloween Synonym Challenge

Last year, the Halloween Synonym Challenge was released. To be honest, I forgot I had even created this challenge. Imagine my surprise when I opened up the results spreadsheet while writing this blog and there were 1,000+ entries! One of the best things about teaching is that there's always an opportunity to make things better. So I changed the original Halloween Synonym Challenge into two separate challenges because I thought a 20-synonym activity was a bit long for one sitting.

The redesigned Synonym Challenge is housed in a Google Form that is set up as a quiz. So look for your score and answers after submitting.
More Challenging Vocabulary

Trick-or-Treat Scratch Game

If you are a Scratch user and want your students to code a Halloween Scratch game, I found just the activity for you. Find the how-to blog here. Maytal's blog includes the lesson plan, an introduction video, and a four-step video series on creating the Scratch game.

The Halloween Scratch Lesson videos include:

Step 1: Drop One Candy!

Step 2: Clone Those Candies!

Step 3: Handle Those Clones!

Step 4: Add Score!

This is a fantastic Scratch activity because it can be used to introduce the concept of variables while still keeping things simple. Use this link to request the Starter Project.

Digital Breakouts

Also, I have two digital breakouts for Halloween. Won't you join the 4,678 students and teachers who have solved The Boo Breakout? And if you are up for more, check out The Trick or Treat Breakout. This breakout was just created last year, but it already has 600 finishers. Will you become one?

If you are new to digital breakouts, read more about them here. The American Library Association has also written a comprehensive article explaining all the details of digital breakouts. The article also lists many places to find breakouts you can use throughout the year.

And remember educators, if you need the answers to The Boo Breakout, The Trick or Treat Breakout, or others - email me at [email protected] . Please include your school information in the signature line.

Fun for Home

Teachers, if you are looking for a variety of ideas for your own little ones, Country Living has the 43 Best Halloween Activities that Are Wicked Fun: "To-dos for the whole family that are downright spooktacular." From looking at these, I am definitely liking the creepy-crawly hairdo, and I think I am going to make myself the candy corn party hat. The "DIY Your Kids' Halloween costumes" are a must to scroll through. So creative!

More Ways to Get Your Pumpkin On!

If you are looking for more ideas, check out these previous blog posts packed with plenty of pumpkiny goodness:

Go out there and be the ghosties with the mosties. Eat, drink, and be scary! And just make sure you have a happy and safe Halloween.

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Seven Spooktacular Activities for the Elementary Classroom

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Halloween videos + easy-prep activities for K-5

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Less prep, more learning - prep in minutes not hours. Captivate your students with short videos and discussion questions.

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Halloween is just a couple of weeks away. My daughters are getting excited to wear their costumes (they're going to be Winnie the Pooh and Tigger). Their excitement reminded me that it's time for me to publish my annual list of Halloween-themed lesson activities and resources. This year's list includes some of my old favorites and some new ones.

Halloween Reading
ReadWorks offers a collection of Halloween-themed articles for a K-8 audience and a few for 9-12. The articles covered topics like the history of Halloween, pumpkin farms, and the history of ghost stories. Like all ReadWorks articles, you'll find comprehension questions and vocabulary sets to accompany the articles. A read aloud feature is also available in ReadWorks.

Pumpkin Dice Latte Challenge
The Pumpkin Dice Latte Challenge comes from Justin Cahill at Keeping Kids in Motion. This is a physical education game that is played by rolling dice then completing an exercise like "spooky squats" and "boogedy boogedy burpees." You can get the complete directions for the game and a video demonstration of the game right here on Keeping Kids in Motion.

Jack-o-Lantern Google Slides
Eric Curts recently published a new Google Slides Build a Jack-o-Lantern template. His new template includes an audio storytelling component for students. You can get the template and Eric's complete directions for using the template right here on his blog, Control Alt Achieve

Halloween Science Videos
SciShow Kids has a playlist of videos covering topics that are frequently connected to symbols of Halloween. Those topics are bats, spiders, skeletons, and the changing colors of leaves. In the video about bats students learn how bats use sound to find their way at night, how and why bats hang upside down, and how they rear their offspring. In the video on spiders students learn about the role of spiders in controlling flying insect populations and how spiders create webs. In the video about the human skeleton students can learn about the functions of the skeleton as well as how bones grow and heal over time. Finally, in the video on leaves students learn about the correlation between chlorophyll, sunlight, and leaf color.

Halloween Traditions
PBS Learning Media has a collection of Halloween-themed lessons for elementary school students. One of the those lessons is all about the historical traditions that contributed to the creation of Halloween. The materials for this lesson include a short video, video discussion questions, and a vocabulary sheet. All of the items in PBS Learning Media's Halloween collection can be shared to Google Classroom where you can add questions for students answer after watching the videos.

Number Chase - Math vs. Zombies is a free iPad game with a Halloween theme. The game is has three virtual worlds each containing ten levels of basic math problems.
Halloween Safety via Kahoot
If you'd like to play some Halloween trivia games or Halloween safety tips review games with your students, Kahoot has hundreds of games on those topics. Here's my video tutorial on how to find and modify Halloween games on Kahoot.

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My Updated List of Halloween-themed Activities and Resources

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Halloween is just a couple of weeks away. My daughters are getting excited to wear their costumes (they're going to be Winnie the Pooh and Tigger). Their excitement reminded me that it's time for me to publish my annual list of Halloween-themed lesson activities and resources.

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It seems like the minute the calendar flips over to October 1 all things creepy and mysterious take over. The air starts to cool, the pumpkins are spiced, and we all start the spectacular countdown to the 31st so we can don our best costumes and enjoy a bewitchingly good time.

But the fun and festivities leading up to Halloween don't mean your students have to stop learning. To get in the spirit of Spooky Season, we've compiled some ways you can incorporate a little STEM into Halloween activities for kids and your existing lesson plans to get wickedly creative in the classroom. After all, l earning is fun , and so is dressing up, snacking on too much candy, and doing the "Monster Mash."

Let's explore four fun Halloween STEM activities you can do with Sphero robots and littleBits this year with your students.

Halloween STEM Activities

Halloween and STEM go together like spiders and webs, goblins and ghouls, and candy and corn. (Well, we're not entirely sure about that last one.) Nevertheless, when you combine the best aspects of creativity and technology into fun Halloween activities, amazing ideas can come to life.

In this activity created by mlosinski in the Sphero Edu app , students will create a basic Halloween-themed program for their Sphero BOLT s or to simulate a night of trick-or-treating.

For this simple getting-started activity, you will need a Sphero robot, like a BOLT or Mini, and a tablet (or other compatible device ) to build out your program in the Sphero Edu block-based programming canvas. Additionally, you will need a meter stick and four plastic or paper cups to set up as "houses."

This activity is ideal for students in grades 6-8 and should take 1-2 hours to complete.

today! What fun trick-or-treating phrases will your Sphero robot say as it goes door to door?

Your Sphero robot has been invited to a Halloween masquerade ball but has nothing to wear and is a little nervous about dancing in front of others. In this activity created by bradlowell in the Sphero Edu app , can you create a costume for your robot and help it learn some new dance moves?

For this project, you will need a Sphero robot, like BOLT, an iPad or other device to connect to the Sphero Edu app and your robot, random costume designing material, e.g. plastic cups, blank paper, markers, tape, glitter, etc., and, of course, music.

This activity is ideal for students in grades 1-6 and should take one hour or less to complete.

and be sure to take videos of your robot dance party!

Do you know the history of pumpkins and Halloween or how and when the tradition of carving jack-o-lanterns originated? In this activity, created by bradlowell in the Sphero Edu app , you will put the cart before the horse and put your students' engineering skills to work by building a Sphero BOLT-powered pumpkin wagon.

For this activity, you will need a Sphero BOLT robot, an iPad, iPhone, or other compatible device , cart-building materials like disposable plastic or paper cups, straws, popsicle sticks, wheels, and axles, candy corn pumpkins, a meter stick, and painter's tape or masking tape.

This activity spans multiple age and grade levels making it ideal for students in K-8 and should take an hour or two to complete.

and let us know how many pumpkins your cart can carry. Challenge teams to see whose cart is the sturdiest!

Calling all zombies, witches, phantoms, and mad scientists! If you're looking for the ultimate Halloween STEM experience, look no further. Hack your Halloween using Sphero littleBits to invent a costume or prank, then create a scary movie featuring your masterpiece. The petrifying project possibilities are endless!

For this workshop, you will need a littleBits kit (like the STEAM+ Coding Kit , STEAM Student Set , or Electronic Music Kit ), craft materials like colored paper, glue dots, paper towel tubes, googly eyes, and craft sticks, Halloween decor like pumpkins, old costumes, cobwebs, and more.

This Hack Your Halloween workshop is ideal for students in grades 3-12, in teams of 4-5. We recommend 2.5-3 hours for this workshop. If you want to spend more time practicing filmmaking and editing, try doing a two-part workshop - one to build and create with Bits and one for filming.

We hope you'll and share your students' creativity with us by tagging @Sphero with #SpheroHalloween.

With these fun Halloween STEM activities and other creative ideas, you're sure to give your students "pumpkin" to talk about this year!

Do you have a go-to Halloween STEM activity? Share it with us on social media by tagging @Sphero and using #SpheroHalloween!

Find more Halloween and other STEM activities and inspiration in the Sphero Edu app or littleBits Classroom . View the entire collection of our programmable robots and kits today at .

Happy Halloween!

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4 Fun Halloween STEM Activities for Kids

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Get into the Halloween "spirit" by making these paper circuit light-up cards. This tutorial includes a free ebook which contains (19) Halloween themed project templates. Each one comes in black and white outline which allows you to color them and get creative while learning about circuits.

Free Download - Halloween Paper Circuit Project Ebook (PDF)

Each of these Halloween light-up cards uses copper tape, LEDs and a coin cell battery to make a circuit. This is a fun way to teach all ages the basics of electricity.

Shown below are some of the 19 project templates that are included in the free Halloween ebook which can be downloaded below.

Materials Needed

This Halloween project requires the following materials:

Need the materials for this project? We have a paper circuit starter kit & ebook available. The kit includes copper tape, LEDs and CR2032 batteries. Also included is a project ebook with 45 additional project templates.

Step 1 - Paper Circuit Templates

To begin this project, download the Halloween ebook using the link below:
Halloween Paper Circuit Project Ebook (PDF)
Select the template you want to use and print it out on colored or white paper. Printing on white paper will allow you to color and customize your template.

Each project template is 2 pages in length. We recommend that you use 2-sided printing if your printer has the capability. If you can't print on both sides of the paper, you can still print on two pages and this project will still work without any issues.

Step 2 - Apply Copper Tape

Once you have your template colored, flip it over so you can see your circuit lines. Apply copper tape to all of the lines on the template. Make sure your copper tape has conductive adhesive like the kind we use in our paper circuit starter kits. This conductive adhesive will allow you to cut the copper tape and place it on top of each other at the corners.

If your copper tape doesn't have conductive adhesive, we recommend you apply the copper in a continuous piece. You will need to fold the copper tape at the corners.

Step 3 - Fold and Cut

Flip your template over so you can see the front image. You will need to cut an "X" in the spot where the LEDs will go through. For the "Happy Monster" template, you will need to cut an X in both of the eyes.

Once this is complete, fold the template in half.

Step 4 - Mount LEDs

Now it's time to mount your LEDs to the circuits. Before you begin, determine which leg of the LED is the long leg as this is the (+) positive side and the short leg is the negative.

Bend both legs of the LED at a 90 degree angle and place it on top of the copper tape. Make sure to place the long leg on the positive (+) side. Secure the LEDs using copper tape. Rub your finger on the connections to ensure a good contact.

Step 5 - Attach Coin Cell Battery

The last part of this project is to attach a CR2032 coin cell battery to the template. Begin by rolling up a short piece of conductive copper tape into a ball with the sticky side facing out. Place this on top of the copper tape inside the battery circle.

Place your CR2032 coin cell battery on top of the copper ball with the negative (-) side of the battery facing down. Press firmly to ensure good contact.

Step 6 - Test The Paper Circuit

Fold your template in half and push the LEDs through the "X" cuts you made earlier. Push down on the area marked "Press" to test your circuit.

If for some reason your template doesn't light up, try the following:

Make sure your battery works by connecting an LED directly to the battery. This is also a good way to test that your LEDs work.

Ensure the battery (-) is facing down on the template.

Verify that the long leg of your LED is on the side marked (+) on the template. Rub all connections to ensure good solid contact.

Looking For More Projects?

If you're looking for more Halloween projects and templates, check out the following links:
13 Halloween Projects w/ Free Ebook 6 Halloween Paper Circuit Projects
Show Us Your Project

Follow us on Twitter at @Makerspaces_com and tweet us if you made this or another project. We love seeing your makerspaces and the projects you're working on.

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To bring in the start of fall activities we wanted to bring you a fun, easy, and somewhat messy STEM Challenge that your students are going to love.

The challenge is to make an erupting pumpkin volcano!
What you per class...

Mini Pumpkins (with stem area cut out and seeds removed)

Baking Soda

Dish Soap

Vinegar

Measuring Spoon

Tray

What you per student... What you need to do...

Start by gathering students in one area and hand out the Creator Sheets.

We recommend you do this as a class because it can get messy.

If the weather is nice this is the perfect challenge to take outside!

Ask students if they think it's possible to make a pumpkin explode.

Have students write on their Creator Sheets what it is they already know.

Continue the discussion by asking how, what, and why?

Next have students write down what it is they want to learn from this STEAM Challenge.

Ask students to share what it is they want to learn and keep their answers in mind as you move forward.

Bring out your mini pumpkins and place them on a tray where all students can see.

Get out the baking soda, dish soap, vinegar, and measuring spoon.

Add two spoonfuls of baking soda into the mini pumpkin and a few drops of dish soap.

Ask students what they think will happen when you add the final ingredient, vinegar.

Add the vinegar and get ready for students to be amazed by the erupting pumpkin volcano!

To add an explanation, explain to students that the reason for the explosion is due to a chemical reaction.

When the vinegar and the baking soda combine they make carbon dioxide which is what causes the eruption.

Finish by asking students to write down what they learned from the STEAM Challenge.

Have students share and reflect on what they learned. Did they expect the pumpkin to explode?

We would love to see you try this STEM Challenge. Share your results with us through social media!

Happy Making,
Maker Maven

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This Halloween season I wanted to create a fun and engaging activity as an option while introducing Google Sheets. I decided a fill-in story activity would be perfect!

Step 1: Pre-writing

The first step was to write a simple Halloween story in a Google Doc. While writing the story, I underlined the different parts of speech that I wanted to include during the activity. I decided to keep the story very simple as sometimes less is more.

Step 2: Creating a Sheet

I created a new Sheet at Sheets.new. Then, I highlighted the first row and merged the cells to add the title. I decided to use Canva to create a nice graphic. I froze the first few rows allowing the headers to remain at the top. Freezing a row allows editors to continue viewing the headers while they enter information.

Go to View-Freeze to freeze a row.

Next, I added two columns below the title. In the first column I added the parts of speech and a simple definition. In the second column I wrote the text "Answer #" to serve as a placeholder throughout the story. I reviewed the Google Doc while working so I knew what information I needed to include throughout the activity.

Creating the activity with Google Sheets.

Step 3: Hide the unused columns and rows

If you don't know how to hide a column or row it is quite simple. Right click on the name of the column or row and select "HIDE". Tip: The Sheets Addon "Crop Sheet" will eliminate unused rows and columns.

Right-click and select hide to hide empty cells.

Step 4: Adding a new Tab and entering the Formula

I wanted the words editors entered on Sheet 1 to appear in the actual story which is located on Sheet 2. To do this I first created a space for the story and formula.

I merged cells, added titles, inserted clipart, and used the paint bucket to make the Sheet look festive. (I also created the headers at Canva.) Merging cells allowed me to create one large space (cell) for the story to appear.

I wrote a formula by entering the text in quotes. The answers would appear whenever I added the formula & Madlib!Cellnumber & . For example, if I wanted the answer for the proper noun in cell B5 to appear in the story, I would write & Madlib!B5 &. I did have to revise and edit a few times to get it right. In the end the formula looked like this:

Formula and Activity

Step 5: Testing it out

Once satisfied, I tested the activity out with my 9 year old son and it was a hit. I'm sure there will be many revisions to come but that's all part of the fun!

Happy Halloween!

Have you ever created your own fill-in style story? I'd love to see some examples.

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In earlier posts I have shared Google Docs templates for creating Emoji Rebus Stories for both Wintertime and Valentine's Day. With Fall coming soon, I have put together a Halloween-themed version.

Anyone who grew up reading Highlights magazine in the dentist waiting room will quickly recognize a rebus. Basically it is a story where some of the words are replaced by images. This can be a fun activity for students, both to create and to read. It may even help with younger students who are not proficient at spelling but can choose the image for the word they want.

See below to get a copy of the template, as well as detailed directions for how to use it.

Get the Template

Click the link below to get a copy of the template:

The template includes directions, and a collection of sample Halloween-themed emojis the student can use in their writing.

Directions for Use

After you get a copy of the template...

Write a story that uses text, but also with images in place of key words.

For the images, you can use the emojis that are included with Google Docs.

You can copy and paste emojis from the sample emoji bank provided at the top of the document.

Or you can add any emoji of your choice by clicking "Insert" then "Special characters" then "Emoji"

From that window you can browse, draw, or type in a search term to find the emoji you want to add to your document.

For more projects using emojis in Docs, see my original post on this topic, which can be found here:

Note: Emojis appear differently on different operating systems. Because of this, the images may not look the same on every device. If you are using any modern computer or device (Chromebook, Android, iOS, Mac OS, Windows), the emojis should display well. However if you are using an older version of Windows earlier than Windows 8.1, the emojis do not appear in color and many may be missing.

For another great Halloween-themed activity, be sure to check out my earlier post " Build a Jack-O-Lantern with Google Slides". This activity allows students to use their creativity to make their own jack-o-lantern, while learning helpful computer skills, and then work on their writing skills by describing their creation.

Post by Eric Curts. Bring me to your school, organization, or conference with over 50 PD sessions to choose from. Connect with me on Twitter at twitter.com/ericcurts and on Google+ at plus.google.com/+EricCurts1

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Magnetic poetry kits have been around for decades, providing children and adults with inspiration to create poems on refrigerators everywhere.

As fun as those magnetic kits are, they have some limitations. By using a technology option, such as Google Drawings, you get many benefits:

No limit on the quantity of words provided. Just copy and paste more of them as needed.

Great tech skills practice with dragging and dropping and copying and pasting.

Ability to edit the words provided if needed.

Ability to add your own words.

Easy collaboration with others.

Easy to share or download your final creation.

No pieces to get lost.

It's free!

Tutorial Video (6 minutes)

You can also view this video on YouTube at:

Halloween Poetry Template

First you will want to get your own copy of the template. To do this, simply click the link below.

Now that you have your copy, let's take a look at the layout for the template:

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A few years ago I created my " Build a Jack-O-Lantern" activity for Google Slides. It was a giant hit with students as it let them be creative while improving their writing skills and tech skills. With Fall here once again, I decided to revisit this favorite activity and add a new twist to it.

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Lock-tober offers many opportunities to take a stab at winning some ghoulishly fun prizes! Start each class with our Lock of the Day - a five minute puzzle challenge! In addition, we provide opportunities for your students to help us bring the ultimate Halloween Game to life, just like Frankenstein's monster!

Let's unleash their inner creative monster and design their own locks, "We Broke Out" signs, and more! The month ends with the release of the community designed game and our Breakout EDU Spirit Week where you and your classes can win Spooktacular prizes for participating!

It's a Zombie Outbreak! A strange genetic mutation has led to a zombie outbreak. You are the leading scientist on gene editing and are the world's last hope!Work together to stop the Zombie Outbreak! Our zombie Outbreak Kit game give you another way to save the world. Perfect for Middle and Upper Grades.

It's Alive! Dr. Frankenstein has taken on his biggest project to date: assembling a MONSTER! In order for the monster to come to life, you need to use your fingers AND your brains. Once you bring Frankie back to life, make sure to dance the Zombie Shuffle to celebrate! Perfect for Elementary grades.

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Halloween STEM Activities to celebrate a 31 day countdown. Includes Halloween Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, plus FREE printables, Halloween Art and Halloween Sensory activities! Updated with even more exciting Halloween Activities for 2021!
Halloween is the perfect time for some fun and engaging STEM activities. There are just so many activities that capture a child's interest and imagination during this season, and so many of them are perfect for our young scientists! We love Halloween around here and to celebrate I'm planning 31 days of Halloween STEM Activities countdown to Halloween. Whether you are at home or celebrating in the classroom, we have activities for all ages. Join us on our month long Halloween STEM adventure!

HALLOWEEN STEM ACTIVITIES

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I've gathered up over 31 science, tech, engineering and math activities that are going to make the countdown to Halloween amazing for your children! Most of these activities are meant for elementary aged children, however I have also included activities for younger kids, plus teens and even adults. Enjoy these spectacularly spooky STEM Halloween projects!

Halloween Science Experiments

So many amazing Halloween science projects! Halloween and crazy science are a perfect fit for lots of fun and learning.

This is a fun WOW worthy experiment that will excite your little scientists. Especially once their ghosts take flight! Take a moment and explore the thrilling science of Flying Tea Bag Ghosts!

Magnetic Flying Ghosts

This is another fun flying ghosts experiment that uses the power of magnetism and a little engineering, to make ghosts fly like magic! This is a fun twist on our Wingardium Leviosa experiment for Halloween.

This project is an amazing STEM project for Halloween! It involves some engineering, math and geometry, and it is powered by the thrilling science of magnets! With this Spooky Spider Magnet Science Project kids will build a special spider web with a spider that dances, jigs and wiggles its way around the web. So cool!

Got lots of candy, no problem! Put it to great use with this Skittles Experiment. Make spooky designs, then watch the fascinating science unfold in this Halloween Skittles Experiment.

This physics challenge is a spooky fun blast! So simple to set up, kids explore Newton's Laws of Motion as they have fun racing their Balloon creations. A fantastic project to do in the classroom, homeschool or at a Halloween Party. Check out Halloween Balloon Races.

This quick and fun science experiment let's kids also explore their artistic side before learning about the expanding energy of heat! From toddlers to teens, this Halloween Marshmallow Science is so much fun!

Kids love this combination of Lego, History and Science! And who doesn't enjoy mummies at Halloween? Check out Gummy Mummies Science Experiment.

Halloween is the perfect time to add some glow to your science experiments and projects! Here we've gathered up our favourite Glow in the Dark activities, and included the science behind the glow for your lessons and learning.

Inspired by a much beloved science experiment, magic milk, we set out to mix our own Halloween colours by applying the colour wheel, then explored the magical science of Magic Milk with a Halloween twist.

Grow Your Own Scented Halloween Crystals. These decorations are extremely durable and fun to make. Exactly what we need to decorate for the big day.

Halloween Chemistry Experiments

We LOVE moon dough! It is such an incredible sensory experience and so much fun to play with. In this spooky activity we bring in some chemistry to create a really cool fizzing ghost science experiment for Halloween. I mean really, how cute is this science???

This is a fun activity that involves a surprise! Kids can make balloons, ghosts, or anything they can imagine. Then set off the chemical reaction to reveal their spooky designs. This Halloween Balloon Chemistry Experiment is so much fun!

Have you ever made a rubber egg? This classic chemistry project is so fun, especially with our Halloween twist where we turned them into squishy, bouncy, rubbery Monster Eyeballs!

These bath bombs are the ultimate blend of chemistry, math and art! Make sure you get all your ingredient ratios perfect, so you can set off be best fizzy reaction, but before you do, paint your pumpkin with a special face! Halloween STEAM at it's best! Check out this DIY Pumpkin Bath Bomb Recipe.

Explore some fantastic chemistry (acid-base reactions and how things glow) while making bath bombs kids will have a blast using! Just watch out for the creepy surprise!

This Halloween Bath Bomb activity provides a little art with your chemistry as kids use soap to paint their bath bombs for a spooky, shudder worthy, bath bomb activity.

Halloween Fizzing Pumpkin Treasure (A perfect Halloween twist on Dino Eggs!) - Every time we do the Dino Eggs activity it is a HUGE hit with all ages, so when I saw this idea I knew it was the perfect addition to our Halloween STEM Activities Countdown!

This chemistry experiment is always a HUGE hit with the kids. Carve your pumpkin then use a little chemistry to turn it into an erupting volcano pumpkin. As my son proudly declared: It's a puking pumpkin!

These are so much fun, my kids love it every time we do this activity. Glow in the Dark Lava Lamps are the perfect way to take the traditional lava lamp science experiment and give it a Halloween twist.

Make plastic figures at home with a spooky theme that actually glow in the dark! Making plastic from milk (casein) is a fantastic chemistry experiment for kids. With this twist creating Glow in the Dark Plastic Halloween Trinkets, kids will have a blast with their science lessons.

Halloween Engineering Projects

This Halloween STEM activity is an absolute BLAST! Engineer your own catapult then launch candies into pumpkins and cauldrons. Kids will learn engineering, physics and math, all while having fun! Makes a great party game or classroom project. Candy Catapult is a great Halloween game. For a different challenge, check out this pumpkin catapult made out of Lego by our friends!

This Candy Construction STEM project is tasty fun! Learn math, physics and engineering skills, while also building critical thinking, problem solving and fine motor skills. All in one tasty, fun activity that has kids trying to hit the target with candy.

In this Biology STEM Activity we are building a model of the hand that is very Skeleton like! Kids can make theirs out of black construction paper and use white or glow in the dark markers/paint to decorate their spooky, moving hands. Building Skeleton Hands is a fantastic STEM challenge for Halloween.

In this STEM project, kids use our free printable templates to create a Halloween card that pops up and spins. They get to pick from two different spinning designs. These Halloween STEM Cards are brilliant for Halloween party invitations.

This might not be a traditional engineering project, but creating these soaps is a must do as part of your Halloween plans!

Halloween Coding and Circuit Projects

We took a simple Halloween Craft and powered it up with a simple circuit project that will thrill and excite your students! Check out this Halloween Mummy Circuit Craft for your Halloween STEM project plans.

Halloween Mummy Circuit Craft

Halloween Bat STEM Craft

A fun bat twist on our Mummy Circuit craft is this Halloween Bat Toilet Roll Craft with glowing red eyes. This simple circuit project is fun and spooky. Perfect for Halloween!

Learn about battery cells, currents, voltage and more as you build a battery out of pumpkins and squash. Do it right and you can light an LED! Build a Pumpkin Battery this Halloween and wow your students!

Kids love this screen free printable coding activity for Halloween. A fantastic way to introduce students to sequencing, while applying their critical thinking, problem solving and attention to detail skills. Free printable included for STEAM Powered Family mailing list members. This Halloween Coding Activity is perfect for the classroom or homeschool.

Perfect for STEMists from elementary to high school, these salt circuits are so easy to make but have big wow factor when you turn off the lights! Glow Salt Circuits are a must do with your students this Halloween.

Planning on heading out as a witch or wizard this year? Make your very own Circuit Wand that lights up at your command! (Or by closing the circuit)

Wizards Coding Printable

Screen Free Wizards Coding Challenge- a fun, educational, free and spooktacular coding Halloween. Try your hand at some fun screen free coding challenges with this Magical Wizards Coding Fun Pack.

This is a tried and true project that is so much fun! The play dough does dry out though, so don't make the play dough for the Pumpkin squishy circuits too far in advance of your lessons.

Candy and Edible Halloween Science

Halloween and candy go together perfectly, so why not use some of that candy to teach a little Halloween Science?

These sweet treats are the perfect recipe for Halloween to make with the kids. The best part is smashing them open to find the surprises inside. A great project for a Halloween party! DIY Halloween Candy Bombs.

Dive in deep with a unit study into the science of candy making. Kids love Candy Science because success in this lab is sweet!

Explore polymers and eat them too with this glow in the dark jello activity. Perfect for a Halloween party!

Pressed Sugar Science is a fun and easy activity that kids of all ages enjoy!

A beautiful layered density experiment with candy that smells and looks amazing! If you have lots of lollipops or hard candies hanging around this Halloween, this is a great way to use them to explore scientific principles.

Halloween Slime and Oobleck

Slime and oobleck are perfect for Halloween and I have lots of it planned over our 31 days. To kick things off we are going to play with some glow in the dark oobleck that glows with or without black light!

Take your oobleck to a whole different level with this variation that makes a fantastic Halloween party game. Halloween Oobleck with Spiders.

We LOVED making this slime and it turned out perfect! Excellent for a Halloween party and the paint creates the fluffiest texture in the Glow in the Dark Slime.

Halloween Math Activities

Introduce your students to a fun Sudoku style challenge with these Halloween themed Math Puzzles. A fun Halloween Math learning activity.

Halloween STEAM and Art Projects

Halloween Thaumatropes

Thaumatropes are a traditional optical illusion toy. With this project we are creating Halloween themed Thaumatropes to trick the eye, which is always a treat! Printable available.

Halloween Agamograph STEAM Project

This optical illusion project is a fantastic classroom STEAM project for October. The results look incredible displayed around the classroom and school and will demonstrate optical illusions and perspective to all students. This Halloween Agamograph is a fantastic Halloween Art conversation piece!

Combine a little art with lot of math as you complete these Halloween Line Art projects. We've also included some bonus writing prompt crafts making this the perfect project for a classroom.

Explore depth and perspective as we move from 2 dimensions to 3 dimensions with the spooky 3D art project for Halloween.

In this heritage activity, kids create the most amazing smelling, and adorable pomanders. It builds fine motor skills, promotes creativity and is an incredible sensory experience (you NEED to smell these!!!). Make them with oranges or mini pumpkins for Halloween.

Halloween Printables

Spooky Tetris is a fun printable version of the game that has been shown to have significant cognitive benefits and may even help with healing from trauma. Check out this fun printable version for your kids.

Join the STEAM Powered Family and get a FREE Halloween themed Maze and Word Search. Designed with a little extra challenge for your older kids.

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Halloween STEM Activities to celebrate a 31 day countdown. Includes Halloween Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, plus FREE printables, Halloween Art and Halloween Sensory activities! Updated with even more exciting Halloween Activities for 2021! Halloween is the perfect time for some fun and engaging STEM activities.

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