What would you do differently next time?ħ. What other materials would you like to use if you could do this challenge again?Ħ. What part of your model or prototype needs improvement? Explain why.ĥ. What part of your model or prototype do you really like? Explain why.Ĥ. What worked well and what did not work well?ģ. What were some of the challenges you discovered along the way?Ģ. Use these questions for reflection with your kids after they have completed the STEM challenge to encourage discussion of results and critical thinking.ġ. These STEM questions for reflection are perfect to use with older kiddos to talk about how the project went and what they might do differently next time around. Here’s a past year’s winner in the egg drop challenge! It even included a plastic bag parachute! Older kiddos will love coming up with ideas to protect the egg in an egg drop. Do you need real eggs? Usually, I would say yes, but given the circumstances, how about candy-filled plastic eggs? If you don’t want to waste food for any reason, don’t! Find a workaround instead.
We have two versions of this egg drop challenge, one for older kids and one for younger kids. WHAT ARE THE BEST MATERIALS FOR AN EGG DROP? We love to try out neat STEM activities all the time, and you can use super simple supplies to make great STEM projects.
STEM doesn’t have to be boring, expensive, or time-consuming. As you can see these 4 areas are very intertwined. It’s definitely the new word on the street because of our tech rich society and the lean towards the sciences and getting kids engaged early.Ī good STEM activity will have a little of at least 2 of the 4 pillars of STEM and often you will find a solid experiment or challenge naturally uses bits and pieces of most of the pillars. First, what is STEM? STEM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering, and math.