Easter is approaching, so it seems like the perfect time to try some of our Easter STEM Challenges! We've been busy testing these out over the past few weeks and would LOVE to see your little scientists' creations, so share photos with us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. I also have 100 easier ones. everyday science and STEM activities you may like.
Best advice for STEM challenges
My biggest tip for a successful STEM challenge is to keep it simple. Simple STEM challenges are much easier for kids to complete and as a parent I know how difficult it can be if you need to go out and buy a lot. scientific materials.
Easter STEM Challenges
Eggy Zip Line
The idea behind this activity is to build a harness to carry a egg for a zip line. This is a great activity to learn about friction and changing gradients. To investigate, try changing the type of rope used to make the zipline. A rougher rope means more friction between the harness and the zipline.
save the egg
For this activity, children must wrap an egg so well that it survives falling down the egg chute. We used a long cardboard tube, but if you don't have a tube, drop it from shoulder height.
This is also a great activity to use recycled materials.
What does it weigh?
Find out how many plastic eggs weigh as much as a chocolate egg, using a small scale. Children can also measure eggs and compare them.
Magnet-driven egg cars
Put a magnet inside a plastic egg and use it. magnet power make a car move. This is a brilliantly simple Easter STEM challenge!
Eggy Toothpick Towers
Attempt build a tower Strong enough to hold an egg using just chopsticks and playdough.
Catapult an egg
Can you build a handmade stick catapult Catapult a plastic egg? We've also been making egg-shaped targets to shoot at eggs!
Egg chain reaction
We love doing chain reactions! For this version of Easter, we created a chain reaction using a chocolate egg instead of a ball. We used dominoes, a plastic tube, and a toy car, but you can use anything you have at home.
A Chain Reaction is a great open-ended STEM challenge with lots of opportunities to be creative and inventive.
Pneumatic opening egg
As simple as that Pneumatics-based STEM challenge Use two syringes and a piece of plastic tubing to open a shoe box decorated like a chick inside an egg.
Finally, I created a set of simple Printable Easter STEM Challenge Cards you may like!
More Easter STEM Challenge Ideas
The Educator's Spin On It shows you how to build egg towers.
Inspiration Laboratories has fun Egg throwing activity..
Find out how many helium balloons it would take to lift an empty egg and then an egg with something inside.
Can you hide different objects inside plastic eggs and ask a friend if they can guess what's inside by the noise it makes?
Or try one of my others Science Easter Ideas.
You can think of something else egg STEM challenges?
Last updated on March 22, 2024 by Emma Vanstone
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