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Hi everyone,
Firstly, as the year ends I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I hope it’s a time of joy shared with family and friends, and that you are able to build great memories from the upcoming festivities. For the students and families moving on, I wish you all the very best going forward and hope that you have great memories of our school. I know you will be missed.
Christmas is coming and the kids are getting EXCITED! To keep them focused and motivated young scientists during this crazy time of year, I’ve got a list of STEM activities from Steam Powered Family for your children to get involved in to keep them busy and engaged. Enjoy!
CHRISTMAS SCIENCE ACTIVITIES
Crystal Wreaths – Create gorgeous ornaments that twinkle and sparkle on the tree using simple bits of garland and an easy science experiment.
Rudolf Races – A physics challenge that kids of all ages love! Have a blast building and setting off your Rudolf to see who wins the race to save Christmas!
Snowy Christmas Tree Science – Such a fun idea! Kids love playing with oobleck and this activity gives them the challenge of building (engineering) a village before pouring oobleck over the structures and materials to see how it reacts. I know this will keep my kids busy for a long time!
Candy Cane Play Dough Soap & Bubble Bath – Make your own play dough soap and bubble bath using a very simple process even young kids can do. Scented with peppermint and shaped like candy canes these make a wonderful activity for the season.
Christmas Optical Illusions – We are really enjoying exploring our sensesright now, and this Christmas activity has some illusions that are going to play games with your eyes! Can you believe what you are seeing?
Christmas Light Color Mixing Science – Color mixing theory is a wonderful connection between STEM and STEAM. We love bringing a little Arts into our STEAM work at STEAM Powered Family and this activity is a simple and fun way to explore colors.
Christmas Bath Bombs – We are OBSESSED with making bath bombs right now and Christmas is the perfect time for this fun chemistry lesson. The results make amazing gifts! Here are some of our favourites!Grinch Bath Bomb, Winter Storm Icicle Bath Bomb, Candy Cane Bath Bomband more to come!
Science Christmas Ornament Project – Milk plastic chemistry is the first step in this process to make extremely durable, beautiful ornaments. Start by making your very own plastic using items you have in your kitchen right now!
Christmas Tree Chemistry – This activity was so much fun and love making their Christmas tree creations erupt! I love that this activity brings in a little art to our STEM work.
Slime Balls Christmas Gifts For Kids – Slime is a wonderful sensory activity and an exploration in polymers. With this activity kids make beautiful ornaments filled with slime that they can gift to their friends. Perfect!
Grow the Grinch’s Heart – This is a good old fashion vinegar and baking soda reaction with a fun twist and tie in to the story of the Grinch.
Dissolving Candy Canes – A simple, fun experiment. Which liquid will dissolve the candy cane the fastest? Practice your scientific investigation skills with this activity.
Bending Candy Canes – After dissolving your candy canes why not challenge yourself to see if you can bend your candy canes into new shapes?
Grow A Christmas Tree Math Game – This fun math game will be perfect for a snowy afternoon while we sit around drinking hot chocolate, having some fun and learning too!
Snowflake Symmetry – Understanding symmetry is an important skill in math and the holidays are a great time to practice these skills. In this activity symmetry is studied with snowflakes.
Christmas Tree Symmetry Activity – Another great symmetry activity, this one using Christmas trees and is a more simple design, great for younger children.
Math Garland Christmas Countdown – I love this idea! It’s like a math advent calendar. Perfect for the season!
Christmas Keyboard Ornament – Got a kid that loves to tinker and a few old keyboards around? Why not use those old keyboards in this tinkering activity that has kids tearing apart old keyboards to explore the inner workings, then using the keys to create a one of a kind ornament.
Circuit-Tree – This is a great challenge for the older kids and is a holiday twist on our popularCircuit Bugsactivity. Create their own clothespin circuit Christmas tree that lights up!
LED Light Up Ornament – We love our LEDs and circuits but Circuit-Tree can be a bit challenging for some children. This activity is a more simple circuit design.
Christmas Bell Binary Key Chain – Love this fun activity that kids can do to create key chains with secret messages coded into them with binary code. What a fantastic gift idea!
Christmas Egg Drop – Egg drop challenges are new to us. I have quite a severe egg allergy, but I really love the engineering challenge in this activity. Maybe we will get a break in the weather and can do it outside. I would love to see what my kids would build!