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Are you looking for Fun Friday or STEAM and STEM centers and activities? This STEAM Day bundle is a collection of engaging STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, math) centers, activities, and printables. Themes include Polar Bears, Penguins, Snow, and Winter Fun. STEAM days are perfect for a once-a-week Fun Friday activity, a Reward Day, a party, or any day!
What’s included?
Polar Bear STEAM Day
- Two science activities: a Polar Bear Blubber Science Experiment with recording sheet and a Scientific Process poster and a Polar Bear Skin and Hollow Hair Investigation
- Reading CVC Words and Picture Matching Boom Card™ Game
- Two engineering challenges: Building a Den Engineering Challenge and Building a Float Engineering Challenge with recording sheets, and an Engineering Design Process poster
- Two polar bear art activities: Direct Draw Polar Bear with optional writing and Polar Bear Snow Play Dough
- Polar Bear and Fish Addition Puzzles (with sums from 2 to 10). Can also be used as an Add the Room or sensory bin Math Activity
- Interactive Read Aloud Lesson Plans for National Geographic Kids: Polar Bears
- Photo Sign
- Banner
- Live Animal signs
- Polar Bear Snow play dough recipe
- Detailed Directions
Penguin STEAM Day
- Two science activities: a Penguin Water and Oil Science Experiment and a Penguin Feather Investigation (both show how penguins’ feathers stay dry while they are in the ocean) with recording sheets and a Scientific Process poster.
- Penguin Boom Card™ Counting and Number Recognition Boom Card™ Game with picture and audio support (numbers 1 to 20)
- Students will design and build something that penguins can slide on for the engineering challenge. Another layer of learning can be added by introducing the concept of friction. The Penguin Slide Engineering Challenge comes with a recording sheet and an Engineering Design Process poster
- Two penguin art activities: Direct Draw Penguin with optional writing and a Penguin Tear Art activity
- Penguin One More, One Less math activity (with numbers from 2 to 19) and recording sheets. There are several options on different ways to use this activity.
- Interactive Read Aloud Lesson Plans for National Geographic Kids: Penguins
- Photo Sign
- Banner
- Live Animal signs
- Detailed Directions
Snow STEAM Day
- Two science activities: How Much Water is in Snow Experiment with recording sheet and a Make Your Own Snow Activity and Investigation. It includes a Scientific Process poster.
- Snow Boom Card™ Sight Word and CVC Reading Boom Card™ Game with picture and audio support (25 card deck)
- There are three different engineering challenges. Students will design and build something that moves snow, a snowball tower, and ramps to have snowball races on. All three challenges include recording sheets and an Engineering Design Process poster
- Students decorate a mitten with their (or your) choice of art medium (oil pastels, crayons, tissue paper, paint, etc.), and then paint the background with an Epson salt mixture to create ice crystals. It is science and art combined.
- Two different math activities with lots of options to create even more activities using the same materials. Snowflake Number Bonds with Recording sheets and a Snowflake Spin and Graph Sheet.
- Interactive Read Aloud Lesson Plans for Our Wonderful Weather: Snow
- Photo Sign
- Banner
- Tortilla Snowflake Recipe
- How to Build a Snowman Writing Activity
- Detailed Directions
- AND more!
Winter Fun STEAM Day
- Snowstorm in Jar science experiment with recording sheet and a Scientific Process poster.
- Winter-Fun Boom Card™ Subtraction to 10 Boom Card™ Game with picture and audio support (25 card deck)
- The engineering challenge is for the students to design and build something that will hold wet winter clothing, so that it can dry. The challenge includes recording sheets and an Engineering Design Process poster
- For the art/writing activity, students will make a melted snowman and write about why he or she melted.
- Mitten Addition can be used as task cards or put in a sensory bin. Students add the dots on mitten pairs and record the answer on the recording sheet.
- Interactive Read Aloud Lesson Plans for Snowmen at Night
- Photo Sign
- Banner
- Snowman Pizza Recipe
- Detailed Directions
- AND more!
How do I set up a STEAM Day?
There are many different ways these days can be set up. Split kids into small groups and rotate through the activities over a one day period, or spread it out over two weeks (one day per week). You can also do one center/activity a day. Many of the activities are independent, so that the STEAM Days can be done with one teacher. The activities can also be done whole class if enough materials are prepared.
We hope you and your students have fun with the STEAM Days! If you have any questions, please e-mail us at [email protected]. Be sure to check out the thumbnails for each day and download the previews to see everything that is included in these resources.
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If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected]. Have fun!
Linda Ekstrom and Michelle Woods (Kinderbrations)
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