STEM Breaks - A Quicker Way to STEM!

STEM Breaks are something I have been using in my own classroom for years!  These short STEM activities give my students the opportunity to practice skills they will use in our STEM challenges.

Often, I would look through my local dollar store for items to use in STEM Breaks.  I try to do one or two STEM Breaks each week in my own classroom.  We do these in those time periods of the day that occur between our specials classes and lunch or even during indoor recesses.  We often have these 15-20 minute sections of time that we need to fill with lessons, and these STEM Breaks work great.

I have started developing monthly STEM Breaks based on unusual holidays.  Students get to build, create, research, design, and present during these STEM Breaks.  I don't have the time to do all of them, so I just pick the ones I want to use.  The materials for these STEM Breaks should be easy to find and cheap, if you need to purchase them!

The August STEM Breaks pack is in my tpt store.  There is a page for each day of the month.  There is also a chart that tells the teacher what supplies are needed for each of the STEM Breaks!

Use the ones that work best in your classroom!  Kids will learn a lot about the STEM way of thinking with these.

Eventually, I will have the year complete and I plan on bundling them.  You can also buy each month separately, but the bundle will save money!

If you have purchased other months already, I can send months for free so you can also enjoy the bundle price.

I am working on finishing the rest of the months of STEM Breaks this summer so stay tuned!

Smart Chick