December 23, 2024

Holiday STEM Projects

By Amy Cowen
on November 22, 2021 8:00 AM

These 14 activities integrate imagination, engineering, and science to make special STEM gifts students can make to keep or to offer!

Science and Engineering to Make and Give

Do your students like to do tasks that give them a take-away at the end? Lots of trainees particularly take pleasure in tasks that lead to a finished item they can use, show, keep, or share. All of the projects and activities below offer opportunities for STEM learning and outcome in a completed object that kids may provide or keep as a gift.

How to Grow the very best Crystals: experiment with altering the shapes and colors of the crystals you grow.
Making Homemade Bath Bombs: carbonated bath bombs are fun to make and enjoyable to use.
Grow Rock Candy Crystals: make your own custom taste of this timeless sweet reward!

Make Tie-Dye T-shirts with Permanent Markers: utilize marker tie-dye to produce custom-made clothing, accessories, or accessories. See our seasonal accessory version.
DIY Face Mask: make and personalize protective face masks.

Turn Milk into Plastic: make unique beads or small sculptures from milk plastic.

Evident Motion in Flipbooks: show a special story that comes to life when the pages are turned.
Make a Paper Circuit: utilize paper circuits to make special cards. See our holiday-inspired welcoming card version for inspiration.

Try One of These 14 Creative STEM Projects
These STEM projects and activities integrate imaginative “making” with hands-on science and engineering. With these tasks, students will be discovering, checking out, innovating, and practicing crucial STEM concepts while creating colorful, distinct, and custom-made products they can keep or offer away!

Construct a Bird Feeder to Study Birds: a bird feeder can be used at any time of the year in a yard.
The First Cartoon: Make Your Own Thaumatrope!: develop a classic paper dabble an easy spinning cartoon.
Design a Cell Phone Stand: style a practical cell phone stand with basic products.

Make Marbled Cards Using Science!: usage food coloring to fit the season for these easy-to-make marbled cards.
Cosmetic Science: Testing Lip Balm Recipes: make your own customized lip balm formula.

LED Dance Glove: see our patch example to get motivated about ways to turn wearable electronics into a distinct tailored gift.

Imaginative STEM in Action

These videos show a few of the activities highlighted above:

More STEM Fun for the Holidays
For extra hands-on STEM inspiration, see the following examples of science projects that students can do with the vacations in mind:

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Do your trainees like to do projects that provide them a take-away at the end? Many students specifically delight in projects that result in an ended up product they can utilize, display, keep, or share. All of the tasks and activities below offer opportunities for STEM learning and outcome in an ended up item that kids may offer or keep as a present.

Have you utilized a science project, STEM activity, or Lesson Plan from Science Buddies in your class or program? Email us at [email protected] and inform us how you use Science Buddies with trainees.