Grades 5-8

Activity: Playing Rock Paper Scissors with a Computer

Materials needed: Computer with Python

Activity 2: Floating Art

Materials needed: Dry erase marker, glass plate, water

Welcome to the 2021-2022 STEM year! Activity 1: Gears

Activity 12 and 13: Water Fun!

Materials needed: Aluminum foil, pennies, and water
Materials needed: a plastic water bottle and water

Activity 11: Vortices

Materials needed: Two same- sized bottles, water, and tape

Activity 10: Dyeing Fabrics and pH

Materials needed: Fabric to Dye, purple cabbage, a pot of water. Activity requires parental supervision!

Activity 9: Drawing Circuits!

Materials needed: Paper and a Pencil

Extra St. Patrick’s Day Activity!

Materials needed: Anything to model a house with (a cardboard box is a good place to start)

Activity 8: The Strength of Paper (3/1-3/14)

Materials needed: Paper, a heavy object, scissors, tape

Activity 8: Supplemental Video: The strength of cardboard

Activity 7: Strawberry DNA! (2/14-2/28)

Materials needed: Water, salt, liquid dish soap, sealable plastic bag, strawberries, and rubbing alcohol!
Strawberry DNA Extraction ProcedureDownload

Activity 6: Model a rocket!

Materials Needed: Anything to make a model rocket with!

Activity 5: Salt Dough Fossils (1/18 – 1/31)

Needed materials: flour, salt, water, food coloring (optional), & dinosaur toys or plants for your fossils!

Activity 4: Rock Candy (11/16 – 11/29)

Needed materials: sugar, water, string, a pencil, a jar/cup, parchment paper, a pot, & food coloring (optional)

Alternate Activity 4: Rock Classification (11/16 – 11/29)

Rock Classification Blank WorksheetDownload
Rock Classification Chart 1Download
Rock Classification Chart 2Download
Rock Classification Chart 3Download

Activity 3 Creations!

Yangzom
Sam
Jenna & Julia
Lukas

Activity 3: Modeling the Solar System (11/2 – 11/15)

Materials needed: anything to model our solar system with! Be creative!

Activity 2 Creations!

Lukas & Alexandra
Lukas & Alexandra
Lukas & Alexandra
Lukas & Alexandra
Damila
Jess
Willow

Activity 2: Building Your Own Volcano

Activity 2: Making Your Own Volcano ProcedureDownload

Optional Halloween Oobleck Lab

Materials needed: corn starch, water, & food coloring/sparkles (optional)

Activity 1 Creations!

Vivian – Robot that collects & disposes of trash from the ocean
Jenna – Robot that rakes pesky fall leaves
Braydon – (left) A blueberry picker & care robot (right) A robot with magnetic boots
Braydon – A robot that helps pick up heavy things
Julia – Pet sitting robot

Activity 1: Design a robot to solve a problem!

Materials: Something to draw and design your robot!

Is there any problem you wish could be solved much easier? Choose one and draw/design a robot to solve that problem. Submit a photo of your drawing/design with your name, grade level, and a quick explanation of how your robot works and what problem it solves to robotics@up.edu

Extra Activity 1: Model your robot!

Now that you have designed/drawn your robot, try to prototype/build it! Submit a photo of your robot with your name and grade level to robotics@up.edu

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