Wee Stems

Fun & creative STEM ideas for kids & families - Science, Technology, Engineering, & Maths activities for all ages

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We have such an abundance of wee flowers at the moment so we decided to get creative and use them to create some process art 🖼

There is so much language that comes with this kind of experiment:
🌸 Textures
🌸 Colours
🌸 Directions
🌸 Turn taking
🌸 Imagination

#processart

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🎉 We have some exciting news 🎉

Soon we will be adding another weeSTEMer to our squad🤰🏼

Due to the upcoming arrival of baby, weeSTEMs sessions won’t be restarting in 2021 in order to allow me to continue to shield and then take a few months off with the little one 👶🏼

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🏝 Draw numbers
🏝 Play ‘Hop on the number’ (someone shouts a number and the players jump on that number. Then switch turns)
🏝 Make number shapes out of shells and stones and seaweed
🏝 Put the correct number of items into the numbered circle
🏝 Count things around you

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🏝 Sand Play 🏝
The sun is out and we’ve popped down to the beach (we’re so lucky to have a wee one on our doorstep 🥰)
#sand #sandplay #ideasforkids #STEMideas #outdoorSTEM #numberpractise #learningtocount #learnthroughplay #beachSTEM #STEMoutdoors #stemforkids #finemotorskills

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☄️ Role-played being scientists and engineers and astronauts whilst designing and playing with the Mars robot
☄️ Used our imagination when collecting samples from Mars to store in the cache
☄️ Edited our design when we realised things were missing/broken

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🌍 Mars Landing 🪐

To celebrate Perseverance landing tonight we made our very own Mars robot - complete with sample cache.
#perseverance #mars #marsrover #marsrobot #cache #marscache #Mars2020 #stem #stemactivities #marsstem #spacestem #topicalscience #PerseveranceRover

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☄️Watched a documentary on how Perseverance was designed and made
☄️Used a calendar to track when it was launched and how long it’s taken to get to Mars
☄️Drew annotated diagrams of what we thought our Mars rover needs
☄️Worked together to select the best materials to create it

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♥️ Rip red paper and place into a blender
♥️ Add water & soak
♥️ Blitz into a paste
♥️ Drain through a sieve or in your hand for extra sensory play!
♥️ Mix through seeds (you could harvest your own from fruit that you have)
♥️ Shape into a love heart and leave to dry
#seedbomb

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❤️ Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️
Whatever you do today, we hope it’s filled with love and snuggles
#love #valentinesday #ValentinesDay2021 #seedbomb #handmade #homemade #stem #valentinesSTEM #STEMactivities #homemadecards #weestems #weeplay #sensoryplay #seeds #red

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💉 Covid-19 Vaccine 💉
I have grossly oversimplified how viruses and vaccines work - however I hope this is an enjoyable activity that helps to shine a light on the very basic principles of vaccines and how they work.
Head over to https://t.co/3lsFXk01jC
#vaccine #covid19vaccine

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🖋 Rabbie Burns STEM 🖋

We’ve teamed up with the fabulous Hiya Pal (https://t.co/VCnmpJXOXU) to celebrate Burns this weekend. How will you celebrate?

#tartan #RabbieBurns #BurnsNight #celebrateScotland #kilt #tartankilt #BurnsSTEM #STEMactivities #STEMforkids #ScottishSTEM

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Here is my blog post with a comprehensive list of ideas - let me know your favourites https://t.co/cCPzymNyRD

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🔟 Number Bonds to 10 🔟
Learning,understanding and memorising number bonds to 10 is a crucial skill that will help children through a whole host of mathematical problems
#numberbonds #numbersbondsto10 #earlymathsskills #eyfsideas #eyfsactivities #earlyyearseducation #activemaths

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Number bonds simply means which number you’d pair (i.e. bond) with another in order to result in a specific answer (in this case 10).

For example, some number bonds to 10 are:
2 + 8 = 10
3 + 7 = 10
4 + 6 = 10

Let me know if you’ve any questions!

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We used:
🐦 Birdseed (for small birds)
🐦 Lard (melted)
🐦 Cookie cutters & yoghurt pots
🐦 String
🐦 Mixing bowl & spatulas
🐦 Baking tray (for drying them on)

Simply mix together the birdseed & lard and shape into anything you have to hand.

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🐦 Homemade bird feeders 🐦

Winter is such a great time to help feed the wildlife in your garden - and the best foods are ones high in fat.

#birdfeeders #homemade #activitiesforkids #stem #stemeducation #stemoutdoors #stemkids

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🧊 Inspected the air bubbles inside and how they got there
🧊 Discovered ice tendrils forming on our path and explored how ice forms
🧊 Hunted for ice in other containers (buckets, tubs, holes)

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❄️ Ice Ice Baby ❄️

We’ve been having a fabulous time playing outside with ice these last few days.

#ice #iceplay #frozen #playoutdoors #outdoorplay #winterplay #winterstem #stem #stemoutdoors #stemeducation #stemeducationforkids #stemideas #learnthroughplay

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🧊 Made ice jigsaws
🧊 Weighed it and measured the thickness
🧊 Used different force to shatter it
🧊 Scientific descriptive language (temperature, melting, degrees, freezing point)
🧊 Spacial rotation to fit the pieces back together
🧊 Discussed why it floats

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Visit https://t.co/WHOwZf5lES the free printable #outdoorlearning #learningthroughplay #winterstem #scotland #STEMScotland

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With the weather looking glorious for the next few days - it’s the perfect time to head outdoors and enjoy some beautiful winter sunshine.
Here is an Outdoor Winter STEM printable for #stemoutdoors #stemforkids #stemlearning #stemeducation #stemeducationforkids