STEM videos for Elementary School students

ES-010S-A- Spaghetti Engineering

Students will learn about stress, strain, tension, compression, and how these concepts are important during the designing and building processes. By utilizing spaghetti as their building material, students will explore the forces at work on a bridge and will test the strength of their own spaghetti bridge

Skill Level: Beginner

ES-04S. What’s The Matter

This activity involves testing how five different substances behave when treated with water and observing and recording their physical and chemical properties. This will facilitate discussions on the different states of matter and how to compare, contrast, and categorize different substances. The concepts of conservation of mass and that all matter is made of particles too small to be seen will be discussed. Continued observations over a week will enhance and reinforce these concepts.

Skill Level: Beginner

ES-07S. Erosion - Water Digs It!

An investigation into the process of erosion and environmental factors that influence the degree of erosion will be conducted. Students will complete several experiments exploring the factors that slow down or speed up the process of erosion. The effects of erosion on our environment will also be discussed.

Skill Level: Beginner

ES-06. Gravity - What Goes Up Must Come Down

This lab investigates the force of gravity by carrying out “speed sinking” races using beans of different size and shape. The beans will be dropped into containers of water. Students will investigate the effects of resistance on the speed of sinking. A final, classic demonstration of objects falling in a vacuum will be used to illustrate this effect.

Skill Level: Beginner

ES-01. A World of Measurements

This experiment serves as an introduction to or reinforcement of concepts relating to measurements. Through a series of investigations, students will become more familiar with different tools that are used by scientists, as well as everyday household items that are designed specifically for measuring. Some concepts that will briefly be discussed are scale, uncertainty, and accuracy in measurements.

Skill Level: Beginner