Description

• STEM Starters provide students with essential tools to complete hands-on projects. When combined with everyday items, these materials can be used to design and execute a project using creative exploration and the engineering design process. By approaching a problem or a challenge with this thought process, children are able to make educated guesses, problem-solve, and learn without the fear of making a mistake. Perfect for individuals or small groups.
• This activity challenges students to create their own fidgets. Common fidget elements like key rings, foam cubes, velcro strips, water beads, marbles, a mesh tube, metal washers, and buttons are provided; its up to the young scientists to determine the best combination of materials to design their own creation. Incorporating common household or classroom materials makes endless personalized fidget opportunities.
• Using the engineering design process, students will create, evaluate, and redesign their fidgets until their objective is met. An eight-page guide for parents and teachers includes an overview of the engineering design process, follow-up questions, extension ideas, and links to additional online resources. Includes enough materials to begin more than 10 different fidgets.
• Includes 20 multicolor pony beads, 2 key rings, 1 shoelace, 8 foam cubes, 2 balloons, 2 hook and loop strips, 4 pipe cleaners, 1 bag of water beads (20 g), 2 felt squares, 1 thread (cotton floss), 1 plastic needle, 2 marbles, 1 mesh tube, 1 spinner bearing, 2 metal washers, 1 rubber bouncy ball, 1 sandpaper square, 4 rubber bands, 2 bottle caps, 4 buttons
• 62 total pieces

STEM Starters provide students with essential tools to complete hands-on projects. When combined with everyday items, these materials can be used to design and execute a project using creative exploration and the engineering design process. By approaching a problem or a challenge with this thought process, children are able to make educated guesses, problem-solve, and learn without the fear of making a mistake. Perfect for individuals or small groups.