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STEM! is ! an! acronym! for! Science,! Technology,! Engineering,! and!Mathema7cs.! Recent! shi:s! in!educa7on!have !favored!these !subjects,!primarily!because!we!have!a!shortage !of!workforce!in!these!par7cular!areas,!which!is !really!quite!sad!for!a !number!of!reasons.!These!can!be!some!of!the!most!interes7ng!things !to!study! in!school,!provided!they!are!taught! in!a!fun,! interes7ng,!and!handsCon!fashion.!They!also!lead!to!some!of!the!bestCpaying!technical!jobs,!too!!

All !of! the!labs!within!promote!these!4! fields,! with!an!emphasis !on!holidays !and!seasons !in!the!themes !of!the!projects !for!this !4th!collec7on!of!the!series.!It!works !as!a !standCalone!product!or!with!the!other!volumes!in!the!series.!

Many!of!the!details !for!each!project!have!deliberately!been!le:!vague.!It!is !important!for!students!to!design!and!work!toward!a!goal,!rather!than!have!the!process!spelled!out!for!them.!This !is !a !major!element! of!the!engineeringCdesign!process.!However,!since!these!are !designed!for!an!educa7onal!seJng,!op7onal !grading!sugges7ons !have!been!added.!For!fun!and!homeschool !use,!discard!these!recommenda7ons!or!make!up!your!own!grading!system!to!suit!your!purpose.

This !par7cular!volume!is !an!addCon!and!followCup!to!50!Holiday!STEM!Labs.!It!can!be!used!with!it!or!by!itself!as!a!standCalone!volume.

All !materials !and!designs!contained!within!this !volume!are !protected!by!copyright!laws!and!are !the!property! of! Andrew! Frinkle!(C)!2016,! with! the !excep7on!of! the!graphics,!which!are !from! public!domain!sites,!primarily!openclipart.org.!

The!materials!within!may!only! be!reproduced!for!your!classroom!or!at!home!for! educa7onal!use.!These!materials !may!not!be!resold!for!any!reason.!They!may!not!be!hosted!on!public!databases!or!websites!for!any!reason!either.!!

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1. Christmas:!Christmas!Lights!(Lights,&Reflec(on,&Refrac(on)

2. Christmas:!Ice!Boats!(Boats,&Distance,&Fric(on,&Speed,&Wind)

3. Christmas:!Ice!Fishing!(Devices,&Engineering,&Fishing,&Ice)

4. Christmas:!Igloos!(Building,&Engineering,&Insulators,&Temperature,&Water)

5. Christmas:!Out!of!Control!Snowballs!(Collec(ng&Materials,&Gravity,&Mass,&Weight)

6. Christmas:!Ski!Jumps!(Distance,&Flight,&Measurement,&Winter&Sports)

7. Christmas:!Sleigh!Races!(Cars,&Fric(on,&Speed,&Tracks,&Time,&Weight)

8. Christmas:!Snow!Plows!(Machines,&Task&Comple(on,&Time,&Tools,&Weather)

9. Easter:!Bunny!Hoppers!(Animals,&Distance,&Height,&Measurement,&Models,&Movement)

10. Easter:!All!Your!Eggs!in!One!Basket!(Eggs,&Engineering,&Design,&Packaging,&Protec(on)

11. Easter:!Bobbing!for!Eggs!(Accuracy,&Buoyancy,&Eggs,&Grabbers,&Time)

12. Easter:!Egg!Chutes!(Accuracy,&Chutes,&Distance,&Eggs,&Measurement,&Tracks)

13. Easter:!EggCaCPults!(Distance,&Measurement,&Siege,&Throwers)

14. Easter:!EggCathlon!(Mul(ple&Events,&StudentUCreated&Challenges)

15. Easter:!Rabbitats!(Animals,&Environments,&Habitats,&Life&Science)

16. Easter:!Stylin’!Eggs!(Art,&Eggs,&Paint,&Task&Comple(on)

17. Halloween:!Bobbing!for!Apples!(Accuracy,&Simple&Machines,&Task&Comple(on,&Tools)

18. Halloween:!Candy!Sweepers!(Task&Comple(on,&Time,&Tools,&Work)

19. Halloween:!Egging!Houses!(Accuracy,&Distance,&Machines,&Simple&Machines)

20. Halloween:!Floa7ng!Ghosts!(Flight,&Hang&Time,&Time)

21. Halloween:!Monster!Mashers!(Crushing,&Device,&Size,&Smashing)

22. Halloween:!Straw!Mazes!(Light,&Models,&Plants)

23. Halloween:!Witches!Brew!(Accuracy,&Chemical&Reac(ons,&Chemistry,&Distance)

24. Patrio7c:!50!States!(Clay,&Maps,&Models,&Patrio(c,&USA)

25. Patrio7c:!Crossing!the!Delaware!(Boats,&Buoyancy,&Task&Comple(on,&Vehicles,&Water)

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26. Patrio7c:!Fireworks!in!a!Jar!(Mixtures,&Solu(ons,&Suspensions)

27. Patrio7c:!Presiden7al!Memorial!(Culture,&Models,&Presidents,&Social&Studies,&USA)

28. Patrio7c:!Recycled!Monuments!(Culture,&Geology,&Models,&Social&Studies)

29. Patrio7c:!Red,!White,!and!Blue!(Art,&Design,&Patrio(c)

30. St.!Patrick’s!Day:!Green!Houses!(Design,&Engineering,&Gardening,&Life&Cycles,&Plants)

31. St.!Patrick’s!Day:!Green!Machine!(Devices,&Machines,&Measurement,&Water)

32. St.!Patrick’s!Day:!Irish!Jig!(Culture,&Dancing,&Devices,&Movement)

33. St.!Patrick’s!Day:!Magic!Jars!(Mixtures,&Solubility,&Suspensions,&Water)

34. St.!Patrick’s!Day:!Money!Counters!(Coins,&Coun(ng,&Devices,&Machines)

35. St.!Patrick’s!Day:!Rainbow!Makers!(Light,&Rainbows,&Refrac(on,&Water,&Weather)

36. St.!Patrick’s!Day:!Shamrock!Stamper!(Devices,&Engineering,&Machines,&Simple&Machines)

37. Thanksgiving:!Acorn!Collectors!(Accuracy,&Design,&Time,&Tools)

38. Thanksgiving:!Cornucopias!(Accuracy,&Distance,&Engineering,&Physics,&Throwers,&Time)

39. Thanksgiving:!Gravy!Boats!(Boats,&Buoyancy,&Volume)

40. Thanksgiving:!Pilgrim’s!Progress!(Architecture,&Civil&Engineering,&Maps,&Social&Studies)

41. Thanksgiving:!Pumpkin!Pie!Eaters!(Accuracy,&Food,&Teamwork,&Tools)

42. Thanksgiving:!Scarecrows!(Agriculture,&Animal&Behavior,&Models,&Movement,&Sound)

43. Thanksgiving:!Teepee!Time!(Architecture,&Cultural&Studies,&Engineering,&Social&Studies)

44. Valen7nes:!A!Rose!by!Any!Other!Name!(Design,&Models,&Plants)

45. Valen7nes:!All!Boxed!Up!(Design,&Geometry,&Nets,&Shapes)

46. Valen7nes:!Box!of!Chocolates!(Decora(ng,&Design,&Food)

47. Valen7nes:!Grab!Your!Hearts!(Accuracy,&Design,&Task&Comple(on)

48. Valen7nes:!HeartCShaped!Air!Mail!(Accuracy,&Design,&Distance,&Fliers,&Mo(on,&Planes)

49. Valen7nes:!Mail!Sorters!(Design,&Shapes,&Sor(ng,&Task&Comple(on)

50. Valen7nes:!Tower!of!Hearts!(Design,&Engineering,&Height,&Measurement,&Towers)

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• Accuracy• Agriculture• Animal-Behavior• Animals• Architecture• Art• Boats• Building• Buoyancy• Cars• Chemical-Reac/ons• Chemistry• Chutes• Civil-Engineering• Clay• Coins• Collec/ng-Materials• Coun/ng• Crushing• Culture• Dancing• Decora/ng• Design• Devices• Distance• Eggs• Engineering• Environments• Fishing• Fliers• Flight• Food• Fric/on

• Rainbows• Reflec/on• Refrac/on• Shapes• Siege• Simple-Machines• Size• Smashing• Social-Studies• Solubility• Solu/ons• Sor/ng• Sound• Speed• S t u d e n t # C r e a t e d-

Challenges• Suspensions• Task-Comple/on• Teamwork• Temperature• Throwers• Time• Tools• Towers• Tracks• USA• Vehicles--• Volume• Water• Weather• Weight• Wind• Winter-Sports

• Gardening• Geology• Geometry• Grabbers• Gravity• Habitats• Hang-Time• Height• Ice• Insulators• Life-Cycles• Life-Science• Light• Machines• Maps• Mass• Measurement• Mixtures• Models• Mo/on• Movement• Mul/ple-Events• Nets• Packaging• Paint• Patrio/c• Physics• Planes• Plants• Presidents• Protec/onFREE SAMPLE

Each-of-the-new-science-labs-in-50&MORE&HOLIDAY-STEM&LABS-has-the-following:

•A-snappy-Title

•A-Brief&Descrip(on-of-the-task-to-be-completed

•General-Mission&Rules,-sugges/ons,-limita/ons,-and-requirements-of-the-task

•Suggested-Materials&Lists-for-the-project

•Graded&Assignment&Sugges(ons&for-Journaling-and-other-associated-projects

•Category&Tags-at-the-bo]om-to-help-you-find-projects-with-similar-skills

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CHRISTMAS

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Christmas !Lights !are!an!instantlyCrecognizable!symbol !of!winter! and!the!holidays.!Make!your! own!fancy!Christmas!lights!

Christmas-Lights

1. Create!a!Christmas !light!display!without!using!string!lights.!This!might!include:

A.! a ! Kaleidoscope! type! design! placed! in ! front! of! light!panels!or!flashlights

B.!a !light!box!with!holes!in!it!that!let!out!different!colors !in!Christmas!shapes

C.!an!LED!device!

D.! a ! mixture! of! light! sources ! arranged! in! a! Christmas!display

Lights,&Reflec(on,&Refrac(on

Grading!sugges7ons!include:

• !a!writeCup!of!ideas,!including!blueprints

• grade !results !based!upon!if!the!device!actually!works,!and,!if!so,!how!successfully?

• a!reflec7on!based!on!the!experiences

• a!project! on! lights,! LEDs,! light! bulbs,! the! history! of! Christmas!Lights,!etc...

Materials!may!include:

• Clear! &! colored! plas7c!sheets

•Markers

• boxes,! colored! paper,!wrapping!paper

• Stencils

• Scissors,!glue,!tape

• G l i n e r ,! R e fl e c 7 v e!decora7ons,! rhinestones,!and!other!shiny!materials.

• Flashlights! and/or! panel!lights,!like !a !portable!black!light!or!fluorescent!light

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EASTER

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Eggs!are!great,!but!broken!ones !in!the!carton!are!terrible!!What!a !sad!waste...!Create!a !bener!carton!that!can!protect!eggs!from!breakage.

All-Your-Eggs-in-One-Basket

1. Create!a !carton!that!can!hold!a !specified!number!of!eggs,!possibly!1,!2,!4,!or!6.!

2. The! carton! should! protect! all ! the ! eggs ! from! breakage!during!a!series!of!tests!and!realClife!simula7ons,!such!as:

A.!short!drop

B.!GeJng!mashed!into!a!bag!of!groceries

C.!Regular!shaking!and!jostling

D.!Whatever!else!your!class!determines

3. Test!and!redesign!as!necessary.

Eggs,&Engineering,&Design,&Packaging,&Protec(on

• a!project!about!package!design

• Eggs ! (real ! ones ! most!likely)

• plas7c!drop!cloths !or!easyCtoCclean!area

• cardboard,! fabric,! foam,!styrofoam,! conon! balls,!etc...

• boxes,! cups,! and! other!containers

• tape,! glue,! string,! rubber!bands,!etc...

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HALLOWEEN

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A!favorite !Halloween!game!of!many!people !is !Bobbing!for!Apples.!In!this !mission,!you!will !devise!a!tool!to!scoop!up!or!pick!up!an!apple!or!apple!replica!from!a!pot!or!bucket!of!water.!

Bobbing-for-Apples

1. Design! a ! tool ! from! available! or! scavenged! materials.!Sugges7ons!are:

A.!a!scooper

B.!a!pick

C.!tongs

D.!Arm!with!moving!joints

2. Test! to! see !how!many! apples!your! tool!can!pull !from!the!water!in!a!set!amount!of!7me.!Your!teacher!will !determine!these!condi7ons,! but! may! be!up! to! 10! apples !within!10!seconds,!or!something!like!that.!

Accuracy,&Simple&Machines,&Task&Comple(on,&Tools

• a!project!about!levers!and!simple!machines

• real ! apples,! ping! pong!balls,! red! rubber! balls,! or!something!to!approximate!an!apple

• rubber!bands

• plas7c!straws

• toothpicks

• tape

• bamboo!skewers

• fishing!line

• other!scavenged!office!and!household!supplies

• stopwatch

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PATRIOTIC

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Create!a!model!topographical!map!of!the!USA.

50-States

1. Build!a!scale!model!map!of!the!USA!or!of!a!par7cular!state.

2. Paint!and!color!it!according!to!topography!and!landforms.

3. Use! linle !flags !or! markers !to!denote! important! loca7ons,!which!might!require!a!legend!or!site!lis7ng.

4. Add! in! bodies ! of! water! and! neighboring! countries,! if!applicable.

5. Decorate!the!map.

Clay,&Maps,&Models,&Patrio(c,&USA

• grade!results!based!upon!the!success!of!the!project

• a!project!on!American!expansion,!a !par7cular!state,!or!American!territory

• play! dough,! clay,! salt!dough,! or! any! other!workable!medium

• cardboard! or! plas7c! trays!to!build!the!map!on.

• paint

• gravel!or!sand

• glue

• other!decora7ons

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY

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Make!and!decorate!an!IrishCthemed!mini!greenhouse.

Green-Houses

1. Scavenge! for! recycled! or! reusable!materials ! that! can! be!made!into!a!greenhouse.

2. The ! greenhouse! should! be! enclosed,! likely! with! a!transparent!or!translucent!film!to!trap!heat!and!moisture.

3. Make!sure!there!is!some!sort!of!drainage!and/or!irriga7on.

4. Also!find!a !growing!medium,!which!might!include!gravel !or!perlite!at!the!bonom.

5. If!possible,! include!clovers !from!your! yard!or! clover!seeds.!Small !cactuses!and!other! decora7ve!and!miniature!plants!are!great,!too!

Design,&Engineering,&Gardening,&Life&Cycles,&Plants

• a! project! about! raised! bed! gardens,! micro! gardens,! ver7cal!gardening,!and!other!gardening!techniques.

• plas7c!jugs

• pipes,!straws,!or!tubes

• PVC!pipes

•wood

• plas7c! shee7ng,! plas7c!wrap,!etc...

• gravel,! soil,! peat,! coconut!fiber,! perlite,! poJng! soil,!etc...

• water

• seeds

•miniature!plants !or! plants!from!outside

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THANKSGIVING

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Acorns !are!a !great!fall !theme.!Squirrels !are!scurrying!around!and!gathering!them!up!to!get!ready!for!the!long!winter.!Prac7ce!being!a!squirrel!on!your!own!by!making!an!acorn!collector!device.

Acorn-Collectors

1. Design! an! acorn! collector! device! from! the! provided!materials.

2. You!must!be!able!to!pick!up!as!many!acorns !(or!all !of!a!set!amount!placed!out!for!you)!as!quickly!as!possible.

3. You!may!not!touch!the!acorns!with!your!hands!or!any!part!of!your!body.!Do!not!nudge !them!into!or!onto!your!device!with!your!shoe!or!anything!like!that.

4. Collect! the ! acorns! as ! fast! as! possible! into! a! cup,! your!partner’s!hands,!or!onto!a!table/designated!loca7on.

5. Compare!7mes!with!other!teams.!Faster!is!bener!

Accuracy,&Design,&Time,&Tools

• a!project!on!tree!nuts!and/or!seed!dispersal

• a!project!on!squirrels

• popsicle!s7cks

• rubber!bands

• toothpicks

• tape

• string

• plas7c!straws

• something! to! use! as!acorns,! such! as:! coin!operated! toy! dispenser!capsules,! styrofoam! balls,!actual ! acorns,! any! other!tree!nut!s7ll !in !shells,!ping!pong!balls...

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VALENTINE’S DAY

PROJECTSFREE SAMPLE

Create!a!replica!of!a!rose.

A-Rose-By-Any-Other-Name

1. Create!the!most!realis7c!model!of!a!rose!possible.

2. Study! actual ! roses! or! detailed! pictures! of! them! to! get!ideas.

3. Assemble!and!build!the!rose.

Design,&Models,&Plants

• a!writeCup!of!ideas,!including!blueprints

• a!project!classifying!flowers

• a!project!about!the!meanings!of!flowers

• pipe!cleaners

• 7ssue!paper

• construc7on!paper

• scissors

•markers

• paint

• glue

• tape

• origami!paper

•modeling!clay

• felt!or!thin!cloth

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What is 50 Holiday STEM Labs?The 50 STEM Labs Series is all about increasing the level of fun while teaching engineering. In this latest volume, the 50 STEM Labs are all based around holiday and season themes.

Add more holiday cheer to your STEM lessons and STEAMactivities for holidays with 50 more holiday-themed projects forseven major holidays and events:

*Christmas *Easter *Halloween *St. Patrick’s Day*Thanksgiving *Valentine’s Day *Patriotic Holidays

Make sure you get 50 Holiday STEM Labs to collect all 100 Holiday-Themed projects!

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