Fun and Educational Ways to Celebrate STEM Day

There’s no two ways about it! Children are significantly better off with strong science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics skills. That’s why STEM and STEAM education programs are so vital. It’s undeniable that these subjects push our societies forward, and these programs help to find fun and engaging ways to teach them to students. So, how do you undertake a fun and engaging STEM day? Whether at school or home, let’s take a look at some tips.

Let's explore Eduettu's top tips for organizing a STEM Day!

Visit 3M: The Young Scientist Virtual Field Trip broadcasted from 3M's World of Innovation shows 3M Scientists doing experiments you can only see at 3M World Headquarters. 

Visit a space center: Join Boeing and Discovery Education on a mission to inspire the world through aerospace innovation with an exclusive virtual field trip to historic Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. 

Visit outer space with NASA: See the real surface of Mars, as recorded by NASA's Curiosity rover. NASA also offers virtual tours of the Moon.

Visit Hang Son Doong with National Geographic: This is a super realistic 360-degree tour - it even has sound! - of the world's largest cave, situated in Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam.

Get active, kind of!

Courtesy of NASA, use a laptop flight simulator of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology or “QueSST” aircraft. The X-59 is an experimental supersonic aircraft that is being developed and could fly for the first time in 2021. Laptop simulations are available to the public for free and allow people to fly the X-59 from home. Get the instructions and simulations for free here.

Celebrate with activities

What is a cloud? Why do boats float? How do we make electricity? You could hear 100 questions like this every day. Learners have such a wide-open curiosity about the world, you may have caught yourself wishing you understood more about the science of clouds or bridge engineering or botany yourself—just to explain things. You can check activities related to all of the questions above with Inspiring STEM Supplies activities, just follow the link!

Additionally, the Museum of Science has a collection of STEM resources designed to bring the Museum — to you!

What do you think of our tips? Have you completed your own STEM day? What tips and tricks would you add? Let us know in the comments below!