Easy STEM Activities for Key Stage 2 Pupils

Christmas is fast approaching. Use this excellent opportunity to take a break from your standard science instruction and incorporate your standards into a Christmas STEM activity. Children love hands-on learning; these experiments and building activities are a great way to combine fun with learning.

Christmas STEM Activities Make Science Class Sparkle!

If you’re unfamiliar with STEM and all it entails, here’s a quick rundown. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education focuses on preparing young learners to be successful in their future careers. The skills gained from STEM education reach beyond those needed to succeed in STEM fields, preparing children with a wide variety of interests to gain skill sets that help them succeed.

• Use these Christmas STEM activity cards to encourage critical thinking and problem-solving with a holiday twist!
• The tasks enable pupils to use various materials to design and make new products or solve design challenges.
• The tasks cover a range of time allocations, making them ideal for either a Maths or Science centre activity.
  

Easily Prepare our Christmas STEM Challenge Cards for Your Pupils

Use the Download button to download the  PDF version of this resource. Print on card for added durability. Set up each card at different stations around the room with the listed materials to achieve the task at hand. Then, have your pupils rotate through the stations, having at a hand at each task.